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  2. BAFFLING "BILL SIKES."

    The nervous householder, whose thoughts run to burglars, would sleep more peacefully o" nights if he would only take a few simple, ...

    Article : 820 words
  3. MOTHS' HEADS CHANGED.

    A wonderful feat has been performed by an Austrian scientist, who has succeeded in changing the beads of two butterflies ! ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. BREAD FROM NUTS.

    The walnut can be put to more uses than most people imagine. In California it has been discovered that no part of this product need be ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. THE CORK HARVEST.

    Forests of cork trees are to be found in many parts of Southern Europe and also in Asia and Africa; but it is from Spain that the best ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. SUPER-SMOKERS.

    Not long ago there died in Holland a certain Mynheer van Kiees, who could justly claim to have been the world's greatest smoker. ...

    Article : 143 words
  7. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    The tall American lounged into the hall of the small country hotel. "Say," he drawled to the proprietor, "has my baggage turned up ...

    Article : 843 words
  8. SARGASSO SEA SECRETS

    Most people know that the Sargasso Sea consists of an immense mass of seaweed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, but few know anything of ...

    Article : 194 words
  9. THE LANGUAGE OF BEES.

    Can animals and insects talk to each other ? A German scientist, Professor Karl von Frisch, when making tests on bees, discovered ...

    Article : 385 words
  10. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    A giant aeroplane to carry twenty-four soldiers has been successfully tested at the Brooklands aerodrome. The years between the ages of ...

    Article : 263 words
  11. HAVE A LEMON !

    It is not generally known that if a lemon is well warmed before being cut and squeezed it will yield twice as much juice as otherwise. Lemons ...

    Article : 421 words
  12. "THE SKIDDY DEMON."

    A remarkable notice was issued recently in China for the guidance of motorists. It ran :—"At the rise of the hand of the ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. POISONS YOU EAT EVERY DAY.

    How many people who were startled by the recent epidemic of food poisoning realize that daily most of us consume poison with our meals ? ...

    Article : 510 words
  14. CARGOES DREADED BY CREWS.

    Curiously enough, one of the safest cargoes is dynamite, which is among the most violent of all explosives. Except in very exceptional ...

    Article : 166 words
  15. FACES WORTH FORTUNES

    "Bull" Montana, known everywhere as the "burglar-faced man," is one of the "movie" stars of America. His main asset is a certain type of ...

    Article : 394 words
  16. IDEAS WORTH FORTUNES.

    An apparatus for washing the skin; a bed that contains a wardrobe, a trouser-press, and a mirror ; ornamented bootlaces ; a canvas machine ...

    Article : 340 words
  17. COLOUR CHANGING STONE.

    A new precious stone has been discovered which has the remarkable property of changing its colour. Heliodore, as the new stone has been ...

    Article : 217 words
  18. WHEN CRICKETS CHIRP.

    If you live in an old house you are almost certain to have a cricket to keep you company in the evenings. One seldom sees these cheerful little ...

    Article : 232 words
  19. ANIMALS' FRIENDSHIPS.

    A French horse, which went to England to take part in the St. Leger, always has a sheep as travelling companion, and becomes miserable when ...

    Article : 642 words
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