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  2. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    The Motorist: “Awfully sorry. Hope you are not hurt much. What can I give you by way of compensation?” The Victim: “Well—wot do you ...

    Article : 816 words
  3. JUDGING SHELL-FIRE BY MUSIC.

    How a keen musical ear Became useful to the Austrian army is told by a violinist whose ear detected the difference in sound made by a shell that ...

    Article : 265 words
  4. RANDOM READINGS.

    On August 26th, B.C. 66, Caius Julius Caesar landed on the coast of Kent With two legions of Roman soldiers, each consisting of from three thousand ...

    Article : 318 words
  5. NOTES ON COINS.

    An interesting article in the “Scientific American” calls attention to several important points in connection with coins and coinage. The first coins ...

    Article : 344 words
  6. The Man of Silence.

    “I don’t care; my place is at his side. I love him, and I shall always love him. It was your brutal work—that injury he had; do ...

    Article : 1,919 words
  7. SUGGESTED COMPROMISE.

    Change of weather may have accounted for the mood that seized old Finick as he entered the principal hotel of the little country town. ...

    Article : 187 words
  8. BAFFLING BURGLARS.

    The Krupp Works at Essen have discovered a burglar-proof safe which will “put all the burglars to shame.” The discovery consists in the ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. “O.K.” AFTER ALL!

    His voice was very gentle, so gentle that the shop-assistant had difficulty in hearing what he said. “Shall we send the goods, sir? Yes, ...

    Article : 160 words
  10. CLEVER KID.

    Little Frank, yellow of hair and blue of eyes, was the apple of his fathers eye. One sunny afternoon, when all was ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. HOW GAS IS MADE.

    It is the ordinary things in life that are the least understood. If a thing is difficult or abstruse, people set out to find out how it is done; but ...

    Article : 501 words
  12. LOCATED.

    The officer of the guard for the evening went an extra round of the camp to see that ail the sentries were at their posts. He came on one man ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. WOULDN’T BE DISAPPOINTED.

    The young man had borrowed fire pounds from the rich old man, promising to bring it back one week from date. The millionaire let him ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. OLDEST INDUSTRY.

    The pearl fisheries of Ceylon are said to be the oldest industry in the world for over 3000 years the pearloyster harvest has been gathered by the ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. WHAT FATHER DID.

    A man who owns a number of horses has a great reputation for skill in the treatment of them. One day a farmer who wanted some ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. TURNING THE TABLES.

    The saying that a woman doesn’t like to tell her age may be a cruel slander on the sex; but it was true of Mrs. Thomson. She never missed ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. IT WAS.

    An explosion bad occurred in a powder mill, and the proprietor, who was away on a pleasure trip, hurried home to make an investigation. ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. SMART BUSINESS.

    Enterprising people on the borderline between France and Belgium have brought to a science the art of making money without much effort. ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. A MATTER OF PUNCTUATION.

    Here are some little-known examples of punctuation problems:— It is and I said not but. If is is not is and is not is not is ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. MORE SAMPLES.

    Little Johnnie, aged eight, who has just seen his mother take in a sample packet of blacklead: “Why do they give people samples, mamma?” ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. MARY’S VERSION.

    “The sentence, ‘My father had money,’ is in the past tense,” explained the teacher. “Now, Mary, what tense would you be speaking in if you said, ...

    Article : 41 words
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