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  2. AMERICAN HUMOUR.

    Weakest Cog.—"What's most liable to get broke about your automobile?" "The owner." replied Mr. Chuggins. Good Control.—"That man has a ...

    Article : 792 words
  3. "SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    A satchel with a burglar-alarm attachment is one of the latest ideas for protecting bank messengers and paymasters from thieves. Inside the ...

    Article : 92 words
  4. BABY'S FIRST TOOTH.

    "George!" exclaimed Mrs. Younghusband, with a radiant smile, "baby has a tooth!" "Has He?" was the response in a ...

    Article : 278 words
  5. ORIGIN OF MARINE PHRASES.

    Practically every recognised language has been called upon at some time to help in building up the vocabulary of the sea. ...

    Article : 387 words
  6. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    In Ceylon there is a shellfish—a kind of mussel—which positively sings. In still weather, when the water has ebbed away from the ...

    Article : 854 words
  7. A LEGEND OF THE ORANGE BLOSSOM.

    Like all familiar customs the origins of which are lost in antiquity, the wearing of orange blossoms at a wedding is accounted for in various ...

    Article : 291 words
  8. THE POULTRY RUN.

    When the chickens have remained in the nest long enough after hatching to become thoroughly dry, the hen and her charges should be ...

    Article : 257 words
  9. NATURAL GAS.

    As a motor car fuel natural gas is being experimented with in West Virginia, where the largest gas wells in America are located. The gas is ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. ORIGIN OF THE BLANKET.

    It was in the cold winter of 1340 that the blanket was first introduced. Its inventor, Thomas Blanket, was a Flemish merchant, who had settled in ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. POULTRY SHED

    The ordinary backyard poultry keeper could not do better than to Stick up a shed with a netting run in front of it, and beyond the run have ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. SOMETHING "CUTE" TO MAKE.

    The next time you "don't know what to do," try this. All you need for it is a strip of paper two inches or so wide and of any length—the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 279 words
  13. LIKE FATHER AND MOTHER.

    A gentlemen invited a certain lecturer to his house to take tea. Immediately on being seated at the table a little daughter of the house said to ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. GLASS COOKING UTENSILS PROMISED SOON.

    A New York glass manufacturer is experimenting with the making of cooking utensils of glass. Already glass percolators and stewpans have ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. MAKING QUITE SURE.

    Down in the mine Sam and his aged father worked side by side. Years of toil had robbed the father of his energy and his hair. He was ...

    Article : 189 words
  16. IMPROVEMENT IN POLICEMEN'S LAMPS.

    For the past two years the City of London police authorities have been conducting experiments with a view to discovering a new type of lamp for ...

    Article : 203 words
  17. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    To stop fowls from flying out of the yard you may pull a few flight feathers (the big ones at the tip of the wing) and so make the bird lopsided. ...

    Article : 433 words
  18. THE WAYS OF THE FROG.

    The extent to which the actions of animals are determined by pure unreasoning instinct is a matter of some dispute. It has been stated that a ...

    Article : 200 words
  19. A VALUABLE SQUINT.

    A short time ago, whilst lecturing to an audience of children at the Royal Institution, Professor Turner explained how astronomers measure ...

    Article : 224 words
  20. WHAT A NERVE!

    "I want Martin at once:" said the manager, as he walked over the workshop. "I'm afraid he's not here yet, sir," ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. THE SOUND OF LIGHT.

    Recent experiments are said to have proved that a beam of light can under certain conditions, produce perfectly clear and distinct, sounds. A ...

    Article : 254 words
  22. STOUTLY BUILT.

    She blushed very prettily as she walked into the tobacconist's big shop. "Yes, madam" said the assistant, ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. SICK BED HUMOUR.

    The sick bed, according to a medical lecturer, is not always the death bed of humour. To Tom Hood, when he lay ill, ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. INDISPOSITION.

    The teacher was instructing the class in the rudiments of the English language. "John," she said, "make a ...

    Article : 69 words
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