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  2. MR. AND MRS. GROUSE.

    The red grouse is a British bird—that is the first fact, for he is found nowhere else. Then Mr. Grouse enjoys a great reputation as one of the ...

    Article : 424 words
  3. SPILLS AND THRILLS.

    Road accidents can never be totally eliminated for they often arise from, the most unexpected causes. Some flappers once stood ...

    Article : 553 words
  4. PICKPOCKETS ON STRIKE?

    "We, the International Union of Trained Pickpockets, protest against the small amounts which members of the public carry in their purses and ...

    Article : 225 words
  5. WHY BALDNESS COMES.

    A doctor recently declared that many men lose their hair because their fathers and grandfathers were bald. ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. BEAR-BAITING.

    The most amazing way of hunting bears that I have ever heard tell of was recounted to me by a retired Colonel of the Indian Army. We ...

    Article : 1,614 words
  7. CHANGING OVER.

    Eleven long, weary, heart-breaking months out of work! That was my position until six weeks ago. Did I try to get work? The question ...

    Article : 318 words
  8. ARE YOU A CRIMINAL?

    Nine prisons in every ten could be closed; five police-courts in six could be shut up or converted to another purpose; millions of pounds could be ...

    Article : 568 words
  9. THE SEA TRIP.

    "I ain't feeling quite as spry as usual, Miss, to-day," remarks Mrs. Huggins, as she languidly pretends to polish the dining-room table. ...

    Article : 749 words
  10. A SCHOOL FOR MANNERS.

    A course in table etiquette for young men is now given at a certain American college. Over a hundred young men are taking instruction in ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Mother (at bedtime): "Don't mumble your prayers, Helen. I can't hear a word you say." Helen: "I wasn't speaking to you, ...

    Article : 400 words
  12. TALL MEN NEED MORE FOOD.

    If two men are of the same weight, but one of them is short and fat and the other is very tall end thin—which one needs the most food, the ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Paper is a good heat insulator, and can be made transparent by oiling. The oiled paper stands up against the severest weather, and the soft ...

    Article : 364 words
  14. POWER FROM THE TIDES.

    France is ahead of other nations in efforts to derive power from the tides. On the north coast of Brittany, at Aber-Vrach, an experiment ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Meat can be kept fresh for a week or two by putting it in sour milk or buttermilk and placing it in a cool cellar. The bone or fat need not be ...

    Article : 346 words
  16. CARE OF THE TOOTHBRUSH.

    That we should sterilise our toothbrushes is the advice communicated to "Clinical Medicine" by E. J. Hay, of New Mexico. The newspapers and ...

    Article : 262 words
  17. SOUND SCREENS.

    The terrific noise that will result from a number of commuting aeroplane expresses starting to take off at the same time, in the future days ...

    Article : 161 words
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