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  2. E THER AND E THER SIGNALLING.

    Conversation brightens our perceptions. Suppose we have some little talk about this matter. which is at present engaging so much attention? ...

    Article : 1,585 words
  3. THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.

    In examining the records of centenarians it is found that those persons live longest whose occupation is out in the fields such as farm ...

    Article : 400 words
  4. THE BARTON AIRSHIP.

    Dr. Barton, of Beckenham, who for the past 20 years has been experimenting with airships, gave a lecture recently before the Aeronautic ...

    Article : 384 words
  5. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Not a single infectious disease is known is Greenland. Dog owners in Berlin have to pay a tax of £1 a year on each of their ...

    Article : 803 words
  6. MR. RHODE'S WILL.

    Mr. Rhodes in life was not a touching figure. He seemed to delight in showing hard unyieldingness the Colossus everywhere supreme. ...

    Article : 1,432 words
  7. REPAIRING TELEGRAPH WIRES.

    Perhaps the greatest of all mysteries to the uninitiated about telegraphy is the fact that when a wire is broken or damaged, the operator ...

    Article : 240 words
  8. A DRY NIAGARA.

    It seems almost incredible that at one time in the history of the greatest and most wonderful waterfall in the world, it actually ran dry. ...

    Article : 323 words
  9. EVERY MAN HAS A CLOCK IN HIS HEAD.

    "Speaking of the brain," said a well known neurologist the other day, "one of the most striking peculiarities is that in the soundest ...

    Article : 255 words
  10. HOW THE BARBER SHAVED IN SILENCE.

    "It is a pleasant day, sir," said a loquacious barber to the member of the firm who wanted to devote fifteen minutes to silent meditation. ...

    Article : 254 words
  11. TWO POLITICAL PARSONS.

    Dr. Guinness Rogers and Dr. Dale were once lecturing in the provines, and at every town that they visited Dr. Dale noticed that his colleague, ...

    Article : 227 words
  12. HUSBAND AND WIFE.

    The latest story regarding President McKinley has its interesting points:—Mr. and Mrs. McKinley were on a visit to Mr. Scott, the ...

    Article : 225 words
  13. SHOOTING STARS.

    Shooting stars are comparatively near to us when we see them as silver streaks of light; in fact, the distance separating us from these ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. DEFINED.

    " Now," said the school inspector, "we often read in the papers that the Boers are more "mobile" than the British. Can any child tell me ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. HOW MARY JANE HEARD THE NEWS.

    A servant-girl was sent on the day of Cronje's surrender to the local fishmonger's for fresh herrings. The town rang with the news; but Mary ...

    Article : 94 words
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