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  3. ALL-POWERFUL SARD.

    It took fifty volunteers recently, combined with the help of a huge motor-lorry, to save a new giant 450-h.p. racing motor-car from being ...

    Article : 676 words
  4. QUEER RELICS.

    Rather a strange bequest occurred in a recent will. The testator, a barrister, bequeathed to his son "the flowers and leaves which fell from ...

    Article : 315 words
  5. "DOUBLE" DUPLICITY.

    Twin boxers recently caused a sensation when they nearly succeeded in carrying off a competition prize at a noted American athletic club. These ...

    Article : 744 words
  6. THE MELTING-POT.

    Gavioto placed his beloved violin between his knees for a few moments, and blew warm breath upon the tips of his numbed fingers. It was a cold ...

    Article : 1,333 words
  7. A PHIL HAY REBUKE.

    Mr. T. C. Bridges, in his hook of reminiscences, "From Florida to Fleet Street," tells the story of a very neat and severe reproof of ill ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. THE CULT OF SLIMNESS.

    It is stated that four bakeries in the vicinity of Vienna have had to close down in consequence of the diminished demand for bread, pastries, ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. YORKSHIRE'S LEAD MINES.

    The history of lead mining in Yorkshire was traced back for nearly 2,000 years by Dr. A. Raistrick in an address to the Bradford Scientific ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. WHY THE TRAIN STOPPED.

    Although to stop a train without sufficient cause is a serious matter, involving a fine ranging up to £5, there are always mischievous or ...

    Article : 797 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    A record is a fragile thing. You cannot lower one without breaking it. Riches have a bad habit of creating new wants instead of satisfying the ...

    Article : 536 words
  12. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Twenty-six per cent, of our male population are bachelors. The first book printed in Britain was "The Dictes and Sayings of the ...

    Article : 441 words
  13. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Take the outside pieces of celery which are too green and coarse to be sent to the table, tie them in little bundles and cook and serve in the ...

    Article : 565 words
  14. MAKING IT LAWYER-PROOF."

    Has a way been found at last of ensuring that a will shall not be the subject of litigation? There is an interesting clause in a ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. QUEEN BESS'S LOVE OF BEER.

    Queen Elizabeth, declared Mr. T.S. Cotterell in a speech at Bath, was very fond of beer, and when she visited Bath in 1574 she found the ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. CRIME TO DROP TRAM TICKET.

    Descending from a tramcar in Vienna, an English visitor threw away his tram ticket—quite an everyday act in every other city in Europe. ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. HOW COLOURED LIGHTS AFFECT US.

    New discoveries about coloured lights and their effect on human efficiency may have an important application in the illumination of ...

    Article : 99 words
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