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The Causes of Shortness of Breath
Breathing is one of those bodily functions which goes on day and night with perfect regularity in health. That does not mean that it goes on at the same, ...
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The Royal Train
The most special of specials is the Royal train. This magnificent train was built at Wolverton, and was paid for and is still maintained by all the ...
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New Colors of "Budgies"
Such is the popularity of the Australian Grass Parakeet overseas that there has just been formed in Glasgow the Scottish Budgerigar Society. It ...
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Why Stars Twinkle
The difference to the eye between a star and a planet is that the stars twinkle, having light of their own, while planets, being visible only in the ...
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VANITY CORNER
Many women know what colors suit them personally, but very fer know the great ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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DANGEROUS CRAB IN THAMES.
[?] discovery in the Thames of a [?] specimen of the dangerous mit[?] is causing anxiety at the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. ...
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A WARM PROCESS.
The use of tobacco is so general today that one would think it was known throughout the world, but this is far from being the case, as the following ...
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FOOL'S GOLD.
Iron pyrites, a yellow mineral that looks very much like gold, is known to miners as "fool's gold," and is used by them to hoax amateurs and novices ...
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More Trouble.
The landlord called one Monday morning at a house in which, after some undesirable occupants, new tenants had been installed. The wife, not ...
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CHILBLAIN CURE.
Chilblains affect both young and old, outdoor as well as indoor workers, and indeed all persons who have a tendency towards a poor circulation. Any ...
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THERE'S A "CATCH" IN IT--FOR FLEAS.
A man home on leave from a trading-post up-country in China was mystifying us (writes a "Pearson's Weekly" correspondent) by passing ...
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CARE OF LEATHER COATS.
Of course, before trying to rejuvenate a leather coat you should remove all the grease marks. If this cannot be done with water ...
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"LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD!"
It is an old custom that we must never kill a ladybird. This is perfectly justified, for the ladybird is the greatest friend of the farmer and the ...
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S.O.S.
The agitated customer entered the chemist's shop. "A few days ago you sold me a plaster to help me to get rid of my ...
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Reassuring.
Passenger: "Is this 'plane safe?" Pilot: "Yes, safest on earth." ...
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WHAT'S IN AN APOSTROPHE?
Some years ago I watched a sign-painting genius while he put the final artistries on a masterpiece: "Ladie's and Gent's Restaurant." ...
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Hopeful.
A small boy entered a post-office and handed a shilling to the counter clerk with a request to be told whether it was a good one. ...
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SAVED BY A CIGARETTE.
By the simple act of offering a cigarette, a policeman of Bamberg. North Bavaria, prevented a would-be suicide from taking his life. The suicide, ...
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FAT MEN'S SHOP.
There is a small shop in New York Where they do "big business." It is not an imposing shop, but it has an imposing array of garments on view-- ...
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That Was All.
A stranger addressed the farmer's boy across the fence: "Young man, your corn looks kind o' yellow." "Yes. that's the kind we planted." ...
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Of Course.
The doctor was summoned on the telephone. "Come at once," he heard, in agonised tone from the other end. "My ...
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Corrected.
The policeman was giving evidence is a case of assault. "He was fighting his wife, your worship, when I arrested him and--" ...
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