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  2. QUEER TRADING IN CHINA.

    There is a wide field in China for dishonest travelling merchants, and remarkable consequences come to light occasionally. Some traders. ...

    Article : 280 words
  3. ANCESTOR OF THE DOG.

    The origin of the domestic dog has been a much discussed scientific problem. As a writer in the "Field" points out it was suggesed ...

    Article : 280 words
  4. AMERICAN HUMOURS

    In a Bad Fix.--"Wombat think he's engaged to the wrong girl." "Better break it, then." "He can't. He's buying the [?] ...

    Article : 829 words
  5. THE BLACK SEA.

    The Black Sea is the boundary between East and West. It is enclosed on the north by the southern coast of Russia, on the east by Russian ...

    Article : 240 words
  6. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    On the Chilian nitrate fields--where rain never has been known to fall, and where the product of the scanty springs is unwholesome--evaporation ...

    Article : 69 words
  7. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    In the Alleghenies, just beyond Cudersport, P., there is a cave a few feet below the surface, which is a natural ice mine, the celling, walls, ...

    Article : 855 words
  8. BULLETS WHICH HEAL.

    A new bullet that carries in its nickel jacket first-aid kits filled with narcotics to deaden pain, and with antiseptics to heal the wound it makes, ...

    Article : 300 words
  9. A ROCKET CAMERA.

    The military camera of a Saxon named Maul is carried by a rocket over the landscape which is to be, photographed. The rocket, twenty ...

    Article : 119 words
  10. COTTON AND WARFARE.

    Next to air, water, and food, there is probably nothing more essential to man's existence in the way civilisation prescribes than cotton. A bit of ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. THE STITCHES IN YOUR COAT.

    Does it surprise you to know that you have more than 30,000 stitches in the coat which you are wearing? Yet few men have less. ...

    Article : 168 words
  12. HIS OTHER DOGS.

    A young constable, walking his beat one day, met a man who had a bulldog with him. Going up to him, the constable ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. TOO MUCH OF AN EFFORT.

    A charming English girl she was, but she could not see the point of a joke; Her class mates at college, jolly, fun-loving girls, regretted this ...

    Article : 179 words
  14. WHAT HE SAID.

    Amongst other things, counsel wished to prove that his client had no money, and to that end he cross-examined a witness on the other side ...

    Article : 190 words
  15. INGENIOUS AIR BOMBS.

    Bombs thrown from the air are usually exploded by contact. With the Martin Hale bomb, designed specially to be dropped from aeroplanes, there ...

    Article : 148 words
  16. A MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY.

    It is reported from India that a mathematical genius has been discovered there. He is about fifteen years of age, is wholly illiterate, looks ...

    Article : 172 words
  17. DUCKS AS MOSQUITO CATCHERS

    At one time bats were considered to be a valuable means of destroying mosquitoes; but, according to recent experiments, the most formidable ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. RUDE OF THEM!

    For seme hours the angler had sat on the river bank, patiently waiting, always waiting. A stranger to the place had been ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. NATURAL PEPPERMINT OIL.

    The Ukraine is an almost unknown part of the world, but is nevertheless a vast, very fertile, and beautiful country; it consists of that portion of ...

    Article : 144 words
  20. THE FRENCH TRICOLOUR.

    The French have always favoured the colours of red, white, and blue, and throughout their history red banners, white plumes, and blue scarves ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. THE ONLY WAY.

    He was instructing some recruits in the mysteries of marching movements. After explaining and illustrating his remarks several times he ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. A HINT FOR NURSE.

    Mrs. Simpson had taken her little girl out to tea at a friend's house, and all went well till the close of the meal. ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. PA'S REVENGE.

    "Isn't It funny?" said Gladys curiously to her chum, Phyllis. "Father has promised to give me a pair of diamond earrings if I will stop ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. SUBMARINE'S TREASURE SEARCH.

    A spherical submarine, now being built, apparently solves the problem of recovering treasure from ships sunk at great depths. ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. HE REMEMBERED.

    Teacher: "Now, children, can you tell me what are the national flowers of England?" Class: "Roses." ...

    Article : 45 words
  26. THE "SHIP OF THE DESERT."

    For safety and endurance in travelling in desert regions the camel has been found unequalled by any other animal. Its foot to a soft cushion, ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. ON THE FACE OF IT.

    Smith, who lived in the West, left his home town early in his youth. Returning after several years, he was met by an elderly acquaintance whom ...

    Article : 161 words
  28. NOT DEAD YET.

    The first bather of the season had got into difficulties. With a loud cry he suddenly threw up his hands and sank. ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. AN OLD KIND.

    A young man, living in the country, when paying a visit to town, was intrusted by his father with money to purchase and bring home a ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. UNKIND.

    "I'm very sorry, Mr. Wixon," said the girl to the young man who had asked if he might take her in to supper at the dance, "but I've promised ...

    Article : 87 words
  31. TOO MUCH DOG.

    He: "Look here, I've been working like a dog all day at the office, and I don't intend to come home to crying children and an overdone dinner." ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. ANNOYED.

    "You were shooting this morning?" asked Smith. "Yes, I had to kill my dog," answered Jones. ...

    Article : 33 words
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