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  2. THE LOVE THAT DIED.

    The room was in a state of fearful disorder. Cupboards had been opened and their contents scattered-here and there in the utmost confusion. ...

    Article : 357 words
  3. MOST ANCIENT BUILDING.

    It was King A-an-ni-pad-da of Ur, in Mesopotamia, who built the oldest building in the world which is still standing. ...

    Article : 126 words
  4. COMPLETE SHORT STORY.

    The blinds were closed at a little house about 10 minutes' walk from the Capitol. Within the small but daintily-furnished, front room two ...

    Article : 1,515 words
  5. WISE AID OTHERWISE.

    Mistress: "Did you break this dish, Norab?" Norah: "No, ma'am; I only dropped it." ...

    Article : 837 words
  6. IVORY RAIDERS.

    Among the unpleasant habits of African tribesmen in the Karamoja country is that of digging pits for elephants, and attacking the ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. THE "TWO-WAY" PLANE.

    A new aeroplane has been invented which has two tails and two bodies, and is able to reverse its direction when in flight without turning round. ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. STORY OF THE OSTRICH.

    "Even to our day the ostrich story has retained its severe classic outlines. We picture a bird as tall as a horse and naturally conspicuous ...

    Article : 532 words
  9. KEEP CAGE-BIRDS HAPPY.

    It is not difficult to make a bird happy, for strange as it may seem, the average bird loves human society, once he has sampled it. ...

    Article : 642 words
  10. MONKEYS WITH FORKED TAILS.

    Monkeys with forked tails will be one of the objectives of an exploring expedition which will start shortly for the province of Kweichow, China. ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. MATCH-MAKING BY MAGIC!

    It was in 1827 that John Walker, a Stockton-on-Tees chemist, invented the first friction match, and on April 7th of that year he entered in an ...

    Article : 649 words
  12. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    For the first time a woman gave an address from the pulpit,of Bristol Cathedral recently. "Snoring can be cured by means of ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. A PARIDISE OF FEATHERS.

    The Fame Islands, which were made safe for bird life recently, can now claim to be the birds' paradise of the North Sea. ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. STRAW WITHOUT BRICKS

    A suggestion has been made that a number of the 200,000 new houses promised by the British Government last year should be built of concrete. ...

    Article : 319 words
  15. SING THAT COLD AWAY.

    Singing is one of the best preventives of a cold. The common cold, as most people are aware, is an inflammatory ...

    Article : 236 words
  16. WORLD'S BIGGEST PARKS.

    Hyde Park, London is considered large by most people, although it shrinks to small proportions when compared with Richmond Park. But ...

    Article : 193 words
  17. MYSTERIES OF THE EAR.

    The mechanism of the human ear has been known during long ages, but the manner in which it conveys definite information to the brain is quite ...

    Article : 184 words
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