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  2. PAPER MONEY PERILS.

    Infectious diseases may be spread by paper money more frequently than by any other article in everyday use. It has been found that coined ...

    Article : 111 words
  3. MEASURING RAIN.

    A rain gauge consists of a small metal cylinder, the lid of which is in the form of a funnel with a specified diameter. Inside the cylinder is a ...

    Article : 194 words
  4. COMPLETE SHORT STORY, HIS LIFE FOR LOVE.

    The old stage was before the open gate, and Joe Hardy, the driver, was standing disconsolately at the head of his spirited mountain team, ...

    Article : 1,621 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Everything comes to those who wait except the time they lose. Long-haired cats are said to be the best, but a young lady tells us many ...

    Article : 779 words
  6. EXIT ROMANCE.

    Now that Lhasa is no more the forbidden city, Bagdad is no longer isolated, by deserts impassable to anything but camels, Timbuctoo is an ...

    Article : 315 words
  7. SWEEPING THE SKY.

    The fabled performance of the old woman of the nursery rhyme who "swept" the cobwebs out of the sky has a scientific parallel in the ability ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. TREASURES OR TRIFLES?

    Most of us possess a certain number of articles which have come down "in the family." China, plate, pictures, prints, pieces of furnirure, ...

    Article : 348 words
  9. SLOW DOWN SLOWLY.

    Our annual summer holiday is not unlike a potent tonic. If we "take" it properly it will restore our health and energies. Taken improperly, it ...

    Article : 308 words
  10. WONDER RAYS.

    At Woolwich recently a demonstration was given by Professor E. E. de C. Andrade, who exhibited a "death ray." ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. POWER OF THE WORLD.

    As you travel by bus, char-a-bancs, or, for that matter, any other form of motor transport, do you ever think of the romance of the fuel, ...

    Article : 663 words
  12. MISTAKES WE ALL MAKE.

    The next time that you hear someone say that the sun shining on a fire in a grate will put it out, tell him he is wrong. Just as we cannot ...

    Article : 664 words
  13. OUR PAPER POUNDS.

    There is no chance of adopting the suggestion of Prof. Gustav Cassel that the British Government and the banks should begin to issue ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. MUSICAL MEALS FOR FISH.

    Additional evidence that fishes are able to hear has been produced by a German scientist, who fed blind fishes to a musical accompaniment. ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. INTERESTING ITEMS,

    Twenty miles of sewing cotton may be used in the making of a fur coat. Bottles containing specimens of 2,800 different sands have been ...

    Article : 384 words
  16. TIMED BY SAND.

    Probably there is only one place in the United Kingdom where the sandglass is still used for timing purposes. ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. WORLD'S BEASTS OF BURDEN.

    A well-bred Shetland pony is no more than forty inches in height, yet is capable of carrying on its back a full-grown man. Which is a proof ...

    Article : 332 words
  18. TRAIN THAT NEVER STOPS.

    A "never-stop" railway has been built at the British Empire Exhibition. There are one and a half miles of ...

    Article : 210 words
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