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  2. SMOKE AND DISEASE.

    An old proverb says that where there's smoke there's fire, and if we put "disease" in place of fire, the proverb will be equally true. Where ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. OUR WONDERFUL GLANDS.

    It is quite time the man in the street should know something about those wonderful glands of his, which have such a potent influence in ...

    Article : 707 words
  4. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    They were very fond each other, and had been engaged ; but they had quarrelled, and were too proud to make it up. He called afterwards at ...

    Article : 136 words
  5. "DICK TURPINS" OF THE STREETS.

    Never since Dick Turpin and the masked desperadoes of a bygone age waylaid and held up the stage coach on the King's highway, has there ...

    Article : 1,549 words
  6. PICTURES MAKE HIM SNEEZE.

    Some people sneeze for curious reasons. There is a clergyman who can never cross the road on a very hot day without carrying an umbrella. ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. LIGHTNING CROPS.

    Farmers need not fear that their crops will fail to reach the highest stage of maturity if they use electricity. Experiments recently made ...

    Article : 419 words
  8. BY CUNNING SUBTERFUGE.

    "People as keeps 'ens," observed the lady at No. 12, Tootems Terrace, "should keep 'em at 'ome. If those there fowls o' yourn come in this ...

    Article : 472 words
  9. COUNTRIES WITHOUT COAL.

    Nearly every express train in Italy was cut off on August 1919. The reason is that the country is almost without coal. ...

    Article : 309 words
  10. PRICES PAID FOR PETS.

    It is true that one half of the world has no knowledge of how the other half exists. Many people make nice little sums from peculiar trades, ...

    Article : 403 words
  11. SUNKEN MILLIONS.

    One of the greatest problems of today is that of salving over 15,000,000 tons' of shipping that lie on the ocean's floor. ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. THE SCRAN-BAG.

    It was Thursday afternoon--"Make and Mend"--which is the sailorman's half-holiday, and below on the decks and mess-tables and stools, the ship's ...

    Article : 435 words
  13. WHY TELEPHONE GIRLS CAN SING.

    Has the telephone girl the sweetest singing voice ? The writer has made inquiries among well-known singing' masters, and the opinion seems to be ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    If a little milk is mixed with pipeclay before it is rubbed on the doorsteps the whiting will not come off. To make rice white and keep the ...

    Article : 344 words
  15. NOT A BAD IDEA.

    "And where are you going for your holiday this year ?" Brown asked his friend Grey. "Well," said Grey, "I am not ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. SUN-STROKES!

    The summer sun is distant 95,000,000 miles from you as you lie on the beach and bask, or gasp, in its rays, but the sun you see is only a part ...

    Article : 313 words
  17. WHY HAS A CAT WHISKERS?

    Why is there a black sheep in every flock? Because sheep, in their early domesticated condition, were brown or dirty black, and because Nature ...

    Article : 277 words
  18. HE HAD HOPES.

    It was a beautiful little place. The house was small, but perfect, and the garden lovely, with flowers and fruit and vegetables and hens, and all. ...

    Article : 135 words
  19. TOMMY OR JACK?

    This is not a comparison of the soldier and the sailor, but of their respective names, which, aside from their military and naval associations ...

    Article : 183 words
  20. A BIT TOO MUCH.

    During a concert in a Scottish hall, the official who was collecting tickets at the door sought out the caretaker of the place. ...

    Article : 90 words
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