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  2. AROUND THE WORLD.

    There are already signs of a certain rapprochement between Russia and Great Britain, and there is reason to hope that this movement may develop still further ...

    Article : 38 words
  3. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    The report on the experiment made by Dr. Garnaud, who, on July 15 last, inoculated himself with bovine tuberculosis, has been issued. It says that the experiment ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. MELBA IN PARIS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" gives the following account of an interview with the diva on her return from Australia:— ...

    Article : 540 words
  5. THE NAVAL STRENGTH OF THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Archibald S. Hurd gives in "Cassier's Magazine" a very interesting study of the British fleet of to-day, its development and distribution; and the study ...

    Article : 1,304 words
  6. THE GARDEN.

    The wet state of the ground has prevented the pushing forward of ground work, on heavy soils. especially. Soot and lime.—These are most valuable as ...

    Article : 391 words
  7. SEPTUAGENARIAN'S SINGULAR MARRIAGE.

    An application to the Crediton Board of Guardians for out-relief led to a curious story being told. One of the guardians said the applicant, [?] septuagenarian ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. NEW-CHWANG LOSING TRADE.

    The excessive duties imposed on both imported and exported goods by the Russians at New, chwang, are driving trade away from the port. The Russian force ...

    Article : 42 words
  9. BOER GENERALS' POLICY.

    The Boer leaders repudiate any intention of founding a political association. They will devote their time to fostering the interests of the farmers, and will ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. ELECTRICITY AND HEALTH.

    An Austrian medical man announces that electric trams are of great benefit to the health of the inhabitants of a great city. Great quantities of electricity are ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. REMODELLING OF NOSES.

    In his recent lecture at the Medical Graduates' College, Mr. Stephen Paget said: "I have now done 43 cases of the remodelling of noses. It is anxious work ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. PIGSKIN CYCLE TYRES.

    Mr. John Muir, of Leith, Scotland, announces that he has invented a process whereby tanned pigskins are made available as a substitute for rubber for tyres. ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. A TYPHOID ANTI-TOXIN.

    The results of the experiments which have been made recently by Dr. Macfadyen, of the Jenner Institute, and communicated to the Royal Society through Lord ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. AIRSHIP'S SUCCESS.

    The Lebaudy airship has made another successful ascent, travelling against the bind from Moisson to Rosny-[?]-Seine, and manoeuvring with ease above the ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. GRAND DUKE AND BEGGAR.

    The aged Grand Duke of Luxemburg during his long stay at Abbazia noticed a poor man sitting in the same spot everyday who saluted him most ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

    The ladies of the Church of England Temperance Society (London), in common with all other workers among inebriate women, find their task to be one ...

    Article : 380 words
  17. WOMEN'S INDEPENDENCE.

    The independence of the American and English woman, for a long time regarded as a scandal on the Continent, in time came to be envied, and is now being ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. PLANT HOUSES.

    Plants now in flower and advancing should have every attention bestowed upon them; the majority of these do not require any undue amount of moisture, ...

    Article : 565 words
  19. THREE MONTHS FOR A "JOKE."

    For personating a doctor by way of a joke a waiter named Kaezemeikat has just been sentenced to three months' imprisomnent in Stettin, Prussia. Under ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. GUARD'S STRANGE DEATH.

    When the first portion of the East Coast Scotch express reached Newcastle shortly after midday on May 18, John Robbins, the guard, was found seated at ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. COLOUR CURE FOR INSANITY.

    The colour cure for insanity, now being tested by certain American specialists, is said to be giving the most favourable results, and to promise to be of sterling ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. OUR SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

    Writing from Bloemfontein on April 20, correspondent says that the cemetery there, in which 1800 officers and men are buried, is kept in beautiful order by the ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. MANIAC SAVES AN EXPRESS.

    At the little station of Poag. Illinois, on the Wabash railway, the telegraph operator, Renshaw, whose mind had been affected for some weeks past, suddenly ...

    Article : 112 words
  24. WISE AND OTHERWISE

    Whether the child is impudent or clever depends on whether lie is your neighbour's or your own. Praise from people that we despise ...

    Article : 257 words
  25. SLOAN "WARNED OFF."

    The Society for the Encouragement and Improvement of Horse Racing in France has decided to exclude "Tod" Sloan from all grounds used as paddocks and training ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    The experiments with the Pollak-Virag system of telegraphy between Berlin and Konigsberg have answered so well that the Post has decided to try experiments ...

    Article : 144 words
  27. BICYCLES FOR CHINESE.

    There is a growing demand for bicycles in China, and the United States Consul at Newchang, in his report just issued, calls the attention of American cycle ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSISTANT-MASTERS.

    On the fingers of one hand and a half I could count the schools in England where the governing body pay their assistant-masters a respectable income even ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. ANTI-CIGARETTE BILL, CANADA.

    Mr. Biekerdihe's motion for the prohibition of the importation and manufacture of cigarettes in Canada was adopted on April 1, on a division of 103 to 48. ...

    Article : 468 words
  30. TYPE WRITING BY ELECTRICITY.

    Type writing by wireless telegraphy is now possible. A system which achieves communication between two points, without the aid of skilled Morse ...

    Article : 190 words
  31. DISCOVERIES IN PALESTINE.

    According to a report of Professor Sellin on the results of his expedition to Palestine, important discoveries have been made by him in the plain of Jezreel. ...

    Article : 69 words
  32. BY RAILWAY TO THIBET.

    Attention has at last been turned to the problem of Thibet, and action is being taken by the Government of India which is likely to have exceedingly ...

    Article : 141 words
  33. EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BURGLAR.

    A short time back some detectives saw a light in a laundry in New York. A policeman was called and stationed in front of the building. A few minutes ...

    Article : 98 words
  34. SAME OLD EXCUSE.

    An old minister returned to his alma mater after 40 years of ministerial service, and was being conducted over the old place. "Same old corridors" he ...

    Article : 126 words
  35. UTOPIA IN ITALY.

    The public at Rome is much interested in the discovery of a Utopian Society which has established itself in Ascona, a little place on the borders of Italy and ...

    Article : 163 words
  36. TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS.

    The Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, doctors have grown tired of furnishing free medical advice over the telephone, and in future will charge 2 dollars to 5 ...

    Article : 151 words
  37. PAPER WINE BARRELS.

    Paper, as everybody knows, is used in the manufacture of all kinds of articles, from dolls and tea-trays to houses and railway carriages. In Greece, however, ...

    Article : 95 words
  38. FOR FINANCIAL PURPOSES.

    Before the collection was taken up at a negro place of worship in America recently, the minister, a coloured man, announced, that he regretted to state a ...

    Article : 155 words
  39. DOOM OF THE BEEFSTEAK?

    Is the beefsteak doomed and the plumpudding condemned to death? Shall we befed in the future with chemical products? In the "Lancet" we are told that by ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. MINERS' MYSTERIOUS DISEASE.

    The mysterious epidemic from which an enormous number of miners in Westphalia are suffering is now engaging the attention of the German medical community, ...

    Article : 245 words
  41. ELECTRICITY FROM THE CLOUDS.

    A dazzling scheme for tapping the skies (says the "Daily Express" ) is about to be put into operation in Chicago. The experimenter proposes to throw up a ...

    Article : 528 words
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  43. THE FIRST LAW OF NATURE.

    Two Irish soldiers stationed in the West Indies were accustomed to bathe daily in a little bay which was generally, supposed to be free from sharks. Though ...

    Article : 159 words
  44. HOW TO STOP A COUGH.

    A simple but effective remedy is the following:— Breathing through the nostrils, Inhale a full breath as slowly as possible without ...

    Article : 151 words
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