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  2. Advertising

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  3. TRAVEL

    Information has been received from Buenos Aires that the passes in the Andes are now open to coach traffic. The Journey between Buenos Aires and Valparaiso ...

    Article : 55 words
  4. TRADE

    Iron and steel manufactured goods to the value of £40,000,000 were exported from the United States last year. The value for 1906 was £15,750,000, while ten ...

    Article : 40 words
  5. SCIENCE

    What is the solidest thing in existence ? It ia not (says "Science Sittings") iron, it is not lead, it is not gold, it is not platinum, it is not any of the things ...

    Article : 263 words
  6. HEALTH

    The Rev. C. H. Yatman, of New York, is in London as the representative of Mr. Nathan Straus, of New York, to look over the ground with a view to extending Mr. ...

    Article : 105 words
  7. INVENTION

    The astounding feat of steering a boat by singing to it has been accomplished by means of mechanism invented by Mr. John Gardner, of Fleetwood (Eng.). ...

    Article : 337 words
  8. MAKING TOOTHPICKS.

    The largest quill toothpick factory in the world is near Puris, where there is an annual product or 20,000,000 quills. The factory was started to make quill pens, ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. THE LARGEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD.

    New York is to have the largest restaurant in the world, seating 8000 people. It is to be built on Broadway, and £200,000 has already been subscribed by ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. BRITONS AND GERMANS AS SHIP—BUILDERS.

    The fact that Germany is making a determined attempt at outbuilding this country in ships of the largest size is exceedingly serious. Unfortunately, many ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. FRUIT FOR RHEUMATISM.

    An eminent physician of Vienna asserts that rheumatism can be thoroughly eradicated by a plentiful diet of ripe fruit. ...

    Article : 23 words
  12. HARD ARTERIES.

    Policemen in Chicago are to de retired in the order of the hardness of their arteries. "It has been determined beyond dispute ...

    Article : 174 words
  13. LONDON'S BUSY SPOTS.

    The Marble Arch, Hyde Park, was not desinged to stand amid its present surroundings. It was erected originally at a cost of £80,000 as the main entrance ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. A SENSITIVE EXPLOSIVE.

    One of the most dangerous of all explosives is a black powder called iodide of nitrogen. When it is dry the slightest touch will often cause it to explode with ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. CAPTURING THE MARKETS.

    American agricultural machine manufacturers have evidently succeeded in securing some good lines on this side of the Atlantic. The above observation is ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. WORLD'S BIGGEST HOTEL.

    Chicago is planning to build the biggest hotel in the world. This is the new La Salle Hotel, to be erected at La Salle and Madison streets. With the furnishings, ...

    Article : 80 words
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  18. SULPHUR FOR SKIN DISEASES.

    Although recognised as one of the most valuable remedies for many skin maladies, sulphur is sometimes criticised as being somewhat unreliable in its action. At ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 208 words
  19. A NEW CONTINUOUS CURRENT MOTOR.

    A new type of continuous current ball—bearing motor has been placed upon the market. The characteristic features of this new type of machine are stated to be very ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. THE LAND OF PERFUME.

    Grasse is a paradise of flowers. The perfume manufactories of which this busy town is composed, look down, year in and year out, upon a bonneted army of ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. FATHER BERNARD VAUGHAN AND SWEATING

    Fattier Vaughan has very decided views on most important questions of the day, and is not unwilling to pronounce them. He has recently been interviewed by a ...

    Article : 223 words
  22. RELIGION

    Cardinal Richard, the Archbishop of Paris, died at half—past six on January 28. His Eminence joined in the prayers for the dying said over his bed. ...

    Article : 130 words
  23. FUEL FROM THE DUSTBIN.

    To the more economical and useful utilisation of the contents of the humble dustbin there appears to be no end. The latest development in the production of a ...

    Article : 212 words
  24. MONEY

    Unless there is a substantial change for the better in the next two months the Chancellor of the Exchequer's balance—sheet will make a poor showing at the ...

    Article : 95 words
  25. NEARLY £7,500,000 LAST YEAR.

    A financial report was issued recently in England showing the income of the Church of England from voluntary sources during the year ended Easter, 1907. It shows that ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. DR. OSLER'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

    The "New York Tribune" states that two Michigan gentlemen who gave a party to celebrate their sixtieth birthday sent an invitation to Dr. William Osier, the ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. THE CLERGY AND RECREATION

    There has been quite an extended correspondence in the columns of the London "Guardian" as to the legitimacy or otherwise of parsons hunting; and ...

    Article : 274 words
  28. WHY OUR BODIES OUTLIVE OUR MINDS.

    'A' medical authority expresses the belief that we live too long for the kind of work most of us do and hence so many "go off their heads," "The advanced ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. CLAIM FOR £80,000,000.

    Count Kapnist and another gentleman have been deputed to visit London to investigate the claim of 615 descendants of a certain Polubotko, a former Hetman of ...

    Article : 97 words
  30. CANCER INFECTION.

    Dr. C. Ryall believes that cancer is a highly infectious disease. Proof of its communicabitity from one person to another may be wanting, but when a person ...

    Article : 125 words
  31. A PEER WHO WRITES HYMNS.

    Lord Crofton is one of the few peer composers. An Irish" representative peer of more than thirty years' standing, he cares little about politics or general ...

    Article : 72 words
  32. INDIA'S MISSIONARY OUTLOOK

    Students' camps in connection with Christian schools and colleges in India are becoming quite as popular as similar camps have been for some years past in ...

    Article : 224 words
  33. '£60,000,000 STOCKING MONEY.

    Mr. Cortelyou. the Secretary of the Treasury, has submitted a report to the U.S Senate showing that £60,000,000—nearly one—tenth of the money in circulation in ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. DISCOVERIES ABOUT DIGESTION.

    Dr. Walter Cannon states that recent x-ray experiments performed upon man and animals have given very interesting results, from which it has been possible ...

    Article : 154 words
  35. PROTECTION FOR MINERS.

    Workers in certain mines, as well as in glass anil mirror factories, are subject to injurious effects from the inhalation of mercury vapors. An Italian savant, ...

    Article : 89 words
  36. SEARCHLIGHTS v. LIGHTHOUSES.

    A proposition has been made in Germany by Corvette Captain Arcnhold for the abolition of the present system of lighthouses for the protection of ships at ...

    Article : 182 words
  37. NITROGEN FROM THE AIR.

    The Industry of manufacturing fertilisers by taking nitrogen direct from the air by electrical procesS is expanding in Norway. A project is on foot to utilise ...

    Article : 111 words
  38. SACRIFICED £8000 A YEAR.

    "When Sir J. Lawson Walton, K.C., who died recently, was appointed Imperial Attorney—General in 1905, be was making £15,000 a year. Probably his income had ...

    Article : 87 words
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  40. CORONER CONDEMNS TOTAL ABSTINENCE.

    "It is not always the safest thing to be a teetotaler," declared Dr. Wynn "Westcott, the coroner. in holding an inquest at St. Luke's (London) on a man who had ...

    Article : 142 words
  41. DIRECTORY ADDRESS COMPETITION.

    This Mustration represents a directory address. it may be yours ; it nay be that at your neighber. Who knows 7 However, try your hand at writing it out ; then post the result to us, addressing your letter :—The Editor, "Sunday Times." Castlereagh—street, Sydney, and marking the top of the letter "Directory." To the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  42. A SOUNDLESS ROOM.

    A soundless room, one from which it is possible to exclude external sounds, has been realised at the Physiological Institute at Uchtrecht: but as it is not ...

    Article : 206 words
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