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  2. Facts and Fancies.

    The limits of vision vary with elevation, condition of the atmosphere, intensity of illumination, and other modifying elements in different cases. ...

    Article : 920 words
  3. TOBACCO AND LUNG DISEASE.

    The statement that tobacco prevents lung disease scorns to be true to a certain extent. It is clear that tobacco and tobacco smoke are ...

    Article : 183 words
  4. ETIQUETTE ON WARSHIPS

    Etiquette plays an important part on a modern battleship, and the Navy enforces many little forms and customs. ...

    Article : 180 words
  5. The Poultry Run.

    [?] Too often the poultry keeper ex[?]ds all his care on the construction [?] the fowl-house. This in itself is a [?] thing, but when it leads to the ...

    Article : 184 words
  6. American Humour.

    Proved.--"Do you believe in luck?" "Yes, sir. How else could I account for the success of my neighbours?" ...

    Article : 681 words
  7. Science Notes and News.

    It is stated that the fishermen of Cezimbo, Portugal, have a somewhat novel method of catching fish by the use of a natural phosphorescent ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. WHERE WAS THE GARDEN OF EDEN?

    Numerous attempts have been made to determine the exact locality of the Gordon of Eden, and the territory which seems to best fit the description ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. SOME LUGGAGE DONT'S.

    Don't pack to loosely. The tighter your bag is packed the safer are its contents. Don't forget to see that all bags-- ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. PROJECTILE POWER.

    The armament of a first-class warship of to-day includes a gun or guns styled "12 inch." What a deadly weapon this is is almost beyond the ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. MONEY LOST AND WON AT MONTE CARLO.

    It seems scarcely possible to believe, when standing on the promenade at Monte Carlo, overlooking the harbour, which is generally crowded ...

    Article : 758 words
  12. [?]MPLE REMEDIES FOR COMMON AILMENTS.

    The following simple poultry reme[?]s are detailed for the benefit of [?]ose who anticipate the stocking [?] a medicine chest with the ...

    Article : 598 words
  13. THE WIRELESS COHERER.

    Wireless communications are sent by means of faint rays in the ether--so faint that at one time science knew no means of picking them up. Then ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  14. CURIOUS OCCUPATIONS.

    The last census taken in the United States is of a much more exhaustive character than any of its predecessors. For instance, the entry ...

    Article : 464 words
  15. FOG SIGNALS BY WIRELESS.

    Hertzian wave fog signals are the latest invention for helping mariners at sea. In foggy weather, particularly, the new system will prove of great ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. THE CAUSES OF GREY HAIR.

    It has been seriously contended by some theorists that the cause of grey hair is a contraction of the skin about the roots of it, and from this it may ...

    Article : 335 words
  17. A NEW TELEPHONE.

    Deaf people--that is, the partially deaf--do not as a rule favour the telephone. Mr. Edison, who, apparently, has been able to invent ...

    Article : 211 words
  18. ELECTRIC BED.

    A brass bed, especially equipped with electricity, has been built by an American company. The tops of all four posts carry an electric-light bulb, ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. WIT.

    Being wedded to art and a human being at the same time is a form of bigamy for which the penalty is life punishment. ...

    Article : 223 words
  20. WORKED BY AIR.

    An ingenious alarm has been placed on the market in Paris. The shaft on which the propeller is mounted passes through the bell, and has ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. FRANCE'S DEEP STOCKING.

    Statistics just published in France show that the proverbial depth of the French stocking is distinctly founded on face. In France one is, of course. ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. THE LONGEST TRAIN ON RECORD.

    America remains the home of the record. This time it is the longest [?]rain on record which must go to the [?] credit of America. Recently a train ...

    Article : 135 words
  23. A TYRE ALARM.

    A device that tells the driver of a motor car when a tyre becomes deflated beyond a certain degree is attached to the wheel rim, the vertical ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. ON BROADWAY.

    Of all sorry sights to the masculine view. There is one inexpressibly shocking-- ...

    Article : 42 words
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