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  2. THE FIRST PENETRATION OF AMERICA.

    In the year 1534, one Jacques Cartier, simple Breton sailor, stumbled upon the actuary of the St. Lawrence River, and sailed up it, expecting presently to ...

    Article : 1,876 words
  3. "BIG CHIEF SMOKE".

    That is the way the Red man talks, and it about explains the situation. The "Big Chief Smoke" describes the 16 battleships from America: also, it describes The Great ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 326 words
  4. A GREAT SCIENTIST AND HIS BIBLE.

    Dr. Howard Atwood Kelly, of Baltimore holds a position almost unique in his profession. For some 20 years Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at John ...

    Article : 477 words
  5. HUSBAND HUNTING BY THE SEA.

    Husband-hunting said % dear, gossipy old lady, who for 30 odd years has kept one of the most popular boarding houses at B—.Yes; I have seen a great deal of it. ...

    Article : 1,102 words
  6. FROM THE CAPE TO THE CONGO.

    The Brussels correspondent of The Times recently wrote:—"I am informed that, as the result of the negotiations which have been carried on by Mr. Robert Williams ...

    Article : 293 words
  7. THE KAISER AS PREACHER.

    A sermon, which was delivered by the German Emperor on board the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern, while coasting round the Land of the Midnight Sun. is reproduced ...

    Article : 1,152 words
  8. WEALTH OF MONARCHS

    Considerable interest will be created by forthcoming discussion in the Prussian Parliament, or Landtag, of the Kaiser's request for an increase of salary. ...

    Article : 690 words
  9. THE FIVE "A" STAR.

    The American Star is five pointed an I we to have five-pointed Star. But let us build up a star of A's in the manner of the sketch, and for the much that the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 277 words
  10. AMERICA IN THE PACIFIC.

    It seens to be clear enough that America will not again leave the Pacific a quite open field. The 16 ships under Rear Admiral Sperry may go as they have come ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 510 words
  11. WONDERS OF MODERN MEDICINE.

    Allen Starr writes in Harper's on wonders of modern medicine. What, instance, could be more eloquent of the advance of this science than the following ...

    Article : 277 words
  12. TELEPHONES AND CONSUMPTION.

    Referring to a recent scare with regard to danger of consumption lurking in telephone instruments, the writer of an article in The Times describes the way in which ...

    Article : 520 words
  13. SUFFRAGETTE TREATMENT.

    The prison treatment of the suffragettes has frequently been the subject of questions in Parliament, and in view of the refusal of the Home Secretary to interfere. ...

    Article : 237 words
  14. STAMP LANDSCAPES.

    Between nine and ten million stamps are employed in the decoration of the walls of refectory of the Hospice of St. Jean de Dieu at Ghent. For years the monks have ...

    Article : 202 words
  15. QUEEN VICTORIA'S MEMORIAL.

    The Australian arms, which were recently rafted by the Heralds Court and assented to by the King, are to go on the Victoria memorial. The design has already been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 261 words
  16. THE "MERRY WIDOW" WALTZ.

    Joseph Coyne, the original Prince Danilo in the production of "The Merry Widow," in London, tells the following story in the Tatter:—It was quite an accident, really ...

    Article : 313 words
  17. THE KING AND THE KAISERS.

    King Edward continues to win golden opinions from the peace-lovers of the world His tenacity of purpose in seeking to draw all Europe into a friendly agreement for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 364 words
  18. CAN WE AFFORD IT?

    Can Australia afford a fleet the equal of the one under the supreme command of Rear Admiral Sperry? The rapid answer will be no; but the thoughtful answer, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 388 words
  19. CANDIDATE'S CAKE.

    For distributing threepenny pieces, a number of buns, and 4 cwt. of cake to children outside a baker's shop, Mr. G. L. Norris has been unseated on the ground of ...

    Article : 207 words
  20. WHY IS THE SKY BLUE.

    Why is the sky blue? That question would have been answered with more confidence 10 years ago than it can be to-day. Professor John Tyndall, who with many ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. STAGGERING RAILWAY FIGURES.

    From a Board of Trade paper it appears that last year the length of railway lines in the United Kingdom open for traffic was 23,101 miles, a slight increase over the ...

    Article : 219 words
  22. ORIGIN OF OUR POSTAL SYSTEM.

    The humble origin of our present postal system (according to the "Paston Letters") arose from the practice of country families sharing the expense of sending a messenger ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. LOANS FOR ATLANTIC GREYHOUNDS.

    According to The Leipzig Nauseate Nachichten, the heavy increase in working expenses has compelled the Hamburg-America can line and the North-German Lloyd ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. ECCENTRIC MISER.

    It is rumoured that James Brazil, the Swansea eccentric, known in the town as “Jimmy the Brace,” who died a few days ago in Ireland, where he had gone on a ...

    Article : 169 words
  25. A.M.P.'S FIRST ANNUITY.

    Mr. Richard Teece, general manager and actuary of the Australian Mutual Provident Society tells the following story (The British Australian says) of the first ...

    Article : 172 words
  26. CURIOUS PLACE-NAMES.

    There are some curious place names of pretty long standing in and near Bury (Lancashire)—as, for example, Jericho. Nineveh, Goschen, Gospel, Egypt, and Paradise ...

    Article : 90 words
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