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  2. MONOSYLLABIC RIVALRY.

    A good story is told in "The King and His Navy and Army," of Frederick III. of Prussia who had the reputation of being the most ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. AN OYSTER'S SHELL.

    A poor week thing is the body of an oyster apparently incapable of doing anything at all. Yet what a marvellous house he builds around ...

    Article : 326 words
  4. A GOOD DOG STORY.

    The intelligence of dogs was never better displayed than in the case which is reported from Greenville, New Hamptshire. ...

    Article : 355 words
  5. "LOOPING THE LOOP" IN 1846.

    It is generally supposed that the "looping the loop" idea, which is now a common form of amusement at holiday resorts is something ...

    Article : 659 words
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  7. SINGULARLY PRESERVED COINS.

    Some 15 years ago a gentleman purchased in Alexandria, Egypt, from a native who had found it in a wall of a building broken during a ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. "EGYPTIANIZED" CLAY.

    A discovery which gives good promise of affecting the clog industry and its various branches has been made (says a New York paper) by ...

    Article : 323 words
  9. DELICACY OF SCALES.

    Few people are aware of the extraordinary nicety with which weighing can be conducted by means of scales and weights in scientific ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Vesuvius, the famous Italian volcano, is 3,948ft. high. Germany's twenty-two shipyards give employment to 60,000 men. ...

    Article : 581 words
  11. WHY PLANTS GROW UPWARDS.

    Why do plants grow upwards ? Most of us would say that they grow towards the light. But the light explanation does not cover the ground ...

    Article : 301 words
  12. VULCANISED TIMBER IN ENGLAND.

    A considerable amount of interest, has been aroused by the annonuncement, as the result of a prolonged series of experiments, of a method of ...

    Article : 210 words
  13. HIGH-PRICED WORK.

    One often reads of the extravagant allowances granted the heads of nations by their respective Governments, and of the almost fabulous ...

    Article : 322 words
  14. IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.

    Country Editor: "You have done me many favours Mr. Richamann, and I shall be glad to assist that young, man by giving him work on my ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. PAT'S MISTAKE.

    Owing to the scarcity of manual labour in his native village Pat Doolan thought the best thing he could do was to cross over to ...

    Article : 126 words
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