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  2. A CLEVER BABOON.

    Some almost incredible instances of the human-like ways of baboons are recorded in an interesting volume, "The Natural History of South ...

    Article : 205 words
  3. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    A British factory is constructing for British use an electrical generator of 40,000 horse-power-- a record figure for a single unit. The ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    At the last moment Mr. Gayley found he could not attend the garden-party at Miss Fenton's house, ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. THAT STRONG-MINDED WOMAN!

    In certain feministic circles to-day there seems to be a tendency to push forward in and out of season the modern dictum that woman is man's ...

    Article : 693 words
  6. MOTORISTS' AUTOMATIC GUIDE

    Invensive genius has found an automatic substitute for the road guides, route books, logs, and maps that motorists commonly use on ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. FORTUNES IN TOFFEE.

    In the early stages of sweet making, the old "hardbake" or treacle toffee was the only luxury on which the children could spend their ...

    Article : 734 words
  8. FINDING ENTOMBED MINERS.

    An instrument invented during the war for finding the positions of underground operations by means of sound has now been put to the use ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. AN UNBEARABLE SUSPICION.

    The caretaker of a secondary school tendered his resignation to the committee, and remarked, in the course of his letter, that the suspicion upon ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. WHAT TO DO WHEN IT'S HOT.

    Dress as airily, in garments as lightly coloured, as may be consistent with the work on which you are engaged. The darker the garments, ...

    Article : 380 words
  11. HUMAN SUBMARINES.

    A fortnight in a bath ! Night and day, sleeping and waking; most people think five minutes a long time, or, in the sea, ten or fifteen minutes. ...

    Article : 422 words
  12. PICTURE-HOUSE TICKETS.

    All kinds of instruments are used behind the stage in theatres and picture houses to produce imitations of noises, such as the clattering of ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. A MEETING AT MIDNIGHT.

    They met. Deep in the starry depths of November's cloudless sky, fair Luna trod her silvery path in maiden majesty. The cricket chirped, ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. MONEY IN BILLIARDS.

    Few people have any idea of the earnings of "crack" professionals at billiards. In a normal season, Inman, Reece, ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. MILK MYSTERIES.

    Milk is one of nature's familiar products about which even scientists confess they know next to nothing. To remedy this state of things, a ...

    Article : 437 words
  16. SURE PROOF!

    Kind Father-- "My dear, if you want a good husband, marry Mr. Goodheart. He really and truly loves you." ...

    Article : 258 words
  17. MINIFYING SPECTACLES.

    Spectacles that diminish the apparent size of the object instead of enlarging it are a late addition to popular optical apparatus. They are ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. PHOTOGRAPHS BY LIGHTNING.

    Killed by lightning while standing under a tree during a storm, it was found, on medical examination, that the victim's body was marked with ...

    Article : 135 words
  19. DICKENS AND THE COMPOSITORS.

    Among the many distinguishing traits of Charles Dickens was his inability to prepare manuscripts which could be read with accuracy or ...

    Article : 273 words
  20. HIS DAY OUT.

    "What I can't understand," said the young speckled pony; sidling up to the old horse, "is why the big electric light keeps moving, and why ...

    Article : 753 words
  21. BEGGARS IN CHINA.

    In China, begging is regarded as a very ancient institution, and hence arises the toleration of the people and the Government. ...

    Article : 191 words
  22. THE MAN-FACED CRAB.

    One of the most singular-looking creatures that ever walked the earth or "swam the waters under the earth" is the world-famous ...

    Article : 175 words
  23. THE MAN TO FETCH.

    Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of much alarm. "Helen," she called to her sister ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. WORLD'S DEEPEST WELL.

    One of the seven experimental boreholes being sunk for oil in Derbyshire has now been drilled to a depth of nearly 4,000ft., according to ...

    Article : 110 words
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