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  2. RADIUM.

    The words I have used for the title of this paper were used by Professor Boys' in his address at the last meeting of the British Association. They express in ...

    Article : 1,996 words
  3. MEMORIES OF OLD GEELONG.

    By 8 a.m. fish frizzling, pekoe steaming. and "inwards" murmuring we open fire, and soon reduce the internal mutiny, to a low sigh of satisfaction. Then, in ...

    Article : 1,950 words
  4. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    The following interesting interview with Dr. John paton appears in the October number of the "Australasian Review of Reviews":— ...

    Article : 1,542 words
  5. MUSIC AS A STYPTIC.

    Perhaps the strangest use to which music canbe put is to slop the flow of blood from a wound. An army doctor noticed that when a wounded soldier was taken to within easy ...

    Article : 96 words
  6. SCIENCE 'AND POTATOES.

    The farmers of Germany are noted for their adoption of scientific methods, particularly in the cultivation of potatoes, which is their great specialty. To avoid the effects of ...

    Article : 102 words
  7. HIGHEST RAILWAY IN THE WORLD.

    The Oroyo railroad, which runs from Callao to goldfields of Cerro de Pasco, is considered one of the wonders in the Peruvian world. It is certainly the greatest feat of railroad ...

    Article : 117 words
  8. SCIENCE NOTES.

    The new fireproof substance, Uralite, whose base is asbestos, can-be cut by the usual carpenters'or woodworkers' tools it can be vencered to form panelling for walls or ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. A NEW GUN-SIGHT.

    A new form of telescopic sight for use with a ride has been, invented. Neither fore nor back sight is employed with this "contrivance; but the scooter, in taking aim, looks through' ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. CHAMELEON ROSES.

    The Chinese, Japanese and Siamese, are peculiarly; skilful at botanical feats. One of their, wonderful achievements is known as the "changeable rose." This bloom, is whiter in ...

    Article : 141 words
  11. THE RADIUM ENERGY.

    Ramsay, who has worked so hard to fathom the mystery, says:—"The internal fires which nourish a bil of radium, and make it glow with its own light, must have been at work ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. A HAUNTED MUMMY.

    It is roported, says the "Daily Chronicle," that soon, the curtain will be rung up on the second act of the comedy of the British Museum haunted mummy, ...

    Article : 245 words
  13. AFTER MANY YEARS.

    The extraordinary'resuscitating power of light recently received a curious illustration in the silver minies at Laurium. A mine had been abandoned two thousands years, and the ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. CHILD CULTURE IN AMERICA

    A writer in the "Daily Telegraph," in a thoughtful article on the subject of child culture, says that during the last ten years the children have come to ...

    Article : 511 words
  15. THE POISON OF THE UPAS TREE.

    A close investigation has been made into the manufacture of the deadly poison used for darts by the natives of the Baron district of Sarawak, on the Barem River. This poison, ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. AN ELECTRICAL TREE.

    There is a peculiar tree in the forests of Central India, which' has most curious characteristics. The leaves of the tree are of a highly sensitive nature, and so full of ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. FRENCH LION- TAMER MAULED.

    La Goulue, the dancer of the, old Moulin Rouge turned lion-tamer, has been madly mauled by one of her fierccst pets (says the Paris correspondent of the ...

    Article : 472 words
  18. MEN AND WOMEN.

    Edward Bennett has some witty reflections on this topic in his "The Passing Hour' notes in the "English Illustrated Magazine." He says: ...

    Article : 398 words
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