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  2. DOUBLE BEINGS.

    Among the thousand and one extraordinary classes of people who live outside the lunatic asylum, probably the most extraordinary are those who ...

    Article : 1,403 words
  3. Old-Age Pensions.

    Mr Sutherland, in propounding a scheme of national insurance, says:--"In Victoria we have about 33,000 persons whose years exceed in number ...

    Article : 738 words
  4. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    An attempt to prove that the earth is flat is, it is stated, soon to be made on the coast of Florida, but no particulars of the form the experiments are to take ...

    Article : 169 words
  5. Deepest Bore Hole.

    The deepest bore hole in existence is said to be at Parschowitz, near Rybrick, Upper Silesia. It is 6571ft below the surface of the soil, and was made in a ...

    Article : 226 words
  6. Radiograph.

    Dr William J. Morton, of New York, one of the earliest X-ray experimenters, has succeeded in making what is, in many respects, a very remarkable ...

    Article : 88 words
  7. Saved by a Small Dog.

    There is a small black dog in Jamaica Plain. Boston, U.S., who is enjoying the distinction of having saved human life in a manner that showed unusual ...

    Article : 257 words
  8. A Miserly Millionaire.

    One of the richest persons in New York is a lady well known for her miserly character. This eccentric person is the happy possessor of 30,000,000 ...

    Article : 180 words
  9. Natureform Boot.

    An enthusiastic dress reformer was refused admission to the reading room of the British Museum the other day, because of the primitive style of his ...

    Article : 345 words
  10. An Heroic Officer.

    At the meeting of the Merchant service Guild recently, the secretary reported that the Advisory Committee had sent in a recommendation that the ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. American Women.

    American women are going ahead in daring and unconventiality. There is Miss Grace Hubbard, of Iowa, who is a civil engineer, and has been given the ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. Railway Interests in America.

    Compilations from "Poor's Manual" for 1896 give a fair idea of the enormous magnitude of railway interests and operations in America. The railway ...

    Article : 190 words
  13. Read Your Own Character.

    The eye is a very expressive organ. Take first its form. Large eyes in a small face usually indicate a spiteful, vindictive nature. ...

    Article : 497 words
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