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  2. UTILITIES OF THE ARCTIC.

    A question constantly asked is : "What practical good is all the Arctic and Antarctic exploration now proceeding?" ...

    Article : 920 words
  3. IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

    The Islands of the Pacific approach more nearly to one's idea of Fairyland than any other quarter of the globe. Describing her visit to the ...

    Article : 698 words
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  5. The Daylight Saving Bill.

    Dr. Richard Arthur, M. L. A I have had some interviews during his stay in London, is very much interested in this bill, and tells me that a letter ...

    Article : 1,284 words
  6. Use Welsbach Mantles...

    Pharoah- hunting is essentially a winter sport. Its chief season is between October and March, when the climate of the Nile Valley is at ...

    Article : 1,523 words
  7. THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.

    On November 1, 1755, a few minutes before 10 a. m., the inhabitants of Lisbon were alarmed by several violent vibrations of the ground, ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. Death of a Noted Irishwoman.

    Miss Charlotte Grace O'Brien, the announcement of whose death appeared recently in "The Times," was known as a notable Irishwoman, a poet, and novelist, ...

    Article : 647 words
  9. WILLIAM III. LANDS AT TORBAY

    When William, "the Hope of the Protestants," landed at Torbay on November 5, 1688, he found very few adherents willing to risk their lives ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. THE END OF THE INQUISITION.

    On November 7, 1781, the last victim of the Inquisition, a woman, accused of making a contract with the devil, was burnt alive at Seville. ...

    Article : 168 words
  11. TASTE AND SMELL

    These two senses are closely associated, and are also dependent in a certain degree on the sense of vision. A bad cold in the head, by ...

    Article : 359 words
  12. THE HOME OF THE SEAL

    The biggest seal rookeries of Alaska are on two small islands in the Pribilov group. Every year 5,000,000 seals congregate here during the ...

    Article : 630 words
  13. DANCING BY THE MILE.

    How many dances are you likely to receive this year ? Ten ? Twenty ? Well, here are some statistics that may interest you. ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. IN OTHER LANDS.

    After prodigious efforts we were forced to camp at 18,400ft., with not enough energy left to talk or to eat. The silk tent was pitched, and ...

    Article : 213 words
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  16. MAGIC GLASS.

    One of the most curious inventions is what is called platinised, glass. A piece of glass is coated with an exceedingly thin layer of a liquid ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. THE HONEYCOMBED ALPS.

    The following are the great Alpine tunnels at present constructed : Mont Cenis (1857-70), seven miles 1,730 yards ; St. Gotthard (1872-80), nine ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. Invaders of Australia.

    Very few Australians are aware that their land is being invaded by aliens from Asia, yet it is a fact that tens of thousands annually enter the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 927 words
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  21. HOW TO WARD OFF A BILIOUS ATTACK.

    With most persons who are subject to bilious attacks, headache is the first indication of the disease. If Chamberlain's Tablets are taken at once and little or ...

    Article : 70 words
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