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  2. STAMP PRINTING ERRORS.

    Errors in printing postage stamps often cost Governments many thousands of pounds, but they sometimes put small fortunes into the hands of ...

    Article : 167 words
  3. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    A jigsaw game, played by Greeks and Romans 2,000 years ago and invented by Archimedes, consists of fourteen pieces of wood of various ...

    Article : 398 words
  4. THE TRAIN ROBBERS.

    It was quite in the recognised melodramatic way that French bandits recently held up a Paris express by placing red lights upon the ...

    Article : 1,119 words
  5. CIGAR SECRETS.

    The great tobacco combines have been announcing vast profits, and the annual consumption of tobacco is steadily on the increase. ...

    Article : 271 words
  6. HEART-BEATS BY POST.

    A medical scientist, Dr. Richard C. Cabot, has made it possible for doctors to record patients' heart-beats on gramophone records, so that they ...

    Article : 188 words
  7. WOMEN SMOKERS.

    An expert stated recently that the following developments take place in women smokers:- Features grow sharper as the ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. STEPPING IN SOCIETY!

    Titles in France, according to the anonymous author of "More Uncensored Recollections," do not always carry much weight, for many of the ...

    Article : 851 words
  9. WHY "NINETY-NINE?"

    One often wonders why a doctor, when sounding a patient, tells him to say "Ninety-nine." The sound produced when we set ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. OPEN ALL NIGHT.

    Anyone with sufficient curiosity to join me m my nightly vigil at the "always open" garage in the big city where I work would find it an ...

    Article : 789 words
  11. UNCOVERING THE SPHINX.

    After six months of labour the sand which partially enveloped that most mysterious of Egyptian monuments, the Sphinx, was cleared away. ...

    Article : 783 words
  12. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Could an expensive hair-cut be called shear robbery? Could paper spills be referred to as light literature? ...

    Article : 428 words
  13. TELEPHONE TRICKSTERS.

    Whilst the use of the telephone is undoubtedly increasing amongst private people, busy housewives finding it a convenience for shopping, ...

    Article : 663 words
  14. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Alum in the last rinsing water restores the colour of faded materials. Lemon juice added to the water ...

    Article : 454 words
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