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  2. WASTED ECONOMY.

    A tourist was stranded in Norway with only enough money in his pocket to pay kis passage back to England. He thought the matter over and came ...

    Article : 243 words
  3. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    Coal-tar is an effective preservative for metalwork; but experiments carried out by the Military Engineering Department of Brest have shown that ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. HOW THE EARTH SPLIT OPEN LIKE A BAKED APPLE.

    North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia were formerly all one immense continent. They became separated and the Atlantic and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 506 words
  5. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    “As dead as a doornail” at first seems utterly senseless, but becomes lively and picturesque, when we remember that knockers were once ...

    Article : 877 words
  6. THE POULTRY RUN,

    What are fowls kept for? To-day eggs or to produce meat, or to do both together, all according to the breed. Which hens lay the best? The ...

    Article : 462 words
  7. CRANKS WHO HIDE MONEY.

    Among the eccentricities of the rich, the passion for always possessing enormous sums of ready cash is surely one of the most extraordinary. A former ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. AMERICAN HUMOUR.

    To be Exact —Judge “How did you get that awful bump on your head ?” Umson: “ Family quarrel, your Honor.” Judge: “ Hit by a piece of bric a ...

    Article : 864 words
  9. A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER AND LEATHER.

    A method has been found for manufacturing from seaweed a substance which it is declared, can be used as an inexpensive substitute for rubber, ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. WARE POISON.

    Week by week the melancholy result of the “wrong bottle” is recorded' in the papers. Distinctive labelling is of no avail, and inventors have ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. ARE YOU GETTING BALD?

    Although the subject of baldness has long been a universal joke among those blessed with a quantity of hair, those who suffer in this respect are apt to ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. COMPARATIVE COMFORT.

    "Perfectly scandalous, I call it!” snapped the commercial traveller, dashing his morning paper to the ground. “This hotel is supposed to be a ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. LIME FROM THE OCEAN.

    Mining material for the manufacture of lime from the bottom of the sea is one of the unique sights on the Island of Martinique, French West ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. THE POULTRY HOUSE.

    An expensive house does not necessarily mean a good house. Some of the most suitable places I have seen have cost very little indeed; whereas, on ...

    Article : 288 words
  15. ABOUT UMBRELLAS.

    No doubt, you regard your little gamp, with its silver mounted handle, merely as one of life’s annoyances as an object which rarely can be found ...

    Article : 183 words
  16. THROUGH THE SAND-CLASS,

    Undoubtedly the ancient sand-glass, apart from marking the course of time, has served many other purposes. The purpose for which it is mostly ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. SOME INTERESTING DISCOVERIES.

    Knowledge of the world has been enriched during the past few years through discoveries made by about twenty scientific expeditions ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. MIGHT BE WORSE.

    “Yes,” he remarked, stretching himself lazily in the one realty comfortable chair in the commercial room, “I’m the youngest child of a very ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. COULDN’T DO IT.

    The old gentleman who was always declaring that boys were not what they used to be stopped in front of a smart child. ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. QUITE RIGHT.

    “ Patience and perseverance will accomplish all things,” was a favorite saying of an old miller. He had just made this remark in a ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. A NEW IDEA IN INK ERASERS.

    Ink erasers need improvement Knives cut and scrapers roughen the surface of paper; rubber mixed with powdered glass or sand wears through ...

    Article : 219 words
  22. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    The domesticated hen usually loudly announces the laying of her egg. The original, primitive hen did just the same thing; she did it, no doubt, ...

    Article : 190 words
  23. THE UNMENTIONABLE.

    A little girl was told at school to write about 200 words on the motor car. This she did, as follows: “Uncle bought a motor-car. He went ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. AN UNFORTUNATE ERROR.

    She was a dear old lady, but very near-sighted; and thereby hangs a tale. At a dinner-party recently, while ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. ANTICIPATION.

    " 'Allo, Bill I haven't seen you for weeks—” Bill’s pal stopped suddenly Then: “But wot’s wrong, man?” he asked. “ You’re lookin’ mighty ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. WISE.

    “So you have determined to sue me for breach of promise?” “Yes.” “With damages?” ...

    Article : 77 words
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