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  2. AROUND THE WORLD.

    Mr. Kruger is very fond of grouse. Two brace are sent to him every day by a London dealer, and a bird, with a bottle of the best champagne that ...

    Article : 45 words
  3. PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.

    He spoke in a low and reverent tone, drawing Helen towards him, as his words were broken slightly with emotion, and kissed her tenderly.] ...

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  4. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    England has 100 miles of electric railways, the United States 20,000. These figures speak for themselves.—"Globe," Boston. ...

    Article : 23 words
  5. FASTER THAN THINKING.

    The University of Indiana, at Bloomington, Ind., has imported a "graphic chronometer" of such delicacy that it records variations of two to six ...

    Article : 39 words
  6. "RAPID" AMERICANS.

    The Philadelphia City Hall was designed to cost £600,000, and was to be completed within ten years, an extraordinary allowance of time. It has ...

    Article : 49 words
  7. THE WORLD'S SCOURGE.

    An examination of the ravages due to tuberculosis shows that England, with a damp and foggy climate, only loses 50,000 consumptives per annum, ...

    Article : 51 words
  8. FAMOUS PICTURE STOLEN.

    Robberies of Italian works of art continue to follow one another with alarming rapidity. The latest theft to be discovered is that of the "Madonna and ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. AN ARGENTINE MYSTERY.

    Much interest has been aroused at Vienna in connection with the strange case of Major Kristuseck, who has been arrested at Buenos Aires. The major ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. RESPIRATION OF PLANTS.

    The so-called respiration of plants is a well-known botanical phenomenon. A Chilian botanist has discovered a plant that not only breathes, but also ...

    Article : 82 words
  11. GUN-RUNNING IN ALBANIA.

    Eight thousand Smith revolvers and five thousand Martini rifles, as well as a great number of cartridges, have lately been introduced into Albania ...

    Article : 78 words
  12. MOLTEN WOOD.

    Molten wood is reported as a new invention discovered by M. De Gall, Inspector of forests at Lemur. France. By means of dry distillation and high ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. WARSHIP'S CASH-BOX STOLEN.

    A great sensation has been caused in naval circles at Wilhelmshaven by the discovery of the theft of the ship's cash-box from the German ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. THE REVISED BIBLE.

    The American standard revision of the Bible, which was placed on sale on August 28, is meeting with a large demand from students, but the publishers ...

    Article : 198 words
  15. OZONE FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

    Nothing sweetens or freshens stale air better than ozone, and now that most of the railway companies have successfully adopted a system by which ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. SUBMARINE CREWS WANTED.

    The submarine, being essentially an un-English weapon, the Admiralty called for volunteers for this particular clam of service, but, in offering extra ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. DR. KOCH PREMATURE.

    At the autumnal meeting of the Sanitary Inspectors' Association, held in London. Sir James Crichton-Browne said that Dr. Koch was premature in ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. TYRANNY OF TRADE UNIONS.

    The British Trade Union is an organization for the restraint of labour and the manacling of capital. The great object in British trade union ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. A MODERN UTOPIA.

    According to Commander Knowing, of H.M.S. Icarus, who visited Pitcairn Island last February, an almost Utopian state of existence prevails among ...

    Article : 229 words
  20. THE GANZ SYSTEM.

    The Ganz system of electric traction, which is proposed as the motive power for the Metropolitan Railway, is now undergoing a thorough trial on the ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. MORE MONKS FOR ENGLAND.

    In addition to the Benedictines who are leaving France for England many of the Assumptionists are preparing to cross the Channel. The members of ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. A PLAGUE OF BUTTERFLIES.

    During the last few days a remarkable phenomenon has been witnessed at Padona. Clouds of white butterflies have hung over the town and the ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. 40,000 WORDS PER HOUR.

    One of the most remarkable thing exhibited at the Paris exhibition last year was a telegraph apparatus Invented by two Hungarian scientists. ...

    Article : 321 words
  24. WANDERINGS OF A TORPEDO.

    During torpedo practice recently by the British cruiser Pegasus off Gibraltar a torpedo stranded on the eastern beach, which is in Spanish ...

    Article : 188 words
  25. CANADIAN DOCTORS AGITATE.

    At a congress of Canadian medical men held at Winnipeg a scheme was proposed by Dr. T. G. Roddick, M. P. for Montreal. and approved by the ...

    Article : 95 words
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    Advertising : 552 words
  27. SCIENTIST'S NARROW ESCAPE.

    Dr. Calmette, head of the Pasteur Institute, and discoverer of the antivenomous serum which bear his name, has just had a narrow escape from ...

    Article : 111 words
  28. A LESSON FROM OUR WAR.

    During the 10 days' cavalry manoeuvres at Troyes, France, the squadron. were exercised on several days in operations suggested by the lessons of ...

    Article : 163 words
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