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  2. THE BIGGEST WAREHOUSE IN THE WORLD.

    Liverpool has the biggest warehouse in the world. it is built beside the docks and is intended to house the imports of tobacco which ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. THE QUAINT ISLE OF MAN.

    The Isle of Man. where a law has just been passed to prevent cigarette smoking by boys, is one of the quaintest countries in the world. ...

    Article : 467 words
  4. SEA FISHING IN AUSTRALIA.

    According to a writer in the "Traveller," sea-fishing is the Alpha and Omega of most fishing in Australia, and he proceeds to describe ...

    Article : 884 words
  5. WRECK OF THE DUMONT AIRSHIP.

    M. Santos Dumont, whose daring knows no limit, had a miraculous escape from death at Monte Carle. His airship was totally wrecked in ...

    Article : 680 words
  6. ROMANCES OF THE ROAD.

    Author of " Tales Tragic and True," Tales from the Old Bailey," " Romances of High Life," " Tales from the Law Courts," &c. ...

    Article : 39 words
  7. A CANTERBURY TALE.

    In December, 1832, there was a memorable general election, for it was the first after the Reform Bill. There were many exciting contests, but one of the strangest was that for ...

    Article : 3,236 words
  8. THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.

    A remarkable theory in connection with the discovery of America has just been advanced by Cesare Lombroso, an eminent Italian ...

    Article : 498 words
  9. MERRY IRISH HUMOUR.

    A beggar met a friend of mine, not remarkable for her good looks, who came to stay with me in Waterford for the first time: (writes a contributor to the " Fireside ...

    Article : 711 words
  10. LIQUID AIR.

    Atmospheric air becomes liquid under the influence of cold so intense that human imagination can hardly conceive it-that is to say at ...

    Article : 450 words
  11. A CUBE FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.

    It has been found in most coses that " insomnia is caused by disordered stomach," says an authority. Between the stomach and the brain ...

    Article : 137 words
  12. ARTILLERY EXPLOSIVES.

    Two much-used explosives are lyddite and cordite. Lyddite the most powerful, was first manufactured in Lydd, Kent, England, hence its name ...

    Article : 276 words
  13. IT WAS NOT PORT WINE.

    Mr. Christie Murray, the novelist, born and brought up amid the coal pits of the Black Country, tells a story of three miners who thought that they would like to taste ...

    Article : 243 words
  14. DRAWING A CONGREGATION.

    In a small village in the North of Scotland the people attended church very irregularly. One Sunday the minister astonished the small ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. ROMANCE AND REALITY.

    They were sitting in the hammock ; They were planning to elope ; They had just mapped out the programme, ...

    Article : 143 words
  16. EASY ECONOMY.

    Four-year-old Tommy eyed his piece of sparcely-buttered bread with looks of discontent, and then passed it back to grandma with a request ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. PROOF OF GOOD TASTE.

    "Well, at all events," said Mrs. Kenwood, " I'm glad that Gainsborough picture was found bete in Chicago." "Why ? Surely it's no credit to ...

    Article : 81 words
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