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  2. Execution by Electricity.

    An electrician of New York—at present a visitor in the French capital—recommends to the attention of sensitive Frenchmen three systems for putting condemned criminals to death which ...

    Article : 243 words
  3. Social Life in Australia.

    The London GRAPHIC lately published the following article by " R.R.," a well-known New South Welshman, who is now residing in the old country: Some one has said—Mr. Sala, I ...

    Article : 1,856 words
  4. An Unwelcome Surprise.

    In Tasmania, one day, talking to an old lady about her life in the early days of the colony, I asked her. whether she had ever seen any of the bushrangers there. " Once," she replied, and she ...

    Article : 752 words
  5. The Story of a Hat.

    The London correspondent of the IRISH TIMES recently told a curious story which was current in the lobby of the House of Commons regarding a hat. It appears that an elderly member, who ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. "A Bit Frisky."

    "After a long delay at the post, caused by the fractiousness of So-and-So," is a stereotyped phrase with the "swells of the press." Here we see the favorite's vagaries, which are so dismayin[?] to backers. The remainder are as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 304 words
  7. Fireless Steam Tram Cars.

    Some interesting trials were made lately on the line of tramway from Lille to Roubaix with a fireless locomotive in the charge of a driver only. As the absence of the second man on any engine ...

    Article : 306 words
  8. Cooling Railway Carriages.

    A new system of cooling the air in, railway carriages during hot weather was tried recently on the Madgeburg railway in the presence of the chief officers of that line. The experiment was ...

    Article : 201 words
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