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  2. INCREASTING SIZE OF BATTLE SHIPS.

    In the course of in article on the laying down of an improved Dreadnought at Portsmouth, the "Daily Telegraph" says:— "Exactly 20 years ago the two largest ...

    Article : 673 words
  3. IN THE PAPERS.

    Mr. Balfour is not altogether fair to his tailor, for he has a habit, when he is speaking, of hanging on to the lapel of his coat with the left hand. The eventful ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,716 words
  4. AN ARCTIC SNOW HOUSE.

    Vilhjalmn Stefansson writes in "Harper's Magazine" for June on life among the Eskimos east of the Delta of the Mackenzic River, Alaska. He spent a winter with ...

    Article : 1,152 words
  5. NOVELTIES AND INVENTIONS.

    Count Zeppelin has always aimed at an airship that should earn dividends. After spending his own money on the first model he built, he flouted a company to secure ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 3,021 words
  6. THE PASSING SHOW.

    "Mr. Deakin referred to certain great services rendered by the Governor-General to the Commonwealth in times of crisis and darkness, and almost of despair, which ...

    Article : 1,341 words
  7. ROMANCE OF ACETYLENE.

    Dr. A. Shadwell, writing on "Industrial Canada," in "The Times," refers to the success of Mr. Thomas L. Willson, of Ottawa, in producing acetylene gas commercially. ...

    Article : 778 words
  8. PICTURES OF THE YEAR.

    There seems to be rather a lull in the creative spirit in painting and sculpture this year, both in France and England. The Academy has no one work of ...

    Article : 1,230 words
  9. TETRAZZINI AND LETTER WRITERS.

    "Do you see that pile of papers lying on the table over there?" said Tetrazzini to a reporter of the "Daily Telegraph," "Every one of those papers is an invitation to sing ...

    Article : 652 words
  10. JOHN BURNS ON MOBS.

    Mr John Burns, President of the Local Government Board (says "The Times"), visited the estate of the Ealing Tenants Limited for the purpose of ...

    Article : 494 words
  11. THE BLENHEIM SPANIEL.

    Two bundled years ago (says Caspar Whitney, in Outing Magazine"), the first Duke of Marlborough won some great battles, and founded a race of aristocratic ...

    Article : 573 words
  12. MOTHER'S HEROIC SACRIFICE.

    Willinm Campbell, an unemployed bricklayer, quarrelled with his son at dinner in New York (says the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"), and slashed him across ...

    Article : 230 words
  13. A FLOATING SANATORIUM.

    According to the "Neue Freie Presse" (Viennii), a company is being formed to provide a floating sanatorium for invalids likely to derive benefit from a sea voyage, ...

    Article : 194 words
  14. MILESTONE.

    A considerable industry is being built up in the United States in the manufaeture of galalith, or milkstone, which is cheaper than celluloid, and is non-inflammable. The ...

    Article : 168 words
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