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  2. THE PERILS OF BRIDGE BUILDING.

    Writing on the subject of American bridge-building in the " Century Magazine," Mr. F. W. Skinner gives some interesting details of the ...

    Article : 567 words
  3. THE POSTER CIRL

    The blessed poster girl leaned out From a pinky-purple heaven. One eye was red and one was green, Her bang was cut uneven ...

    Article : 197 words
  4. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Mr T. A. Edison has taken out nearly 800 patents. Norway exports four-fifths of its cried and sailed cod. ...

    Article : 584 words
  5. WHAT LITTLE MISS MAR[?]Y THINKS.

    How very, very, very cold The little fish must be That dwell down in the gloomy caves Below the wintry sea ! ...

    Article : 86 words
  6. THE UNEMPLOYED QUESTION.

    A legislature which has taken nearly twelve months to discuss a tariff bill, such as half a dozen business men would readily put in ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  7. SECRETS OF PRICE.

    Ten thousand pounds per annum from a recipe is enough to make the most garrulous of femininity keep it secret. This is the sum which the ...

    Article : 892 words
  8. ODD MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.

    Different countries have curious fashions of regarding brides. In Switzerland, the bride on her wedding day will permit no one, not ...

    Article : 477 words
  9. "PURE" WATER POISONS PLANTS.

    Some Interesting experiments have been made at the Museum of Natural History, in Paris. For a long time it was supposed that a seed ...

    Article : 420 words
  10. An Honorary Guest.

    Lorindy Lou was a tall and ponderous negro woman of about 60. Her features were of the massive order. They suggested some Gothic ...

    Article : 1,534 words
  11. THE ART OF BREATHING.

    It is perhaps one of the signs of the times to those alert for such indications that the art of breathing has become more and more a ...

    Article : 232 words
  12. [?] FTING A BATTLESHIP.

    At first sight it would appear that about the most impossible operation that could be suggested would be that of lifting one of His Majesty's ...

    Article : 602 words
  13. THE GULF STREAM DOES NOT AFFECT THE BRITISH CLIMATE.

    Modern meteorology knows that the Gulf Stream as an ocean current has no more effect on the climate of western Europe than the ...

    Article : 403 words
  14. COPPER THAT CUTS STEEL.

    A scientist claims to have discovered that long-lost art of hardening and tempering copper which was in use in the ancient ...

    Article : 161 words
  15. THE SWIFTEST COMET ON RECORD.

    The director of the observatory at the California State University has made a discovery of great importance to the astronomical world. ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    It is unwise to go to bed on either an empty or very full stomach ; a slight meal before rest is the wisest course. A hot bath the last ...

    Article : 360 words
  17. SPEED OF MOTOR CARS.

    When the relation of speed to horse-power is considered the results are puzzling. For example a. [?] horse-power Gladiator car, weighing ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. A CYCLIST'S CURIOUS ADVENTURE.

    The danger of putting one's pipe into the pocket without first ascertaining that it does not contain lighted tobacco, has often been ...

    Article : 269 words
  19. BARON BRAMPTON.

    The " Outlook" tells a good story of Lord Brampton. A passer of counterfeit coins was successfully I defended by Hawkins, and he ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. A CLEVER DOG.

    A farmer who had sold a flock of Sheep to a dealer, lent him a dog to drive them a distance of thirty miles, desiring him to give the dog ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. WHERE IT CAME FROM.

    It was on a railway run "in Northwest America ; the thermometer was I20deg. in the shade. For some two hours the only ...

    Article : 123 words
  22. CLEANSE YOUR FILTER.

    The domestic filter is liable to become a dangerous article of the worst description. People rely on It in fancied security, while in many ...

    Article : 119 words
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