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HESTER'S SHRINE.

I ILLUSTRATED REBUS.

THE GREAT HEART.

SEA-FISHING IN WILL WALES

ITHE BIGGEST CLOCK IN THE…

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THE BIGGEST CLOCK IN THE WORLD. The clock in the tower of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster is the largest in I the world. Here are some particulars as to its dimen3ions and power: The four dials of the clock are each 27ft. in diameter. Every half-minute the point of the minute hand moves nearly seven inches. Tho clock will go for eight and a half days, but will only strike for seven and a half, thus indicating any neglect in winding it up. The mere winding- up of the striking appara- tus takes two hours. The pendulum is 15ft. long, and the wheels are of cast iron. The hour boll is 8ft. high and 9ft. in diameter, weighing nearly fifteen tons, and the ham- mer alone weighs more than 4001b. This clock strikes the quarter hours, and by its strokes the shorthand reporters regulate their labours. At every stroke a new re- porter takes the place of the old one, while tho first retires to write out the notes that he has taken during the previous fifteen minutes.

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WELSH ENGINEERS.

DON'T BUY IMITATIONS.

CHILDREN'S BLUNDERS.

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ATHLETIC NOTES.

FOOTBALL.

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WHJ TH K SHUTTKKS AliE UP

OLD SCHOOL CUSTOMS.

"HOME" AGAIN.

SOME "GLOBE" RIDDLES.

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