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  3. SNAIL RACING THRILLS.

    Will snail-racing become a popular sport? The question is being ashed in Wales, where crowds are flocking to see the new pastime. ...

    Article : 133 words
  4. WILLIAM WAKES UP.

    Mr. William Jennings walked up the garden path and lifted the front door knocker. But before he could let it fall the door opened and an ...

    Article : 1,789 words
  5. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    In Cuba there is a plant which is said to change colour with the approach of an earthquake. With the largest telescope in the ...

    Article : 347 words
  6. MAN V. WOMAN.

    The fact that several women were successful in swimming the English Channel caused one recent woman swimmer to remark that women are ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. THE AMUSING SIDE OF DEBT COLLECTING.

    Collecting debts for tradesmen is not an ideal way of livelihood, but it has its amusing side. One has to be able to sum up ...

    Article : 989 words
  8. A WILL—AND A WINDOW.

    The daughter of a wealthy American has been punished by her father fox refusing to shut a window at his request six years ago. Her father, ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. ELEPHANTS AS FIREMEN.

    Awakened by the trumpeting of a herd of elephants, workmen in Travancore, India, were amazed to discover the animals engaged in putting ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. THE VIRTUES OF FASTING.

    We of the profession, are charged to do something; preferably something mysterious or heroic. An operation, an X-ray examination, a ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Some people find their past an ever-present difficulty. Be careful what you say to your enemies, and still more careful what ...

    Article : 590 words
  12. HEARING WITH FINGERS.

    Not much longer will deafness be considered the disability it is at present, for with the aid of a device called an Electro-magnetic vibrator, ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. THE WOES OF A WOULD-BE VENTRILOQUIST.

    The ventriloquist informed the crowd, of which I was an insignificant part, that the book had actually been produced to be sold to the ...

    Article : 641 words
  14. MALAY THE MARVELLOUS.

    Would you believe there is a land where: Fish come out of the water and inflate themselves with, air like rubber balls? ...

    Article : 601 words
  15. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Soak a breast of mutton for two days in brine, after which boil with l½1b. of rabbit. It will have the same flavour as pork. ...

    Article : 504 words
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