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  2. ANIMALS' OLD BAILEY.

    One of the most sensational animal hunts over known concluded recently with the discovery of the body of an aged grey wolf in a steel trap ...

    Article : 265 words
  3. A CHAUFFEUR'S TRIALS.

    Men employers don't vary a great deal in their treatment of their chauffeurs. It is the womenfolk who cause most trouble to the man at ...

    Article : 1,195 words
  4. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    The king cobra, found in India, grows to a length of 15 feet. The pay of a sailor of the present day is more than an admiral's was ...

    Article : 354 words
  5. SUGAR FROM FIR TREES.

    Although the existence of sugarbearing trees in the heart of British Columbia has long been known to native Indians, it is only recently ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. WORMS SPIN SILK.

    Isn't it odd that the silkworm should wind up in its cocoon half a mile of floss that can be unreeled like a spool of thread? The chief ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. WHEN INSTINCT EARS.

    Animals are thought to be guided by instinct rather than reason, yet there are instances without number where instinct has erred, causing the ...

    Article : 251 words
  8. WHERE WOMEN RULE.

    A few hundred miles north of Kashmir lies the Province of Baltistan. Hereabouts is a very paradise for women, for here, if nowhere else ...

    Article : 822 words
  9. TELEGRAM FUN.

    Many telegraph traffic managers are hoping that the introduction of the machine system of telegraphy will considerably reduce the number ...

    Article : 454 words
  10. EVERY DAY "HAVES."

    There are many excellent handbooks on the market, but I really think there is room for one more—"Every-day 'Haves,' and How to ...

    Article : 634 words
  11. ANCIENT DEVICE.

    The arms of the Isle of Man up to 1266 consisted of a device representing a ship under full sail. Alexander III. of Scotland expelled the Norse ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. FIRMS THAT ACT THE GOOD FAIRY.

    Who would not like to have been an employee of Mr. Henry Dix, who startled his workpeople, not so long ago, by handing his business over to ...

    Article : 575 words
  13. IN A DRAWER.

    I've just turned out a drawer in my desk and consigned the contents to the fire. If it were the custom to take articles into the pulpit so that ...

    Article : 641 words
  14. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    The man who teaches others to smile is the man worth while. Time and tide wait for no man—but some women are more patient. ...

    Article : 431 words
  15. WASTE PAPER!

    What becomes of the bundle of old newspapers you sell to the rag-and-bone man when he comes round your street? You slip the few coppers he ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. TEN TYRES—ONE TON.

    When "balloon" tyres first began to make their appearance on the roads, much comment was excited by their size. But they are midgets ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. GUN-BARREL MURDER CLUES.

    No two rifled revolver barrels are exactly alike and so each gun leaves a distinctive series of marks on the bullet it fires. The tiny scratches on ...

    Article : 87 words
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