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  2. A MYSTERY OF THIBET.

    The British mission to Bhassa, just before it reached the sacred city of Thinet crossed the Tsanpo, in some respects the most remarkable ...

    Article : 910 words
  3. THE SNAKE DANCE.

    The Hopi Indians of the Rainted Desert region in America have a very curious dance, called the snake dance. An eye-witness describes it ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. MARVELLOUS PARASITES FOR INSECT PESTS.

    Balance of power in nature is one of the greatest mysteries which its study affords. There was no phase of organic life which has not some ...

    Article : 521 words
  5. BUTTE, THE TOWN OF GOLD.

    Some time about the year 1860 four prospectors struck what is still one of the richest spots on earth. where now stands the mining town ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  6. HOW THE BLACKS FIGHT ALLIGATORS.

    Of late years alligators seem to be acquiring a bad habit of prowling about our harbour foreshores at Port Darwin. At dusk, recently an ...

    Article : 443 words
  7. THE COST of her SILENCE.

    "Mystery?" she repeated vaguely. "Is there any mystery beyond -- Margot's sudden illness ? That too, may he very easily accounted for, ...

    Article : 3,342 words
  8. HOW HE ESCAPED.

    "Heap o' tigers in India, am't there?" asked the yokel in the inn. where a soldier was drinking his ale. "Millions." said Atkins. ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. HOVEL SAVINGS BANK.

    The committee on Mr. Thomas Farrow's new national institution for the suppression of 69 per censesuary and the encouragement of ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. THE THYLACINE.

    Of the rare and strange animals now inhabiting the earth the thylacines of Tasmania, commonly known as the Tasmanian wolf, are among ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. HUMOURS OF SOUTH AMERICAN WARFARE.

    Warfare in South America is not taken quite so seriously as in most other countries, and many are the fantastic scenes which are the ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Snails in France cost,wholesale, 76 per 1,000. Wolves of Russia devour about 200 people every year. ...

    Article : 555 words
  13. THE SIXTH CONTINENT.

    Carsten Barrhgrevink. the Antarctic explorer. declares the sixth continent of the world lies at the South Pole. ...

    Article : 344 words
  14. THE MAGIC TRIANGLE.

    A very interesting experiment may be performed as follows : With a wet lead pencil point draw on a piece of thick paper a triangle-whether the ...

    Article : 278 words
  15. GENIUS AND WHAT IT IS.

    In his study of British genius. Dr. Havelock Ellis has considered 1, 000 persons -- including 55 women -- of the highest intellectual ability. He finds ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. SEA WATER THE SOURCE OF LIFE.

    A theory has recently been formulated by M. Quinton in France that sea water is the natural source of all life, being the tubstance from ...

    Article : 366 words
  17. WHERE LEAP-YEAR IS PERENNIAL.

    Among the inhabitants of some of the many Torres Straits islands it is one of the customs of the fair sex to propose not during one year ...

    Article : 342 words
  18. PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF SENTIMENT.

    It has recently been discovered by Professor Gates that unpleasant emotions create harmful chemical products in the body which are ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. A LONG "WHOA!"

    A travelling salesman hailed a hansom, but the driver, who seemed to be a good-natured chap was tongue-tied and stammered badly. ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. A WESTRALIAN BANK ROBBERY.

    An attempt was made by three men some years ago to get into the values of a branch bank in Western Australia : indeed, the attempt was ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. INEXHAUSTIBLE FERTILISERS FROM THE SKY.

    Prof. Birkeland the famious Noregian inventor has discovered a remarkable method of preparing agricultural fertilisers from the air ...

    Article : 143 words
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