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  3. HATS AS SHOES.

    Making shoes from Panama hats does not sound very practicable. But it has been done with surprising success. Managers of a large ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. COAL SHORTAGE. COURTESIES.

    Yes, there was a light shining from his room. He must have left it on, and forgotten to latch the door—and carelessness was not a fault of his. ...

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  5. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    The largest theatre in the world is the Opera House in Paris. It covers three acres of ground. King Alfred the. Great's "clock" ...

    Article : 413 words
  6. SACRED TREES.

    Tree-worship is a very ancient universal cult. It originated in the all plants, there dwelt a god or all plants, there dwelt a god ar ...

    Article : 128 words
  7. ORIGIN OF PRESERVED MEAT.

    An interesting experiment was recently carried out in Liverpool to test the soundness of "bully-beef" which, had remained in its sealed tin ...

    Article : 932 words
  8. THE DOOR OF DEATH.

    To the West, death is a closed door; to the East an open one. An American told me recently that, when he was in China on an official ...

    Article : 230 words
  9. WONDERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

    Some interesting statistics with regard to the application of cinematography to scientific investigations are given in "The Camera Book," ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. TELEPHONES AT £150.

    For the first time in many years the supply of telephones in Japan exceeds the demand. This is directly attributable to the charges made by ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. PEARLS AND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.

    Paying a fortune for an optical illusion is what one does when he buys a rope of pearls (says the "Scientific American"). The inimitable ...

    Article : 264 words
  12. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Shabby brown shoes may be improved if the tips show signs of wear, by painting with iodine. Scum will not discolour cauliflowers ...

    Article : 449 words
  13. HOW MUCH BLOOD?

    Just how much blood does each one of us have in his body? This has been a puzzling question all through the centuries of medicine, and only ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. TO BE PAID IN 5,000 YEARS.

    The merciful London County Court Judge who, recently ordered a debtor to liquidate a debt of a pound at the rate of a penny a month, has not, ...

    Article : 563 words
  15. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    "What a pity Joan uses so much powder and perfume since she married money I She used to be much nicer." ...

    Article : 445 words
  16. THINGS WERE CHEAPER THEN.

    We hear a great deal about the luxury and extravagance of Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile, and of the gorgeous feasts she and Mark ...

    Article : 226 words
  17. POPULAR SAYINGS.

    This was originally a tavern phrase used by anybody who preferred ordinary mild ale to hot spiced liquor. ...

    Article : 192 words
  18. THE CAUSE OF SEASICKNESS.

    Physicians no longer regard seasickness as a mystery and, besides discovering its chief causes, have found ways to relieve it. The trouble ...

    Article : 193 words
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