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  2. RANDOM READINGS.

    Few people realize what an almost perfect condition prevails along a large part of the great wall of China. The bricks of the parapet are as firm ...

    Article : 144 words
  3. ELECTRIC CLOTHES.

    We may soon hope to see on the market apparel which includes an electric apparatus for warming the body of the person who wears it. Some time ...

    Article : 456 words
  4. WATCH THE CLOCK.

    Be careful about winding clocks. Wind them always at the same hour, and never wind them too tight. Find out just how many full turns of the ...

    Article : 226 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE

    "Daubeley seems wedded to his art. "Well, then, it's about time he applied for a maintenance order." "Had every penny taken last night. ...

    Article : 867 words
  6. "Fetters of Silence,"

    He lit the candle the flame burnt up, then died down, and in that moment of gloom, while the wax melted. Cording started, for he distinctly ...

    Article : 2,752 words
  7. INVENTORS' FORTUNES.

    The greatest inventions do not always bring the larger financial rewards. Roller skates are said to have brought their inventor nearly ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. STROPPING SAFETY BLADES.

    The safety razor, provided it is a good one, is a boon; but we often run up against objectors who venture to say it must be expensive to keep ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 130 words
  9. BABIES IN SIAM.

    All babies in Siam receive the same name at birth. This name is Dang, which means red, and it is the only designation vouchsafed the newcomer ...

    Article : 199 words
  10. RAGE OF THE SEASON.

    "Generally run down, sir?" queried the druggist. "Slightly seedy and want a good toning up?" The pale-faced customer nodded. ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. A FRIENDLY HINT.

    Ned, the friend of Bill, the fish merchant, surveyed him sadly. "Bill," he said, solemnly, "I ain't the chap to round on a pal, but that ...

    Article : 156 words
  12. WHAT NAMES MEAN.

    Those who are apt to regard with derision the Archibalds, Adolphuses, and Marmadukes of the aristocracy, real or otherwise, will learn with ...

    Article : 360 words
  13. BREAKFAST IN JAPAN.

    Breakfast, which in Japan is eaten at sunrise, is light and dainty. It commences with a small fruit, a persimmon usually. Then kamaboko is served ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. TEA-DRINKING IN RUSSIA.

    It is not correct to say that Russians like their tea without sugar; on the contrary, they usually take several big lumps. The peasants bite pieces off ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. AND HE COULDN'T.

    "All it requires is practice,'' remarked the professor, a ponderous, portly man. "There's no earthly reason why anyone shouldn't be able to ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. PLAUSIBLE PUNNING.

    A certain well-known professor had a habit of imagining the most hair-raising adventures, which he would recount as having happened to ...

    Article : 132 words
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