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  2. THE USES OF THE COCONUT.

    The Dutch East Indies is the best instance of all round usefulness of the palm. To begin with, coconut oil is the chief resource in the way ...

    Article : 294 words
  3. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    After the signing of the Austrian Peace Treaty in Paris, Paderewski, who represented Poland, shook hands with the. other Allied ...

    Article : 108 words
  4. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    An American tourist recently visited the ancient city of Chester, and was startled by the loud clanging of the fire-alarm bell. ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. SLEEPING ON GOLDMINES

    The papers lately have been talking about a rectory through the ceilings and walls of which petroleum oozes, and for a time it was thought that ...

    Article : 773 words
  6. KILLING MICROBES BY PRESSURE.

    Although the sterilisation of liquids by high pressure can hardly have a wide field of application in industry or medicine, the ...

    Article : 364 words
  7. NEW PAINLESS SURGERY.

    For many years, in fact ever since anaesthetics were brought into general use, one of the aims of surgical scientists has been the discovery of ...

    Article : 223 words
  8. TIME-SAVING SIGNATURES.

    An unusual method of signature is adopted to save the time of directors and officials of a certain insurance company in'' regard to cheques sent ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. PAPA'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

    Mrs. Briggs was in high feather, for Mr. Briggs had just presented her with the usual Christmas cheque, and as it was a nice big one there ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. "PRESERVED SALMON, ESQ."

    In one of the U.S.A.'s busiest thoroughfares there is said to be a sign which reads, "Coal and Wood, Dealers in wood and coal !" And ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. THE GAME OF GOLF.

    Though generally credited as of Scottish origin, there is certain evidence that it may have been introduced to Scotland from Holland. It ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. THE FIRST AGRICULTURIST.

    Long before the advent of man on this old world of ours, the worm was the first agriculturist, writes Leo Walmsley in "John o' London's ...

    Article : 331 words
  13. RUNNING NO RISKS.

    "According to the testimony of the witnesses, you were, caught just as you were getting out of the window with the contents of the till in your ...

    Article : 612 words
  14. A NEW GAME.

    Great amusement was caused not long ago at a gathering which included a well-known novelist, a v couple of journalists, a doctor, a ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. THE MOLE.

    The mole is not blind, as many people suppose. "Off The contrary, it has quite sharp vision. Its eyes, however, are almost hidden beneath ...

    Article : 107 words
  16. SHOULD WE OBEY ?

    Children, before they are instructed, resemble animals, insomuch as they obey their natural instincts, which rarely lead them astray. ...

    Article : 477 words
  17. KHAKI FROM. CUTTLEFISH !

    It is interesting to' know the origin of colours--and here are a few extraordinary cases. The exquisite colour, Prussian blue, ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. OUR INFLEXIBLE BRAINS.

    The size of a muscle may be increased by exercise or even by temporary use. The bony structure of our limbs is inside and controls their ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. KILL THAT ANT.

    One of the greatest nuisances against which housewives have to contend is the ant. Ant's will never visit places that ...

    Article : 320 words
  20. SWAGGER NAMES FOR DOGS.

    "Why," said a friend to a Midland clergyman, "do you call your dog Kilbroth Hattaavah ?" ' "Read your Bible," retorted the ...

    Article : 293 words
  21. HEAT OF SUMMER, EXPLAINED.

    It is warm in sum met because at that season of the year the heat rays of the sun strike our part of the earth through less air. The blanket ...

    Article : 168 words
  22. TIPPERRACHERRA.

    There is a strip of land situated in Assam, about twenty miles from South Sylhet, over which Great Britain has no dominion. This is ...

    Article : 228 words
  23. IS WITCHCRAFT DEAD ?

    We constantly hear it said that "this is the twentieth century ; superstition and all that sort of thing died out long ago." Yet there is ...

    Article : 713 words
  24. WISE MEN SAY--

    That worry never paid any bill except the doctor's. That you can never be tired of life ; you are only tired of yourself. ...

    Article : 143 words
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