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  2. BOON TO MUSICIANS.

    After seven years of patient experiment, a young musician has invented an ingenious pedal device that makes it possible for a musician to ...

    Article : 109 words
  3. THE BLUE DRESS.

    Alice glanced quickly at the big clock over the end counter. She smiled happily as she turned to supply the wants of an impatient ...

    Article : 2,044 words
  4. VITAL VITAMINES.

    Nowadays everybody talks about vitamines, but few people know anything at all about these strange properties possessed by some foods and ...

    Article : 281 words
  5. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Of the 2,000 known varieties of bacteria, only about one hundred kinds are believed to be harmful. Government ships cruising in ...

    Article : 368 words
  6. APE-HUNTER'S THRILLS.

    When apes meet an enemy, they proceed to rush him—it's the only possible word to use! The ape settles his head down between the legs, ...

    Article : 666 words
  7. FISHES' WIRELESS BEACON.

    The simplest and most constant sound in nature, the washing of the sea,, serves as a wireless beacon to warn whales, porpoises and many ...

    Article : 132 words
  8. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    "Can your fiancee keep a secret?" "I should think she can. We were engaged two or three weeks before I knew a thing about it." ...

    Article : 579 words
  9. A WOMAN'S WAY WITH RATS.

    Susanna Butler, of Norwich, was recently elected a member of the College of Pestolgy, "in recognition of her work in connection with the ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. COULDN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY.

    An interesting experiment concerning the value of that publicity which takes the form of the distribution of leaflets to passers-by has been ...

    Article : 229 words
  11. BABY FOILED MOTOR THIEVES.

    A baby girl of two recently played an unexpected part in a motor-car theft. Her parents had prepared the car for a week-end trip into the ...

    Article : 507 words
  12. GLASS THAT WILL BEND.

    "One of the most important discoveries of recent years," is the verdict of a high official of the Institute of Patentees on a new substance ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. A WEIGHTY PROBLEM.

    A man with a bundle weighing fifteen pounds, tied it to the end of his walking stick and put it across his shoulder, and started off with a ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. SNAKES OBJECT TO JAZZ.

    An interesting experiment to discover the effect of music on snakes has been carried out at the Snake Park at Port Elizabeth. ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    As potatoes get old add a little sugar to the water in which they are boiled. Beetroots will retain their colour ...

    Article : 233 words
  16. TESTING DRINKING WATER BY ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT.

    The following is an account of a method of testing water, based upon its transparency to ultra-violet light. Chemically pure water for ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. DISEASE SYMPTOMS SHOW IN SPEECH.

    Many diseases betray their presence by peculiarities of speech, even in such early stages that other characteristic symptoms ape not yet ...

    Article : 95 words
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