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  2. Your Bill of Fare.

    To live, you must eat. To live long, you must cat proper food properly. Moderation and inastication are excellent when applied to proper ...

    Article : 953 words
  3. A Chapter of Misfortune.

    A modest funeral wending its way through the streets of Paris carried to his last resting-place the originator of a great modern industry. ...

    Article : 570 words
  4. OUR FUTURE CITIES.

    For some considerable time there has been a decided spirit of discontent apparent in certain quarters because of the total lack, which the ...

    Article : 527 words
  5. HELPING THE BLIND.

    The Governments of the various Australian States were certainly working in the right direction when they organised a medical inspection ...

    Article : 530 words
  6. PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST. A USEFUL INVENTION.

    In 1765, at Denver, near Downham Market, Norfolk, there was born to Matthew Popper Manby, a captain in the Welsh Fusiliers, a ...

    Article : 367 words
  7. WORLD-WIDE NOTES. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

    A Lille correspondent reports a singular incident on the Franco-Belgian frontier. A fire broke out in a shop at Herseaux, just beyond the ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. SUBSTITUTE FOR SEARCHLIGHT.

    Some remarkable experiments with a new method of illumination for the purpose of naval work at night-time have been carried out by a German ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. NEW USE FOR AEROPLANE.

    A detective named Shade, who owns a hydro-aeroplane, with which he is wont to amuse the guests at the fashionable hotels at Miami (Florida) ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. BEER FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

    The Bank of England has the right in common with some other old-establishnd businesses, to sell beer by retail. This power was granted by ...

    Article : 189 words
  11. ICE-SCOUTS FOR LINERS.

    Motor- boats an ice- scouts are among the latest innovations to be adopted on Atlantic liners. One which has just arrived in the Mersey is ...

    Article : 171 words
  12. LOOKING AT THE CEILING TO TELL THE TIME.

    Awaking in the night and wondering what time it may be, who has not longed to see the clock without getting up and striking a light? To ...

    Article : 194 words
  13. FRANCE'S FATAL HOUR.

    Although even to statesmen of experience the political horizon of Europe appeared to be cloudless on the very eve of the Franco-German ...

    Article : 298 words
  14. A CRIMINALS' NEWSPAPER.

    A novel newspaper has appeared in St. Petersburg, called the "Vagabonds' Gazette," It is intended for circulation among the criminal class, ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. BEAN MILK.

    The problem of discovering a substitute for milk, which for years has baffled the patience and ingenuity of experimental chemists, has at last ...

    Article : 337 words
  16. RUBBER-PLATED BATTLESHIPS?

    We understand that a new invention in regard to armour-plating is being tested unofficially by the Admiralty. The principle of the invention ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. ELLEN TERRY.

    We in the Antipodes are getting fairly used to flying visits from "The Greatest English Tragedian," "The World's Greatest Tenor," "The ...

    Article : 360 words
  18. FLYING THE ATLANTIC.

    The world's aviators are growing holder. The much-talked of flight across the Atlantic is emerging from the region of dreams into that of ...

    Article : 155 words
  19. Distinguished 'Stranger.'

    The self-possession of David Garrick, who was born on February 20, 1717, was proverbial, and yet he faltered on his first appearance ...

    Article : 223 words
  20. HETHERINGTON AND HIS "TOPPER."

    It was on January 15, 1797, that Mr. Hetherington, the London haberdasher, sallied out for his famous walk in the Strand, wearing a hat ...

    Article : 262 words
  21. FILMS FOR POLICEMEN.

    The films which are to be shown to the Paris constables represent almost every possible incident of a policeman's duty, and have been ...

    Article : 169 words
  22. MAKE WIRELESS MUSICAL.

    Residents of the Champs de Mars, the former sight of great exhibitions and now one of the most beautiful quarters of Paris, have long ...

    Article : 262 words
  23. FARMING FOR GIRL CONVICTS.

    A very interesting experiment is being tried on a farm colony near Philadelphia, U.S.A., where the cultivation is carried out by 400 girls ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. MEAT TRADE METHODS.

    Now that Australia's meat exporting trade promises to be such an important industry here, it is necessary that the latest methods of packing ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. BRIGHT— AND BRIGHTER.

    First Boy (displaying pet dog): "I call this dog ' Sausage,' because he's only half-bred—see?" Second Boy: "That reminds [?] ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. IMMIGRATION.

    A report recently prepared by Mr. G. H. Knibbs, shows that during January, February, and March of this year 3,071 nominated and 1,485 ...

    Article : 30 words
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