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  2. AN OBJECT LESSON IN GUNPOWDER.

    Gunpowder is a mixture of charcoal saltpetre and sulphur. The early history of this wellknown explosive is shrouded in ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  3. "STONEWALL" KITCHENER'S BLOCKHOUSES.

    It is quite true that since Lord Kitchener was obliged to commandeer all our horses—says a South African Constable, in the "King." ...

    Article : 811 words
  4. TOPICAL ARTICLE.

    Whether the monopolist system called "Trusts" can be defended on ethical grounds, as some contend, or not, it is certain that it promises to become a ...

    Article : 1,197 words
  5. DEATH IN MAN'S ATTIRE.

    Clothes may not make the man, according to the old maxim, but according to a well-known London physician they may unmake him ...

    Article : 941 words
  6. EXPENSIVE CORONATIONS.

    It may be of interest to point out that the most expensive coronation on record, was that of the present Czar of Russia. ...

    Article : 183 words
  7. THE DOMESTIC SURCERY.

    To fit up and arrange a wall cupboard to do service for a family medicine-chest is a comparatively easy task, and the advantage of ...

    Article : 526 words
  8. THE "DOTTER."

    Whether a heavy Run can make one or four hits in a minute, says a correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette," is a question the importance ...

    Article : 567 words
  9. A LAND OF MANY TONGUES.

    Foreigners are in the habit, of judging the British Isles bv the number of square miles they possess and naturally infer that in so ...

    Article : 246 words
  10. CHAOS AT CORONATIONS.

    After the coronation of William IV Hr. Hume told the House of Commons that the arrangements for getting to the Abbey were entirely ...

    Article : 225 words
  11. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    To preserve brooms dip them in boiling soapsuds for a few minutes weekly. To feed the furnaces of a ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. CAT AND CANARY BIRD.

    A lady had a tame bird, which she was in the habit of letting out of the cage every day. One morning as it was picking crumbs of bread off ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN GEMS.

    Many descriptions of gems and gem-stones have been discovered in various parts of the Australian States, but systematic search has ...

    Article : 212 words
  14. AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.

    A man and his wife were sitting at breakfast the other day. The husband was trying to read the morning paper, while his wife was ...

    Article : 181 words
  15. ALL OVER THE PLACE.

    Mr. Hodge (reading novelette): "I’m out of all patience with that Gladys Fitzallwyn in the story-the way she's abusing her beatiful eyes. ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. THE NEW SERVANT GIRL.

    "I am not quite satisfied with your references." "Nayther am I, mum; but they’s the best I could get." ...

    Article : 29 words
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