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  2. American Humour.

    Her Preference.—"It's all very well for the minister to preach form the text, 'Remember Lot's wife'" said an overworked, discouraged matron, ...

    Article : 778 words
  3. MILLIONS MADE FROM TRADING BY POST.

    Mr. Julius Rosenwald, head of the shopping-by-post firm of Seares, Roebuck and Co., has just celebrated his fiftieth birthday by giving £137,500 to ...

    Article : 269 words
  4. Science Notes and News.

    In order to prevent waste of time, a "telephone time-saver" has been invented. The device consists of a sound-magnifying trumpet of flattened ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. Facts and Fancies

    A Paris journalist searching some old records has made an amusing discovery. The first restaurant is quite a modern invention. It was founded ...

    Article : 937 words
  6. SOME VETERINARY NOTES.

    From the time he was a baby the foal should be handled by man. First a little baiter should be put on his head, and it should be attached to a ...

    Article : 677 words
  7. The Poultry Run.

    Unless the greatest care in exercised fowls are apt to be attacked by vermin, and the younger members of the flock are especially liable to ...

    Article : 979 words
  8. CAMPHOR FROM JAPAN.

    One of the most important of Japan's monopolies is the camphor production in the island of Formosa The present area of camphor afforestation is ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. SNIPS ABOUT SHARKS.

    While the whale is regarded as the largest of creatures thai haunt the sea, there are some sharks that can be compared in size with the former ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. FASTENING SCREWS IN TILE AND BRICK WALLS.

    A simple way to fasten screws in tile or brick walls is to drill holes, not too large for the screws, then tear up some paper, wet it and make a pulp. Pack this pulp tightly in the ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. MURDERS FOUND OUT BY THE CAMERA.

    Some striking facts regarding the manner in which photography aids criminal investigation are contained in a recent number of "The Amateur ...

    Article : 356 words
  12. COMBINED OPERA CLASSES AND SOUND INTENSIFIER.

    An ingenious combination, consisting of a sound-intensifying appliance attached to a pair of opera glasses. The ends of the objective tubes of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
  13. GUARDING AGAINST RUST.

    According to the rather surprising results obtained by two German chemists, M. Liebreich and L. Spitzer, of Berlin, who were, experimenting ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. BLACKMAIL IN MILLIONS.

    According to General Bingham, ex[?] Commissioner of Police, £20,000,000 of "graft" and blackmail is paid in New York every year. One lawyer ...

    Article : 322 words
  15. THE LARGEST SINGLE-PHASE LOCOMOTIVES.

    The most powerful single-unit electric locomotives that have been designed up to the present time are now being built for a Swiss railway. ...

    Article : 103 words
  16. THE GERMAN AND HIS CONTRACT.

    When the village decided that it could afford to have its streets sprinkled, old Fritz Pfankucken was put in charge of the Waggon. ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. [?]UUM CLEANIG EXTRAORDINARY.

    A machine combining two modern inventions, the electric car and the vacuum cleaning apparatus, has been applied in Strassburg to clean the ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. THE TRUTH ABOUT DOCS.

    The dog is a carnivorous quadruped, and comes in many sizes and shapes. His name is derived from the Latin word "Cards," meaning "Dog." We ...

    Article : 308 words
  19. HOW THE X-RAYS WERE DISCOVERED.

    Discovery of the X-rays resulted from the accidental observation made by Prof- Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, of the University of Wurzburg, that certain ...

    Article : 197 words
  20. THE BURGLAR AND THE BABY.

    The mountainous parts of Syria are visited with heavy falls of snow in winter, which, accumulating on the flat roofs, sometimes by its weight ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. THE GAMING TABLES.

    The Prince of Monaco draws his great wealth from the framing tables [?]of Monte Carlo, but personally he takes little interest in gambling. ...

    Article : 164 words
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