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  2. TREASURE IN A TOMB.

    One of the most dramatic discoveries in the history of archaeology occurred when a fall of the cliff near Byblos, Syria, scooped a corner out ...

    Article : 169 words
  3. MYSTERY OF AURORA BOREAUS.

    The most puzzling of all atmospheric mysteries has been solved. It is the aurora borealis—the strange arch of shimmering light that now ...

    Article : 1,157 words
  4. HERRING FISHERS AND WIRELESS.

    The herring fishers have special reason to he grateful for the perfection of wireless telegraphy. A few years ago the comparatively few trawlers ...

    Article : 186 words
  5. TOUCHING WOOD.

    Many people, after they have, boasted of their good luck, proceed to "touch wood." So did our remote ancestors, the tree worshippers. ...

    Article : 225 words
  6. PESTS THAT PAY.

    Thae variety of cactus known as the prickly pear was brought to Australia by an American girl and planted in a garden. Finding none of its ...

    Article : 332 words
  7. THRILLING HONEYMOONS.

    A well-known big-game hunter and his wife just returned from a honeymoon spent in the village of a hitherto unknown Central African tribe. ...

    Article : 185 words
  8. INSECTS ARE GOOD TO EAT.

    Why don't you eat insects? Nearly every vegetable and animal contributes something to the World's food store, yet insects are neglected ...

    Article : 308 words
  9. BRITAIN'S LITTLE INCOMES.

    In the minds of most people the national revenue is linked almost solely with the millions derived from income-tax, the duties on beer and ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Every towering monument must have a strong foundation. Life is always worth living; it's the way we look at it that is wrong. ...

    Article : 625 words
  11. CLAY BECOMES CHINA.

    The story of china making begins properly with clay—to be accurate, light clay, the particular species used in china making. Clay is most ...

    Article : 609 words
  12. THE FIRST ADVERTISEMENT.

    The first known English newspaper advertisement concerned, not pills, soap, tobacco, or clothing, but a lost horse. It appeared in the 'Moderate' ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. STARS WITH TWIN SISTERS.

    We are accustomed to look upon; the stars as distant suns, that shine always with the same light. But stars are not nearly so well behaved ...

    Article : 586 words
  14. PUZZLES SOLVED BY PIGS.

    A pig belonging to a Midlands farmer was sold to a dealer who lived eight miles away. The morning after the sale the pig reappeared in its old ...

    Article : 197 words
  15. DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.

    Sheffield plate was discovered by accident in 1742 by Thomas Bolsover, a Sheffield mechanic. It is said that he was repairing the ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Australian apples sold at the British Empire Exhibition totalled up to a weight of over 1,500 tons., Deepest of the oceans, the Pacific ...

    Article : 394 words
  17. HOW CHORUS GIRLS KEEP FIT.

    The old Chinese custom of paying the doctor to keep one well and deducting from his fee in case of sickness has been revived in America by ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. £500 FOR AN EGG.

    The most valuable egg in the world is that of the great auk, a bird once common in the regions of the North Atlantic, but now extinct. The last ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. ELECTRIC SHOCKS FROM FISH.

    An electric eel from South America over 4ft. long and nearly 4in. in diameter, is on exhibition in one of the tropical fresh-water tanks in the ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. AN OLD-FASHIONED INDUSTRY.

    There is at least one industry which remains unaffected by scientific progress. It is carried on in the beech woods of Buckinghamshire, and still ...

    Article : 227 words
  21. CAMERA AS DETECTIVE.

    An interesting discovery in photography is now being used by the French police in their work of criminal investigation. It has been found ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. DOLL THAT TALKS AND SINGS.

    A New York toy maker has invented a doll that can recite poems and sing up-to-date songs. A motor beneath the doll's clothing ...

    Article : 136 words
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