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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,817 words
  3. THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION.

    "Engineering" says that while the producing capacity of the country is at the present moment as fully occupied as most manufacturers could desire, and while all ...

    Article : 550 words
  4. "SOLDIERS OF [?]HE QUEEN."

    Mr. Leslie Stuart, the composer of the most popular song of modern times, has been telling an interviewer of the "New Penny Magazine" the origin of the song. ...

    Article : 547 words
  5. BRITAIN'S HUGE STAKE.

    The most remarkable fact that should be kept in mind in connection with the Chinese question is this, that of the total annual trade of China, £69,000,000, the share of ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. Poultry and Garden

    A few days ago I made another trip around the various poultry yards, and was considerably impressed with the quality of the birds brought under my notice by their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 997 words
  7. A SURGICAL TRIUMPH.

    An operation was performed in the Newhaven (Connecticut) Hospital lately that, it is hoped, will enable Nathan Hale Prior, who has been dumb since birth, to talk, ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. AMERICA'S COMPETITION FOR THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY.

    The United State have commenced the present fight for a foremost place among shipbuilding nations, a struggle upon which they are now fairly entered, under ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. HIGH KITE FLYING.

    From information that has reached us ("Nature") from Mr. Rotch's Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, we learn that a kite used in the exploration of the air was ...

    Article : 257 words
  10. ABOUT LI HUNG CHANG.

    In a letter to one of the London newspapers Mr. Henry Norman writes:—"Li Hung Chang was '"Futai' of Kiangsu in 1863, when he caused the Wangs to be ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. A CURIOUS INCIDENT.

    A collision between a pigeon and a railway train with singular results occurred in Georgia. The train was going at about 60 miles an hour when a pigeon came into ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. REVELATIONS ABOUT "FRISH" EGGS.

    At the Liverpool County Court. Messrs. Hantley, Wilson, and Co., produce merchants, Liverpool, sought to recover from Thomas Carr, poultry farmer and egg ...

    Article : 222 words
  13. AN INHUMAN SPORT.

    Mr. Joseph Hatton writes:—If I were a parson at this moment I would never rest until I had made my voice heard in every corner of the land against the inhuman ...

    Article : 231 words
  14. THE QUEEN AND THE ENGINEDRIVER.

    The Queen has contributed £10 to the fund raised in aid of Thomas Scott, engine-driver on the North-Eastern Railway, who was run over by an engine in ...

    Article : 216 words
  15. SCOTCHMEN WHO SPEAK ONLY FRENCH.

    A commercial traveller who has had business relations with several concerns in the Province of Quebec had occasion to visit them recently. On his return he was ...

    Article : 358 words
  16. WOODEN WATER-SUPPLY PIPING.

    "Engineering" illustrates an ingeniously arranged water-supply pipe, made of wooden staves, pretty much like a boiler, and now in use in Wales. The ...

    Article : 263 words
  17. A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PAINT BRUSH.

    It is somewhat remarkable that since man first learnt the art of painting, practically the only medium employed for applying paint to canvas has been a lunch of hairs ...

    Article : 293 words
  18. THE GARDEN.

    Advice given as to the sowing and planting of seed in last week's "Notes" may still be followed, not forgetting a big planting of potatoes, of which the Bovee ...

    Article : 437 words
  19. HANDS OF FAMOUS WICKET-KEEPERS.

    Cricketers will find the June number of the "Windsor Magazine" of exceptional interest, by reason of the admirable article on "Some Famous Cricketers' Hands," ...

    Article : 424 words
  20. A MODERN SOLOMON.

    The following remarkable incident is said to have occurred recently in the province of Honan, in China:— Three men appeared before a judge there ...

    Article : 351 words
  21. WHERE THE SLAVE TRADE BEGAN.

    The chief source of supply for the devouring slave market of the West throughout the whole history of the trade, and practically the only source during the years ...

    Article : 339 words
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