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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Women may not have as much sense as men, but they stopped wearing stiff collars years ago. The savage desert tribes of Africa ...

    Article : 785 words
  3. BANISH THE BELL.

    Rows of houses all alike, are rather. monotonous. But why not cheer them up with brand-new door-knockers? Many old towns in England are ...

    Article : 164 words
  4. FORTUNE IN A CLOCK.

    The achievement of an officer of the Admiralty Hydrographic Department in restarting an ancient clock which had been unused for nearly two ...

    Article : 142 words
  5. ROUND THE WORLD IN HANDCUFFS.

    When a man is on gambling bent there is no absurdity or even danger which he is not prepared to face in order to win his wager; indeed, we ...

    Article : 1,359 words
  6. LOST CITIES.

    The old question whether a thing can he lost when you know where it is applies in part to lost cities, because the sites of many of them are ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. FORTUNE FROM A FISH.

    A piece of ambergris, weighing fifty-three pounds, was recently found floating off the island of Harris, in the Hebrides, and was sold, in ...

    Article : 107 words
  8. EVE "OVER THERE."

    In my opinion, American women lack the British woman's individuality. They all follow the bell-sheep, and always look, talk, and dress ...

    Article : 317 words
  9. FROM A LAWYER'S DIARY.

    Good stories abound in the pages of "The Years of My Pilgrimage," by Sir John Ross, last Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Here is one about ...

    Article : 789 words
  10. A RIVER THAT GETS RUSTY.

    Can you imagine a river that gets rusty? There is one which is subject to this phenomenon—the River Ob, which falls into the Arctic Ocean ...

    Article : 231 words
  11. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    If the energy in a flash of lightning could, be collected and stored up, it would carry- an electrically-operated motor-car or van for a distance of ...

    Article : 453 words
  12. HOW FAR CAN YOU WALK?

    For the average amateur mountain-climber in the Alps, an ascent of 5,000ft. in a day's tramp is looked upon as the ordinary thing. An ...

    Article : 303 words
  13. HOW CAMPHOR IS MADE.

    As a perfume, camphor has been known and valued by the people of China and Japan for centuries. Originally obtained from gum deposits ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Borax will soften water for washing up, and will not be injurious to the hands. If ivory handles of knives are ...

    Article : 307 words
  15. COLOUR AND RABBIT CULTURE

    Important discoveries have been made recently in connection with the influence of different coloured paints on plant and animal growth. It has ...

    Article : 157 words
  16. BLESSING THAT IS A CURSE!

    The Royal Institution and other scientific bodies recently celebrated the hundredth anniversary of Michael Faraday's discovery of benzene, the ...

    Article : 255 words
  17. THE DEATH ROCKET.

    A new weapon of offensive and defensive warfare has been developed in the form of a "death rocket" designed to throw out a flaming shower ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. £4,000 FOR A 'CELLO.

    The story of the famous Stradi varius violoncello, made in 1720, on which Piatti, the celebrated 'cellist, used to play, is told by Olga Racster ...

    Article : 181 words
  19. WIZARDS ON HORSEBACK

    Riff horsemen, whose achievements in the war with Spain are frequently referred to in the newspapers, are the most daring riders in the world. ...

    Article : 150 words
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