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  2. SOME USES OF PARAFFIN

    Paraffin as an illuminant we know, but it has many other excellent uses. It cleans tiles beautifully. Tiled passages, if cleaned with paraffin and ...

    Article : 225 words
  3. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    The sable is about 18in. in length, and somewhat resembles the marten in form, being somewhat longer than the polecat in proportion to the ...

    Article : 881 words
  4. BURNING BANK-NOTES.

    A bank-note's life averages sixty-three days. Once the Bank of England receives a note back from the public it is never put into circulation ...

    Article : 295 words
  5. GOT IT.

    A certain good-looking portrait painter got a commission to paint the portrait of a rich city magnate. He improvised a studio down at his ...

    Article : 424 words
  6. SENSATIONS OF STARVING.

    For the first two days through which a strong and healthy man is doomed to exist upon nothing his sufferings are perhaps more acute than ...

    Article : 420 words
  7. THE FLAT TRUTH.

    Frank and Emmeline were very happy in their little flat at Golders Green--everything was new and neat and fascinating. There was only one ...

    Article : 233 words
  8. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    Printers' ink containing a radium preparation has been manufactured in Germany, by means of which newspapers can be printed that can be ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. FINGER-TWISTING MACHINE TO AID MUSICIANS.

    After years of investigation a Russian music teacher has invented a machine to twist and stretch the finger Joints, which he claims will obviate ...

    Article : 102 words
  10. NEW RAILWAY CLOCK SHOWS MINUTES AT A GLANCE.

    The minutes on a novel dial, arranged for the use of railroads, are big and plain, because they are so very Important to trainmen and others ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 83 words
  11. A PUZZLING TRANSACTION.

    Now and again one comes across a problem which is decidedly puzzling. Here is one which may cause our readers to wonder why such an ...

    Article : 163 words
  12. MAKING MIRRORS.

    It is stated that metalbaeked mirrors can be produced in thirty seconds by what is said to be a new process of electro deposition. A glass ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. COLD COMFORT.

    The refreshment-room waiter did not believe in hurrying.--in fact, it was a strict rule on that particular railway that nobody should show any ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. EFFECTS OF ANGER.

    Anger, says a writer, is the intoxication of the passions; like inebriety, by indulging it grows into a disease. "I cannot help it," says the ...

    Article : 358 words
  15. NO LUCK AT ALL.

    Jenkins, who had gone to the shop that sold everything to make a few purchases, happened to notice, while the assistant was serving him--what do ...

    Article : 190 words
  16. RAILWAY TICKET PRINTING MACHINE.

    A ticket-printing machine that greatly simplifies the work of the road ticket agent is being installed in a number of offices in Germany. This ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. MISUNDERSTOOD AGAIN.

    "Why, what, over are you down at this time of the morning for, my dear?" exclaimed the elderly newlywed. ...

    Article : 137 words
  18. STILL GENEROUS.

    It was her birthday, but he had rushed off to business with just the usual duty-peck at her upturned face, and she was left to worry the day ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. CARE OF PLANTS.

    Many people who, for one reason or another, do not keep a staff of servants, are worried by the thought that if they go away for a few days the ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. ELECTRIC HAND DRIER SUPPLANTS TOWELS.

    Drying the hands by means of a current of warm air is a modern sanitary device recently installed in a Washington office building. The ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. TESTING O[?]CARS.

    A well-known cigar expert has been dispelling some popular misconceptions anent the fragrant weed. He alluded to the belief that the whiter the ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. CURIOUS SCHOOL CUSTOMS.

    Mexican schoolmasters show their appreciation of a pupil's efforts in a curious manner. The diligent student is allowed to smoke a cigar ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. MODERN PAPER MILL TO BE ERECTED IN CHINA.

    Of all the inventions credited to China, none seems more surely the product at that early civilisation than paper. For many centuries paper has ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. A SOFT JOB.

    Mr Livermore had been ordered "horse exercise", by his medical man, and so bought a horse and engaged a boy to look after it. ...

    Article : 239 words
  25. HER IDEA OF ENJOYMENT.

    It was a sweet, sad play, and then was hardly a dry handkerchief in the house. But one man in the first balcony irritated his neighbours ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. CUTTING GLASS.

    It is commonly thought that glass is impervious to the assaults of age. But this is not the case, Glass, if exposed to the elements, will, like most other ...

    Article : 218 words
  27. CONUNDRUMS.

    What is that which we often return yet never borrow?--Thanks. What do you see people drink broth with?--Your eyes. ...

    Article : 175 words
  28. ONCE BITTEN.

    The dinner-hour over, the workmen returned to their work--that is to say, to the fierce political discussion which the dinner hour had--fortunately, ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. LONGEVITY OF BIRD

    In ancient days it was the general belief that ravens lived longer than any species of birds, arid it was said that their age frequently exceeded a ...

    Article : 176 words
  30. A TAX ON BACHELORS.

    There Was a time in England when the bachelor was taxed; but even if he attempted to escape by marriage he could not avoid the tax-gatherer, ...

    Article : 117 words
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