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  2. THE FASTING MAN.

    Herr Sacco has finished his record fast. He entered the sealed chamber at Hengler's Circus, London, on January 18, having subsisted for 45 days without food of any ...

    Article : 403 words
  3. LARGEST SAILING VESSEL AFLOAT.

    The Germans, by the recent construction of a huge five-masted auxiliary barque, have made an attempt to show that it is possible to take advantage of the two ...

    Article : 316 words
  4. THE ALCOHOLIC CRAVING.

    Physician to the West-End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, President of the Society for the Study of Inebriety. Mankind all the world over shows a ...

    Article : 732 words
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  6. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

    While Mr. D. Jones, of the Queensland Agricultural Department, was inspecting the cotton crops in the Moreton district recently, he made a most important discovery. ...

    Article : 238 words
  7. SPIRITUALISTIC FRAUDS.

    Rather similar to a case exposed in Sydney, some years ago, is the exposure of the spiritualist pretender, Charles Elder, whose materialistic seances mystified scientists ...

    Article : 266 words
  8. VALUEABLE SHARKS.

    A London paper writes: Not many people know that shark-catching in the southern seas is an extensive and profitable industry, in which white men and natives have ...

    Article : 411 words
  9. MARTYRS TO SCIENCE.

    In 1895 Europe was startled by the discovery of a now explosive called fulminite, which it was believed would revolutionise modern warfare. It was the invention of ...

    Article : 290 words
  10. SUPERSTITION IN BURMAH.

    Colonel Tracey (commander of Royal Artillery at Rangoon), who arrived at Fremantle, told a remarkable story illustrating the extent of superstition in Burmah. ...

    Article : 237 words
  11. RAVAGES OF WHITE ANTS.

    Consul Liefeld, of Freiburg, Germany, writes concerning a method for preserving soft woods from the ravages of white ants:— ...

    Article : 242 words
  12. FARM LABORERS IN ENGLAND.

    A correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writes:—Last week I mentioned the numerous evictions of good settlers, largely owing to political reasons, taking place on ...

    Article : 633 words
  13. A CLEVER FEAT.

    Particulars of the stranding of the steamer Beachley on the voyage from Newcastle to the East have reached Sydney. The Beechley left Newcastle on March 31 with ...

    Article : 401 words
  14. A BLIND GIRL.

    A great deal has been said and written about clever women, and all the wonders which they have achieved. As a woman I am proud of all the ...

    Article : 571 words
  15. A CHANCE DISCOVERY.

    The following story has come from Washington, and if true it opens up large possibilities in the matter of supplying future rubber requirements of the world. It ...

    Article : 188 words
  16. PROTECTION FROM FROST.

    Inquiries have recently been made as to the methods adopted abroad for the protection of fruit trees from frost by smoke. The Board of Agriculture in England has been ...

    Article : 145 words
  17. REMARKABLE MIRAGE AT SEA.

    Captain Rottgers, of the German sailing ship Sachsen, which arrived at New York at the end of March from Kobe, had an experience on his last voyage of a very ...

    Article : 192 words
  18. CAUSE OF PARALYSIS.

    Dr. Ford Robertson has just startled the world by announcing that paralysis is just as much due to bacteria as are consumption, typhoid, and diphtheria, in fact, the ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. A CURIOUS INDUSTRY.

    One of the many industries in connection with the tea trade is the collection of the lead with which tea chests are lined. China has been noted for many centuries for the ...

    Article : 202 words
  20. MOTOR CULTIVATORS.

    At a recent meeting of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, held at Edinburgn, Mr. William Ireland described a motor cultivator which he had designed. By its use, he ...

    Article : 336 words
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    The estate of the late Mr. Robert Whitehead, inventor of the Whitehead torpedo, has been valued for probate at £900,000. In the Malay Peninsula is to be found ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. ARE YOU A NUISANCE?

    You disturb everybody in the house. Why not stop coughing? You make a terrible noise. As for sleeping, no one can get a bit of rest. If you do not care for ...

    Article : 87 words
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