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  2. NAVAL PRIZE-MONEY.

    Dating hack to the earliest years of Britain's supremacy at sea, the custom of allowing naval prize money—which it is proposed shall ...

    Article : 376 words
  3. The Pope's Sisters.

    It is now more than a year since the death of the eldest sister of Pope Plus X., who, with her two younger sisters and their niece, Gilda ...

    Article : 279 words
  4. WITTY CHURCHMEN.

    A study of the wits of the world reveals the fact that there is a fair proportion of clergymen among them. and a very good illustration ...

    Article : 336 words
  5. ROPE-FILLED HORSESHOE FOR CITY STREETS.

    A rope-filled horseshoe, in common use in Germany, may solve one of the greatest problems in shoeing horses. that of providing a shoe ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  6. YOUR MORNING BATH.

    "The chief value of bathing lies in its exhilaration. Don't make a penance of it. If you don't enjoy it, it's doing you harm. The good ...

    Article : 988 words
  7. MAN-EATERS.

    It might be thought that one of the results of the progress of civilisation would have been to protect man front the ravages of the animal ...

    Article : 1,086 words
  8. Port of Pompeii Unearthed

    After lying hidden since those awful days in the year 79 A.D., when Pompell was destroyed and buried by a great eruption of Vesuvius, ...

    Article : 432 words
  9. Mask of Death.

    A curious mask of death was described by Captain Nugent before the Royal Geographical Society, when he gave some of his ...

    Article : 239 words
  10. An Easily-made Washstand Substitute.

    Our first illustration gives an adequate idea of a contrivance which may take the place of a washstand, when it is not expedient ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 420 words
  11. What is Horse-power?

    Among many engineers there arises discussion as to the incidents surrounding the origination of the term horse-power as applied to the ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. The Miner's Rat.

    During a recent inquiry into an accident on one of the Road mines, an old miner giving evidence was asked : "You refused to work at this ...

    Article : 316 words
  13. An Awful Ornament.

    It is a curious study to note the variety of feminine ornamentation in the different nations, and how what may be considered as a ...

    Article : 413 words
  14. Ski Party Held at Bay by Wolves.

    A party of ski-ers from Lemberg. had narrow escapes from being eaten by wolves while making a tour in the Carpathian Mountains ...

    Article : 180 words
  15. Things Science Cannot Explain.

    How sunlight turns grapes into sugar. Why the sap of trees is not frozen in winter. ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. Remarkable Bee-hive.

    IT the course of renewing the roof of Castlehill House, a late 18th-century mansion near Ayr, the workmen came upon a hive of bees ...

    Article : 189 words
  17. MESSAGES FROM THE DEEP.

    Mr. Olaf Nord, of Copenhagen, has made an invention by means of which the crew of a foundered submarine will be able to communicate ...

    Article : 185 words
  18. Different Walks.

    Country people and the dwellers in cities have different walks according to Dr. Felix Regnault. The city man uses short steps, ...

    Article : 156 words
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