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  2. A MAN WITH A PATENT HAIR RESTORER.

    He began do feel that. he was not quite a success at the pedlar's business, and he thought ho would have to be a little more diplomatic. His ...

    Article : 513 words
  3. JUDGING THE AGE OF CATTLE BY THEIR TEETH.

    The specification adapted in connection with the great International Show, at Chicago, for testing the age of cattle by their teeth, is as ...

    Article : 521 words
  4. A THIBETAN MAHATMA MYSTERY IN THE OCCIDENT.

    Like a wonderful tale from the "Arabian Nights" is the story which centres about a magnificent statue of Buddha, now in the possession of ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  5. SCIENTIFIC WARFARE AGAINST CLOUDS.

    It has become almost a commonplace occurrence to shoot at the clouds with cannon or specially constructed apparatus to dispel ...

    Article : 648 words
  6. HOW COCOA IS OBTAINED.

    The cocoa tree is cultivated chiefly in Trinidad, Ceylon, Venezuela, and Jamaica. It seems to flourish best along the banks of the rivers where ...

    Article : 286 words
  7. MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON.

    The famous mountaineer and geographer, Mr. Douglas Freshfield, has a fascinating letter in the "Times" on his recent journey among the ...

    Article : 397 words
  8. WHAT WATER CAN DO.

    Imagine a perpendicular column of water more than one-third of a mile high, 26 inches in diameter at the and 24in in diameter at the ...

    Article : 365 words
  9. DANGER FROM SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES.

    Sir Arthur Lawley takes advantage of his removal to a sphere of official toil in Asia to give frank utterance to what, in his opinion, constitutes ...

    Article : 266 words
  10. IN A TRAMCAR.

    A clergyman who has just returned from a tour in the North of Ireland narrates an amusing incident which occured one day in a tramcar. ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. A GLASS-BLOWING STORY.

    The interesting operation of glassblowing has been artlessly and some what humourously illustrated in the following anecdote, as related by the ...

    Article : 285 words
  12. THE EMPIRE OF SPEECH.

    Two or three recent improvements of the telephone show what undeveloped capabilities still lie hidden in this wonderful far-talker of ...

    Article : 487 words
  13. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Frogs and toads possess a remarkably keen sense of hearing. Japanese officers direct their troops by means of a code of whistling. ...

    Article : 481 words
  14. THE FUTURE OF THE MOTOR-BOAT.

    Count Recope, a great admirer of the motor-boat, writes with enthusiasm of its future in the "London Magazine." As he truly says, the ...

    Article : 457 words
  15. AT THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY.

    The first day horseflesh was served out in the officers' mess during the singe of Kimberley, the Colonel said: "Gentlemen, I am sorry to say that ...

    Article : 140 words
  16. THE WONDERFUL 'CHAIR OF LIFE.'

    Everyone, has heard of the chair of death, in which criminals are electrocuted, but few probably have heard of the chair of life. The chair of life ...

    Article : 572 words
  17. AN IDEAL WIFE.

    Mrs. Rulem: Your husband is still as devoted as a lover, I don't see how you manage. Mrs. Kissem: It's very simple. ...

    Article : 135 words
  18. THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO.

    There are many stories told of a former Sultan of Morocco, Muley Hassan, who died June, 1894. The best of them is the joke he played ...

    Article : 165 words
  19. AT A THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE.

    There was long ago a Theological college presided over by a most amiable Professor. On certain days the senior students opened the ...

    Article : 227 words
  20. AT A TEMPERANCE MEETING.

    "When I used to travel the country, lecturing," said tho retired temperance lecturer, "I carried with me as a frightful example a man with a ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. NEW AND SIMPLE BAROMETER.

    Dr. Eydam, a noted Gorman meteoroligist, has discovered a new and extremely simple kind of barometer. It consists of the telegraph wire ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. IN CONFIDENCE.

    A pretty and agreeable young woman who lived in a country village suddenly announced that she was going to take up teaching. ...

    Article : 67 words
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