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  2. WHY DO WE WINK ?

    Have you ever realized the number of things you do without really knowing why you do them ? To say that you yawn because you are ...

    Article : 726 words
  3. RAILWAY THRILLERS.

    The production of a railway thriller does not end by the leasing of a branch line, a brace of locomotives, and six or seven carriages. The task ...

    Article : 719 words
  4. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Often he returned home late--So late that when wifey asked the time he'd murmur: "Oh, about twelve, dear!" or "Just after midnight, ...

    Article : 256 words
  5. FUSSY FISH.

    While there is hardly any freshwater fish from salmon down to dace that cannot be tempted with a common or garden worm, salt-water fish ...

    Article : 274 words
  6. POWER OF THE FUTURE.

    Some people will tell you that the coal age is passing, and that we are now entering upon the age of oil. All nonsense ! There will be coal ...

    Article : 265 words
  7. WHY MINT SAUCE ?

    Lamb is the only meat with which mint sauce is taken, and England is the only country where the custom is practised. ...

    Article : 250 words
  8. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    It takes 2,300 silkworms to produce 21b. of silk. It would take 27,600 spiders to produce lib. of web. ...

    Article : 682 words
  9. SAVE IN THE KITCHEN.

    Dear rations are made the most of by good cooking, but they become dearer still if the cooking is bad. Skill in the kitchen does not consist ...

    Article : 407 words
  10. AN ODD FAMILY.

    There lived at Ipswich in the reign of William III. a family known as the "odd family," a most appropriate name, as the following facts ...

    Article : 255 words
  11. IT MUST BE DONE.

    The new doorkeeper at the local .museum, had evidently learned the rules by heart before taking over the job. ...

    Article : 244 words
  12. A NEW SUN.

    It is a mistake to suppose that the face of the sky never develops a new feature quite apart from the occasional visit, of a comet. New suns ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. ACCORDING TO ORDERS.

    The doctor consulted his thermometer and looked startled. Then he hurriedly tested his patient's pulse. "Good gracious man !" he gasped. ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. REMOVING KINKS, £200,000.

    Why is a Negro's hair curly ? The question is suggested by the fact that Mrs. Walker, a coloured I woman, who died recently, left a ...

    Article : 356 words
  15. SAFER THAN A MOTOR-BUS!

    The modern aeroplane will "fly itself"--that is to say, the pilot need not touch his steering-gear unless he wants to change his direction. In ...

    Article : 266 words
  16. A WAY OUT.

    Aunt Mary was very strict--too strict for Eric and his little sister, who were fed up with staying with her. ...

    Article : 273 words
  17. JUST DREAMS !

    Dreams ! What are they ? Have they a meaning ? These are questions which we must all have asked ourselves once or ...

    Article : 818 words
  18. BUTTERFLIES AT SEA

    The most wonderful of ocean-fliers are the butterflies which cross the ocean in the spring. Naturalists tell us that one of the ...

    Article : 223 words
  19. CARDS.

    Most people are under the impression that cards were first invented to distract the melancholy Charles the Sixth of France but as a matter of ...

    Article : 199 words
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