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  2. THE AFFAIR OF RAVACHOL.

    William Melville went to Scotland Yard during a time of great stress. Things had not been going at all well there; slackness and corruption ...

    Article : 1,993 words
  3. A MINER'S STORY.

    A heavy rumbling, as of thunder, a crash and then—darkness! I shout and receive no answer. Taking my lamp, I walk cautiously towards the ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. EYES AND THE FILMS.

    Motion pictures do not tire the eyes even as much as reading a book does, according to experimental tests made on living subjects by two ...

    Article : 485 words
  5. THE TOILER'S "BREATHER."

    Investigations by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board on fatigue and rest pauses in the course of industrial work have brought to light ...

    Article : 124 words
  6. TEN-TON DOORS.

    Lucky people who have precious possessions usually keep them in a safe-deposit. There are nineteen of these. strange places in England ...

    Article : 242 words
  7. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    To remove rusty or obstinate screws, try holding a red-hot poker on top of the screw for a lew minutes; the screwdriver should easily ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. "CONSEQUENCES."

    The parlour game of "Consequences" is often played out in real life, when some action, often trifling in itself, sets going a whole sequence ...

    Article : 788 words
  9. FLOATING ISLANDS.

    Floating islands to most people sound altogether too fantastic to be true, and should, they think, be bracketed with sea-serpents ...

    Article : 719 words
  10. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    "I hear Hardupp's shop was burned to the ground last night. They say you could see the fire a long way off." ...

    Article : 606 words
  11. WILL MAN CREATE LIFE?

    Chemical droplets closely resembling the lowest of Animal forms, the single-celled amoeba, have recently been created by a French chemist ...

    Article : 141 words
  12. THE "CLOCK PLANT."

    There is a plant, a native of Borneo, which is known as the "clock plant." The name is derived from the action of the sun's rays on the ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. THE DUMAS TUNNEL HOAX.

    Glancing down at this quaint world from the slopes of Olympus, the portly wraith of Alexandre Dumas must be chuckling to hear the excited ...

    Article : 469 words
  14. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    The throwing of confetti at a bridal couple is the modern form of the custom of throwing rice. In Saxon days the happy pair walked ...

    Article : 331 words
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