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  2. CUTTING THROUGH FOG.

    A naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia has been experimenting with a new apparatus which may cause fog to lose much of its terror for ...

    Article : 150 words
  3. CURIOUS NAVAL ALLOWANCES

    "Hard-Lying Money" is the curious but descriptive title of an allowance paid to the officers and men in certain of the smaller craft in H.M. ...

    Article : 444 words
  4. A SEASIDE STRATAGEM.

    As soon as Sylvia came along the promenade she knew something was wrong. Sea View House looked as neat and sedate as it would do in ...

    Article : 1,953 words
  5. STRANGE STREET FIRES.

    Passengers in a charabanc had a curious experience recently when they were suddenly faced with a small sea of fire in the roadway. It had been ...

    Article : 465 words
  6. PUSHING A BRICK WALL.

    Pushing a forty-inch brick wall with the hand to make it move sounds ridiculous, but a sensitive instrument used at the Bureau of ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. SAME OLD RAIN.

    Is it raining? Then some of the drops are the same that pattered on the Ark after Noah had shut the door. ...

    Article : 149 words
  8. 35 YEARS IN PRISON.

    The experiences of Jean Danry, who paid for a youthful indiscretion with thirty-five years of his freedom. When Danry, as a young man, ...

    Article : 584 words
  9. IN GET-RICH-QUICK LAND.

    There are so many ways in, which you can get rich quick in California that you could fill a volume describing the various methods by which ...

    Article : 563 words
  10. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Repartee is the retort you think of the morning after. To stand on one's dignity does not always enable a man to look over ...

    Article : 500 words
  11. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Coal should be stored in a dark place, as sunlight causes it to crumble and then it burns less brightly. Stains on mirrors can be removed ...

    Article : 458 words
  12. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Fashion photographs are being sent across the Atlantic Ocean by wireless, the cost being £10 for a quarter-plate and £20 for a ...

    Article : 377 words
  13. DOES SMOKING HURT?

    A number of scientists have been trying to discover what effect smoking has on mental efficiency. Experiments made some time ago seemed ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. MODERN KAMCHATKA.

    The impressions that Kamchatka, Siberia, is a land of desolation inhabited only by Eskimos and bears is far from the truth. Captain ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. A TRAP FOR INSECTS.

    A trap for night-flying insects said to have been tested in warm regions consists of a bottle of strong acid solution placed under a red lamp ...

    Article : 89 words
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