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  2. TONICS FOR TREES.

    Trees and plants can now be chloroformed, much in the same way as a doctor administers an anaesthetic to a patient. ...

    Article : 169 words
  3. THE BLUE-BOTTLE MENACE.

    Three million pounds' worth of sheep have been killed in Australia in one year by the common blue-bottle or blow-fly. ...

    Article : 299 words
  4. OLD-TIME SPEED RECORDS.

    Now that the aeroplane enables one to breakfast in London, lunch in Paris, and take afternoon tea in Belgrave Square, and when even a ...

    Article : 515 words
  5. FOUNDER OF GUY'S HOSPITAL.

    A curious story is told of the manner in which Guy's Hospital came into being. Guy, the founder, was a bookseller, ...

    Article : 206 words
  6. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    George was strolling along the bank of the river when he came across a visitor fishing. "Man," said George,, "you won't ...

    Article : 816 words
  7. THE IDEAL WAGE ?

    What is the ideal wage ? And every wage-earner will answer without hesitation : "The largest possible I" Nor will he be wrong in so ...

    Article : 1,343 words
  8. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    These baked dumplings help to keep the cold out : Mix together a Pound of Hour, two ounces of suet, well chopped, two ounces of sugar, ...

    Article : 737 words
  9. BOXERS' FUNNY FADS.

    Professional boxers are weird and wonderful fellows in their habits and superstitious fancies. Joe Walcott, better known as the ...

    Article : 523 words
  10. THOSE "NERVY" PEOPLE.

    "Nerves" ought to be classed as an offence--a crime, if you like--and "sufferers" ought to get anything from six weeks' up to six months' ...

    Article : 717 words
  11. GHOSTS THAT HAUNT TRAINS.

    There are more ghosts in trains and railway stations than is generally supposed. For many years a rumour was ...

    Article : 675 words
  12. ADAM'S BEAUTY PARLOUR.

    Is the modern man a secret worshipper at the shrine of beauty ? A recorder of facts and fancies replies in the affirmative. Moreover, ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. DRESSED LIKE ADAM.

    In the wilds of the Chichihu district of Japan live a group of mountaineers clad only in tho costume of Adam. Their existence was unknown ...

    Article : 267 words
  14. HOW DO YOU SHAKE HANDS ?

    Dr. Charles F. Boger, of Cleveland, Ohio, declares that there are, broadly, only five varieties of, hand-clasp, and that the manner in which one ...

    Article : 195 words
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