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  2. THE OYSTER’S FATE.

    There was once a dreamy old Oyster, Who lived like a monk in a cloister. Safe housed in his shell, Like the monk in his cell. ...

    Article : 138 words
  3. TO THE NORTH POLE BY AIRSHIP.

    Mr.. Walter Wellman, the wellknown American explorer, is n. completing the arrangements for his airship expedition in search of the ...

    Article : 338 words
  4. SHIPS THAT ARE NONSINKABLE.

    This is the age of inventions with a negative nomenclature. The horseless carriage is followed by wireless telegraphy and the fireless cooker. ...

    Article : 729 words
  5. HE WANTS TO BE HANGED.

    It is unusual, if not unique, to find a murderer who insist upon being, hanged as his le[?] [?] [?] and who insists upon no [?] inter[?]er[?] ...

    Article : 545 words
  6. "WASHING DAY" IN MANY LANDS.

    In many foreign countries the conveniences for washing are not as great as in England. There are no large steam laundries to lighten the ...

    Article : 869 words
  7. THE "CLOCK-FACED" MAN.

    Jesse P. Muttuer’s face is a clock, and people in the Flatbush district of Brooklyn who know him have almost begun to set their clocks and ...

    Article : 442 words
  8. ODD FORM OF TREE GRAFTING.

    Some owners of forests of valuable woods are trying experiments in the southern part of Mexico with the walnut trees. It is not generally ...

    Article : 218 words
  9. DEEDS THAT BROUGHT NO REWARD.

    "The world knows little of its greatest men," and that is probably equally true of its bravest. It is no disparagement to our Victoria Cross ...

    Article : 928 words
  10. WHERE CLOTH-MOTHS FIND FOOD.

    There are four stages in the life of the moth; the egg, the lava, the pupa, the moth. The moth generally deposits its eggs where the larva ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. HOW SMALL CARVING IS DONE.

    Thackeray could write the Lord’s Prayer on a sixpence, but it is now possible to write the prayer on a surface so small that one grain of ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. THE BIGGEST GUN IN THE WORLD.

    At Sandy Hook is the biggest gun in the world. The weapon referred to is twenty yards long and weighs 130 tons. The projectile discharged ...

    Article : 224 words
  13. IS YOUR NAME HERE?

    Huge fortunes are becoming so common that President Roosevelt has suggested that it may be found necessary to limit a man's fortune ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    A million Sovereigns weigh just under seven and nine-tenths tons. Petroleum was first struck [?] onel Drake, in 1859, near Irtusville. ...

    Article : 509 words
  15. FRANKLIN’S KITE.

    Benjamin Franklin, in his study of the subject, conceived the idea that thunder and lightening were caused by electricity, and he thought that ...

    Article : 351 words
  16. FROM HER OWN MOUTH.

    The cleverest of lawyers occasionally find their match when engaged in their favourite occupation of breaking down an opponent’s ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CANNON.

    The thought that the giant power of a great electro-magnet might be utilized to shoot a heavy projectile from a gun has occurred to many ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. SOUR MILK FOR LONG LIFE.

    It is the opinion of Professor Metchnikoff, an eminent Russian scientist that the middle age of man should be about eighty years, instead of ...

    Article : 210 words
  19. LOVERS’ STATISTICS.

    Miss Mary Tipping, the daughter of a Blackburn artisian was awarded £10 damages, without costs, at the Liverpool assizes in an action for ...

    Article : 232 words
  20. MURDERED BY SCIENCE.

    That Dr. Erich K. Mueuter, professor of Harvard University, U.S.A., administered a death potion to his beloved wife to test his cherished ...

    Article : 192 words
  21. THE CZAR AS A GOURMAND.

    Despite his many troubles and anxieties, the czar is a large and healthy eater. In fact, he habitually devours and delights in conglamerations that ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. REMARKABLE BALLOON EXPLOSION.

    Particulars of a remarkable balloon explosion that occurred recently at Stagsden, a village near Bedford, have transpired. ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. LIKE GARRICK BY DAY.

    Sir Charles Wyndham tells a story on himself. One day he was in the Garrick Club—"David Gurrick," by the way, was being played at his ...

    Article : 122 words
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