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  2. Electric Eels.

    A correspondent of the " Morning Post." writing of the electric cel. says he recently made the experiment of touching the young ...

    Article : 222 words
  3. Outdoor Fireplace for a Kettle.

    When a kettle is used in the open air for heating water, or other purposes, there is considerable of the heat wasted, unless a furnace of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  4. Swans Crown Property.

    England is at present the only country in the world which practicers with success, and on a large scale, the raising of swans. This ...

    Article : 285 words
  5. Mighty Intellects.

    I have often thought that the summing-up of a certain coroner was about as neat as, well, could be. at an inquest where the evidence ...

    Article : 684 words
  6. The Internal Bath.

    Dr. Garey. the French specialist in appendicitis, has asserted than almost all of his appendicitis patients were water drinkers, from ...

    Article : 351 words
  7. PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST.

    It was towards the close of May. 1864, that the, "Magnificent" Marquis of Hastings won his first great race and his luck held till he had ...

    Article : 1,027 words
  8. A LIFE OF TRAGEDIES.

    Cecily. Duchess of York, who died on May 31, 1483, probably had more appalling tragedies connected with her life than anyone has ever ...

    Article : 363 words
  9. Happy Convicts.

    A Swiss prison appears to be the very place in which to spend a cheap holiday, as you have practically all you. want—a comfortable ...

    Article : 267 words
  10. KITCHEN WRINKLES.

    Kettles may lie thoroughly cleansed by boiling a few potato peelings in them. When cooking applies put a pinch ...

    Article : 531 words
  11. How to Make a Slat Window Blind.

    The slat window blind is especially constructed to admit a circulation of air and at the same time keep out the sun's rays. A ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 350 words
  12. Does the Air Carry Disease.

    "It's in the air" is a phrase that will no longer be considered applicable to disease. Dr. C. U. Chapin flouts tile idea that the air ...

    Article : 232 words
  13. Counting Time in Panama.

    Far hack In the interior of an Empire city (Panama) block I came upon an old , negro woman, parchment-skinned and doddering, living ...

    Article : 194 words
  14. A Gigantic Aeroplane.

    A flying village—that is the impression given to those who see above their heads that amazing biplane, the llia-Kourametz. For this ...

    Article : 256 words
  15. Typing Musical Scores.

    The typewriting of musical scores is now made possible by a machine that has appeared on the French market. The same machine may be ...

    Article : 324 words
  16. City Underlaid with Gold.

    The—ground on which Philadelphia is built is said to be of the richest goldfields in the world The only difficulty there is that the field ...

    Article : 275 words
  17. Attacked by Bees.

    The police and Government bee experts were called upon to perform a novel duty, when they were summoned to F Street, in the most ...

    Article : 246 words
  18. Teaches Surgery by Films

    After many vicissitudes, the new use of the cinematograph has been begun by Dr. Doyen by teaching surgery to students by films. His ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. To Faston a Loose Waggon Tire.

    Tires often come loose in hot weather and if the wheels are so old or badly dished that it would not pay to have them reset, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 126 words
  20. NO IDLE TEARS.

    An amusing story about Dr. Archibald Pitcairne, the physician, Jacobite, and scholar, is told by Francis Watt in "The Book of ...

    Article : 115 words
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