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  2. EVERLASTING LEAP-YEAR

    So far as proposals of marriage are concerned, in New Guinea it is always leap year, for in that island the men consider it beneath, their ...

    Article : 245 words
  3. DON'T DODGE DRAUGHTS!

    Laugh at draughts and throw physic to the dogs! Most of us have been brought up to believe that to get into a draught ...

    Article : 171 words
  4. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    Mead was a formented liquor made from honey, and once occupied much the same place in popular estimation as that now held by beer. It was a ...

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  5. FAMILIAR SITUATION.

    "Clara: "Oh, I am so glad to see you! I have some good news." Maud: "What can It be?" Clara (blushing): "Can't-you- ...

    Article : 279 words
  6. SCIENCE NOTES & HEWS.

    The north magnetic pole, it appears from late observations, cannot be precisely located as it is not a fixed point. From bis uncompleted study ...

    Article : 88 words
  7. EYESIGHT WRINKLES.

    Much of our defective vision- a weakness unknown aming savage races-is undoubtedly due to the fact that, after the tenth year, tie human ...

    Article : 270 words
  8. THE POULTRY RUN.

    Don't forget that pure, clean food has a most important influence on the flavour and quality of the egg. If you doubt this statement, just ...

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  9. WIND POWER.

    During the long winters north of the Arctic Circle the winds blow steadily at a rate that seldom falls below twenty miles an boor. The ...

    Article : 97 words
  10. STARTING WELL.

    "Now, be daddy's own girlie," coaxed papa, "and take the nice madicine." "Tain't nice!" protested daddy's ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. SCENIC EFFECTS.

    It is acknewledged that sky and air are the most difficult things to imitate on the stage, but this old problem has been solved . Clear sky, cloudy sky ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. HYPNOTISED ANIMALS.

    Hypnotising a hen is a trick known to most country boys. It is an old experiment first described, by the Jesuit Father, Athanasius Kirchier ...

    Article : 202 words
  13. HIS LAST EFFORT.

    "What a life!" sighed the agent for the dead-and-dry encyclopaedia, as he turned in at the gate of a country cottage. But his natural qualities soon ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. CORNET PLAYERS LIVE LONG.

    Investigations made by a doctor leads him to conclude that musicians who play wind Instruments are exceptionally long-lived. ...

    Article : 197 words
  15. LIES DETECTED BY BREATH.

    When a man is telling a lie be breathes differently from when he is telling the truth. The difference was discovered by means at some tests ...

    Article : 238 words
  16. A RACE OF RACERS.

    In Mexico, in the little mountain town of Booeyna, in the State of Chihuahua, there is a tribe of Indians called Tarahumarus. Their ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. WHERE 18 IS HONOURED.

    The dread of No. 13 has only a limited geographical range. In the East and in the West the number is honoured. In the Indian Pantheon there ...

    Article : 140 words
  18. MISSED HIS PILL AFTER ALL.

    Ma: "Come here, Tommy, and have a pill." Tommy: "I don't like pills, ma." Ma: "All right, Tommy; go and ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY.

    Two young subalterns of a regiment stationed at Gibraltar were mounting guard when one overbalanced and fell over the cliff, being instantly killed. ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. RUNNING NO RISKS.

    "Surely you we rather young to be left in charge of a chemist's shop?" said a stout lady sternly, as she eyed the youth behind the counter. ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. THAT WAS QUITE SAFE.

    As she went through her letters at the breakfast table little Mrs. Newwedde frowned thoughtfully. "Herbert, I can't understand this," ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. NOT A QUESTION OF MONEY.

    Jimmy Pouter was a little man, and as pugnacious as a ferret until be met someone bigger than himself. One day he went into a restaurant ...

    Article : 162 words
  23. THE BIRTH OF THE TELEPHONE

    It was on May 16 1873, that the future inventor of the telephone became Professor of vocal Physionlogy in Boston University, and turned his ...

    Article : 272 words
  24. WHY HE COULON'T SPELL.

    The master of an elementary school sent a circular letter to the parchis of several backward boys who were under his charge, stating that unless ...

    Article : 153 words
  25. ON HIS LEFT HAND.

    A teacher, during a geography lesson, was drilling her scholars on the points of the compass. She told them that if they were facing the ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. A DISCREET STEP.

    With a skirl and a screech, an elderly man in full Highland costume and playing the bagpipes marched and down the street. ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. A DIFFERENT BITE.

    "The worst winter I remember was when we were besleged," said the old soldier. "We only had one bite a day for two weeks. and that was ...

    Article : 121 words
  28. GAVE HIM AWAY.

    With a stormy look on his face, the master of the house waylaid the servant in the kitchen. "Look here," he, began angrily ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. SO ANNOYING.

    A very inquisitive man was sitting at table next a man who had lost an arm above the elbow. "I see you have lost an arm ...

    Article : 51 words
  30. MORE INTERESTING.

    Fair Girl: "My father made his fortune when he was a young man, Would you like to know how he did it?" ...

    Article : 45 words
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