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  2. A RECORD WAR INDEMNITY.

    The war indemnity which stands out in history as the largest ever exacted from a vanquished nation is that imposed by Germany upon France to in 1871—and duty ...

    Article : 875 words
  3. A NEW SWIMMING STROKE.

    A new swimming stroke, which is said to produce greater speed than any other has recently been introduced by an American swimming expert. It is called the ...

    Article : 285 words
  4. PAYING YOUR FOOTING.

    In no profession is the ancient custom of "paying your footing," that is, the unwritten law which compels a new-comer to make certain payments in specie or in ...

    Article : 1,197 words
  5. M. WITTE.

    One of the most conspicuous figures in Europe at the present moment is undoubtedly M. Sergei Yulievitch Witte, who was selected as one of the ...

    Article : 692 words
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  7. FAMOUS STONES.

    When the Japanese captured Mukden they found the black stone of the Manebn dynasty, regarded by the Manchus as marking the centre of the universe. Even ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. FIRST CONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    The history of railway development naturally possess a peculiar interest to England as being the pioneer and builder of the first railway in the world. ...

    Article : 284 words
  9. CONDITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The following letter has been received from Mr. Arnold-Forester by Mr. Thomas Andrews, Belfast president of Ulster Liberal Unionist Association, in reply to ...

    Article : 445 words
  10. DUST PREVENTION.

    Several municipal councils are about to test on their roads a new dust preventive, says the "Melbourne Herald," in which five parts of mineral oil prepared in a ...

    Article : 259 words
  11. BEETHOVEN'S SKULL.

    An interesting communication with regard to the last exhumation of the remains of Beethoven; some twenty years ago, is made to the "Neue Frcie Presso" ...

    Article : 269 words
  12. THE AWAKENING CHINESE.

    A striking illustration of the desire for modern culture aroused among the Chinese by the military successes of their brother Orientals is afforded by some ...

    Article : 260 words
  13. HELIGOLAND.

    If Heligoland disappears altogether into the sea, as some people seem to think quite possible, the migratory birds will lose one of their chief points of rest, for ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. CHILDREN EXECUTED AT ODESSA.

    Private letters received in Vienna from Odessa give fresh and harrowing details of the repressive measures adopted alter the late disorders. With the ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. HERODOTUS ON MOSQUITOES.

    The discovery of Sir H. Arthur Blake that the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes is recognised in Sanskrit literature recalls to the "'Lancet" the ...

    Article : 162 words
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