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  2. FISH NICKNAMES.

    If, while at the seaside, you find yourself near a fish market, you will hear many queer names bestowed upon fish. ...

    Article : 167 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    An expert is just an ordinary fellow away from home. A mother is a person who thinks the girl her son marries isn't half ...

    Article : 201 words
  4. COMPLETE SHORT STORY. A CHANGE OF HEART.

    The college year was nearly over, and the last week of festivities seemed to be flying very rapidly for those who were about to leave forever the ...

    Article : 1,379 words
  5. RHUBARB FOR BEAUTY.

    Very few women realize that the humble rhubarb is the greatest friend to female beauty that has ever been discovered, or that its use is of ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. TWO-SIDED MAN.

    "I didn't know my husband when I called for him at the office one day. He was totally different from what he is at home," said a ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. DOUBLE DYEING.

    Several years ago there was developed in England a process for dyeing in two colours—in patterns—with a single dipping. ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. FIRST OF THE T. T. THREE.

    Which of the "big three" so useful to housewives and teetotallers, tea, cocoa, and coffee, was the first to he introduced to Europe? ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. FOREST'S FIREPROOF CARPET.

    Agricultural experts in Algeria have found a new method of preventing forest fires. It consists in carpeting the ground under the trees with a ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    An "electric hen" at Petaluma, California, hatches 500,000 eggs in one sitting. Nearly 3,000,000 gallons a year is ...

    Article : 371 words
  11. MATRIMONIAL CATECHISM.

    Should a man marry for money?—No. But he should not let the girl be an old maid just because she is rich. ...

    Article : 522 words
  12. WORMS HAVE MEMORIES.

    It was shown by a recent experiment that the earthworm has memory and can be trained. Worms were introduced into a ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. SCIENCE BAFFLED BY SCENTS

    Science can do marvels for sight, hearing and touch, hut so far it has accomplished nothing for our sense of smell. ...

    Article : 262 words
  14. LOST COLONIES.

    The recent celebrations on the Continent commemorating the tercentenary of the foundation of New York recall the fact that the great ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. WHY IS LIGHTNING FORKED?

    Science recognises several kinds of lightning, although authorities differ as to whether some types are not identical and merely appear different ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. FEATHERED PATIENTS.

    A New York woman, has adopted the strange profession of surgeon and doctor for all kinds of birds. She makes a close study of bird ailments, ...

    Article : 163 words
  17. WATCHERS OF THE SKIES.

    Compared with birds, human beings have poor sight. It is well known that an eagle is capable of sighting its quarry from a great height, and ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. PROFITS ON THE PRAIRIE.

    An interesting experiment was made by some of the farmers of Alberta, Canada, recently. Instead of disposing of their crops ...

    Article : 193 words
  19. MOST AMAZING CRIMINAL.

    The most amazing criminal in history is surely Vidocq, the man who was both convict and detective, head at one and the same time of the ...

    Article : 348 words
  20. "CYCLING" ACROSS THE SEA.

    A Warrington engineer, William Oldham, has constructed an all-steel boat, twelve feet long, in which he intends to cross the Atlantic. ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. WISDOM FOR HUSBANDS.

    Married life in Egypt 5,000 years ago must have been much the same as married life here to-day. Sir Erenst Wallis Budge, the famous ...

    Article : 229 words
  22. FIGHTING FORGERS.

    The extreme difficulty of detecting a forged cheque, and the responsibility involved in the declaration of the forgery, is not apparent to most ...

    Article : 221 words
  23. BRITAIN'S BIGGEST DOME.

    What is the largest dome in Britain? Most people would plump for St. Paul's; but they would be wrong. The dome of the Reading-room of ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. CHAMPION OF THE CANE.

    The motor vehicle holding the record for distance run in Britain or any other country is probably one in the service of Thomas Tilling, which has ...

    Article : 142 words
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