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  2. ELECTRICITY FROM A GLACIER.

    At first sight there does not seem to be much connection between a glacier and electricity, but it is a fact that the dwindling of the glaciers of the French Alps is likely ...

    Article : 150 words
  3. CHASED BY A MOOSE.

    The moose is the biggest and perhaps the tiercest of the deer tribe, and an infuriated moose is a dangerous animal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 253 words
  4. YOUTH RENEWED.

    "The days when I was young" need no longer be sighed for by anyone whom the calendar decrees has long since passed "middle age." They can be recaptured by ...

    Article : 341 words
  5. MAKING FLOWERS EVERLASTING.

    It Is possible to have beautiful blooms as fresh as on the day they were picked, standing in vases all through the winter in the rooms of your house. ...

    Article : 172 words
  6. STAMPS BY THE MILLION.

    Seven thousand million stamps. That is the annual output of Somerset House, where stamps of every description are printed and embossed. They range in value from an ...

    Article : 209 words
  7. GIRL WHO SMELLS COLORS.

    Remarkable gifts are possessed by a blind and deaf girl, in America, who, in spite of her afflictions can detect sounds and distinguish colors. ...

    Article : 158 words
  8. HOTTER THAN THE SUN.

    Until a few years ago it was thought that the sun's heat was the greatest that could exist. You can realise how intense it is when you think that the rays that burn our ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. UNIT OF ELECTRICITY.

    A French society for encouraging national industry has just issued a list of the things that can be done with a unit of electricity—equal to the work of one horse-power for ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. A RIVER AFIRE.

    For several miles the Smackover River, in Arkansas, was not long ago little short of a roaring furnace. During a heavy storm some earth ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. WORLD'S LARGEST CHEQUE

    One of the largest cheques ever written is on exhibition in New York. It is drawn on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is signed by the Financial Secretary ...

    Article : 82 words
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