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  2. POWERS OF THE MIND.

    A rema[?]kable account of an investigation into occult phenomena was given on May 7 at 90 Regent-street, by Mr. F. L. Rawson, the authority on advanced ...

    Article : 915 words
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  4. SCIENCE AND INVENTION,

    Among its many other peculiarities South Africa includes the "sneeze-wood" tree, which takes its name from the fact that one cannot cut it with a saw without ...

    Article : 112 words
  5. THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

    Moral is to physical power as three to one. Judgment is a possession of an enormous value to a nation, and in proportion ...

    Article : 60 words
  6. GRACE OF SPEECH.

    Do you know a legend which has floated through the years, and which tells of a man whose soul differed from those of his follow-men, and Whose ways ...

    Article : 970 words
  7. FORTITUDE.

    The light and shade, the happiness and the unhappiness of atman's life, depend upon the disposition with which he regards it. An unalloyed contentment of ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. EDIBLE FLOWERS.

    There are found in the East Indies many edible flowers. One of the most appreciated grows upon a tree named the "mhowad." The natives consume an ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. LAKE OF BOILING MUD.

    One of the greatest wonders of Java is a large lake of boiling mud, two miles in circumference, in the centre of which immense columns of soft, hot mud may be ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. UPWARD.

    We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. A POISONOUS BEAUTY.

    For all its beauty, the lily of the valley is denounced by scientists on the ground that both the stalks and the flowers contain a poison. It is risky to put the ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. WHY SHIPS ESCAPE LIGHTNING.

    The reason why ships are nowadays rarely struck by lightning is to be found in the increasingly general use made of wire rope for rigging purposes, as well ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. THE REAL LIFE.

    This life is like a bale of silk on a loom, that winds itself up as fast as it is woven. You do not know what the figure is until it has been taken off and ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. WHAT ELECTRONS ARE.

    The electrical atom is simply a sphere of positive electricity which holds in place, by reason of its attractive power, anywhere from 1000 electrons in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. PRAYER.

    Some of the natural forces of the universe can only be manifested through the special elements and agencies that, are adapted to transmit them. Electricity ...

    Article : 188 words
  16. A NEW TOOL FOR ELECTRICIANS.

    A recent patent of particular interest to electricians and plumbers covers a machine for boring holes through overhead beams, which does not require the ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. HARNESSING A MOUNTAIN.

    "How to atop a mountain moving. This is the nice little problem which civil engineers and scientists in the district of the cascades of the Columbia river ...

    Article : 139 words
  18. HOME INFLUENCE.

    Our home influence is not a passing but an abiding one, and all-powerful for good or evil, for peace or strife, for happiness or misery. Each separate home has been ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. MARVELS OF "AEROGRAPHY."

    The "air brush," which applies pigment in the form of spray, has recently taken on many and varied forms and uses in France, where it is used to ...

    Article : 158 words
  20. FAITHFULNESS.

    The diamond is one kind of crystal and coal is another. But, on the whole, though the diamond is beautiful, the world would rather give up its diamonds ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

    The majority of the present Philippine Commission consists of Filipinos: Heretofore, when Filipino legislators have shown unwisdom, there has been in the ...

    Article : 213 words
  22. A GOOD IDEA.

    An ingenious idea has been put to practical use at Darlaston in Staffordshire. While testing his cycle wheel a man was impressed with its great ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. WORLDLINESS.

    We may dispute about the word "wordliness" and ask, "What does it mean?' but all people of common sense know that there is such a thing as worldliness, ...

    Article : 418 words
  24. SUICIDE AMONGST SOLDIERS.

    The Razvedchik, the semi-official organ of the Russian Army, publishes some startling figures about the extent of the suicide mania among Russian troops, ...

    Article : 405 words
  25. A SWISS IDEA.

    An automatic gate is being tested on a Swiss electric rod. As a car approaches the grade crossing, the trolley bow makes contact with a wire running parallel to ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. THE ENTENTE.

    Commenting on the recent visit of the Klug to Paris, the Saturday Review" remarks:—"The solidity and power of the entente cordiale rests upon its ...

    Article : 266 words
  27. THE PORHYDROMETER.

    An ingenious little instrument which weighs the whole cargo of a ship at one operation, and records the change in the vessel's weight when a passenger steps ...

    Article : 121 words
  28. AN ENGINE BREATHING.

    The "breathing" of a locomotive—that is to nay, the number of puffs given by a railway engine during its journey—depends upon the circumference of its ...

    Article : 133 words
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