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  2. ONE MAN STOPS BATTLE.

    The usually pro[?] pages of a Colonial Report—that of the Northern Teriatories of the Gold Coast—describe an incident in the wild Eastern Dagomba ...

    Article : 189 words
  3. NO REGRETS.

    A Tonbridge (England) woman, Mrs. Emily Lucas, of Baltic-road, is now the happy mother of twenty-three children (says a recent issue of the London "Daily ...

    Article : 216 words
  4. THE WAVES DEFIED.

    Residents of Sidmouth, a Devon (Eng.) resort, have discovered a new kind of souvenir (says the London "Daily Chronicle"). ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. Light and Shade MOVING MOUNTAIN.

    A mountain collapse of unusual magnitude, described by a geologist as likely to be "the most impressive spectacle of the century," is said by the Swiss ...

    Article : 344 words
  6. CHIRP! CHIRP!

    While Captain W. G. R. Hinchliffe, the famous Imperial Airways pilot, was recently piloting a big Napier D.H. express from London to Paris, one of his ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. "PITILACKER".

    If you see a man thrashing a horse or kicking a dog, call him a "natuconcrudehtrian," (states the London "Daily Chronicle"). ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. TAIL LIGHTS ON HORSES.

    A special committee of the Chicago City Council recently recommended the passing of an ordinance requiring all equestrians in Chicago to carry red ...

    Article : 147 words
  9. EAGLE V. CYCLIST.

    Riding through the forest of Fontainebleau recently (about 37 miles southeast of Paris), a motor cyclist was attacked by a huge eagle, which hovered ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. ARMS—AND LEGS—AND THE MAN.

    Strenuous physical training is indulged in by all ranks of the Australian Military Forces in New South Wales, where this photograph was obtained. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  11. HUMAN ANCHOR.

    On setting out one morning recently Aberystwyth (Eng.), fishing men were surprised to see a rowing boat without an occupant anchored a mile off the ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. RENT FREE.

    Applicants have not rushed to avall themselves of the Bishop of London's offer to "lend" Fulham Palace rent free during the six mouths' tour abroad which ...

    Article : 237 words
  13. HUMAN CANDLE.

    A woman was burned to death in extraordinary circumstances at Uffculme, near Tiverton recently (states the London "Daily Chronicle"). ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. GIANT TYRES.

    The largest tyres ever made are being produced at Fort Dunlop (Eng.) for the new giant air liners (savs a recent issue issue of the London "Daily News"). ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. VANITY.

    "Edward," the monkey which recently escaped from Guy's Hospital, London, where the students have adopted him as a pet, had a last fling before being ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. NOVEL SKY SIGNS.

    A 12-year-old Brighton (Eng.) boy[?] Arthur Barrett, is the inventor of an[?] ingenious device for advertising by sky signs flown from a kit. The invention has ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. STEAMER SAVES HOUSE.

    An unknown trawler in the English Channel saved a house at Rottingdean, near. Brighton, from being destroyed by fire early one morning recently (says the ...

    Article : 132 words
  18. BACHELORS MUST GO.

    Harewood House, Hanover-square (London), containing 42 service suites and 8 shops was recently bought by Mr. Samuel Wallrock, president of the ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. PESTS BY POST.

    The daily postbag of the officials at the Ministry of Agriculture laboratories at Harpenden (Eng.) is among the queerest and perhaps the most valuable in the ...

    Article : 215 words
  20. RAPID HOUSEBUILDING.

    Two houses in 9½ working days is the remarkable building feat recently accomplished at Eston, near Middlesbrough (England), under the supervision of the ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. NEW WOOL DEGREASING PROCESS.

    Senator Leopold Fischer, of Niemeyerstr, 12 Hannover-Linden, Germany (says "The Industrial Australian and Mining Standard," of April 8) has ...

    Article : 149 words
  22. PURITANIC COBRAS.

    Mr. F. W. Fitzsimons, the well-known naturalist, reports an experiment showing the effect of jazz on cobras among the world's largest collection of snakes ...

    Article : 139 words
  23. JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.

    The sequel to a recent accident at the German village of Raehelberg, near Munich, is reminiscent of the judgment of Solomon (says the London "Daily ...

    Article : 123 words
  24. STICK TO TENNIS.

    Should women play cricket instead of tennis? (asks the London "Daily Chronicle"). At the recent general meeting of the ...

    Article : 68 words
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