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  2. ROMANTIC ST. KILDA.

    Many, have been the vicissitudes through which the lonely island of St. Kilda—attacked by a German submarine—has passed. ...

    Article : 190 words
  3. MODERN DOVE RESEMBLES ANCIENT TYPE.

    The document referred to is a true document ; for it was found printed by natural forces on the rocks of the Solinghofen quarry in Germany. ...

    Article : 636 words
  4. OCEAN VENISON.

    "Ocean venison," which is camouflage for whale meat has been eaten for years and regarded as a great delicacy by the Eskimos and Japs. ...

    Article : 879 words
  5. CANNED MUSIC.

    Have you ever thought, when listening to your favourite phonograph record, of the multitudinous and complex processes it has gone through ...

    Article : 339 words
  6. LITERARY SPENDTHRIFTS.

    The elder Dumas probably made more money by his pen than any other writer who ever lived, and he spent the money he earned with ...

    Article : 648 words
  7. CELLULOID NOSES.

    Operations are frequently performed to repair noses that have been broken or otherwise deformed. The practice has been to replace the ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. THE MEAT QUESTION.

    Vegetarians continue their antimeat agitation and, as applied to certain stomachs, their theories are quite sound. The fact is, we have ...

    Article : 533 words
  9. HOW PEOPLE BREAKFAST.

    Breakfast in the Sunny South is a repast towards which English folk have always looked with admiring eyes. People who go abroad for the ...

    Article : 559 words
  10. HOUSES WITHOUT NAILS.

    In Alberta, Canada, there exists a village where no nails have been used in the construction of the houses. These were built by Ruthenian ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. JEWELS FOR AEROPLANES.

    When I say I make rubies, the most valuable precious stone that mankind covets, people regard me with as much incredulity as if I said, "I ...

    Article : 405 words
  12. PUBLICANS' SIGNS.

    Gone is the old matter-of-fact notice. In its place the shopkeeper puts one of a decidedly more novel and interesting character. To advertise ...

    Article : 199 words
  13. HOW NATIONS SLEEP.

    What seems indispensable to one nation for a good sleep another considers the surest means of driving away repose. ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. BARBER AND SURGEON.

    The recent strike of barbers in London has attracted attention to that particular calling. It is interesting to recall that the barber once ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. SEA WATER AS LIQUID FOOD.

    It has hitherto been supposed that marine animals derive their food from each others' bodies and, in the last analysis, from plants. ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Two friends met in the Strand the morning after a raid. "Any damage down your way?" the first asked. "Damage? Rather !" answered the ...

    Article : 452 words
  17. DAILY PRESS ILLUSTRATIONS.

    Our daily pictorial press has lately opened the eyes of people as to the real possibilities of photography. The events that are thus caught on ...

    Article : 468 words
  18. MR. WORM'S BIT.

    In the ordinary mind few objects occupy a lower category than—worms do. Insignificant, almost below contempt, one scarcely ever contemplates ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. FAMOUS MEN WHO STARVED.

    In his early days Sir William Arrol the world-famed bridge-builder, to whom England owes that engine ring marvel the Forth Bridge, actually ...

    Article : 428 words
  20. FORTUNES IN WAR STAMPS.

    How much money has been invested in postagestamps issued in consequence of the war ? Two issues of Red Cross stamps of the Belgian ...

    Article : 242 words
  21. DON'T SHOOT THE BURGLAR.

    In how drastic a manner may a man treat a burglar who resists capture ? It cannot be said that the law is quite clear on the point. In ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS.

    Few visitors who explore Westminster Abbey are aware that there are many of its ancient and interesting parts of which they have not had a ...

    Article : 209 words
  23. FIRST BIRDS FLYING FISHES.

    Paleontologists — these scientists who deal with the ancient things of the earth—say that birds came later than fishes and reptiles in the ...

    Article : 254 words
  24. "TALL" DOG STORIES.

    A Newfoundland dog, when given a penny, would spend it at the baker's but if he did not feel hungry used to hide it under a mat. This was his ...

    Article : 277 words
  25. NO DISPUTE.

    The burly navvy and his wife were airing their views in no uncertain manner on the pavement. Presently a Good Samaritan intervened. ...

    Article : 159 words
  26. ALCOHOL FROM SEAWEED.

    Experiments at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, has obtained an average of about six quarts of alcohol from each 100 pounds of seaweed. ...

    Article : 146 words
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