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  2. BUFFALO BILL

    Years ago millions of buffaloes roamed the plains of North America, but now there are only two small herds, 20 in each, situated in private ...

    Article : 591 words
  3. OLD KING COAL

    New villages are rapidly springing up in Nottinghamshire, England, around coal pits which are being sunk in the haunts of Robin Hood ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. FALLING WATER AND ITS WONDERS

    Switzerland is to derive enough power from a new waterfall in the Alps to drive all her trains; and now comes news of a wonderful scheme ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. FEEDING SHEEP

    All of you who have visited the country must have wondered when you saw sheep put to graze in paddocks with but a scanty supply of ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. MIRACLE THAT NEVER WAS

    To the wise old priest of the village of Nagyszakaesi, in Hungary, came two mothers, bringing with them their little girls, who had a ...

    Article : 494 words
  7. CARE OF THE EARS

    You often see boys and girls pushing bits of wood and various small articles into their ears. Now this is an exceedingly foolish habit, and ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. IN UNKNOWN COUNTRY

    Mr. and Mrs. Visser, the Dutch climbers and explorers, who are now on an expedition in the country where Russia, India, and China meet ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. INSECTS

    How does an inspect breathe? Have you ever bothered your head by thinking about it? Probably not, but it's just as well to know a lot ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. MAN v. TIGER

    Ceaseless warfare is waged in India against the wild beasts they prey on man. Rewards are offered for each ...

    Article : 153 words
  11. DINNER IN THE CLOUDS

    Flying, having overcome its early difficulties, is becoming luxurious. The world's biggest air express, which now travels on the Imperial ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. GUIDING AN AEROPLANE

    When you see an aeroplane soaring up in the sky, turning half this way and then back again, don't you wonder how it is done without ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. RIDDLES

    What fields neither grow nor set sunlight?—Coalfields. Why are free sittings in church harmful?—Because you are then ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. A CHILD AND A SCREW

    When an operation was performed on an American woman the other day, a screw was found embedded in her lungs. ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. AIR KILLS A MAN

    An accident in the Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, England, is said to be unique in the annals of coal-mining. ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. WHAT IS OXYGEN?

    The air we breathe is composed of 21 per cent, oxygen, and it is essential to life. Oxygen is an invisible gas, without taste or small. It does ...

    Article : 165 words
  17. ON THE FLYING CARPET

    A sick man has just travelled from Dorset to Switzerland in a way that recalls the Arabian Nights story of the flying carpet. ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. The Bank of England

    Doubtless many of you have heard the expression, "Safe as the Bank of England"? Do you know why people say this? Well the Bank of England ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. THE BALL AND THE BIRD

    There have been some curious incidents with birds on the golf links in the last few weeks. A man at one golf links was ...

    Article : 110 words
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