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  3. GREAT SNAKES

    That big Eastern hamadryad, the king cobra, is certainly a dangercus reptile, but it is doubtful if it can compare with the bushmaster of ...

    Article : 422 words
  4. MOURNING COLOURS.

    Black is the mourning colour worn throughout Europe; it expresses privation of light. In other parts of the world various colours are worn, ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. THE WILL—AND THE WAY.

    In his uncle's study, Denis Tudor examined the window frames with eminent satisfaction. "Fit like a glove," he muttered, ...

    Article : 1,939 words
  6. HARNESSING A RIVER.

    The Isargo River, in Italy, is being taken from its bed about eight miles south of Brassanone, and carried through tunnel to within two ...

    Article : 99 words
  7. "DOING" THE DEALER.

    I am the proprietor of an "antique" shop—brass, china, glass, furniture, etc.—and I don't think I exagerate when I say that nineteen ...

    Article : 606 words
  8. BUY BOOTS AT MIDDAY.

    Some bootmakers, when they read this, will think I must be mad (writes a boot salesman). Not so, however. The boot-buying public ...

    Article : 233 words
  9. DING, DONG, BELL

    Where do bells come from? You probably won't be far out if you answer, [?]Croydon," for one of the most famous bell foundries is ...

    Article : 294 words
  10. ELEPHANT GRAVEYARDS.

    Like William Tell and the affair of the apple, the legend of the elephant graveyards still appears to exist. Writing of the ivory auction, a ...

    Article : 694 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Motorist: "Where do the old cars go?" Dealer: "They don't." A: "How do they get so much ...

    Article : 537 words
  12. GIANT BUILDING STONES.

    The largest squared stones ever used for building purposes are those found among the wonderful' ruins of the Temple of the Sun, at Baalbec, ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. A WEEK BEHIND THE WORLD.

    The people who live on the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic, once got a whole week behind in their calendar, and missed ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    A Trap for Snails.—Snails are fond of bran. Spread on the ground and cover with cabbage leaves on which they will crawl, and can then be ...

    Article : 363 words
  15. STRANGE YET TRUE

    After injecting a specially prepared mixture containing.gold and silver, a London doctor reports a cure of a severe case of sleeping sickness. ...

    Article : 368 words
  16. STOLEN FROM CHURCH.

    A vicar announces that the hymnbooks belonging to his church—those inscribed with the words "Not to be Taken Away"—do not now number ...

    Article : 349 words
  17. REDUCING RAILWAY RISKS.

    An apparatus designed to prevent railway disasters has been invented by an Italian. Special signals are worked by means of a third rail that ...

    Article : 92 words
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