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  2. THE WORLD'S DISAPPEARING COINAGE.

    One of the strangest results of the war was the rapid disappearance of coinage from the world's currency. England has been very fortunate, ...

    Article : 680 words
  3. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Bronson: "Did you or did you not tell Brown that, I had the biggest feet of any human being you had ever seen?" ...

    Article : 840 words
  4. SAVING THE MAILS.

    Ever since civilisation spread to the uttermost ends of the earth, and communication between the peoples was left—apart from the cable and, ...

    Article : 731 words
  5. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Whenever the mercury drops to zero at Beaver Pennsylvania, the old town clock begins striking, and keeps on until the caretaker climbs ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. THE FUN OF BUSINESS.

    Lord Leverhulme recently told a good story to show why business men work as hard as they do. It is not for the money, he said, as much ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. WISE MEN SAY—

    That sourness spoils men as well as milk. That listening often pays better than talking. ...

    Article : 246 words
  8. THE FIRST MATCHES.

    Although three million matches are struck every minute it is probable that less than one per cent, of those who strike them stop to think of ...

    Article : 628 words
  9. SAVE YOUR FRUIT.

    Much of the choice dessert fruit gathered late in the season is spoilt in the storing. There is still an antiquated idea ...

    Article : 252 words
  10. TRAVELLING PLANTS.

    Although not capable of visible movements, flowers and plants can make speedier journeys than the swiftest animal known. The seeds of ...

    Article : 218 words
  11. SHORT ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Article : 423 words
  12. CRICKETERS IN PETTICOATS.

    The cricket matches between teams of women which marked the beginning of the present season are no novelty in the world of sport. ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. CANARY'S WHITE COFFIN.

    There has never been a funeral quite like that of "Jimmy." "Jimmy" was a canary, the bosom companion of an Italian cobbler, ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. HOW HEROES PROPOSE.

    The successful novelist always knows how important the proposal scene is, especially to his lady readers, and generally manages to work ...

    Article : 792 words
  15. WASP STINGS.

    Further advice concerning waspstings is sent to us by "Borderer." who has read our recent suggestions on the subject. ...

    Article : 220 words
  16. UMBRELLA DISTINCTIONS.

    It is no new thing to hear that China was ahead of the rest of the world in invention. Even the umbrella owes its ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. BRIDGES THAT GET TIRED.

    The fact that two men were killed recently as a result of the metal of the crane on which they were working becoming "tired" brings to light ...

    Article : 190 words
  18. SEVEN MISTAKES OF LIFE.

    The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others down. The tendency to worry about things ...

    Article : 96 words
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