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  3. HIGH HEELS.

    Anne Boleyn was the first English queen to wear high-heeled shoes, and the fact that she had spent some time in France before she got a ...

    Article : 210 words
  4. MOUNT VERNON.

    Nearly everyone has heard of Mount Vernon, but few, perhaps, know where the name of Washington's homestead came from. Edward Vernon, who was ...

    Article : 139 words
  5. HIDING IN GAOL.

    Fugitives from justice have often resorted to artful tricks to elude the vigilance of the police. Charles Peace, the notorious burglar, is said ...

    Article : 324 words
  6. SOMETHING FRESH.

    "It simply makes my mouth water," said Mr. Wolf. "All that stuff—diamonds, pearls, rubies—" "If you could sell 'em," ...

    Article : 1,331 words
  7. FORTUNES' FLIMSY FOUNDSTIONS.

    The huge sum of £150,000 which is being distributed among certain Manchester charities under the wills of two maiden ladies, owes its origin ...

    Article : 472 words
  8. TEN POUNDS REWARD!

    In 1497, Sebastian Cabot, whose father had come from Venice and settled in Bristol in the reign of Henry VII., discovered and sailed along the ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. NAMES THAT ANNOY.

    From time to time sensitive people, annoyed by the way in which their neighbours name their houses, ventilate their grievance in bitter ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. HARVESTS OF THE SEA.

    A North Sea trawler which recently set out from Grimsby to get fish returned to port with two motor lorries covered with barnacles. This ...

    Article : 531 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Hope is the parent of disappointment. Rain water is soft even when it rains hard. ...

    Article : 567 words
  12. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    When about to stain boards with permanganate of potash dissolve the crystals in boiling water to make the solution dark in colour—cold ...

    Article : 506 words
  13. THE TERRIBLE COMPLAINT.

    I don't know why it should be, but it is so. I had been away from work, for a week. When I Joined the usual crowd in the morning train a few ...

    Article : 591 words
  14. "UP IN THE MORNING EARLY."

    When you are perfectly fit and full of the joy of life, rising in the morning should be a comparatively easy business, if hardly a joyful one. But ...

    Article : 585 words
  15. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    An earthquake travels at the rate of between 470ft. and 530 ft. per second. A single banyan tree has been ...

    Article : 445 words
  16. ELASTIC PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS

    Photographs taken with a small camera are frequently enlarged to a more desirable size. This is especially advantageous in travel, where a ...

    Article : 235 words
  17. AMONG THE PIGMIES.

    Among the pigmy tribes of the Congo there are many strange customs, as well as unusual superstitions. A man who, while on his way ...

    Article : 148 words
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