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  2. HOUSEKEEPER.

    If cold water be used instead of warm water windows may be washed on even quite cold days without any trouble, and will polish equally well. ...

    Article : 305 words
  3. [?]ELETTE.

    You may inquire of nay mariner you know where Shippington Light is, but none of them will tell you, the reason being that none of them know. ...

    Article : 2,472 words
  4. MISCELLANEOUS.

    There are nine kilted regiments in the British Army. In Italy 600,000 persons find employment in roaring silkworms. ...

    Article : 287 words
  5. RECORD TYPEWRITING.

    Another world's record has been made, according to an official of the international typewriting contest held in New York under the [?] of the ...

    Article : 72 words
  6. NO MORE SLAYING BY THE SWORD.

    The sword, the soldier's proverbial weapon since the early days of history, seems on the way to disappearance in the German army. The six cavalry ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. THE TABLE.

    Fruit Gingerbread.--Allow two table spoonfuls (about 6oz.) of golden syrup to stand by the side of the fire until it becomes fairly liquid. Into four ...

    Article : 499 words
  8. WEALTHY AMERICANS.

    The assessment on realty in New York City shows that Mr. John D. Rockefeller is the richest man in New York City and Mrs. Margaret O. Sage, ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. LUMINOUS INSECTICIDE.

    It is a well-known fact that insect vermin are attracted by light. A Canadian inventor has patented an insecticide in which that principle is ...

    Article : 71 words
  10. MEASURING WIRELESS WAVES.

    Dr. J. A. Fleming, F.R.S., has constructed an apparatus for measuring the wave lengths of the electric or Hertzian waves that are discharged by ...

    Article : 212 words
  11. OZONE FOR CHICKENS.

    A poultry man of Watham, Mass., says the "Electrical World," is using electric ozonisers to reduce mortality in the hatching and brooding of chicks. ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. £100,000 WORTH OF COPPER IN SEA.

    The loss of the steamship "Gardenia"--which sank in the North Sea recently, after being in collision with the collier "Cornwood," taking with ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. TO GET THINNER.

    The coming season is the time when weight should be most easily decreased. In the hot weather the pores of the skin usually work more freely ...

    Article : 291 words
  14. CASOLINE LOCOMOTIVE.

    At the Schneider mines in Franco there are being made trials of a new light locomotive with a 70-horse-power internal combustion engine. A novel ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. THIRTEEN YEAR OLD OFFICER.

    Greed boasts the youngest noncommissioned army officer in the world. He is only thirteen, and was a cafe waiter when hostilities broke out. As ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. Odds and End

    Bolle--"Yes, I am single entirely from choice." Pearl--"Whose choice?" "Life is a puzzle," says a writer. Yes, and one we all have to "give up." ...

    Article : 420 words
  17. A PEEP INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

    Buckingham Palace is now practically a series of flats in which each owner has his or her private quarters apart. Princess Mary has the same ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. FERMENTATION IN PAPER MAKING.

    Among the recent improvements in handling paper-making materials is a process for extracting the starch from cotton rags that are used in making ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Seaweed paper has been invented by a chemist. It is stated that it is fireproof, waterproof and odourless, and is expected to "have considerable effect ...

    Article : 245 words
  20. CROWING AWAY FROM FRIENDS.

    Writing in a London paper on the above subject a woman tells the following little story:-- When Nancy came to see me the ...

    Article : 620 words
  21. THE GREAT PYRAMID.

    The Great Pyramid originally occupied an area equal to 588,939,595 superficial feet, or almost thirteen and a half English acres, the side of the square ...

    Article : 134 words
  22. PREVENTING MOTORS FROM BACK FIRING.

    One of the most formidable and greatly dreaded causes of accidents in flying machines is back-fire in the carburetor. As the result of an attempt ...

    Article : 178 words
  23. SEARCHLIGHT PROJECTILES.

    Some suggestive experiments have been made on Gorman warships with lighted projectiles, which it is thought may take the place of the electric ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. LATEST SKYSCRAPER.

    At present the highest building in New York in the Woolworth, which measures 750ft. Another building is projected which will put the Woolworth ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 120 words
  26. ANOTHER POMPEIIAN DISCOVERY.

    Working on the theory that most of the inhabitants of perishing Pompeii must have sought escape from the Vesuvius eruption by means of the ...

    Article : 125 words
  27. THE WRONG BOOBY.

    Young girl coming in with partner from room where progressive whist is being played: "Oh, mummy, I got the booby [?]" ...

    Article : 37 words
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