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  2. THE INVENTION OF SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER.

    Common black powder which is a mix of nitre, sulphur, and charcoal, held its own against all other explosives as a propelient to be used ...

    Article : 346 words
  3. AN AMUSING ADVENTURE WITH ARTEMUS WARD.

    When Artemus Ward was in England his health was none of the best, but he always contrived when he appeared at the Savage Cluf ...

    Article : 1,113 words
  4. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Side saddles were first introduces in 1388. Lifeboats were invented by Lions Lakin, a London ceach-builder. ...

    Article : 570 words
  5. ELECTRIFIED HOUSES.

    An instance of non-familiarity with simple scientific facts is illustrated by an article that goes the rounds of the press once or twice ...

    Article : 275 words
  6. GOD SAVE THE KING.

    The coronation of King Edward should be regarded with wider vision than that with which a mere spectacle is looked upon. There are those ...

    Article : 1,128 words
  7. THE WEST INDIES DISASTER.

    Writing in an American contemporary concerning the late terrible disasters. Professor Garrett P. Serviss the great scientist says: ...

    Article : 798 words
  8. Heartsease.

    The Rev. Arthur Payne tramped through the snowy streets with a tread that betokened a troubled spirit. ...

    Article : 1,417 words
  9. TWO RAT STORIES.

    Oysters are supposed to nourish the brain, and this may explain why the rats, which for years have infested the shop, appear to be a ...

    Article : 303 words
  10. LECTURE BY MR. MARCONI.

    Telegraphing through space without connecting wires is probably attracting more attention than any development of electrical science. ...

    Article : 343 words
  11. THE SOLDIER IN BATTLE.

    Mr. Milne has written a very couching analysis of the soldier's temperament in his "Epistles of Atkins." (Fisher Unwin). This is ...

    Article : 495 words
  12. 105 MILES AN HOUR BY ELECTRICITY.

    The experimental trials of tire electric high-speed railway between Zossen and Marienfeld, near Berlin, have been signally successful. A ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. GREENHOUSE CUTTINGS.

    In taking slips from plants for coating many persons take off the young shoots from the base and sides of the stalk, forcing it to ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. SUDDEN DEATH FROM INDIGESTION.

    In 50 post-mortem examinations on the bodies of individuals who died suddenly, and whose death had been attributed, wrongly as it ...

    Article : 392 words
  15. FUNNY SCENE IN A TRAMWAY CAN.

    A somewhat fussy old gentleman one afternoon grot up in a tramcar to give his seat to a young lady. Presently there was a vacancy, and ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. STRANGE SUICIDE IN PARIS.

    The Paris police are investigating the circumstances connected with the sad and romantic tragedy of which the victim is apparently an ...

    Article : 303 words
  17. WHAT WE ARE COMING TO.

    Scene: A schoolroom in the year 1910. Teacher (to new boy): "Tommy have you obtained your certificate ...

    Article : 249 words
  18. IN THE OSTRICH'S STOMACH.

    On the death of a favourite ostrich in a well-known Zoological Gardens, an inquest was decided on, for the keeper thought that the deceased had ...

    Article : 222 words
  19. ON, NO!

    Scene: An elementary school. A teacher is examining a newly-joined pupil, who proves extremely dense. Teacher: "What is your name?" ...

    Article : 168 words
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