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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Suitor: "What makes you think, sir, that I will not be able to support your daughter?" Father: "The difficulty I've had in ...

    Article : 735 words
  3. TRIAL—BY JURY?

    [?] shadow of a great sorrow bung the Campbell household. Campbell and her sister and [?]ldren mouned alike. ...

    Article : 1,382 words
  4. WHERE DO YOU TASTE?

    If asked what part of the body you taste with you might answer "With the mouth" But try an experiment. Put a fragment of salt into your ...

    Article : 164 words
  5. ANTS AS HOUSEMAID[?]

    For its sise there is no creature more terrible than the ant. The small kinds, we know are comparatively [?] but in South ...

    Article : 123 words
  6. RECORDS IN THINNESS.

    Platinum wire baa teen drawn so fine that 30,000 pieces of it placed side by side would not cover more than an inch, while 150 pieces bound ...

    Article : 202 words
  7. IMAGINE A GOLDEN RACECOURSE!

    The man who stakes hie modest half-crown on his fancy for a horse-race, or pockets a few shillings at the bridge table, little realizes the ...

    Article : 427 words
  8. OCEAN'S MYSTERY CREATURES

    Man has explored the land surface of the earth pretty thoroughly, and has classified most of its animals. But we know little about the world's ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. BIRDS NO BIGGER THAN [?]EES.

    The heaviest bird among flyers and non-flyers is the African ostrich. A big cock bird weighs from 150th to 200lb., and is proportionately strong. ...

    Article : 42 words
  10. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    To hire an artist's model for a day in England now costs fifteen shillings, just double the pre-War cost. A small test balloon sent up in a ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. WINGED VETERANS.

    Compared with other birds the wren is very short-lived, its average span of life being three years. The common sparrow is a veteran ...

    Article : 12 words
  12. THE MECHANICAL HOLE.

    A remarkable new machine for boring tunnels has been invented by a Philadelphia man. Tunnelling has always been an ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. A DOG HERO.

    Tribute to a dog's bravery was paid by the owner in an obituary notice, published recently which stated: "Died, at Torquay, Tom. dear dog, ...

    Article : 3 words
  14. ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR PHRASES.

    The expression, [?] pig in a poke," originated in Northampton Market, when some wags put a cat in a bag or poke and sold it as a pig to a ...

    Article : 32 words
  15. FIRST AID FOR CLOTHS.

    Nothing is more annoying at holiday time than in find that [?]est clothes have been dis[?]gured by a stain of wome[?] kind [?] ...

    Article : 3 words
  16. TIDAL TRICKS.

    Most people imagine that the [?] flow of tides [?] forcasted and that there is little or [?] in their movements. This ...

    Article : 51 words
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