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  2. SEPARABLE HINGE.

    Great difficulty is often experienced in hanging a door or shutter provided with ordinary hinges, and an inexperienced person sometimes finds it almost impossible to replace a door which has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 204 words
  3. THE WORST POST BEFORE PORT ARTHUR.

    Not even the graphic cables and brilliantly-written letters from special correspondents can give a really adequate idea of the horrors of the siege of the now historic ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 498 words
  4. MECHANICAL BALLOT.

    Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Messrs. Lott and Shibley, defeated Liberal candidates at the Canadian Dominion elections. The two men are charged with employing ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. FIVE HUNDRED KNOTS AN HOUR.

    According to the Paris "Herald," a French engineer named Gambin has invented and patented a new kind of ship which he declares will easily attain a speed of 500 knots. ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. BORN AMID THE FLAMES.

    An extraordinary incident in connection with the terrible fire in the Williamsburg (U.S.A.) district, in which 12 persons were killed and more than 50 injured, was that while the fire ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. BIG FLOWERS NEW PARIS FAD.

    Flowers, always the most favored adjunct of ball coiffures, are being made in Paris in strange colors and gigantic sizes. Pale blue, purple, and brown roses are seen. Colors are ...

    Article : 96 words
  8. GERMAN COUNT SELLS CIGARETTES.

    Considerable sensation has been caused in Berlin by a notice published in an official commercial register stating that Count Franz von Hahn Basedow has just started in business as ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. PROPELLING WARSHIPS BY MEANS OF GAS ENGINES.

    The German Navy officers are giving close study to the possibilities of gas engines for propelling warships. It is reported that the Admiralty is having a rather large vessel fitted ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. CHANGE BADISH INTO POTATO.

    Experts of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, have just accomplished tho seeming miracle of transmuting a radish into a potato. Their report, which has just been made to the Academy of ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. ANCIENT ANCESTRY.

    Miss Louisa MacDougall, of Dunollie, on Argyllshire lady, who died at Cheltenham the other day, boasted that her genealogical line stretched back to the year 125 A.D., and that ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. EATS HER HAIR AND DIES.

    Eating her own hair while asleep caused the death of Miss Stella Weston, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus J. Weston, of No. 2204 Schoole-street, Des Moines, U.S.A. The ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. AN ELEPHANTINE PIG.

    The "Indian Daily News" records the death of a remarkable pig, which possessed ears and a trunk resembling those of an elephant. Our Thrilling New Serial Story, ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. PONY SOLD FOR £1600.

    Mr. Carr, of Hull, has sold his pony Berkeley Bantam to Judge Moore, of Chicago, for £1600. This is believed to be a record figure for a pony. ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE.

    Fond Mother (to first pledge of affection): "O zoo icky ticky ducky wucky! Hasser dotter icky painee!" Modern Woman (just home from tour of the ...

    Article : 40 words
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