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  2. UNMASKED AT EAST CHAPTER XXIII. (Continued.)

    Rattray went up to them boldly, the light from the torch shining full on his rags and his griny face. A four days' growth of stubbly beard had altered his ...

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  3. THE MOST WONDERFUL RECREATION GROUND IN THE WORLD.

    The writer recently paid a visit to what is certainly one of the most unique playgrounds in the world, for it is situated on the top of an immense, ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  4. THE PRICE OF POWER.

    The humble individual passing his life in obscurity, and often tempted to envy those who occupy a big position "in the public eye," has frequently little ...

    Article : 734 words
  5. SUNDAY CORNER.

    The presence of the cheerful spirit acts like a beam of sunshine to the social circle, it wa[?]ms and brightens, it softens and subdues. The quality is a happy one in every ...

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  6. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Turpentine is one of the best remedies for croup. A piece of flannel should be saturated with it and placed on the child's throat and chest. ...

    Article : 174 words
  7. CHAPTER XXIV.

    It was an hour after midnight by the time Rattray arrived under his window at the Hall from his evening's adventure, but it was not till past two o'clock ...

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  8. CHAPTER XXV.

    The morning had nothing in store in the way of comfort. Winnie was still missing, nor was there any trace of her to assist the diligent band of searchers. ...

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  9. CORK CURTAINS.

    A curiosity to be seen at Berlin is a pair of curtains made of champagne corks, each cork being still covered, by the gilt paper associated with the ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. CHAINS UP TO DATE.

    Lelong, a Belgian inventor, has devised what is said to be the first successful apparatus with which, by the use of but one furnace and one machine, a ...

    Article : 84 words
  11. THE BIGGEST GUN.

    There is now at Sandy Hook proving grounds the biggest cannon over turned out in the world. Not even the Krupp gunworks of Germany have ever dreamed ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. RIVAL TO STEAM AND ELECTRICITY

    A "triple economic air engine," it is reported, threatens to revolutionise all those industries which depend on steam, gas or electricity for their motive power. ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. CEYLON'S DEVIL BIRD.

    Most people who have visited the Island of Coylon, and penetrated into its jungle fastnesses, have heard the cry of the devil bird. This awe-inspiring ...

    Article : 366 words
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  15. A NECDOTES ABOUT MUSICIANS

    The Abbe Liszt was almost the first musician to assert the dignity of his art, and by the force of his personality he did it with perfect and sometimes crushing ...

    Article : 303 words
  16. THE NEW FLUID MAGNIFYING LENS

    The glass lens has been brought to a diameter of about five feet for astronomical purposes, but when of such size the cost is thousands of pounds and several ...

    Article : 159 words
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  18. THIS CABLE UNBREAKABLE.

    One of the most remarkable things, about the huge Cunard turbine liners now being constructed is the record chain cable with which they are to be fitted. ...

    Article : 180 words
  19. FRUIT FROM THE TREE.

    French horticulturists have apparently been very successful of late in raising dwarf fruit trees, and one of the features of dinner-parties among the rich ...

    Article : 34 words
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    Advertising : 146 words
  21. SUMMED UP.

    "What is the secret of success?" asked the Sphinx. "Push," said the Button. "Never be led," said the Pencil. ...

    Article : 112 words
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