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  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Visitor: "The office-boy was just confiding to me that he wanted to be boss some day." Boss (with a sigh): "Queer, isn't ...

    Article : 395 words
  4. CRYSTAL MIRACLES.

    Without optical glass the modern army would go blindfold to destruction. The Navy needs optical instruments of many kinds, from the ...

    Article : 998 words
  5. THE SIGNALLERS.

    When I was posted as a signaller to a certain battalion in France, I considered myself fortunate. Everyone told me that the signaller's work in ...

    Article : 1,315 words
  6. WEIRD WALL-PAPERS.

    A famous prima donna had two rooms of her town house decorated with what she called, "The records of din and dinner." ...

    Article : 295 words
  7. RESTRICTED ROYALTIES.

    Had he been an English Royalty the Crown Prince of Roumania, who is reputed to have married "beneath him," would have found some ...

    Article : 259 words
  8. WONDER YEARS.

    The year 1819 brings back peace to the world, it will stand out to all future generations[?] as a wonder year, a year which marks the ...

    Article : 190 words
  9. CHIMNEY-SICKNESS.

    It sounds absurd, but it is quite possible. If you found yourself one windy day on the top of the Saganoseki chimney, in Chicago, you ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. PUSHED OFF THE EARTH.

    The time will inevitably come when the earth will be full to overflowing. Six centuries more, so the statisticians calculate, and there will be ...

    Article : 721 words
  11. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Why the Australian's hat turns up at one side is blandly explained in a picture post-card, highly popular with the Auzzies, which depicts a ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. IRON CROSS FIGURES.

    Germany has been lavish in bestowing Iron Crosses on her troops. According to the "Cologne Gazette" 338,261 Iron Crasses were granted up ...

    Article : 200 words
  13. "PEARL OF THE EAST."

    Called by Orientals "the Pearl of the East," Damascus, General Allenbury's great capture, is the oldest city in the world still inhabited. ...

    Article : 255 words
  14. PAPER UNDERCLOTHING.

    Underclothing made of finely-crisped or grained paper is now being manufactured in Japan. After the paper has been cut to a ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. TANKS IN FICTION.

    Jules Verne foresaw not only the aerial arm, the submarine, Big Bertha, but also the tank. A forerunner of this weapon may ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. GOOD REASON FOR LEAVING.

    "Have you had any experience of newspaper work?" said the editor of a large paper to an agitated little man who had applied for a job. ...

    Article : 415 words
  17. NAME COINCIDENCES.

    The curious instance recently mentioned of three platoon sergeants in one company named respectively Snow, Frost, and Hale recalls other ...

    Article : 352 words
  18. LIGHT FROM BEEF.

    The announcement of a discovery by a certain Austrian scientist makes interesting reading. It is asserted that Prof. Molisch ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. A WEDDING FEAST.

    Herr Ballin was noted for the extravagant dinners which he gave on great occasions. Probably the most magnificent of all was that which he ...

    Article : 271 words
  20. A MARVELLOUS MASK.

    Science is making such rapid strides that it seems as though every affliction before long will have some sort of remedy. One of the most ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. ANIMALS THAT COMMIT SUICIDE

    Man is not the only animal that commits suicide. Herrings and other fishes have sought death by rushing ashore in myriads; regiments of ants ...

    Article : 74 words
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