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  2. KILLED BY A SHOUT.

    A joyful shout thoughtlessly given by an Italian smuggler on having eluded the Customs guards on the Swiss frontier was the cause of his ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. VACCINES FOR EVERYTHING.

    Life, in the near future, seems likely to leave little time for anything but preventive treatment. War is declared against small-pox in ...

    Article : 262 words
  4. THE SECRET OF THE HERMITAGE.

    In the heart of a wood which fringes the lower slopes of the Ural Mountains may be seen to-day the smoke-blackened ruins of a building ...

    Article : 2,088 words
  5. JUST TIRED.

    There are moments when the most buoyant of us are tired, and in the language of the flapper "utterly fed up." We haven't got neuralgia, nor ...

    Article : 440 words
  6. PRACTICAL JOKES ON THE STAGE.

    The question of whether comedians should be allowed unlimited licence in "gagging" is one that always exercises the minds of actors and ...

    Article : 432 words
  7. PROBLEMS OF THE ZOO.

    Hard work is the rule at the Zoo in winter. Winter is always a difficult time for animals. So unremitting attention is required to keep ...

    Article : 381 words
  8. £3,000,000 AN HOUR.

    The Bank of England note is just an oblong of paper, printed with words and figures, signed, numbered, and water-marked. The design—a ...

    Article : 523 words
  9. WAVES WHILE YOU WAIT.

    When passengers on a liner remark on the seaworthiness of the craft in a gale, do they realise that unromantic scientists and ...

    Article : 645 words
  10. 'SWEET SCENTS AND FLOWERS OF ARABY.'

    From time immemorial the East has been the cradle of sweet-scented flowers, herbs and spices. Often these have played an important part ...

    Article : 514 words
  11. LIE WORDS.

    Every day of our lives we use some word or phrase which contains a lie. Blacklead pencils, for example, are made of carbon, not lead; ...

    Article : 465 words
  12. WISE ANO OTHERWISE.

    He (just introduced): "What a very homely person that fellow near the piano is, Mrs. Black!" "Isn't he? That is Mr. Black." ...

    Article : 388 words
  13. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Deer herds in Britain number fortythree, and include something like 8,000 animals. At least one of these herds dates back to 1576. ...

    Article : 226 words
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