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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Said the magistrate to the burglar: "And you burgled the same house twice in one week." "The shortage of 'ouses is chronic," ...

    Article : 792 words
  3. THE 'BRUSSELS' SECRET.

    Carpet-making—which is now one of the most important of British industries—owes its growth to many curious circumstances. One of the most ...

    Article : 282 words
  4. ARTIFICIAL SHELLAC.

    Whacker synthetic shellac is made in Munich from acetylene, which is first changed into acetaldehyde, then condansed and polymerised successively ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. HAVE ANIMALS SOULS?

    "I did not believe that men had souls until I was convinced by the facts I encountered in the study of spiritualism. But the evidence as to ...

    Article : 715 words
  6. SAFE THAT SCREAMS.

    A young inventor from West Bromwich has just brought out a new device which will add to the difficulties of the burglar. ...

    Article : 97 words
  7. HOW HEAT TRAVELS.

    A few months ago the man who suggested that it might be possible to measure the heat received from a girl's cheek three-quarters of a mile ...

    Article : 215 words
  8. WOOL FROM WOOD.

    "Cellulose batting" (or wadding) is an attractive form of wood wool to which the German surgeons and hospitals turned during the war ...

    Article : 254 words
  9. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    White beeves which come up as far as the elbow are being tested for the use of policemen on traffic control work in London. ...

    Article : 368 words
  10. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Sprinkle a silk handkerchief with ammonia and wrap mildewed gloves in it. Lay them in a flat tin with an airtight lid. Put the tin away for ...

    Article : 518 words
  11. MARVEL OF THE TELEPHONE.

    To-day either from your own home or from a public call office you car ring up any one of about 1,200,000 subscribers to the telephone service ...

    Article : 655 words
  12. AT THE RACES.

    It is a common complaint nowadays that the world at large gets nore and more selfish every year. Everybody, people tell you, seems to ...

    Article : 445 words
  13. BIRD LEGENDS OF CALVARY.

    One of the most interesting legends concerning the Crucifixion tells how, as Christ was dying on the Cross, a little brown bird fluttered round the ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. A PECK OF PEPPER.

    Many people imagine that white pepper and black are two separate and different varieties of plant species, but this is not the case. Black ...

    Article : 303 words
  15. WAITER WHO MADE MILLIONS.

    The gambler always loses! He may win a fortune and go away with it intact, resolved never to stake another penny. But the lure of the ...

    Article : 908 words
  16. "THE UNGLAD EYE."

    Are we on our way to becoming a completely, bespectacled nation? Tests have recently been made in various towns to try to ascertain the ...

    Article : 216 words
  17. SONS OF THE SOIL.

    Attention has recently been directed to the fact that a family of small farmers, named Berton, have been cultivating the same land for a ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. WASH[?]G LABOUR-SAVERS.

    Most housewives spend much time cleaning the copper; but time can be saved by making a balloon-shaped [?]ag and carefully and strongly ...

    Article : 180 words
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