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  2. THE ROMANCE OF GREAT INVENTIONS.

    It is to an accidental invention made by an Italian chemist named Sobrero, 59 years ago, that the world of to-day owes a surprisingly large proportion of tie material ...

    Article : 995 words
  3. MALLS BY DOG SLEIGH

    “Fort McPherson Post Office, Arctic Circle.” The idea of addressing a letter in such a way and having it delivered by a British postman would have been ...

    Article : 833 words
  4. SOLVING LIFE’S MYSTERY.

    For many years scientists have been attempting to produce life by spontaneous generation. By means of radium and sterilized bouillon placed together, Mr. ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  5. “THE LAND OF SPRINGS.”

    That is the name given Jamaica by “Nuttall.” but the original meaning is “The Land of Wood and Water.” which perhaps may be identified with the other ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,264 words
  6. GREAT WEALTH A BURDEN.

    Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the richest man to the world, delivered a little Christmas sermon on the curse of riches and the national sin of extravagance while on his ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  7. HANDWRITING AND CHARACTER.

    Just why handwriting should ever have been fixed upon as a guide to human character remains inexplicable to the eminent French savant, Dr. Binet, of the Paris ...

    Article : 620 words
  8. TERRIBLE CHASM.

    There are a great many high bridges in the world, but up to the present time the highest one on any record is the one but recently completed over the Zambesi River. ...

    Article : 703 words
  9. WILL BRITANNIA RULE THE AIR?

    According to a number of authorities she will have to or lose “the command of the sea.” The flying ship now is not only a possibility but a certainty, the only ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 554 words
  10. PHILLIPS’S ANCHOR.

    Governor Phillip’s ship—the ship in which he came to Australia—his gone the way of all timbers, but the anchor remains. Similarly Governor Philip has long gone ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 379 words
  11. MISSION TO MILLIONAIRES.

    An innovation in revival meetings is about to be attempted in one of the most fashionable churches in New York (says the correspondent of The Tribune). It is ...

    Article : 318 words
  12. A GOOD CRITIC.

    Sir Henry Irving once wanted a white horse to use in one of his scenes, but no white horse that was suitable could be got. At last a stage hand advised him to apply ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. KNIFE-MADE MORALS.

    A remarkable case of the transformation a bad boy into a good one by the simple Surgical process of removing adenoids—a spongy growth very common in children— ...

    Article : 207 words
  14. FORGOT HIS WEDDING DAY.

    The most remarkable of Christmas Day’s matrimonial experiences in England was that of a young woman who was to have been married at St. Paul’s Church, ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. FAMOUS SHOWMAN’S FORTUNE.

    Mr. James Anthony Bailey, the late Chairman and managing director of Barnum and Bailey, Limited, the “greatest show on earth,” is reported to have left property of ...

    Article : 107 words
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