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  3. GOATS EAT RAGS.

    The goat can eat and digest both newspapers and old rags. Paper is made from wood, and rags from cotton fibre, which is chemically similar ...

    Article : 112 words
  4. GANNING COCOONS.

    A war gas has turned out to be of great use to the silk industry. When the cocoons are killed, it has been found that gassing them is much ...

    Article : 63 words
  5. THE MISSING LINK!

    "George, dear," said Mrs. Badderwood, methodically clicking away with the knitting-needles, "it's almost eight o'clocl." ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  6. FREAK LAWS.

    There is an unfortunate prisoner in Spain who, no matter how hard he tries, will never be able to serve the sentence passed on him. ...

    Article : 931 words
  7. STRENGTH OF ANTS.

    If we are asked to name the strong-, est or most powerful animal, we instantly think of the elephant. We may he correct actually, hut ...

    Article : 197 words
  8. WILLOW PATTERN COINS.

    Next time you have a threepennybit handed you as change don't look at it contemptuously and mutter imprecations under your breath. If you ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. THE FUTURE CITY.

    "The city of the future will be immensely affected by air-travel Sooner or later we shall get the helicopter—the flying machine which will go ...

    Article : 311 words
  10. SUICIDE BY SAXOPHONE.

    Apart from my two favourite hobbies of collecting gasometers and income-tax demand notes, I have always been fired with the ambition to ...

    Article : 970 words
  11. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    The next time your sink gets choked up try removing the cause by pouring down the waste-pipe a bucket of boiling water to which a ...

    Article : 328 words
  12. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    A: "What are you taking for that cold of yours?" B: "Only advice." Ruby: "When is Grace thinking of ...

    Article : 657 words
  13. QUEER USE FOR FINGER-NAILS

    Walking up the Rue de Lamorniere, in Antwerp, some little time ago, I was surprised to find the long fingernail of nobility being put to a ...

    Article : 726 words
  14. WHEN UNCLE GEORGE SAID "TIGER!"

    When Uncle George arrived at the party he knew intuitively that things were going flat, and proceeded to do his best to enliven the proceedings. ...

    Article : 563 words
  15. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Scales used by ancient Egyptians were so accurate that they varied but 2.3 per cent, of a gramme. Nearly one-half the world's supply ...

    Article : 361 words
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