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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    A clergyman of a certain village was one Sunday questioning his scholars. He asked them quite a few questions which they answered ...

    Article : 806 words
  3. Only Recently Abolished.

    Delaware has punished thieves, highwaymen, assailants of women, and pick-pockets by pillory and whipping-post since 1717, when the first ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 158 words
  4. IN OTHER LANDS.

    A kite lifted a boy aloft at the military parade ground at Rouchin, near Lille, recently. Experiments were being made with the kite, when ...

    Article : 988 words
  5. TOY FILMS.

    Perhaps you have been puzzled over the making of those mechanical toy pictures, showing dolls, Teddybears, and toy cats apparently ...

    Article : 368 words
  6. Old-Time Magic. CHANGING A DUTTON INTO A COIN.

    Place a button in the palm of the left hand, then place a c[?]in between the second and third fingers of the right hand. Keep the right ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
  7. Cleopatra's Needle.

    Few of the many thousands who daily pass Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames Embankment know of the exceedingly miscellaneous collection ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. A RISING CARD TRICK.

    A rising card trick can be accomplished with very little skill by using the simple device illustrated. The only things needed are four ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 201 words
  9. How Kipling was Interviewed in America.

    In Chicago, considerably more than twenty years ago, I obtained a chance interview from Rudyard Kipling. At that time Kipling, ...

    Article : 1,100 words
  10. An Oft-Told Tale.

    The tale of the Joss of the Birkenhead has often been related, but can never be too often told. The troop transport left Simon's Bay ...

    Article : 297 words
  11. Porter's Coats as Afghan Uniforms.

    The Amir of Afghanistan is exceedingly anxious to Westernise his country, but it is rumoured that some of his subjects are nots ...

    Article : 273 words
  12. A Dovetail Joint Puzzle.

    A simple but very ingenious example in Joinery is illustrated. In the finished piece, Fig. 1. the dovetail appears on each side of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 143 words
  13. Indian Heraldics.

    Alert Day, an old Indian village on Vancouver Island, Alaska, possesses the most complete collection of totem poles to be found ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. His Plan of Campaign.

    A sergeant in charge of a squad, of recruits was waiting in front of the Dog and Gun public-house, expecting the arrival of the ...

    Article : 281 words
  15. Weather Made to Order.

    Is it possible to make weather to order? In the opinion of that eminent scientist, Sir Oliver Lodge, it is by no means beyond the powers ...

    Article : 278 words
  16. Trams on Holy Ground.

    The statement that Jerusalem and its vicinity ore to be modernised by the laying down of an electriclighting plant and the construction ...

    Article : 269 words
  17. Workhouse Children.

    In January, 1913, the number of children in receipt of relief from the State in England and Wales was close on a quarter of a ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. Advertising

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