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  2. DEEP WELLS AND MINES.

    We hear a great deal about the enormous heights to which aeroplanes and balloons have soared, but not so much about the depths to which man ...

    Article : 382 words
  3. BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS.

    In Russia, hospitals are dispensing with the need of summoning a voluntary blood donor when cases of urgent blood.transfusions arise. Instead, the ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. "BRICKS" AND "COLD SHOULDERS."

    Hardly one person in a thousand who uses certain popular phrases has the remotest idea of their origin. For instance, why do we describe a man we ...

    Article : 277 words
  5. [The Honeymoon.] HAVING TOO MANY FRIENDS.

    The window squeaked slightly as it raised slowly upwards. There was the sound of a sigh, and then the gentle noise of cloth against wood as the ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  6. WHY QUEENS WEAR THE KOH-I-NOR

    A legend that India would be lost to the Empire if a British King ever wears the historic Koh-i-Nor diamond is explained by Miss Mary Abbott in ...

    Article : 774 words
  7. PEOPLE YOU FIND ON EVERY BEACH.

    The old boy with the white whiskers and the red face, who never misses anything. The woman of- indeterminate age ...

    Article : 231 words
  8. THE DOCTORS BLAMED

    The medicine bottle habit was attacked recently by Sir George Newman, late chief medical officer to the British Ministry of Health. ...

    Article : 279 words
  9. 4400-YEAR-OLD TREE.

    The question as to which is: the oldest tree in the world is raised by the discovery of a giant red cedar in the heart of the forests of British ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. AMONG THE DOCTORS.

    "Does he follow the medical profession?" asked Smith of his friend Greene. "Yes," replied Greene, "in a sense— ...

    Article : 435 words
  11. A GOOD LETTER WRITER.

    One of our readers who was neglectful about writing letters (as so many of us are) says:—I have found an improved way of ...

    Article : 397 words
  12. A TIGER AND A WATCHMAN.

    A Bengal tiger used in a menagerie scene at one of the big film studios escaped from his cage during the night and roamed the studio corridors. A ...

    Article : 431 words
  13. FUR FARMING.

    Fur farming is an old-established business in Canada, and it will come as a surprise to many to learn that one-third of the pelts from that country ...

    Article : 133 words
  14. ABOUT COMPLEXES.

    Apologising for raising an old question, a correspondent wants to know which is the less unhealthy, a superiority complex or an inferiority ...

    Article : 215 words
  15. ANCIENT CITY INN TO GO.

    Another ancient London inn is to go to make way for office buildings—the Gerge and Vulture in Castle Court, Birchin Lane, B.C. The site has been ...

    Article : 127 words
  16. SHOOTING STABS.

    What we call a shooting star is really a piece of inflammable stone Its proper name is a meteor, and it falls to the earth when some comet, or ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. Relief.

    The minister met Tom, the village ne'er-do-well, and, much to the latter's surprise, shook him heartily by the hand. ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. ABYSSINIAN MULTIPLICATIONS.

    Abyssinian merchants employ remarkable methods of working out calculations, the usual methods being too involved for them. ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. Looking Forward.

    "Mummy," said the daughter of the house, "how long is it to my birthday?" Mother looked thoughtful. "Why, it ...

    Article : 230 words
  20. WORDS OF WISDOM.

    Half the failures of life arise from Pulling in one's horse as. he is leaping. Some books are to be tasted, others ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. NEGLECT OF DETAILS.

    Many a lawyer loses his case, many a physician loses his patient, many d writer fails in giving his thoughts to the world, many a mother ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. A TIP FOR HIKERS.

    Nervous hikers who dread meeting cattle should remember: A charging cow will always retreat in confusion if you stand your ground. ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. One Got the Job.

    Two men went after a job as a shop assistant in a grocer's. The owner decided to put them through a test. He made one stand behind the counter ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. Pick and Shovel.

    A man from Kansas was looking into the depths of the Grand Canyon. "Do you know," said the guide, "it took thousands of years for this great ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. In Keeping.

    Syd: "Did you tell lier you were head over ears in love with her?" Ned: "No, I didn't go as far as that —I told her I was knee-deep in love ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. How're You Betting?

    "The people in our part of town are watching the result of a very interesting conflict." "What is it?" ...

    Article : 32 words
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