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  2. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

    Better a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox.... Mr Dion Clayton Calthrop writes in the London "Daily Mail":— ...

    Article : 1,271 words
  3. NEW TENT FASTENER. An Effective Anchor Against Wind and Other Forces.

    Campers are liable to experience considerable difficulty in anchoring the side walls of a tent against displacement by wind or other forces. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 308 words
  4. ON THE BRINK.

    Dr Annie Saunderson, M.B., was resting after a hard day's work. Ting-a-ting! That bell again. She really hoped it was not a patient ...

    Article : 1,987 words
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  6. A WHALE DAIRY.

    Not the least of the triumphs of modern scientific methods in man's utilization of natural resources is forecasted in the brief announcement from the ...

    Article : 215 words
  7. LORD CURZON AND THE CITY.

    Lord Curzon wrote a letter last night (according to the "Daily Mail" of the 21st December) declining the invitation to stand as parliamentary ...

    Article : 299 words
  8. PARASITES MAKE PEARLS. A Tapeworm the Nucleus of the Oyster's Precious Product.

    Familiar as may be the fact that pearls are formed around intrusive foreign bodies within the shell of the oyster, the notion that such intrusive ...

    Article : 201 words
  9. TELL-TALE PHONOGRAPH.

    A phonograph marred a soiree held in honor of his friends last night (writes the Paris correspondent of the "London Daily Mail" on 17th December) by an ...

    Article : 246 words
  10. Solid Glass Bathtubs.

    Glass bathtubs are now being made and are said to have advantages over metal and enamel, the principal one being that they are much cheaper. ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. Noisless Street Car Roadbed.

    J. H. Heverling of St. Louis has perfected a system of building roadbeds that is said to be far ahead of any present method. Mr. Heverling's idea ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. Novel Life Preserver.

    The novel life preserver shown in the accompanying illustration is the invention of a Chicago man. It consists of a double walled sleeve adapted to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  13. Bugs Cost $298,000,000.

    Statisticians of the department of agriculture annouuce that the chinch bug annually destroys crops valued at $60,000,000; that the grasshopper eats ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. THE GERMAN WHITAKER.

    The editor of Kurschner's "Jahrbuch" —the German "Whitaker"—usually contrives (writes the "Westminster Gazette") to find something of literary ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. South Pole Warming Up.

    Since the first visit to the ice cap of the south pole was made, some fifty years ago, there has been a steady recession of the belt of some thirty miles, ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. Mechanical Bottle Blowers.

    That glass bottles will soon be made entirely by machinery is a foregone conclusion among the blowers, some of whom a few years ago predicted that ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. BISHOP CENSURES RECTOR.

    According to the London "Daily Mail" of the 15th December, the Bishop of St. Albans has sent a letter to the Rector of Little Canfield ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. Anticancer Serum a Failure.

    The committee appointed six months ago to investigate the effects of Dr. Doyen's anticancer serum has made a report to the French Surgical society, ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. Electric Railway Trains.

    A five car train with an electric motor car on each end was recently tested on the Long Island railroad. The motorman had absolutely no trouble ...

    Article : 83 words
  20. HEIRESS'S ELOPEMENT.

    The "Daily Mail" of 18th December, states:— Miss Louisa Bagnall, an heiress, fell in love with Mr. William Meider, a ...

    Article : 128 words
  21. A New Anaesthetic.

    Two German scientists announce the discovery of a new anaesthetic, having all the virtues of cocaine without its secondary ill effects. The new ...

    Article : 43 words
  22. Mars Canals Photographed.

    Professor Percival Lowell, director of the Lowell observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., announces that the canals of Mars have been photographed there ...

    Article : 38 words
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    A great revolution seems to be taking place in the West End of London Rich peoplo are gradually giving [?] their houses. Prices which ruled ...

    Article : 68 words
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    There is said to be more illiteracy in Portugal than in any other country of Europe. The cause of nearly all troubles is ...

    Article : 81 words
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    The smallest bone in the human body is to be found within the drum of the ear. In England the average weight of ...

    Article : 68 words
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    Brussels sprouts are by far the most valuable green vegatable food. Every male in Russia is liable to serve in the army after attainting his ...

    Article : 61 words
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    Paris gardeners buy [?]onds, which they use us insect destroyers. The notes used by the Bank of England cost exactly one halfpenny ...

    Article : 58 words
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