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  2. AROUND THE WORLD.

    We are eager for new "Cures" nowadays, and the fashionable doctor who will recommend diamonds for indigestion and anaemia, topazes for deranged livers, ...

    Article : 64 words
  3. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    When "ptomaine poisoning" is mentioned (writes H. H. Riddle, M.B., Camb., in the "Daily Mail"), a vision of tinned foods immediately arises in one's mind. ...

    Article : 1,216 words
  4. NOTES AND HINTS.

    The contrivance we illustrate is intended to facilitate the handling of hot dishes and plates without the use of cloths or other clumsy protectors for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  5. DOES JAPAN MEAN WAR?

    Is Japan preparing for wars With whom does sac intend to go to war? Stories have been told again and again of Japan's extraordinary activity in ...

    Article : 863 words
  6. CODDLED MODERN RACERS.

    A modern racehorse is a mere speed machine. Highly strung, overtrained, devoid of real staying power, he is useless for any practical purpose. He is ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. MOTORS TAXED FOR ROADS.

    By an Austrian bill for the taxation of motor cars, the proceeds to go to up keep of roads, it is proposed that the annual tax on motor cycles be 8s, with ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. UNROMANTIC OCEAN SPEED.

    Modern Atlantic liners phlegmatically follow so straight a road between Europe and America that one is almost surprised at the absence of lamp posts on ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.

    Various enterprising advertisers have made use of optical illusions, for the purpose of attracting attention to their wares. The accompanying example is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 90 words
  10. SHIPS THAT DO NOT ROLL.

    The Hamburg-American line has (says the "Bourse Courier," bought the patent of Dr. Schlick's gyroscope appliance for studying ships, and ordered one to ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. ENERVATING CIVILISATION.

    The world would do well to consider Whether civilisation, as we understand it, is worth the price. In the multiplicity of our material wants we are ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. DETECTIVE'S BLUNDER.

    An amazing police blunder, for which Scotland Yard has since made a very full apology, was mare on October 22, Major H. J. Selwyn, a well-known ...

    Article : 958 words
  13. DEATH OF AN ISLAND.

    Captain Tilton, of the whaler Herman, arrived at San Francisco from the An[?]tic, witnessed four weeks ago the "death" of McCulloch Peak, a volcanic ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. UTOPIA IN CARAVANS.

    Mr. Upton Sinclair, the Socialist, and author of "The Jungle," has completed arrangements for an original experiment in co-operative living. Together ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. GERMANY BARS MORMONS.

    The German police authorities, especially those at the ports of Hamburg and Bremen, have been ordered to keep a sharp look-out for the Mormons who ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. A GAS ECONOMISER.

    If an artic is a patent, and has to be bought, it does not appear so much as those contrivances which may be put in practice without much expense. We show ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  17. A PROMISE.

    It was only a promise, spoken With shining eyes and true, But not only a promise broken, For faith was shattered, too. ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. SUSPICIOUS RUSSIA.

    The journey of Mr. Taft outside the confines of American territory, escorted by a number of war vessels, can scarcely be regarded as a pleasure trip on the ...

    Article : 89 words
  19. TO BOYCOTT GIRLS.

    Two new newspapers, entitled "The Bachelor' and "The Girl," have been started in Prague (writes a correspondent). The Bachelor" is bitterly ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. 1200-MILE WALK AT 69.

    Mr. Edward Payson Weston, the veteran pedestrian, entered Chicago after walking 1200 miles from Portland, Maine, in 24 days 19 hours 10 minutes, ...

    Article : 103 words
  21. SANITARY DOG-KENNEL.

    It is probable that far too little attention is paid to the sanitary condition of the kennel in which the household dog spends much of his time. It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  22. £2000 A YEAR FOR A MAID.

    So great is the dearth of housemaids in Chicago, the "Tribune" of that city humorously alleges, that Mr. D. van Ness Persons is ready to offer £2000 a ...

    Article : 148 words
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    The largest lightning conductor in the world is on the Lugspite Weather Station, in Bavaria. It runs down the mountainside for three and a half miles ...

    Article : 30 words
  24. ROUND THE WORLD RACE.

    Following the successful Pekin-Paris motor race, the "Matin" announces the organisation for next year of an even greater race, the route to be round the ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    "Mr. Brown sends his compliments to Mr. Robinson, and begs to say that his old cat died this morning." Robinson's written reply::—"Mr. Robinson is sorry ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. ESCAPE FROM DEVIL'S ISLE.

    Eight convicts who escaped from cayenne, the French penal settlement known as Devil's Island, where Dreyfus was, are to be handed back to the ...

    Article : 281 words
  27. DREAM REVEALS MURDER.

    An extraordinary crime, which was brought to light through the agency of a dream, is engaging the attention of American psychologists. While staying ...

    Article : 112 words
  28. ADMIRER.

    "Did you like my gown at the reception the other evening?" asked an acquaintance, and Mrs. Hall was ready with her beaming smile. ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,003 words
  30. A NEW DISEASE.

    Young Featherhead, soon after purchasing his elegant new car, was taken with a swelling on the back of his neck. He went and consulted his physician ...

    Article : 117 words
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