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  2. FORCE OF WINDS.

    The layman talks about the wind being of the force of a gale, or a storm, or hurricane—whereas the chances are that it is not in any one ...

    Article : 412 words
  3. THE PEOPLE OF VENUS.

    Everyone knows, of course, the discussion that for many years has raged over the "canals" on Mars, and whether queer markings are ...

    Article : 1,658 words
  4. SMOKING AND CANCER.

    Div Fitz James Molony writes to the "British Medical Journal": "It is a question whether cancer of the tongue and throat need be so prevalent. It ...

    Article : 189 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    A platitude is a great truth slightly shop-soiled. When a bad cold meets a good disposition the had cold wins. ...

    Article : 733 words
  6. BANNING THE MINCE PIE.

    There was a time when mince pics were regarded as wicked, and to eat them was a crime. The Puritans denounced the mince ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. BRAINY BIRDS.

    Which is the brainiest bird? According to Miss Frances Pitt, the authoress of "Shetland Pirates" the raven is second to none in the ...

    Article : 257 words
  8. MOTHER SWALLOWS NEEDLE.

    Whi[?] busy sewing one day a woman swallowed a two-inch cambric needle. Three months later she married. Three months later she gave ...

    Article : 886 words
  9. MANY USES FOR LEMON.

    It is not generally known that it a lemon is well warmed before being cut and squeezed it will yield twice as much juice as otherwise. Lemons ...

    Article : 312 words
  10. SIGHT AND SHELL AID TASTE.

    What we know as taste is a somewhat more complicated sense than is commonly supposed. Now, with the sense of taste alone it is only ...

    Article : 280 words
  11. THE JUMPING BEAN.

    Jumping beans are amongst Nature's most interesting phenomena. Really, it is not the bean that, jumps, but a little insect inside. it! ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. PHRENOLOGY AS A SCIENCE.

    For many years phrenology was regarded with suspicion by serious-minded people, but nowadays doctors, teachers, and scientists, as the result ...

    Article : 454 words
  13. HOW TO BUY WISELY.

    To select good cheese requires a degree of experience attained only after much study and long practice but here are a few facts that will help. ...

    Article : 490 words
  14. TRAINS WITH BRAINS.

    Railway trains capable not only of signalling themselves but of setting the points on which they are running and of clearing these after their ...

    Article : 341 words
  15. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The enamel on teeth is the hardest tissue in the human body. Nurses in Moscow hospitals are paid one and-a-half million roubles ...

    Article : 326 words
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