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  2. CAPTAIN FITZCLARENCE.

    Mafeking bad the honour of getting the first Victoria Cross awarded dming the Boer War. It was the first of three which were granted to ...

    Article : 422 words
  3. THE SCARLET THREAD.

    Every one of the thousands of ropes used in the British naval service, from the smallest heaving line to the largest hawser, whether it be ...

    Article : 174 words
  4. CUTTING GLASS-PAPER

    Glasspaper can be cut quite easily by placing it under a fine-toothed saw, with the glass side down, and tearing up as shown in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  5. THE RESURRECTION PLANT.

    The Resurrection Plant, whose botanical name is the Anastatica, is sometimes called "The Rose of Jcricho.” No other plant has been ...

    Article : 360 words
  6. A GENTLE GIANT.

    There was an old elephant named Pizarro, says Mrs. L. Higgin in her book, "Spanish Life in Town and Cuntry,” a great favourite with the ...

    Article : 563 words
  7. HIS LIFE IN HIS HANDS.

    To-day the modern diving helmet is equipped with a telephone, and the diver can not only hear what is said to him from the surface, advise those ...

    Article : 2,104 words
  8. WAR.

    The Harpy, a little “splashed” with splinter hits, but, as a whole, none the worse for the night’s work, steamed steadily shore wards. ...

    Article : 785 words
  9. AN ELECTRIC HEATER.

    One of the most handy of water heaters yet invented is so small that it ran he conveniently carried in a pocket, yet it will boil a quart of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 129 words
  10. DO BLUE EYES SEE DIFFERENTLY.

    There is a strange theory afloat that the man who has blue eyes sees an entirely different world from his neighbour whose optics are brown or ...

    Article : 655 words
  11. SOME PLEASANT TATTLE.

    The business in which you know you could make money is generally the other man’s. "A man," says Mr. Chown, "takes ...

    Article : 302 words
  12. MAKING AN ACID CUP.

    The accompanying illustrations show a receptacle for containing the acid used in sheet metal soldering, Take any clean bottle, such as used ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 182 words
  13. QUEER USES OF GLASS.

    It would seem that in these days there is no limit to the uses made of glass. Among the most extraordinary may he sighted the following. ...

    Article : 461 words
  14. A WEDDING HOAX.

    There have been many foolish hoaxes since the days of Theo. Hook, but few so cruel as one mentioned by Mr. Bram Stoker in his new book ...

    Article : 187 words
  15. TOO CLEVER.

    “Let me do the shopping this week, my dear,” said Mr. Knowall, firmly, “and you will see the difference in the expense. That taker of ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. HUMAN SENSITIVENESS: SENSE OP SMELL.

    Experiments by Berthelot show that the nerves of smell are so sensativc that the odour of iodoform can be recognised in quantities as small as ...

    Article : 146 words
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