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  2. DANGER AT THE WHEEL.

    Most motorists are aware that the seat at the steering wheel often becomes, after an hour's driving, one of the drowsiest corners in the world. ...

    Article : 285 words
  3. INTERESTING ITEMS,

    Toothbrushes and mirrors are unknown on Porto Santo Island, off Maderia. British postage stamps have been ...

    Article : 356 words
  4. THOUSAND YEARS IN AN ICEBERG.

    Drifting for ten centuries through, the uncharted seas north of the Arctic Circle, traversing many thousand miles of snow and silence, ...

    Article : 1,108 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    "I hear you had McPherson staying with you for the week-end. What did you do with him on Saturday evening? Take him to the music-hall?" ...

    Article : 757 words
  6. BUYING MEN IN BITS.

    A very strange advertisement appeared in a London daily recently. A man offered himself as willing to undergo any operation where there ...

    Article : 618 words
  7. A BREAD SUPERSTITION.

    At times bread is put to curious uses. It was reported recently that some bread had been thrown on the water in the hope of locating a ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN?!

    The recent discovery of a new anaesthetic marks another step forward in man's unceasing fight against pain. Pain is the bugbear of the human ...

    Article : 558 words
  9. GOLD FROM SEA-WATER.

    The modern alchemist no longer dreams of transmuting the baser metals into gold; he is more concerned with the possibility of extracting ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. ISLAND SOLD FOR TOBACCO.

    Ten Stick Island, mentioned recently in a despatch from the New Hebrides, got its name in a queer way. Of considerable height, though only ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. MYSTERY OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

    From time to time the telegraph wires, the ocean cables and the telephones over a large part of the civilised world whistle and hum and ...

    Article : 643 words
  12. LIVING ON BROKEN HEARTS.

    There are many women in England who not only make a very comfortable living by bringing breach of promise actions but are able to make a ...

    Article : 550 words
  13. THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.

    The average number of people killed by snakes yearly in our Indian Empire is 21,000. The great majority of these meet death at the fangs of the ...

    Article : 555 words
  14. WHEN RAIN MEANS RICHES.

    While it is obvious that the umbrella-maker derives profit from a wet season, and that the manufacturer of rubber hose does best in dry ...

    Article : 345 words
  15. ANIMAL BLOOD FOR HUMANS.

    The claim is made by Dr. Cruchet that he has succeeded in transfusing the blood of animals to human beings. Patients, he declares, realise ...

    Article : 219 words
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