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  3. X-RAY FILMS.

    After years of unceasing experiment three British scientists have succeeded in obtaining moving X-ray photographs of the human body. They ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. DECEIVING THE JURY.

    The case was one of assault and battery, and one of the witnesses was a local doctor whom the prosecuting solicitor proceeded to bully, ...

    Article : 206 words
  5. OCEAN TREASURE TROVE.

    Floating about the highways of ocean travel, men who go down to the sea in ships frequently discover a species of treasure trove that is ...

    Article : 1,417 words
  6. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Add a little ammonia to the water when washing new flannels, to remove any roughness. Grease stains can be removed from ...

    Article : 377 words
  7. JAPANESE ABVERTISWIENTS.

    We have made the most of the "personal appeal" in commercial advertising, but so far we have not tried to touch a prospective ...

    Article : 132 words
  8. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    About 150 species of fish are said to belong to the shark family. The smallest cows in the world, found in the South Sea Islands, are ...

    Article : 337 words
  9. FIRE ENGINES IMPROVED.

    Pumping a two-inch stream of water 200 feet high without breaking it into a wider and ragged spray, as usually happens, was the performance ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. ROOTED TO THE SPOT.

    It is easily possible for a man to live his whole life without knowing the meaning of intense fear. He may worry over his business, dread a ...

    Article : 825 words
  11. WILLY-NILLY PASSENGERS.

    There are plenty of modern John Gilpins about who find themselves committed to a longer journey than they had bargained for. ...

    Article : 742 words
  12. IN A LAUNDRY.

    Please don't think of a laundry as just a steamy place where soiled linen is received, and then put through the various processes which ...

    Article : 653 words
  13. COLOURED SNOW STORMS.

    There are records of coloured snowstorms dating as far hack as the sixth century. According to Hamboldt, a great traveller, a shower of ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Daisy: "Doris, your hair is a sight. Did Charlie kiss you against your will?" Doris: "He thinks he did!" ...

    Article : 478 words
  15. STRANGELY MATCHED RIVALS.

    The strangest of freak competitions are those in which rivals with quite dissimilar methods and powers strive against each other over a ...

    Article : 509 words
  16. STRAIGHT-FACE WHISTLING.

    Addison, the English writer, was present at Bath, England, in 1708, when a "whistling match" took place. He says that the prize was ...

    Article : 205 words
  17. THE FLOUNDER.

    To explain what appears to be a very great mystery it is only necessary to see why the change should be made. Ages ago the flounder was ...

    Article : 242 words
  18. WINDSOR'S ROYAL PLATE.

    The plate at Windsor is valued at nearly £2,000,000. It includes a good service, ordered by George IV., for 140 persons. There is also a variety ...

    Article : 94 words
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