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  2. INSECT NOISES.

    The plaintive love-song of the cricket, and all the other insect sounds that are heard on a summer night, may have no meaning at all to the ...

    Article : 161 words
  3. A PAYING GUEST.

    Although the life of a paying guest is not one of unadulterated bliss it has its compensations, not the least of which is the opportunity it ...

    Article : 1,000 words
  4. LIZARDS IN INDIA.

    I wonder whether readers have ever played billiards under more peculiar circumstances than I have seen them played, here in North-West India. It ...

    Article : 279 words
  5. FLIRTING FORBIDDEN.

    Many doctors regard kissing as a dangerous and obnoxious hiabit; but there are places where kissing and flirting are offences against the laws ...

    Article : 155 words
  6. MAN-MADE VOLCANOES.

    In a score of different places in the British islands underground fires are smouldering. Some have been alight for many years and are fair ...

    Article : 339 words
  7. NIGHTMARE WORLDS.

    It is now some years since the world became too small for our novelists. Mr. H. G. Wells set a fashion when he took us to the moon, ...

    Article : 660 words
  8. FIRST RAILWAY SIGNAL.

    Railway signals were the invention Of a railway policeman. At one time the police had to stand on point duty, directing traffic by hand One ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. INHERITED!

    The other day a friend of mine became the proprietor of an hotel. In discussing his plans he happened to mention that for reasons various, he ...

    Article : 708 words
  10. SEA-POWER ON THE CHEAP.

    The Naval estimates at the time of the Armada were about £56,000 a year. The cost of building the largest ship in the Navy in 1561 was ...

    Article : 168 words
  11. WISE AMD OTHERWISE.

    Some brides are beautiful, but all old maids are matchless. The most difficult form of punctuation is putting a stop to a woman's ...

    Article : 439 words
  12. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Yachts of about 800 tons cost about £100 a ton in these days. Oatmeal is stated to be the worst the cereals for bone-forming, as the ...

    Article : 370 words
  13. DRAMAS OF 'BUCKSHEE' BEER.

    The recent advertising offer of a Montreal brewery to give away a bottle of beer and a free drink to anyone who called for them had an ...

    Article : 515 words
  14. SQUINTING.

    The child whose eyes do not look straight or are in that condition commonly described as cross-eyed is much to be pitied, for not only is it ...

    Article : 1,060 words
  15. MUSIC AS MEDICINE.

    A medical journal has recently announced the results of some experiments made to ascertain the relation of music and medicine. ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. PETROL A BACK NUMBER?

    Motorists all over the world are watching with keen interest the experiments being made with "Irolene" the new motor fuel, which, it is ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. HARDEST-WORKED WORDS.

    It is stated after a long series of observations and tests that onefourth of our daily task of talking is accomplished by the use of nine ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. A MEAL IN A MONUMENT.

    Most visitors to Windsor Great Park have seen the equestrian statue of George III, which stands at the far end of the Broad Walk. ...

    Article : 116 words
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