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  2. Random Readings.

    Some interesting facts about the pigmy aborigines of Dutch New Guinea have been made known by Mr. Walter Goodfellow, the chief ...

    Article : 323 words
  3. THE LETTER "S."

    Di you ever think what a strange letter "S" is? It is a serpent in disguise. Listen—you can hear it hiss. It is the wizard of the ...

    Article : 259 words
  4. Wise and Otherwise.

    "What's your friend's business?" :"Oh, he's a discoverer of new Rom brandts." "Talkingrs left the house where he ...

    Article : 832 words
  5. For Young Folks.

    Here is an interesting lifting trick which amused a good many people a generation ago, but which has been nearly forgotten. ...

    Article : 151 words
  6. A POLISHED SURFACE NOT SMOOTH.

    Most people consider a polished surface as something absolutely smooth; that is, something with no scratches on it whatever. To ...

    Article : 189 words
  7. New, Odd, Interesting.

    There are 60,000 German people in London. London consumes about 14,000,000 tons of coal yearly. ...

    Article : 804 words
  8. POLICE DOGS.

    A fine piece of work by one of the Paris police dogs is reported. A constable noticed two individuals acting in a suspicious manner. He ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT.

    At no period of life does environment play so important a part as in the formative years which are passed in the schoolroom. ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. SOAP BUBBLE RACES.

    Soap bubble races are great fun and exciting up to the last moment, for one may be within an inch of the goal and lose by having his ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. HOUSE NUMBERS.

    Before the advent of the house number, only business signs, coats of arms, and house names marked the different buildings. Then, in ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. THE DEEP SEA LEAD

    During a fog at sea bearings are taken with what is called a deep-sea lead for the purpose of determining the vessel's position. This lead ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 131 words
  13. SOMETHING ABOUT TADPOLES.

    In the spring of the year you can look in the ponds for lumps of that dirty jelly that is really frog's or toad's spawn. Do you know the ...

    Article : 425 words
  14. SIR HERBERT TREE'S ADVICE

    The stage as a profession! Ah me, writes Sir Herbert Tree in the "Strand Magazine," what a long, dreary tale of disappointments these ...

    Article : 361 words
  15. BIG WAR FUND REGARDED AS PEACE GUARANTEE.

    The statesmen of Germany believe their war chest of £6,250,000 in cash that has been idle 40 years, is the greatest factor for peace in ...

    Article : 189 words
  16. SNUFF ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

    Napoleon was a great believer in the virtue of pinches of snuff oft repeated, though they availed him nothing at Waterloo, where he is ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. TELEPHONE WIRES LAID BY FERRETS.

    Mr. F. W. Lawrence, of the engineering department of the Chicago Telephone Company, describing the method adopted in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. WHY DOGS HATE CATS.

    The Koreans tell an amusing story in explanation of the enmity, which prevails between cats and dogs. ...

    Article : 298 words
  19. EDIBLE CLAY USED IN MANY FIELDS.

    No mention of the edible clay deposits of the United States is found in the list of natural resources of America. At least it is not called ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. THE TEARKERCHIEF.

    There are many quaint and pretty customs that prevail in the Tyrol; but none more so than that of the tearkerchief. When a girl ...

    Article : 173 words
  21. RIDDLES.

    What do liars do after death?—Lie still. Why is a thief called a jail bird?—Because he's been a robin ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. HAD TO TAKE HIS OWN MEDICINE.

    George Barr McCutcheon was waiting for a train in Chicago, and as be passed through the station he saw one of his latest best-sellers ...

    Article : 134 words
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