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  2. THE ETHER MYSTERY.

    The controversy between scientists as to whether the ether, through which wireless waves and rays of light are thought to be transmitted, ...

    Article : 110 words
  3. FLOWERS OF FORTUNE.

    At a recent show of the Royal Horticultural Society there was exhibited a plant called the bull's-eye geranium. It has thick velvety ...

    Article : 321 words
  4. HIS LUCK WAS OUT.

    Mr. Nigel Newbury sauntered slowly into the railway station, not because he wanted to catch a train or even to meet a friend, but because he ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  5. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Postage stamps were first used by Britain in 1840, followed by Brazil 1843, and 1847 the United States. It is said that the human voice ...

    Article : 375 words
  6. THAT FIRST SWIM.

    Swimming has been described as the only sport which brings every single muscle of the body into action. For that reason, if for no ...

    Article : 340 words
  7. STAINLESS STOCKINGS.

    One of the greatest disadvantages possessed by the fashionable, lightcoloured stocking is the rapidity with which it is marked by every ...

    Article : 125 words
  8. WAR ON THE MOSQUITO.

    Malaria, although not "catching" in the ordinary sense of propagation by contact, is borne from one person to another by the mosquito. It is ...

    Article : 136 words
  9. STARVING TO DEATH FOR A LIVING.

    There are many and varied ways of earning a living, but surely none so remarkable as starving to death. Starving for a living is a ...

    Article : 655 words
  10. THE CARES OF A CARETAKER.

    For eighteen years my wife and I have never had a home! That may seem rather sad, but when I add that we have always been very ...

    Article : 667 words
  11. BURGLARS AND "BILKERS."

    The commonest sort of crook that a taxi-driver has to put up with is the "bilker"—the man who disappears without paying his fare. ...

    Article : 642 words
  12. GOING GREY.

    The appearance of the first grey hairs is usually the occasion for sighs—especially where those tell-tale recorders of time's [?]ight happen to ...

    Article : 327 words
  13. EYE-WEAR FASHIONS.

    There are fashions in "eye-wear." Once upon a time—and. not so very long ago—to be ordered "glasses" was to be ordered "spectacles"— ...

    Article : 270 words
  14. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Luck will commence to help you directly you refuse to trust to it. Foreman: "Have you ever done any night work?" ...

    Article : 454 words
  15. THE OPTICIAN'S TOOLS.

    Before a pair of glasses can satisfy the modern scientific standards which opticians hare established, longseries of processes is essential. ...

    Article : 283 words
  16. FIRST ENGLISH WALLPAPER.

    China was the first nation to use wallpaper. It was used for ritual purposes 2,000 years ago. Skins of animals were the forerunner of the ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. THE LUTINE BELL.

    There hangs in the Underwriters' Room at Lloyd's the bell salvaged in 1859 from the bullion ship Lutine, wrecked 60 years before. ...

    Article : 155 words
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