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  2. UNEASY CHAIRS.

    There are certain armchairs in which one always feels depressed. The depression comes on rather slowly, and takes about a quarter of ...

    Article : 229 words
  3. CLOTHES THAT CURSE.

    Shoes or slippers made of the skins of fish or of snakes are in fashion at present. Some of these are really beautiful, but the idea seems to be ...

    Article : 372 words
  4. THE HALF-CROWN.

    "Talking of gas," said the little man in the corner, "talking of gas—" Someone interjected a hopeful "We weren't" but the first speaker went ...

    Article : 482 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Elsie: "My husband is very hard to please." Louise: "He must have changed considerably since he married you." ...

    Article : 821 words
  6. GROWN BY ELECTRICITY.

    Experiments in the use of electric light night for promoting the rapid growth of grass have been tried under outdoor conditions on a golf course ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. HAIRLESS MICE.

    A number of hairless mice were exhibited before the Zoological Society recently. They were caught in a trap in North London and excited keen ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. THE NATIVES' "TELEGRAPH."

    The smoke-signalling and drumbeating systems of communications used by natives, such as in New Guinea, are well-known, but an ...

    Article : 323 words
  9. SERMON THAT CAUSED FOURTEEN ARRESTS.

    A single sentence uttered by a fa-, mous American preacher recently led to the discovery of a mail robbery plot, in which fourteen persons were ...

    Article : 749 words
  10. THE INCA'S RING.

    Fame comes suddenly to few men, but it came to Sir Rider Haggard in a single night. From the moment of the publication of "King Solomon's ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. DRAMAS IN THE DARK.

    Adventurous people, exploring underground passages and deserted mines, often get themselves into dangerous positions. ...

    Article : 570 words
  12. SKILL BEATS STRENGTH.

    There are many examples in natural history of skill overcoming sheer, strength, and there is one illustration of educated animal instinct which ...

    Article : 294 words
  13. THE ROMANCE OF THE CHINCHILLA.

    The beautiful, but timid chinchilla, proud owner of the most precious fur that graces fashion's richest queens, is nearly extinct in its lofty ...

    Article : 983 words
  14. TWISTED KNOWLEDGE.

    All of us laugh at schoolboys' "howlers," and very likely shrug our. shoulders at the terrible ignorance displayed by the rising ...

    Article : 460 words
  15. FISHING FOR COAL

    Fishing for the best Derby Brights may sound somewhat ridiculous, but let the reader visit Piraeus—the port of Athens—and he will find the ...

    Article : 417 words
  16. PAPER FROM ASPHALT.

    Asphalt is the novel material now being used in making heavy paper in a patented process adopted in. California. In making the paper the ...

    Article : 188 words
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