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  2. TWO LOVERS SPEAK. SHE.

    [?]ball we weep for a dead day. Or sct Sorrow in our way? Hidden by my golden hair, Wilt thou weep that sweet days wear? ...

    Article : 86 words
  3. NOVEL MICROSOOPE.

    A microscope can be made by placing a drop of water in a little hole made in a thin sheet of brass or lead. This drop, formed into a globule by pressure ...

    Article : 52 words
  4. THE HEROINE OF THE MILL, OR A LANCASHIRE MAN'S REVENGE. All Rights Reserved. PROLOGUE.

    "I tell you," cried Mark Newman, "that I will never give you up. Nothing but death can come between us." ...

    Article : 3,080 words
  5. Signor Caruso's Voice.

    Signor Caruso landed at Liverpool from New York by the Mauretania, and told a Press representative he had come over or a good restful holiday. He said he ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 177 words
  6. MILES OF PIPING.

    There are fully 1000 tons of piping of various kinds in a big Atlantic liner. The condensors will pump up at least 50,000 gallons of cold water a day. Tne furnaces ...

    Article : 89 words
  7. CHAPTER 1.

    A large crowd of cotton spinning and weaving operatives gathered one morning in front of the colossal mills and warehouses of Messrs. ...

    Article : 936 words
  8. THE ONLY CONCLUSION.

    Ralph: "Suppose a fellow's best girl gets cross when he asks for a kiss?" Curtis: ‘‘Take it without asking." Ralph: "Suppose she gets cross then " ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. A True Helpmeet.

    In "Reminiscences at Oxford" the Rev. W. Tuckwell describes some of the work of Buckland, the British geologist and clergyman. whose acietific lectures and writings ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 297 words
  10. FINDING A SHIP’S POSITION.

    Very few people have any idea of the process by means of which the modern navigator is enabled to accurately place the ship’s position at a stated time on the ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. THE MORNING SLEEP.

    There can be co question that undisturbed rest with the best surroundings is a thing to which a great deal more attention should be paid, and so essential to ...

    Article : 200 words
  12. ZINO AS FERTILISER.

    A French chemist has shown that zinc exists in about fifty plants belonging to widely separated botanical families. He made a special study of species of mould ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. CURIOUS FOOT CYCLE.

    A German inventor has designed a foot cycle in which the springs for raising the fool, usually found in such devices are avoided. The support is thus steady ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY.

    Sar gazing is a trifle in modern as tronomers' tasks. Their real job is to fix the exact positions of the heavenly bodies. The object gla[?] of transit ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. The Transformed Husband.

    "Er—Mildred," said the transformed husband, a trifle nervously, as his better half laid down the morning's paper and, lighting a cigarette, prepared for her ...

    Article : 373 words
  16. FROZEN PIPES.

    It is a well-known fact that a pipe of circular section will hold more than one of elliptical section of the same external measurement. Hence a lead pi[?]e of the a te[?] ...

    Article : 138 words
  17. DISCOVERY IN OPTICS.

    A report has just been made to the Paris Academy of Sciences by Dr. Fortin, an emi nent optician of France, which is new at tracting attention throughout the civilised ...

    Article : 135 words
  18. LIVING UNDER ICE.

    How does a fish contrive to live in an ice-covered pond into which no air [?]n enter This question has puzzled many. Says a scientist: "The matter ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 327 words
  19. Fortune in Two Hours.

    Mr Huntley Walker, the well-know racing in[?] and holder of several world's records for speed president of the Blackpool Automobile Club, holder of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 249 words
  20. A DOMESTIC APPRENTICE.

    "Father, what does 'apprenticing' mean?" asked a boy, in quest of informa tion. Father: " It means the binding of one ...

    Article : 251 words
  21. TURNING HIM DOWN.

    " Now, here’s a piece of goods," said the voluble commercial traveller. " but speaks for itself, I —" "All right," interrupted the weary ...

    Article : 40 words
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