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  2. PAPUA.

    Not long ago Papua was a terra incognita, except, to a handful of missionaries, officials, and prospectors. Now, however, it is ...

    Article : 1,091 words
  3. Cutting Glass.

    It is commonly thought that glass is impervious to the assaults of age. But this is not the case. Glass, it exposed to the elements, ...

    Article : 222 words
  4. Wizard X-Rays.

    X-ray photographs taken in one thousandth part of a second! That is one of the latest remarkable achievements with a wonderful ...

    Article : 288 words
  5. Progress of Aviation.

    Big aeroplanes are the striking development of this year in aeronautics—six-passenger, eight-passenger, and even ten-passonger ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. Cardboard Spiral Turned by Heat.

    A novel attraction for a window display can be made from a piece of stiff cardboard cut in a spiral as shown in Fig. 1. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  7. IN OTHER LANDS. MODERN CHINA.

    Tokens of changing China are seen in the immense increase of certain classes of imports into that country. In twelve years the ...

    Article : 105 words
  8. Colouring the Wood of Growing Trees.

    The darker shades in wood are so much more highly prized for ornamental purposes that it has long been a practice to stain artificially ...

    Article : 576 words
  9. MARRIAGE UNDER ARMS.

    How General Villa, the leader of the northern Mexican rebels, recently acquired an American girl as his wife, is told in a despatch from ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. Latest Musical Prodigy.

    Willy Ferrero is a seven-year-old boy with a long face set in a frame of golden curls. He was born at Turin in 1907. All his ...

    Article : 388 words
  11. Modern Moneyboxes.

    Till a few years ago, a drill was good enough for safe-breaking. A hole was bored, and the powerful explosive nitro-glycerine inserted. ...

    Article : 461 words
  12. The Value of Radium.

    To scientific men radium has been a subject of absorbing discussion from the moment it was discovered, but it is rapidly becoming a ...

    Article : 723 words
  13. BERTILLON TEST FAILS.

    A housebreaker who was recently arrested in New York was in the natural course of events asked to make a record of his finger prints. ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. An Illuminated Target.

    My youthful nephews some time ago were presented with an air rifle and it worked so well that it became necessary for me to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 110 words
  15. THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.

    A sentimental young lady once asked the German Crown Prince whether he was not filled with perplexity when he looked up at the ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. MIMIC PLANT DISCOVERY.

    A curious example of mimicry is supplied by a newly- discovered South African plant, Mesembryanthemum lapidiforme. In summer ...

    Article : 466 words
  17. Soldier's Work.

    The story of the South African War is now an oft-told tale, but there is a special interest attaching to the experiences and ...

    Article : 432 words
  18. Spoon Rest.

    A rest for keeping spoons from slipping into kettles can be made from a strip of metal bent as shown in the illustration. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  19. How to Gargle.

    People, youngsters especially, are frequently of opinion that they can't gargle. They declare it chokes them. A plan to help them has ...

    Article : 183 words
  20. Technical Defence.

    The following conversation was recently overheard upon the stairs of the Bakerloo Railway at Trafalgar Square. The parties to it ...

    Article : 208 words
  21. What Came Up.

    An Englishman was driving around County Tipperary one warm day, when he came across a farmer setting potatoes. Thinking to have ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. AN IRISH RETURN.

    A Yankee was boasting of American honesty. "Why," he said, "I once lost a purse in the States, and twelve ...

    Article : 116 words
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