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  2. CRIME CLUE FAILS.

    The police, world was recently startled by the announcement of a method of counterfeiting finger-prints which, if proved correct, will revolutionise ...

    Article : 758 words
  3. REWRITING THE BIBLE.

    The most wonderful manuscript Bible in the world is owned by a Mr. Russell, of. Montreal. With infinite patience he carried out this work ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. MISERS' HOARDS.

    "Half-crown Saunders" was at one time a well-known character in Someerest. He acquired his curious nicknema through a habit he had of ...

    Article : 661 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Talk is cheap. That is why they call it the gift of the gab., There is still room at the top of the ladder in every profession. ...

    Article : 785 words
  6. THE STORY OF SPICES.

    In olden times spices were worth almost their weight in gold to Europeans, owing to the immense difficulty in obtaining them. ...

    Article : 193 words
  7. WIRELESS ON THE TRAIN

    Telephone subscribers are now able to ring up and get into conversation with passengers on express trains. Tbe Huth Company, of Berlin, is ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. 17,000 MILES FOR BRIDE.

    A Canadian recently crossed two continents and an ocean to marry a Greek girl and take her back with him to Skagway in the remote. ...

    Article : 195 words
  9. BIRDS THAT FELL TREES.

    A little bird no bigger than a canary builds a nest.as big as a house,! This is in South Africa, where birds are very sociable. They live in large ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. MOTHS SELECT MATERIALS.

    The clothes moth, or miller, while working its worst havoc in the early summer, is always with us. If people would only put their ...

    Article : 580 words
  11. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Taxes on titles, ranging from £240 for a prince or princess, to £80 for a baron or baroness, are suggested in France. ...

    Article : 392 words
  12. BIG GAME IN BRITAIN.

    Seals marked by inspectors on tbe Pribylov Islands in the Arctic have -been killed on the beaches of Antarctic islands. ...

    Article : 634 words
  13. INVENTORS OF THE MOTOR-CAR

    The history of the motor-car begins exactly 230 years ago, when Street, an English inventor, made the first use of oil as a motive power. But it ...

    Article : 217 words
  14. RIVER OF A THOUSAND SECRETS.

    The news that Sir Edward Elgar, the famous British composer, ' had sailed for the Amazon called attention to this remarkable wonder river ...

    Article : 631 words
  15. WHY WE DOFF OUR HATS.

    Most people extend the right hand on meeting a friend, hut few realize that they are imitating the cavalier of the Middle Ages, who held out an ...

    Article : 283 words
  16. PENCILS FOR PATENT LEATHER

    Ordinary black lead pencils are made in more than fifty varieties, hard and soft. The variety of pencils made with different coloured ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. SONG THAT WON A WIFE.

    Quite trivial things have inspired musicians. Chopin caught the idea of a waltz from watching a puppy that was trying to catch its own tail. ...

    Article : 191 words
  18. WORLD'S LARGEST AEROPLANE

    A new type of aeroplane for Transatlantic journeys has heen designed by an Italian engineer, Mr. Nicola Santo, which will be the largest air ...

    Article : 134 words
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