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  3. BLACK MAGIC.

    Native charms are the curse of the white man in Africa. They impede his progress and check his enterprise. He is up against them from the day ...

    Article : 1,456 words
  4. BREAD AS A FOOD.

    Bread and water diet—is it really nourishing enough to keep prisoners in fairly good condition? Or is it doing them harm? An expert in the ...

    Article : 132 words
  5. LONG SLEEPS.

    Hibernation does not occur only in the winter. Some animals, such as certain fish, can sleep all summer by burying themselves in the mud when ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. COCKROACH CURE FOR HEADACHE.

    My Jap diver Baomata, has been afflicted all this season by violent headaches after his diving spells. He refuses with disdain salts, senna or ...

    Article : 171 words
  7. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Linoleum should never be laid over a damp floor, as dampness, combined with absence of air, causes it to rot. ...

    Article : 403 words
  8. SUCKING OUT EVIL.

    Even to-day there are many savage races who do not believe in natural death. They believe that the one who dies is a victim of magic. Out ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. BREAKING A MIRROR.

    The notion that to break a mirror brings seven years of bad luck originated with the Romans. They thought that the health of a person ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. CROOKS AND THEIR CASH.

    British law, the world over, is honoured for its fairness and the celerity with which, on the whole, it moves. But, to my mind—I am a bank ...

    Article : 653 words
  11. A SURGEON AMONG SAVAGES.

    "If he dies I will take your life!" The words rang in the surgeon's ears as he operated on the Afghan boyrang in a pitiless, monotonous litany ...

    Article : 671 words
  12. IS THERE A LAW OF LUCK?

    Is there a "law of luck"? Is there a mysterious Force, operating independently, or controlled by a Somebody, which interposes itself in our ...

    Article : 640 words
  13. MARITAL MAGIC.

    Among the peasants of Serbia and Bulgaria there is found a custom as amusing as it is curious. Taking the copper coins from the eyes of a ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.

    With every car sold, a Paris automobile dealer furnishes a pot of special paint and a sprayer, about the size of a fountain pen, so that ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. MOTHER-IN-LAW TABU.

    Among certain tribes the motherin law is obliged to conceal herself when she sees her son-in-law approaching. Among the Arawaks, the ...

    Article : 85 words
  16. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Friend: "I hear your wife met with an accident in her car. Was it serious?" Husband: "Nothing much. Just a ...

    Article : 429 words
  17. "ETCETERAS?"

    One thing leads to another. The other day I put my head in the lion's jaw by going to see the gentleman whose (perverted) sense of ...

    Article : 494 words
  18. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    A new depth record for the Pacific has been discovered by the Japanese survey ship "Manshu Maru," between the Bonin Islands and Izu, ...

    Article : 434 words
  19. HOW MILK SOURS.

    Milk sours because of the "affection" for it of tiny germs, called lactic acid bacteria. Lactose, which is milk sugar, is converted by these ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. WATERSPOUTS.

    The recent report that the Mauretania had been struck by a waterspout has aroused considerable interest in these rather terrifying ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. SWALLOWING VACCINE.

    How would you feel about, swallowing a bunch of deadly disease germs? It sounds bad, but in reality it is very beneficial—in certain cases. ...

    Article : 144 words
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