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THE LATEST EPIDEMIC
The puzzle picture is the worst epidemic that has happened to the American [?]eope since la grippe got busy. Sooner or later puzzle pictures come to every home to ...
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BATTLE IN A BALLROOM.
In the heart of New York, within a quarter of a mile of Broadway, a battle with revolvers was fought on January 3. The fight was between two rival gangs, and ...
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A NATIONAL FIGURE.
How much in the way of national expression. political, commercial, and social, does Great Britain owe to the pictorial figure known as John Bull? How much does the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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THE KING AS AN ARBITRATOR.
King Edward, in accepting the invitation to arbitrate the Alsop claim between Chili and the United States, will write the final chapter in an international romance ...
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“THE CRADLE OF AUSTRALIA.”
The loyal native of Parramatta insists that his town is that, and so it may be allowed if only to save argument. Parramatta has been given bold advertisement ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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HUNTSMAN OF TEN.
My Lord Worcester, a baby of 10, son of the Duke of Beaufort, went hunting for the first time on January 3, and was duly “blooded.” The latter ceremony consisted ...
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DO ANTS REASON?
Although Mr. Henry Hill at the London Institution early in January would not allow ants any higher quality than that of “instinct,” Lord Avebury sees no reason to ...
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AN AUSTRALIAN UNIFORM.
Here is something that ought to be worth some consideration. Are we going to create a new naval uniform for the men of our newly born navy, and if so, what is it ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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MAKING SAFETY CHEAPER
The Erie Railroad has instituted a 12-mile experimental section of an electrical automatic railroad safety-signal system that promises much for the safety of railroad ...
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A NEW TORPEDO.
An American naval officer has invented a new torpedo. It seems to be an unusually formidable affair. The inventor claims that, it will break through any protection which ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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WHAT THE LETTERS MEAN.
Of all the many orders that can be bestowed by the King upon a subject, that represented by the two letters K.G. is the most highly prized. These stand, of course, ...
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MODERN ROMANS.
Addressing the annual business meeting of the Classical Association at King’s College on January 9, Lord Cromer compared the Roman and the British Empires. The ...
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BURKE AND WILLS.
This year brings the jubilee of the departure of the Burke and Wills expedition. With it comes a retrospection of one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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READY-MADE HOMES.
The scheme of Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, the President of the Canadian-Pacific Railway way Company, for providing ready-made farms for emigrants to Canada, was ...
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SHOT FROM A SUB MARINE.
One man must die, but the rest' of the crew can escape from a sunken submarine. That was proved by the daring exploit of Lieut. Kenneth Whiting of the United ...
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A LITTLE LESSON.
We are constantly altering our clocks and watches so as to have the correct time. For what object beyond this? So as to catch boats. trams, and trains, keep ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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M.P.’S FISTICUFFS.
An extraordinary scene was witnessed in Cambridge road, Hammersmith, about midday on January 6. Sir William Bull (Unionist M.P. for Hammersmith) was ...
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COOKING OF VEGETABLES.
Dr. E. W. Cole is an advocate for the long boiling of vegetables, but he strongly disapproves of pouring off the water in which they are cooked. We all know, ...
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ARBOREAL SIGNALLING.
“The surface of Mars is,” says Profe[?] Pickering, “undoubtedly going through a series of changes like the earth, but more conspicuous changes. The most pla[?] ...
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WHEN COMETS GET OFF THE TRACK.
In May, 1910, Halley’s comet; which is now approaching the earth at a tremendous rate, will undoubtedly present a very wonderful sight which one and all may ...
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HIS MAJESTY’S BROKEN RULE.
A hard-and-fast rule of King Edward when playing bridge is never to play with any young lady who has not attained the age of 21. His majesty has only been ...
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NAVAL EXPERIMENT.
The destructive power of a torpedo was strikingly illustrated by an experiment made in the Gulf of Spezia, by the Italian navy. An obsolete warship of 11,000 tons ...
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QUAINT MEETING IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
Trafalgar square was the scene of a quaint reunion on January 1—the outcome of a resolution formed 10 years ago. On January 1, 1900, 11 men, Government ...
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AFTERWARD.
I’m g[?]d I wis always so good to her; I was just up there in the nursery Picking up things—you know—that were Left strewn about as carelessly ...
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WHY TAKE COLD?
A person with a vigorous circulation and properly functioning organs, writes a medical correspondent, not take cold. This brings me to an important factor in the ...
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THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD TREE.
Some workmen were engaged in dredging operations in the River Trent at Cromwell. England. when they encountered an obstruction. After considerable difficulty ...
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