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  2. CHEAP THUNDER.

    The prediction "further outlook indicates thunderstorms," is rather playing for safety, for there is not a single second in the year without at ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. SMART SWINDLERS.

    The persistence and ingenuity displayed in the process of parting a fool from his money would often win a competence if exercised in a better ...

    Article : 1,172 words
  4. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    "Have you forgotten that five shillings you owe me?" "Not yet; give me time." Fair Visitor: "But where do you ...

    Article : 817 words
  5. FUNNY FAREWELLS.

    Whatever dallying may have preceded it, the actual parting of a Briton and his sweetheart is usually sealed with a kiss. To us this seems ...

    Article : 115 words
  6. JUDGES OF GEMS.

    Every time a shipment of diamonds arrives in London from the Transvaal two or three men spend several hours, often a whole day, in semi-darkness. ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. "——AND DAUGHTER."

    What I would like to see is the daughters of business men trained to become their partners, even as the sons are. "Smith and Sons" seems ...

    Article : 445 words
  8. HU[?]ING BY MOTOR-CAR.

    Shouts of "Good Luck" and "Good Hunting" follow us as our car moves off. Camp is soon left behind and we are in the open, hedgeless country. ...

    Article : 594 words
  9. DRAWING THE CROWD.

    "Oddity is the best policy," seems to be the most recent, slogan of the Japanese shopkeeper. This is especially true of the small shops that ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. SEEN FROM THE TRAIN.

    Railway passengers sometimes get passing glimpses of extraordinary little dramas. Two men travelling in a train that was passing by a North ...

    Article : 798 words
  11. WHICH SHOULD BE SAVED?

    A poignant story from Paris recently told tow a three-year-old boy. fell into the River Melun; his mother, sitting on the bank with a few months ...

    Article : 598 words
  12. WORDS WE SHOULDN'T USE.

    Indian ink does not come from India and never did. ought to be called Chinese ink. Rice-paper is not made from rice or any part of the ...

    Article : 237 words
  13. HARNESSED LIGHTNING.

    Few people have a clear idea of the principles governing the use of lightning conductors. An ordinary piece of wire used as ...

    Article : 193 words
  14. CHRISTENING COUNTRIES.

    There is an interesting legend con-cerning the manner in which Canada got its name. Spanish adventurers were the first, so far as is known, ...

    Article : 151 words
  15. RAT AND WEASEL RUN A CABLE

    Engineers running a line of power cables from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls to Buffalo were halted temporarily when they found that the ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. TRAVELLING WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

    At school we learned an arithmetical table called Long Measure, which went on through inches, feet, and yards to miles and leagues. There it ...

    Article : 260 words
  17. FISHING IN CITY STREETS.

    One of the curiosities of the ancient city of Winchester is the troutfishing which goes on in the heart of the town. It is a common sight to ...

    Article : 244 words
  18. ADVERTISING ON MONEY.

    Using Treasury notes as an advertising medium by stamping names and addresses on them has become a practice among certain firms in the ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. PHOTOGRAPHING SOUNDS.

    Sound photographs recording, the noises in the cabins of Imperial Airways cross-Channel passenger aeroplanes whilst in actual flight are to ...

    Article : 131 words
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