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  2. Wise and Otherwise.

    "Those who dance have to pay the fiddler." "Who pays the rest of the orchestra, Pa?" "Why do you call your boy ...

    Article : 802 words
  3. New, Odd & Interesting.

    In Turkey and Greece all railways are owned by the State. Only four of the British guns used at Trafalgar now remain. ...

    Article : 617 words
  4. Science Notes and News.

    The insects of the Diptera order, to which the common house-fly belongs, have, as a rule, one pair of wings and rudimentary remnants of another pair ...

    Article : 219 words
  5. Random Readings.

    A story-writer was commissioned to write a serial for an American newspaper at a set rate per column. The story as it proceeded from week to week ...

    Article : 163 words
  6. AERIAL BATTLES.

    "The first decisive battle of the future will be fought in the air," said Claude Grahame-White, to a representative of the "New York Herald." ...

    Article : 588 words
  7. The Poultry Run.

    A question that often comes before the poultry-keeper is whether he should use pure breeds or crosses. There is always a great deal to be said ...

    Article : 742 words
  8. CONFOUNDING A BRAGGART.

    At the time when Louis Napoleon was President of the French Republic the commander at Lyons was General Castellane, and old soldier whose stern ...

    Article : 183 words
  9. For Young Folks.

    The Princess Poppy felt very unhappy, Just fancy, a Princess feeling sad! She was very beautiful, and she had the most loving heart in the whole ...

    Article : 795 words
  10. A MYSTERIOUS REVOLVING WHEEL.

    The mystery of this wheel is that it seems to revolve automatically without any visible external power. It is at the same time an amusing trick and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 411 words
  11. AN INVOLUNTARY BRIDGEROOM.

    On the Rosebud, Indian Reservation, in South Dakota, they still laugh over the peculiar predicament into which a new Indian agent once got himself. ...

    Article : 262 words
  12. REINFORCED CONCRETE STREET-PAVING.

    The use of woven wire mesh as a reinforcement for concrete street roadways has been experimented with lately. The wire was laid upon the ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. MAKE IVORY FROM MILK.

    One of the latest discoveries of the synthetic chemists is how to make ivory out of nothing more wonderful than cow's milk—and a very good ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. THE THRIFTY NAPOLEON.

    The Emperor Napoleon I., dressed in plain clothes, often visited the markets of Paris, in order to learn the current prices of food, and find out ...

    Article : 222 words
  15. THE MINISTER SCORED.

    A Hungarian Statesman, who had a country seat near Budapest, was in the habit of spending his Sunday there, his only luggage, on these ...

    Article : 280 words
  16. WIRELESS SKETCHES IN WARFARE.

    Surprising results are being obtained by means of the new invention of an Italian youth, Francesco di Bernocchi, called the wireless iconograph ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. ON THE INSTALMENT SYSTEM.

    They were experts in many things, but chiefly in the art of bragging. And at the moment they were discussing their own wonderful feats as ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. THE KING'S MESSENGER.

    The telegraph has made a great difference in the transmission of royal and diplomatic despatches, but although now only seven in number, the ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. WHY YOUR NOSE IS SMALL.

    Your nose may not be so small as to attract undue attention, but at least it [?] not so large and noble as it would [?]ave been had you been living in the ...

    Article : 183 words
  20. CONUNDRUMS.

    What goes round a button?—A button-hole. Why is a sugarplum like a racehorse?—The harder you lick it the ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. RAILWAYMEN'S MANNERISMS.

    That most people develop characteristics and peculiarities, muscular and otherwise, which give a fair indication of their calling in life, is a fact which ...

    Article : 241 words
  22. NAVAL NIGHT HAILS.

    In harbour at sunset in most ships the sentry on the forebridge has to fire one round of blank from his rifle, and salute the ensign as it is hauled down. ...

    Article : 260 words
  23. THE ARCHBISHOP LAUGHED LAST.

    To Doctor Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, a young aide-de-camp once said, "Does your Grace know the difference between an archbishop and ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. THE CINEMATOGRAPH IN THE EAST.

    The Japanese take their moving picture with the seriousness befitting, the national character. They enjoy it thoroughly, but they like it best when ...

    Article : 203 words
  25. WHY I AM A BACHELOR.

    A Paris weekly journal has been asking its bachelor readers to say why they prefer celibacy. The replies may be classified under four heads. Here ...

    Article : 159 words
  26. PROPERTIES OF THE TOMATO.

    A doctor ascribes to the tomato the following important medical properties: First, that the tomato is one of the ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. CONCERNING YOUR TONGUE.

    As a matter of fact there are only four distinct tastes—sweet, bitter, salty, and acid. All the cithers are a mixture of the sensation of smell and ...

    Article : 135 words
  28. ACCOMMODATION LIMITED.

    A certain knight of Spain— where [?]he long names come from—arrived [?]te one evening at a wayside inn in [?] France, and knocked for a long time ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. STRICTEST ACCURACY.

    An editor of a daily paper had posted on the wall in the reporters' room these words printed in large type— "Accuracy, accuracy ...

    Article : 94 words
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