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  3. A MONSTER "MERMAID."

    That the belief in mermaids should have survived all these years is extraordinary; but there is another curious side to the matter—that each ...

    Article : 200 words
  4. COSTLY CATHEDRALS.

    There are 109 windows in York Minster, some of which were glazed nearly eight centuries ago. The glass the finest in the world, is said to be ...

    Article : 318 words
  5. KATABATIC WINDS.

    "Katabatic winds, or downward winds, are not included in the popular conception of the winds that blow from the north, the south, the east, ...

    Article : 213 words
  6. CATALOGUE CURIOSITIES

    If you are of those to whom the "View Day," pasted on a poster announcing a sale, makes successful appeal, you must have often smiled, ...

    Article : 601 words
  7. A CURIOUS FUNERAL

    In accordance with the expressed wish of a Cincinnati man, his body was cremated and the ashes scattered from the top of a local skyscraper. ...

    Article : 157 words
  8. WATCH YOUR THEMOMETER.

    There are classic instances in which bad atmospheric conditions have ended in tragedy. The most famous of these, perhaps, is that known as the ...

    Article : 416 words
  9. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    A case is on record in which a burglar, disdaining doors and windows, climbed down a chimney, holding a half-opened umbrella beneath him to ...

    Article : 553 words
  10. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Many girls who declare they've nothing to wear almost prove it. If it came to the scratch, lots of women could put up a good fight. ...

    Article : 610 words
  11. LIMITING LEGACIES.

    It is becoming quite common to leave limiting legacies. Now a Birmingham business magnate's bequests keep his grandsons to their ...

    Article : 500 words
  12. SENSES THAT WE LACK.

    Man has five senses, the text-books tell us, without counting "common sense," which is often lacking. But on closer examination we may see ...

    Article : 610 words
  13. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    To whiten and clean a straw or Panamar hat make a paste of sulphur and lemon-juice, rub thoroughly into the straw with a tooth brush ...

    Article : 508 words
  14. THE INCREDIBLE INSECT.

    The naturalist knows, that the insect is far and away, the strongest of organic creatures in proportion to its size, but some of the facts would ...

    Article : 386 words
  15. QUEER COINCIDENCES.

    Anyone who keeps an eye on life doesn't need to be reminded that truth is stranger than fiction. Quite a short time ago, a series of ...

    Article : 951 words
  16. YOUR BODY'S TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

    The system of carrying messages from one point of the human body to another is made up of hundreds of delicate fibres, each about one-tenth ...

    Article : 236 words
  17. IF I WERE A MILLIONAIRE.

    "If I were a millionaire" (I seem to hear you say) "I'd live on but a modes[?] sum and give the rest away. I'd found a home for aged folk where ...

    Article : 225 words
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