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  2. The Mysteries of Fire-Walking

    One of the strangest customs of the South Seas to-day is the mysterious ceremony of fire-walking, in which bare-footed natives walk unscathed ...

    Article : 161 words
  3. That Off-Color Spring Feeling

    It is a common idea that after the trying days of winter most people require a tonic. Sensible people wonder why this should be so, if every ...

    Article : 428 words
  4. Books Sailors Read

    Seamen are becoming great readers. That is the plain inference to be drawn from the latest returns of the Seafarers' Education Service, London, ...

    Article : 319 words
  5. Epidemics From the Skies

    The aeroplane is not altogether a blessing to mankind. It speeds np communication of ill as well as good. Already suspected by medical ...

    Article : 186 words
  6. [A Homely Sketch.] McARROW'S RETURN

    In the little village where John'MisArrow lived, they advertised for a smart lad to learn the grocery trade. But John McArrow had some privy ...

    Article : 1,332 words
  7. Words and Their Curious Origins

    Women often talk these days of the fashionable "silhouette" figure. How. many of them, one wonders, know that the word is derived from the name of ...

    Article : 521 words
  8. WORTHWHILE HOUSEHOLD: HINTS.

    Plenty of breadcrumbs put into a treacle pudding will prevent the treacle coming out. Permanganate of potash or iodine ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. PLANTS IN AIR-TIGHT BOTTLES.

    Raising plants on synthetic soil, in bottles sealed against outside air, moisture, insects, and plant parasites, is the remarkable accomplishment of ...

    Article : 208 words
  10. GIRLS MAKE JEWELLERY FROM BEETLE WINGS.

    Cultured Chinese consider us barbarians because the only thing we do with kingfisher feathers is to thrust them in the band of a tweed hat or ...

    Article : 373 words
  11. INDIA MAY STARVE IN 25 YEARS.

    In another twenty-five years the population of India will be too great for its own food production to sustain, according to Professor Mukerjee, of ...

    Article : 134 words
  12. THE USEFUL LEMON.

    Lemon juice sprinkled over sliced fruit for puddings, or fruit in salad, will prevent it from turning dark. A squeeze of juice on boiled rice will ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. WHAT FILM STARS EARN.

    Surprising facts about the salaries of film stars are revealed in a United States Treasury report giving the payments made by the big Hollywood ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. SIZE ELEVEN HAT FOR THIS MAN.

    A man whose hands resemble small spades, whose head has grown so that he needs a size 11 hat, and whose feet are two feet long, was treated recently ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. AIM FOR SOMETHING.

    When a clever and ambitious man was made secretary of the company for whom he had worked since a boy, he said that he had achieved his ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. "PASSING TIME."

    We often hear people say they are doing a certain thing to "pass the time" or to "while away the time." It makes one wonder! ...

    Article : 400 words
  17. "NEXT, PLEASE—"

    Have you ever noticed how long it takes your barber to give you a haircut or a shave? In a recent inquiry among 602 hairdressers in the State ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. A HINT FOR DOG OWNERS.

    A case was recently reported of a for-terrier being so badly scalded that his owner had him destroyed. When a dog receives either a scald or a burn, ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. A Silver Lining.

    Mrs. Knowall took a great interest in the doings of all the neighbors. It was a great day for her when a new arrival came to the house opposite, ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. Trick of the Trade.

    One day last week the assistant in a gentlemen's outfitting shop placed a rather obviously second-hand overcoat upon a stand, then, stepping back, ...

    Article : 263 words
  21. CLOCK KEEPS EXACT TIME AFTER 234 YEARS.

    A clock made 234 years ago, but! which still keeps exact time, hangs in the Kirghizian Museum at Sverdlovsk, Russia. It also records the days ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. Bang!

    "Darling," Mr. Newlywed said, during tea, "did you make these cakes all by inyself?" "Yes, of course, sweetness," she ...

    Article : 206 words
  23. Constant Doubt.

    A business man retired, and went to live in the country. In due course a neighbor called on his wife. She said, I hear your husband has taken up ...

    Article : 189 words
  24. Commercial School.

    Teacher: "If you wanted to find out about a man's family, his reputation, profession, etc., where would you go?" Pupil: "To a mothers' meeting. ...

    Article : 26 words
  25. Catching it.

    A short-sighted man lost his hat in a strong wind and chased it. A woman screamed from a nearby cottage. "What are you doing: there?" ...

    Article : 135 words
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