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  2. TWO AT A TIME.

    During the hearing of an assault case the magistrate asked a girl of eighteen which of the two men concerned she loved. Her reply was ...

    Article : 296 words
  3. A LINK WITH NELSON.

    One of the most famous inns in the world, the Star and Garter Hotel at Portsmouth, is in danger of being closed. If this happens, Portsmouth ...

    Article : 118 words
  4. BUSH CLOCKS.

    The one thing that every bushdweller comes up against, sooner or later, is how to keep track of time. Watches and clocks do not last very ...

    Article : 1,084 words
  5. HOW WOOD ROTS.

    Aided by the presence of oxygen, small plantlike growths or fungi are responsible for the rotting of wood. These organisms feed upon the ...

    Article : 115 words
  6. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

    The fact that when the influence of anaesthetics patients sometimes talk, though unconscious, may lead to the most amazing step for many years ...

    Article : 622 words
  7. "MORGAN PRUSSIA."

    George the Fourth of England, when Prince Regent, told a story remarkably well, and used to delight in collecting instances of the wit ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  8. SECRETS BANKS MAY TELL.

    If you are one of those lucky people who can still manage to run a bank account, you will find in your pass-book a reassuring little ...

    Article : 800 words
  9. MY FIGHT WITH A SHARK.

    It was while I was with the Bishop Museum of Honolulu Expedition to the South Seas (writes Mr. Armstrong Sperry). I went technically ...

    Article : 872 words
  10. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Visitor: "How old are you, son?" Host's Son: "Too old to get pennies and too young to get anything else." ...

    Article : 567 words
  11. A PREHISTORIC WORKSHOP.

    A complete prehistoric workshop containing seventeen heaps of [?]int tools and weapons numbering altogether 4,000 pieces was recently ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. EXPERIMENT IN HEREDITY.

    Mix 100 white marbles with 100 black ones. Put three empty dishes alongside. Now blindfold yourself and pick up the marbles in pairs. ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. NEVER SAY DIE!

    In the Middle Ages many men sought the fabled Philosopher's Stone. We smile at that memory but to-day the workers in the ...

    Article : 392 words
  14. NEW TELEPHONE PEST.

    Telephone subscribers are complaining of an objectionable campaign by traders who ring them up and attempt to obtain orders—usually for ...

    Article : 146 words
  15. STEAMY EYEGLASSES.

    The housewife who wears glasses is frequently at a disadvantage in the pursuing of her daily duties by reason of the fact that the lenses ...

    Article : 147 words
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