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  2. Wise and Otherwise.

    Flippant Cockney (to countryman): "Are there many fools in this part of the world, my lad." "Yokel: Not as some like?" ...

    Article : 1,020 words
  3. Random Readings.

    Miss Marie Corelli, in "The Treasure of Heaven," makes one of her characters say, "After school hours I got an evening job of a shilling a week for ...

    Article : 427 words
  4. THE PRINTER'S FRIEND.

    "There is a man the printer loves, and he is wondrous wise; whene'er he writes the printer man he dotteth all his i's. And when he's dotted all of ...

    Article : 175 words
  5. Science Notes and News.

    The smallest electric dynamo in the world was exhibited recently before the French Academy of Science. So small is this dynamo that its base ...

    Article : 128 words
  6. The Poultry Run

    There is no more profitable combination than that relating to poultry-keeping in conjunction with gardening, and it is surprising that more ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 785 words
  7. New, Odd & Interesting.

    No bird of prey has the gift of song. The smallest humming bird weighs 20 grains. Female frogs have no voice; only ...

    Article : 819 words
  8. For Young Folks.

    There was a funny teacher man, As wise as he could be; His name was Solon Solomon Methuselah McGee. ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. CHEAP ADVERTISING.

    In the smaller communities in the West of America as well as in the East, one of the pests of the popular assembly, especially of the lecture ...

    Article : 278 words
  10. IRON ENOUGH IN SIGHT TO LAST 360 YEARS.

    The supply of iron ore available under present methods of mining in the entire world has been stated by geologists of international reputation ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. A NEW GAME.

    The "Hoop to Hoop" is an original new game which will delight the majority of little folk. Four children take part. Four wooden toy hoops, the ...

    Article : 198 words
  12. BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

    The extremes in age and size always awaken interest. England is well to the fore in this respect, the largest dock in the world ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. RESTORING THE ELASTICITY OF RUBBER.

    Rubber articles that have become hard recover their elasticity in a short time if placed in 3 per cent. carbolio water or 3 per cent. aniline solution. ...

    Article : 137 words
  14. TWENTY-THREE MILES HIGH.

    At regular intervals simultaneously in all the large countries, the weather observers make tests of the upper air by means of "ballons condes," or ...

    Article : 272 words
  15. THE FINISHING TOUCH.

    It was not a very pleasant face that Walter brought when he came to father for the finishing touches to his dress. ...

    Article : 191 words
  16. PUMPING THE LUNGS WITH A RUBBER BULB.

    Two members of the Rockfeller Institute, Drs. S. J. Meltzer and John Auer, have devised an artificial-breathing instrument, much simpler ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 648 words
  17. GERMAN METHOD OF USING FISH WASTES.

    The German method of converting fish unsuitable for food and other fish wastes into valuable products, such as grease, glue, fertilizer, and meal for ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. ROYAL CANDLES.

    Those acquainted with the life and history of the Prince Consort are well aware that he was a man of keen business instinct, with a penchant for ...

    Article : 448 words
  19. THE RAT WITH THE BELL: A FABLE.

    A fine old mansion in the country was infested with rats, the folks who lived in it did not know how to get rid of them, until a sharp little lad hit ...

    Article : 393 words
  20. LIGHTING LIGHT-BUOYS BY WIRELESS.

    A German inventor, Grimmeisen claims to have found a method for using wireless waves in the best manner for lighting up distant lamps, ...

    Article : 212 words
  21. PIES AS BIG AS HOUSES.

    An enormous meat-pie, weighing two hundred pounds, provided the chief dish for a banquet at Gorleston recently. It was made in three sections, ...

    Article : 210 words
  22. TO THE MOON IN TWO DAYS.

    Robert Esnault Pelterie, one of the best-known engineers in France, has just amazed the scientific world by describing an apparatus by means of ...

    Article : 323 words
  23. A BRAINY SALLY.

    On day, when the professor was hearing the class in anatomy, he was describing the manner in which the various muscles of the scalp perform ...

    Article : 242 words
  24. ANIMALS DON'T NEED EYES.

    Animals do not depend upon their eyesight in the same way as human beings. Cats and dogs could get along very well without eyes. A cat can find ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

    Henri was sojourning in London, and his English acquaintances had been very kind to him in the matter of invitations. His eagernes to learn more ...

    Article : 149 words
  26. DATE OF BIRTH AND THE STATURE.

    Investigations recently made in Europe and the United States are said to have completely established the fact that the time of the year at which ...

    Article : 152 words
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