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  3. CAMEOS.

    The beauty of the cameo never, fails to charm the eye, and although we do not wear it in these days it still interests us. A note on the ...

    Article : 259 words
  4. IDEAS WORTH FORTUNES

    The number of fortunes which have been made from simple little inventions is truly surprising. But, then, it is the simple things which ...

    Article : 136 words
  5. EIGHT PINTS.

    When old Mr. Wentbridge, of Button Towers, was left a cool two hundred thousand pounds, the village of Sutton sat up and took notice. Mr. ...

    Article : 1,902 words
  6. REAL "HAT TRICKS."

    What does your hat weigh? Put a few hats of different kinds in the household scales and you will get some surprises. It is extremely ...

    Article : 215 words
  7. HIS OWN GRANDPA!

    Can a man be his own grandfather? A reader claims that through an amazing series of complicated ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. PHYSICAL WELFARE.

    "Health is something far mare than absence of ill-health. It is indeed a great and positive thing (says Dr. W. E. Hendeeson, in 'The Spirit in ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. TELEPHONING TO A DOG.

    When a man in British Columbia lost his retriever, he little thought he would shortly he speaking to it through a telephone sixty miles ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. FORESIGHT.

    In California the woodpecker stores acorns away, although he never eats them. He bores several holes, differing slightly in size at the fall of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  11. IN A TEA GARDEN.

    When money was rather short with me a few years ago, I had a bright idea and turned the big garden of my country cottage into a ...

    Article : 635 words
  12. SUNLIGHT SUITS.

    If you feel you need a tonic, and would like to take a course of ultraviolet treatment, there will soon be no need for you to waste time and ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. GROWING WINGS IN A NIGHT.

    Aphids are the tiny insects that live on the tips of tender plants and the underside of leaves. But the extraordinary thing about them is that ...

    Article : 281 words
  14. LOVE CONQOERS ALL.

    When Phoebe Grey sauntered into the lobby of the Grand Palace Hotel at Ritzy-by-the-Sea every masculine eye followed her graceful movements ...

    Article : 411 words
  15. "VAC" VENTURES.

    The novelty of anything new soon wears off. When our vacuum cleaner first came to stay with us, we were thrilled to the core. We started in ...

    Article : 619 words
  16. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    A woman's tears help her to float out of a lot of difficulties. Grocer: "My son—the one that used to help me in the shop here— ...

    Article : 446 words
  17. NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN.

    Many people think that when they reach the thirties or forties it is useless for them to attempt to learn new languages or trades. Actually ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. 'WE WON'T GO HOME TILL MORNING."

    An interesting story is told of this old comic song, or rather tune. When the army of the first Napoleon was in Egypt in 1799 the camp for a ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. THE PASSING OF THE STORK.

    The stork, which is the favourite bird of the German peasantry, is dying out in Germany. In twenty years the number of occupied nests has ...

    Article : 157 words
  20. AN ORCHARD HUSTLE.

    One of the greatest fears of fruitgrowers is that their crops may suffer from disease and bad weather during the process of ripening. Now, ...

    Article : 119 words
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