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  2. THE BRITISH NAVAL PI[?]EDN SERVICE.

    One wonders how many understand the meaning of "B.N.P.S." outside the British Navy. Yet many minesweepers and patrols have had cause ...

    Article : 1,061 words
  3. SUPERSTITIOUS THIEVES.

    Some of the most notorious criminals, who, it might have been supposed would not pay the slightest attention to o[?]s, good or bad, ...

    Article : 313 words
  4. "DO YOUR TIME, SIR ?"

    There are some queer plots hatched in prison even. Lately, in a French prison there were two men of the same name, one in for a long time, ...

    Article : 376 words
  5. 365 TONS OF GOLD

    Altogether, the British Empire produces sixty per cent. of the world's annual output. In 1918 it produced £50,350,500 worth of gold. It weighed ...

    Article : 233 words
  6. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Mr. Sharp's performance in the card-room of a certain club had long been the subject of suspicion; indeed, more than one member had expressed ...

    Article : 959 words
  7. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Hackney claims a large number of war honours than any other London borough. During the war [?]2.864 men were ...

    Article : 377 words
  8. WORTH £30,000 A YEAR.

    Mr. Edsel Ford, son of Mr. Henry Ford., who has been elected to the presidency of the Ford Motor Co., is to receive s salary of £30,000 a year. ...

    Article : 288 words
  9. MODES OF MOTION.

    Transport has generally determined a nation's place in the world. It will continue to do so. The most indestuctible sign of the Roman ...

    Article : 705 words
  10. BROOMS FROM PlNE TREES.

    One of the latest discoveries due to the war search for substitutes is a new use for pine needles. It has been found that the needles ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. CATS THAT BARK.

    How would you like to have as a pet a cat that barked ? Such a freak animal was recently exhibited in Boston, U.S.A., and created a great deal ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. FLOWERS AND THE WEATHER.

    Many flowers are excellent [?]rometers. For instance, it is when the blooms of dand[?]lions have seeded and are [?]ly, feathery condition, that ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. COMIC CHEMISTRY.

    Because a chemist can conjure a dye or a cloth-cleaner, a perfume or an explosive form that evil-smelling mystery, coal-tar, one might be [?] ...

    Article : 548 words
  14. FISH THAT THINK.

    It has been proved by a French naturalist, as the result of a series of interesting experiments, that fish can actually reason, though very ...

    Article : 266 words
  15. SNEEZING SIGNS.

    Sneezing, from very remote times, has been held ominous. Our forefathers went to bed again if they sneezed while putting on their shoes. ...

    Article : 307 words
  16. THE "TWOPENNY DETECTIVE." ———— #?

    Great difficulty has often been experienced by detectives, lawyers' clerks, and others in obtainig an undoubted specimen of a person's ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. SCHOOLS AND THEIR CUSTOMS

    The majority of public schools in England still keep various old customs that have been in existence since the foundation of the school ...

    Article : 144 words
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