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  2. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    The man from Texas put away his "gun" and stepped over the body. "There are some things," he said, "I don't allow. Playing three aces ...

    Article : 776 words
  3. FORESTS OF SEAWEED.

    Discovered by Columbus, the Sargasso Seas which is covered by a huge gathering of seaweeds, a floating mass of vegetable growth extending for ...

    Article : 231 words
  4. TOO MANY NAMES.

    Some men don't know how to spell their own names, but even this does not seem quite. so extraordinary—even in these days of free education— ...

    Article : 181 words
  5. WHAT A GAME!

    The other day a friend asked me to go for a day's shooting with him. Now, I've done a bit of shooting on the miniature range and at fairs; but ...

    Article : 1,166 words
  6. HEALING BY SILENCE.

    Most of us associate babies with the production of noise. The idea that they are intensely sensitive to it is new and rather startling. ...

    Article : 655 words
  7. A METAL MOUNTAIN.

    A mountain practically made of metal has been discovered in Italy. It is Mount Amiata, in the Tuscan Apennines. ...

    Article : 121 words
  8. 879 BRICKS AN HOUR.

    The average number of bricks laid in a day by a skilled bricklayer is nowadays about 300. Before the War it used to be between 800 and 1,000. ...

    Article : 211 words
  9. DROWNING A VILLAGE.

    The problem of the water supply of big cities is such that villages have to be drowned and lakes lifted to ensure it. We may well hold our ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. LUNCH IN NEW YORK—.BREAKFAST IN LONDON.

    To move in three dimensions at the speed of 200 miles an hour and surrounded by all the luxury of a modern hotel, is the enchanting ...

    Article : 599 words
  11. MILLIONS TO ONE AGAINST!

    Not long ago,two players on a golf course at Bath drove off at the same moment from tees a long way apart, and their balls, driven at ...

    Article : 307 words
  12. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The latest use for rubber is for making bathing costumes. Brazilian coffee, which could be bought wholesale before the War for ...

    Article : 304 words
  13. HOW DO RATS GARRY EGGS?

    There is a mystery enacted, in one form or another, annually on thousands of farms. The farmer's wife has an accumulation of eggs ready to go ...

    Article : 389 words
  14. PAID BY THE FOOT.

    It was lately announced that men who do roof work in London will, in future receive an extra payment of from one penny to threepence an hour ...

    Article : 389 words
  15. WIRELESS IN THE WARDS.

    It seems that the degree of M.D. may presently be bestowed on wireless, which has lately proved a highly efficient "doctor" for sick children. ...

    Article : 259 words
  16. TREES OF TREASURE.

    Scientists have just discovered that radium exists in the trunks of petrified trees found in Western Colorado, and a process has been perfected for ...

    Article : 236 words
  17. FLYING BEFORE THE WRIGHTS

    The recent visit of some Tibetan dignitaries to Britain makes it difficult to believe that, less than thirty years ago, a journey in Tibet was a ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. WISDOM FROM ARABY.

    May Heaven bless him who pays short visits. God does not pay weekly; but he pays at the end. ...

    Article : 137 words
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