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  2. ODDS AND ENDS.

    The largest whales give as much last 20 tons of oil. The weight of the averaged-sized maximum 140 th : of the women 125 fb. ...

    Article : 1,509 words
  3. WALKING BOMBS.

    It will probably surprise you to learn that you may have already become a dynamite caber without being aware of the fact. It you are troubled with a weak heart, and ...

    Article : 401 words
  4. A MODERN BATTLESHIP-HOW IT IS WORKED.

    The accompanying half-section of a time of battle ship is instructive. To the ordinary man the sight of a war vessel in the water does not convey an adequate idea as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 426 words
  5. RADIUM IN WAR.

    Mr. Thomas Alva Edison, fee American brventor, has recently expressed the opinion that the development of radium will prove to be the most important scientific feature ...

    Article : 353 words
  6. ECHOES AND RE- ECHOES.

    Can any one tell me the meaning of the following germs of expression?:— “Wy-own-dier” and “Wadjer-wadder.” Like archaeologists who decipher Egyptian ...

    Article : 1,221 words
  7. THE CENTENARY OF A GREAT INSTITUTION.

    March 7 will be the centenary of British and Foreign Bible Society. The work of the British Bibbe Society is cosmopolitan. In a sense the extent of its ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 662 words
  8. THE HANDY, MAN’S DAILY FARE.

    Jack’s daily fare has been greatly improved of late. Several new articles have been added to his diet, and he has now five meals a day presided for him instead ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 377 words
  9. THE JAPANESE SCHOOL GIRL.

    One of the most wonderful products of the new Japan is the schoolgirl. She shuffles gracefully to her academy in the clogs and kimono of old Nippon, to study ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 311 words
  10. THE EXPEDITION TO TIBET.

    The clamour of affairs between Russia and Japan has temporarily diverted our attention from Tibet. Perhaps, Cop, it has diverted, the attention of the world, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,719 words
  11. SOMETHING ABOUT SNEEZING,

    There are many passages in the ancient classical literature which indicate that the act of sneezing, which is provocative of laughter in the modem witness, was once ...

    Article : 755 words
  12. ANCESTRY OF THE HORSE.

    Under -this title Mr. R. Lydekker writes a most interesting article in Knowledge for January. After dealing, with the ancestry of the horse as revealed by fossils, Mr. ...

    Article : 574 words
  13. A COREAN MYSTERY.

    It was a classical fable that the rust upon the sword of Achilles was a sovereign cure whereby to heal the wounds inflicted by that sword. Corea resembles the sword ...

    Article : 674 words
  14. THE ELECTROPHONE.

    The electrophone is the latest scientific wonder. And it is a wonder which has been proved to have a practical value. Quite recently a speech was reported by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 302 words
  15. THE Y.M.CA. ON BUSINESS LINES.

    It is not every religious institution that is fortunate enough to acquire magnificent new buildings like those of the Y.M.C.A. at St Helens, Lancashire, for the modest ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 253 words
  16. A FELLOW WHO CAN WHISTLE.

    The fellow who can whistle when the world is going wrong Is the fellow who will make the most of life; No matter what may happen, you will find him ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. INDICATIONS OF FOOT STEPS.

    Tiptoe walking indicates surprise, curiosity discretion, or mystery. The miser‘s walk is indicated in short, nervous steps, noiseless and anxious, and with stooped, ...

    Article : 140 words
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