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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Mrs. Bore: "I expect your little boy will be bigger when I see him again." Mrs. Suburb: "Much, I hope." ...

    Article : 871 words
  3. WHAT THE OARSMEN DO.

    A professor at Yale University has been making tests with regard to the energy used, by trained racing oarsmen. ...

    Article : 103 words
  4. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    There are no drinking saloons in Labrador. tinder London are 180 miles of pipes conveying hydraulic power to ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. WOLVES OF THE WATERS.

    When talk turns upon dangerous fish the first that one thinks of is the shark. The shark is a greedy brute, but a ...

    Article : 302 words
  6. LIGHT FROM TREES.

    A French scientist has discovered, a means of extracting and harnessing the electricity in trees. He connected a copper plate attached to a tree, ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. STOLEN SOUVENIRS.

    Relic-Hunters have been busy in English historic churches lately. Underneath one of the ancient seats in Winchester Cathedral is a head, ...

    Article : 138 words
  8. EARTHQUAKES AT SEA.

    A big ship on her way across the Atlantic recently was suddenly jarred all over as if she struck a reef. At first her officers believed that she ...

    Article : 285 words
  9. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    A thin coating of varnish applied to ordinary straw matting will add to its durability. To restore the brightness to ...

    Article : 290 words
  10. A FORTUNE IN A MATCH-BOX.

    The third biggest diamond in the world has recently been brought to London, and now reposes in the strong-room of a City bank. ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. SLEUTH-HOUNDS OF PARIS.

    Some years ago, before Sherlock Holmes and Sexon Blake pegged out a claim for Britain, all the great detectives of fiction had their home in ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  12. FIGHTING DAME FASHION.

    He is a brave man indeed who seeks to overthrow the edicts of Fashion and to dictate to women regarding their dresses. ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. KEEPING GOLDFISH CHEERFUL

    The golden, tench, familiarly known as the goldfish, is a favourite pet in many households. Hundreds of thousands of the creatures are sold ...

    Article : 641 words
  14. BEES STOPPED PLAY.

    Bad weather has spoilt cricket this season, but matches have been interfered with in the past by a variety of other things. ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. BOAT STOPPED BY FISH.

    A story is told by a South African paper of how the motor-boat 'Sjuve' voyaging along the South African coast, from Hangklip to Kalk Bay, ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. MAZY MARRIAGES.

    Second marriages often cause queer muddles in the family circle. A Corsican girl recently married a man whose first wife was the sister of the ...

    Article : 246 words
  17. 3,500 MILES IN THE ARCTIC.

    Three thousand five hundred miles on foot across frozen land and frozen sea, the discovery of two new lands, meals of boiled sealskin and ...

    Article : 436 words
  18. 20,000 MILES UNDER THE SEA

    Submarine K 26, the largest underwater craft in the British Navy, has just completed a 20,000-mile voyage, the longest ever made by a ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. WORLD'S BRAVEST WOMEN.

    A sermon preached in Westminster Cathedral by Father Dunstan Sargeant has turned public attention to the women who give up their lives to ...

    Article : 148 words
  20. WHEN STARS GROW COLD.

    Scientists have weighed the planets the sun, and the moon; we know the distance of stars whose light takes centuries to reach us, and we ...

    Article : 257 words
  21. WHEN SAND IS "QUICK."

    At low tide one can walk on the Goodwin Sands with safety. Cricket matches have been played on their smooth surface. Yet when the tide is ...

    Article : 218 words
  22. THE £. S. D. OF SPEED.

    The limit of speed, so far as passenger lines are concerned, has, in the opinion of experts, already been, reached if vessels are to be run with ...

    Article : 217 words
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