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  2. Hunger Makes Your Brain Heavier.

    Everybody is acquainted with the dull, heavy headache that accompanies an empty [?] Frequently, when a meal is skipped ...

    Article : 287 words
  3. QUICK SHIPBUILDING.

    During the American War of Independence, a Captain Schank constructed a ship, called the [?]xible, for service in Canada, in a ...

    Article : 290 words
  4. An £800,000 Wedding Gift.

    The almighty dollar is very much in evidence when the daughters of American money kings marry, but it will doubtless be some time ...

    Article : 228 words
  5. TENANT FOR 600 YEARS.

    At the last Revision Court in North Cumberland it was proved that a cottage fifteen miles from Gilsland had been in the continuous ...

    Article : 690 words
  6. LADIES' COLUMN.

    In double face English cloth, the wrong side serving as a suitable trimming for the collar and cuffs. Some colours which blend rather ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 419 words
  7. LOVE ROMANCES OF FAMOUS PAINTERS.

    The celebrated Flemish portrait painter. Van Dyck, was appointed Court painter and knighted by Charles I. He was a great ...

    Article : 975 words
  8. Marriage Mark Worn on Forehead.

    The street costume of the women of Herzegovina is remarkable—a heavy, black overcoat, which they wear even in the tropical heat of ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. Frozen Alive and then Revived.

    Professor Bakhmetieff, of Moscow University has proved that animals may be frozen alive and then resuscitated without the slightest ...

    Article : 177 words
  10. Health and Tears.

    Dr. Lindahl, of Copenhagen, one of Denmark's most distinguished scientists, says that tears are salutary and hardworking, and such [?] ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. CHINESE SHOPS.

    Ch'ien, ch'ien, ch'ien—money, money, money—is the real Chinese god. At home or abroad, the Mongols are a race of shopkeepers. ...

    Article : 552 words
  12. An Indian Monkey Temple.

    Simla, the summer seat of the Indian Government, can boast of what is perhaps the only monkey temple in the world. Jakko Hill ...

    Article : 287 words
  13. Aviation Under fire.

    The Balkan campaign has proved very valuable to the science of aviation. It has shown by one concrete example that the mere fact of ...

    Article : 214 words
  14. AN IRON MOUNTAIN.

    An American Consul in Mexico has furnished the Washington Gov ernment with some interesting par t[?]lars of the iron mountain o[?] ...

    Article : 196 words
  15. Did It Fine.

    One evening a lady who had engaged a country girl as general servant asked her if she could manage to poach half-a-dozen eggs ...

    Article : 279 words
  16. JAPANESE PALMISTRY.

    The Chinese and Japanese call the thumb "the great finger," and connect it with one's ancestors. Our index finger is with them the "head ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. Curious Scientific Prediction.

    Everyone is familiar with the story often told of the great naturalist Cuvier, to the effect that, given a single bone, he could ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. As Good as a Goldmine.

    Professor White estimates that no fewer than 400,000,000 gas-mantles are used every year, and as these gas-mantles cannot be manufactured ...

    Article : 211 words
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