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  2. MAGIC OF COAL-TAR.

    From Perfume to High Explosive. The modern magician’s favorite raw material is coal-tar. He waves his hand-over it, and, lo! all sorts of ...

    Article : 361 words
  3. CHRONICLES OF THE PEOPLE OF [?] ING.

    Now the people of Ing were a fierce people and impatient of misrule. And when kings misruled them they parted the kings from their heads. And when ...

    Article : 574 words
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    Advertising : 446 words
  5. HOW THE BUND AMUSE THEMSELVES.

    People who think that sightless persons have no scope for enjoyment should pay a visit to one of the institutions for the blind. Here they will find ...

    Article : 480 words
  6. WHY I DON’T MARRY.

    You ask me why I don’t get married. Well, I’ll tell you. Like a lot more girls, I am independent of marriage. I am better off as I am, as you will see ...

    Article : 567 words
  7. FARM-BOY TO MILLIONAIRE.

    "To win real success you must start as a poor man and really be a poor man. It is easier for the poor officeboy to climb to the top of the tree than ...

    Article : 456 words
  8. PRAYING FOR A MODEL WIFE.

    A solution to the problem of unhappy marriages is suggested by the celebration in China, recently of the annual Festival of “Propitious Day.” The ...

    Article : 248 words
  9. Unexpected.

    A worthy old farmer had a son very much addicted to lying in bed late in the morning, so he made up his mind to cure him. ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. CHEER-OH!

    There’s nothing like a good day’s work For keeping fit and fine; It’s tonic and it’s antidote—It warms the heart like wine! ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. LOOK AFTER BABY'S EYES.

    The wearing of glasses is steadily on the increase among children, and this is partly due to the fact that mothers don’t take sufficient care of baby’s eyes ...

    Article : 213 words
  12. CHINA CHIPS!

    The price of tea in China is 1½d. a pound. China has the longest national anthem in the world. ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. He Was Offended.

    One night—or morning, rather—Mr. Brown returned just as dawn was breaking. “What time is it?” called his sleepy ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. “ODD” SUPERSTITIONS.

    It has been wisely remarked that an ancient and universal belief is not to be lightly ignored; there must be “something in it." ...

    Article : 261 words
  15. THE SUN AND FLOWERS.

    Some remarkable variations in plant structure and color from exposure to the sun at different hours of the day have been brought to the notice of the ...

    Article : 330 words
  16. Our Terrible Language.

    How do you pronounce pneumonia? asked the French boy. who had come to England to learn the language. His English chum told him. ...

    Article : 243 words
  17. LIVING WITHOUT EATING.

    The recent death of Dr. Tanner, the famous fasting man, has revived interest in the old controversy as to how long a man can live without eating. ...

    Article : 259 words
  18. MR. WORM’S BIT.

    In the ordinary mind few objects occupy a lower category than—worms. Insignificant, almost below contempt, one scarcely ever contemplates their ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. A Wonderful Machine.

    The boarding-house was one frequented by locomotive drivers and firemen, but there was one boarder not connected with the railway company. He ...

    Article : 188 words
  20. The Engagement Ring.

    “Oh, George, dear," she whispered when he slipped the engagement ring on her tapering finger, “how sweet of you to remember just the stone I ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. Not So

    "Dad, I see in many wars there have been privateers." "Well?” “Was a privateer the same as a ...

    Article : 52 words
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