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  2. TOO EASY!

    The following problem was set to boy and girl scholars of ten and eleven years of age at the recent final examination for junior county ...

    Article : 137 words
  3. HAIR GROWN BY MUSIC.

    If all the violinists in the world assembled together in one vast building, and they numbered, say, 100,000, it is probable that there would be ...

    Article : 162 words
  4. A DEAD SNIP.

    Mr. Timothy Timms stood behind the counter of his small herbalist's shop idly watching through the door way the rain falling in the street ...

    Article : 1,759 words
  5. EYES RIGHT!

    The golfing maxim "Keep your eye on the ball" applies to other games as well. But while in golf the player is occupied with one ball only, in ...

    Article : 288 words
  6. WOOL FROM WASTE.

    A new yarn, with the warm, soft feel of lambs' wool, is being made from the waste product of the artificial silk industry. ...

    Article : 193 words
  7. WHERE SALMON ARE CHEAP.

    Large fresh salmon are being sold to-day for fivepence each. Where?—well, too far away, unfortunately, to affect the cost of ...

    Article : 961 words
  8. THE MIGHTY ANT.

    From time immemorial the lion has been considered the monarch of all he surveys, hut the palm in this, as well as in many other respects, ...

    Article : 491 words
  9. OLD EGYPTIAN LAMPS.

    For hundreds of years Egyptologists have been trying to find out how the ancient Egyptians illuminated their homes, and in the ...

    Article : 166 words
  10. CARRYING DEATH TO TWENTYFIVE MILLION PEOPLE.

    Science and experience have proved that the flea-ridden rat carries disease and destruction which is costing thousands of pounds a year. The ...

    Article : 359 words
  11. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    If your friends are not trumps, discard them. "Father: Are politics plural?" "No, my boy. There's nothing in ...

    Article : 492 words
  12. TUBE BETRAYS BURGLARS.

    A tube so sensitive that it rings a bell when a ring of cigarette smoke floats by, that shrieks a warning when the shadow of a burglar crosses ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. MILLIONS OF WORLDS.

    Our world has lived only half a millionth of its allotted span, and there is every reason to believe that the human race has a lifetime of ...

    Article : 450 words
  14. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    According to a French scientist bread made with sea water is more wholesome and keeps longer than that made with fresh water. ...

    Article : 311 words
  15. GETTING FAT ON SAWDUST.

    Sawdust does not seem an attractive diet, but that's what the grub of the death-watch beetle lives on—its depredations probably costing ...

    Article : 295 words
  16. A FLOATING HOTEL.

    The dining saloon of the White Star liner 'Majestic' covers an area of 11,350 square feet and is the loftiest apartment ever built in a ...

    Article : 91 words
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