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  2. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    A new design of motor boat, recently launched in France and known as the "Sea Flea," is stated to have exceeded 60 miles an hour during the ...

    Article : 330 words
  3. PETROLEUM FLY.

    A strange creature of California is a fly larva which lives in pools of petroleum—so fatal to other insects —and apparently feeds on the dead ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. "RING IN THE NEW."

    "I have come to thye conclusion," announced Angelica, "that husbands are only human, after all." "Darling," I exclaimed in surprise, ...

    Article : 659 words
  5. THE CLIENT.

    At the age of forty Mr. Thomas Buck, having made a conspicuous failure at several jobs, came into a thousand pounds. As he had never ...

    Article : 1,275 words
  6. POPULAR SAYINGS.

    This phrase is derived from foxhunting and means to be present at the crowning of an undertaking. A HUMBUG. ...

    Article : 166 words
  7. COLD ASHES.

    When you yawn at the pictures or the latest jumble sale of all the talents at the theatre, do your thoughts ever slide back to the old ...

    Article : 693 words
  8. WILES OF THE PILFERER.

    The docks, as channels for a vast stream of merchandise, inevitably suffer through the activities of the pilferer. He is a queer type of ...

    Article : 795 words
  9. RESTAURANT ROGUES.

    One of the many worries of my job is the pretty swindler who tries to get free feeds out of us. So much of this kind of thing, goes on that many ...

    Article : 792 words
  10. MAKING THE SHANK PAY.

    We have so long been in the habit of regarding the shark as "the terror of the seas," and a fish that the world could very well do without ...

    Article : 674 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    When is love deformed? When it is all on one side. Gaoler: "What! You back again!' Convict: "Yes. Any letters for ...

    Article : 411 words
  12. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    When cleaning delicate material with petrol a watermark is often left. Add a pinch of salt to a saucer of petrol and both stain and ...

    Article : 345 words
  13. BOUND IN JEWELS.

    At the bottom of the Atlantic lies a jewel-bound copy of Omar Khayyam. It was on its way to America in the ill-fated Titanic, which struck ...

    Article : 226 words
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