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  2. AROUND THE WORLD.

    Great excitement has been caused in Lemberg, Austria, by a duel between two girls employed in the same business. Gusta Reiter, aged 22, and Maria Manna. ...

    Article : 96 words
  3. SCIENCE AND HEALTH

    Unless extremely unsightly, writes H. H. kiddle, M.B. (Camb.), moles had better be left alone, and, in any case, home treatment for their removal, such as is ...

    Article : 230 words
  4. NOTES AND HINTS.

    Mr. B. Rheinisch, an engineer living in Gorlitz, Germany, has for some time been engaged in systematic investigations on the upward pull exerted by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 273 words
  5. MAGNATE SENT TO GAOL.

    A pathetic scene was enacted in New York on October 28, when Dr. Walter R. Gillette, former vice-president, of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, came ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. FOG CANNON TO BE TESTED.

    M. Demetrio maggiora's air cannon scheme, by which he says he can disperse the densest fog in 20 minutes and bring sunshine by scattering the clouds, will ...

    Article : 126 words
  7. DAY OF THE DWARF FRUIT TREE.

    We can no longer recommend tall fruit trees for home gardens—at least, on small areas. An ordinary apple tree requires a place 40ft. square, so that in ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Master: "Now, tell me what the highest form of animal life is." Boy: "The highest form of animal life is a giraffe." ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. MR. KRUGER'S GRAVE.

    The desecration of the late President Kruger's grave, the bust on which wad thrown down and damaged on October 17, was the work of three officers ...

    Article : 237 words
  10. A MATRIMONIAL STAGGERER.

    Now and then we suspect a man of mercenary motives in marriage, but these men generally do their best to conceal their purpose. Not so a man who was ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. THE KING AND TIPPING.

    "His Majesty the King by no means aproves of tipping," says a writer in "The World and His Wife," "and does his level best to suppress the practice. ...

    Article : 190 words
  12. A BUSINESSLIKE WOMAN.

    A school teacher received the following note from the mother of one of her pupils:—"Dear miss,—You write me about whiping Samimy. I hereby give ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. SCIENCE BAFFLED.

    An extraordinary spiritualistic medium has recently appeared in Italy in the person of Madame Eusapia Paladino—a woman who can neither read nor write. ...

    Article : 422 words
  14. THE TYPEWRITER'S GHOST.

    An attorney in Havana vouches for the truth of the following story:— On the morning of August 25, 1906, about 9 o'clock, I was in my office, ...

    Article : 571 words
  15. A REAL MOTHER.

    It was a, good lady calling where duty bade and spreading sweetness and light among those not well enough off to have, any. ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. RAILWAY SAFETY.

    When the coroner's inquest was opened on the three victims of the disaster upon the Metropolitan railway, when one electric train named another at. West ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. AN IMPROVED BUTTON LATCH.

    A very useful improvement in latches of the button type, used in fastening cupboard and closet doors, has just been invented. The object of the invention ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 262 words
  18. SPAIN'S BABY.

    A Madrid correspondent gives the following description of the daily life in Madrid of the baby heir to the Spanish throne:— ...

    Article : 364 words
  19. PRICE OF PETROL.

    The report of the fuels committee of the Motor Union, to the effect that a famine in petrol is to, be anticipated. at an early date because the demand is ...

    Article : 262 words
  20. WORSE THAN DEATH.

    "So you break our engagement, Gwendolen!" he exclaimed, bitterly. "Then in your presence let me end the life which you have blighted." ...

    Article : 267 words
  21. A SURGEON'S BLUNDER.

    A well-known surgeon on the staff of the Beaujon Hospital, France, is being sued by a former patient, Mme. Rigouttat. He operated a year ago on Mme. ...

    Article : 171 words
  22. DEAD QUEEN'S LOVERS.

    A most interesting discovery has just seen made during some excavations in the Passage Damphine, an old-fashioned covered way which connects the Rue ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 804 words
  24. GAS FROM STRAW.

    A Cleveland chemist claims to have made the discovery that illuminating gas of good quality can be obtained from straw. While on a big ranch in Canada ...

    Article : 288 words
  25. RADIUM JEWELS.

    According to the "Matin" the secret of the transmutation of common corundum, a hard crystal, into rare gems has been discovered. M. Lapparent ...

    Article : 432 words
  26. THE SCHOOL CANE.

    It has been decided by the education committee of the London County Council that instructions be given to head teachers in elementary schools to use ...

    Article : 419 words
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