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  2. MR. DOOLEY AGAIN.

    The second series of Dooley papers collected by Mr. F. P. Dunne under the title of Mr. Dooley's Philosophy" (Heinemann) will be widely read by British ...

    Article : 562 words
  3. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    Hop Bitters: Pour one quart of boiling water upon two ounces of hops, and infuse for 24 hours. The usual dose a wineglassful half an hour before meals. ...

    Article : 335 words
  4. BARRED FROM SEA TRAVELLING.

    Says the "New York Telegraph":—A noted gambler, "Doc" Owens, has been practically barred of the Atlantic Ocean. This does not mean that he may not go on ...

    Article : 651 words
  5. A MIRACLE OF PERCEPTION.

    Nelson Black was a reporter on a Philadelphia paper, and in that capacity be solved the riddle of the celebrated Hallowell robbery case. The story was ...

    Article : 2,348 words
  6. Poultry and Garden.

    Poultry in domestication are not in a natural condition. Their diet is more or less restricted in variety, and that which they have is frequently of a character to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 882 words
  7. A PROLIFIC WRITER.

    Jules Vernes was 73 recently. He has written a novel for every year he has lived, although his first book did not appear until less than 40 years ago. His ...

    Article : 203 words
  8. CURIOUS CACTI.

    The most grotesque forms and the most gigantic size of any of the cacti are found in the Gila Desert, all over which may be seen what appear to be telegraph poles, ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. A HUGE WATCH.

    One can appreciate a big clock, on a tower or in a railway station; but what is the good of a mammoth watch, such as that destined for the St. Louis World's ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. WAR MADNESS IN PARIS.

    Another ease of madness resulting from the Hispano-American War has occurred in Paris. On this occasion the mania manifested itself in a disagreeable manned for ...

    Article : 187 words
  11. AMERICAN METHODS.

    Probably in no country in the world is the principle of division of labour carried out to a greater extent or with greater success than it is in ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. THE GULF STREAM.

    In a recent issue of the United States "Monthly Review" Mr. W. H. Watts discusses what he calls the Gulf Stream myth. He points out that the mild climate of ...

    Article : 232 words
  13. RECOVERY OF SPEECH.

    Who shall say that the age of miracles is past? The case the woman at Mile End, who has recovered her speech after being dumb for years, is not at all unique. ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. DO YOU BATHE YOUR EYEGLASSES?

    "You don't need new glasses, but your glasses do need a bath," said an optician to a customer, who seemd greatly surprised at the remark. ...

    Article : 218 words
  15. TROTTING SPIDERS.

    As a rule (observes "Science Siftings") spiders are quite harmless to man, but one or two foreign species are capable of doing mischief. The ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. ELECTRICAL MARVELS.

    Professor Sinby, the well-known electrical expert, in an interview in Berlin recently, said he expected to effect a revolution in telegraphy if he ...

    Article : 268 words
  17. THE INSECTS OF THE SEA.

    Writing in "Knowledge," Mr. G. H. Carpenter says:—The insect fauna of the land and the fresh waters merges gradually into that of the sea. Many genera of aqutic ...

    Article : 239 words
  18. THE GARDEN.

    Again Jupiter Pluvius has been considerate enough to send us another consignment of welcome and opportune rain, which will enable the gardener to prosecute ...

    Article : 459 words
  19. GREAT FIND OF MANUSCRIPTS.

    The Russians, on occupying Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, secured—in other words "looted"—a large quantity of very valuable Oriental MSS., which, by ...

    Article : 215 words
  20. AN ELECTRIC WONDER.

    At the Shawinigan Falls, Canada, there is a cliff some 150 feet high. Crawling up a steep slope to-day for five gigantic red brown caterpilairs (there will ...

    Article : 231 words
  21. PEOPLING A CONTINENT.

    "There are no 'bad lands' in the whole of Southern Siberia, and the rich, arable land extends hundreds of versts further north," says a writer in "Ainslee's ...

    Article : 378 words
  22. CAT'S MEAT MEN'S DINNER.

    "Meat! Meat!" The grinning gamins of Hand Court, Holborn, London,- filled the air with that irreverent cry on January 10. As for the 300 ...

    Article : 249 words
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  24. ADVANCE OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Under the auspices of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Fleming Professor of Electrical Engineering in University College, London, recently ...

    Article : 217 words
  25. AUTOMOBILISM IN GERMANY.

    The progress of the automobile industry in Germany, in which country were developed the first two motors for automobiles, the Diamler and the Benz, has ...

    Article : 125 words
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