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  2. MIDGET SEAPLANE.

    A new French seaplane, said to be the smallest in the world, can be assembled, piece by piece, in three minutes on the deck of a floating ...

    Article : 70 words
  3. BOMBS THAT DID NOT BEHAVE.

    Three Austrian schoolboys recently decided to avenge themselves for the low marks they had received in an examination. They connected a bomb ...

    Article : 552 words
  4. A FAIRY TALE ANIMAL.

    A character who might nave stepped straight from the pages of "Alice in Wonderland" is Pluto II., who lives in the small mammal ...

    Article : 261 words
  5. THE PYGMY PEOPLE.

    'Pygmies are the smallest race of mankind. They once inhabited a large portion of the globe, but their natural timidity and smallness of ...

    Article : 248 words
  6. NOTHING TO LAUGH AT!

    If you don't want to look any older than you are, and would not object to looking younger than your actual years, you must avoid ...

    Article : 169 words
  7. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

    "Honesty," interrupted Buck McGee, "is the best policy, as I've proved. I've been weighed in the balance, as you might say, and ...

    Article : 1,541 words
  8. "WAITING" AFLOAT.

    Waiting in an aeroplane may be compared to waiting on a dining-car or on board ship—but it is easier. ...

    Article : 526 words
  9. THE FARMER'S BEST FRIEND.

    In co-operation with the botanist, the bio-chemist is making marked progress in producing serums to be injected into the sap stream of ...

    Article : 425 words
  10. SCIENTISTS FLY KITES.

    Kites are often used for scientific work. Of course, they are not the toys of paper used by children. They are generally of the box types and ...

    Article : 217 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    A safe-blower doesn't blow about it later. An old farmer found himself travelling in the same compartment with ...

    Article : 591 words
  12. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    The best way to skim the fat from soup when it is required quickly is to strain it through a cloth soaked in cold water. The fat will stick to ...

    Article : 437 words
  13. GROW GREEN COTTON.

    Almost everyone who owns and loves a garden has some special ambition connected with it. Some people are constantly trying to raise ...

    Article : 396 words
  14. HOW ONE MAN SAVED A CITY.

    It was back in the Thirty Years' War—it was in 1631—that the principal event in the history of the city of Rothenburg took place—the ...

    Article : 379 words
  15. RING OF ROMANCE.

    A ring that would haye saved an Earl's life but for a woman's treachery was sold in London recently for £546. ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. THE MERMAID HOAX.

    The nearest approach to a mermaid ever seen on the English coast was the result of a hoax perpetrated many years ago by a student very ...

    Article : 315 words
  17. MAKE YOUR OWN GOLD!

    A new formula has been discovered for making synthetic gold by chemical means. One simply brings to a temperature ...

    Article : 113 words
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