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  2. RANDOM READINGS.

    The largest stage in the world is that of the Grand Opera House in Paris. It is one hundred feet wide, nearly two hundred in depth, and eighty feet ...

    Article : 84 words
  3. TAUGHT A LESSON.

    A certain class of shopkeepers try to force their wares upon passers-by, A traveller determined to teach one of these a lesson. The offender was a ...

    Article : 189 words
  4. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    The oldest known English picture is one of Chaucer, painted in the year 1[?]80. Oysters are such nervous creatures ...

    Article : 755 words
  5. CIENCE NOTES & NEWS

    To avoid the eye-strain caused by constant searching of the sky for hostile air-craft, a special form of periscope has been devised. The ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    Black Diamonds. Diamonds are in many colours, such as black, blue, red, pink, green, and yellow. Black diamonds are ...

    Article : 853 words
  7. GHOSTS THAT WON BATTLES.

    The belief in the appearance of celestial apparitions on the field of battle is a very old one and deeply rooted. ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. TRICKS OF NUMBER NINE.

    There are some curious facts and fancies connected with numbers. The number 9 is, perhaps, the first as regards such experiments, although ...

    Article : 355 words
  9. A NEW FLAG.

    The new "flag of peace" which was devised by the Hague Conference will easily break records in the matter of variety of hue. The great majority of ...

    Article : 94 words
  10. TRANSPARENT MARBLE

    Experience shows that marble cut into thin sheets, 0.02 to 0.01 inch thick, is sufficiently transparent to be used instead of opal glass for electric ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. HAD HER OWN WAY.

    It was a sunny day, and the florist's window, full of gaily-decked flowers, looked unusually seductive. Soon there entered a lady of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 271 words
  12. AN IDEAL JAPANESE HUSBAND.

    A Tokio review, the "Choukouyo Gousho," has been asking its lady readers for their ideal of a husband. Here are the necessary virtues of the ...

    Article : 165 words
  13. HOW DO ANIMALS KNOW?

    One of the mysteries still unsolved is that of the sense, by which the lower animals become aware of the approach of earthquakes. For three ...

    Article : 122 words
  14. FLOORED.

    At last the harassed father of a family settled down to read his paper. After much coaxing and many threats, the younger members of his ...

    Article : 150 words
  15. THE DOG DIED.

    "Hallo, Pat, I hear your dog is dead?" "It is." "Was it a lap dog?" ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. ONE OF NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS

    Jean Baptists Jules Bernadotte, one of Napoleon marshals and King of Sweden and Norway, was horn at Pan, France, on January 26th, 1764, and ...

    Article : 261 words
  17. HOW PLANTS DIE.

    That plants die like animals we all know; but we do not know the exact moment when they die. For hours a dead plant seems alive. There is no ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. AN UGLY MISTAKE.

    At a public dinner in the country a farmer, while relating something to the company about two Chinese women, said: ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. VERY CLEVER DEDUCTION.

    Going through the wards of a large hospital with some medical students, a well-known doctor was giving a few remarks on each case. When they ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. PERFUMES SHOULD MATCH COMPLEXIONS.

    None of our senses is so little considered as that of smell, and it is a sign of advance in civilisation that there is a growing tendency to develop this ...

    Article : 372 words
  21. THICK AND THIN SHELLS.

    There are several kinds of high explosive, shells, which,, have been designed for various purposes. For instance, there are the shells the case ...

    Article : 154 words
  22. AWKWARD FOR THE ORATOR.

    "Jones--Jones! I call for Mr. Jones! I want to hear what he has to say!" It was the tenth time that, the ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. PEOPLE WHO DO NOT THINK.

    The mind of the Eskimo appears to he solely concentrated on hunting. Nothing else seems to interest him. In his book, "The People of the Polar North," ...

    Article : 276 words
  24. THE EYES OF THE SNAKE.

    Snakes have no eyelids, and therefore never close their eyes. Their eyeball is covered with transparent scale, much resembling glass. When ...

    Article : 92 words
  25. DIAMONDS FROM SUGAR

    Although at first thought the statement seems incredible, it is perfectly true that a lump of sugar may be converted into diamonds. ...

    Article : 193 words
  26. BEYOND DOUBT.

    The leading draper in a certain suburb wanted an apprentice. One applicant for the situation had been employed in a fishmonger's shop, but he ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. HE KNEW OF TWO.

    At the Sunday school one afternoon the teacher started talking about the heathens who worshipped images of wood and stone. ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. HER CHOICE.

    "The man who can drive with one hand is the man for me," said Edna gaily. "You're easily satisfied," replied ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 36 words
  30. REQUIRES STRATEGY.

    Waiter: "And will you take the macaroni au gratin, sir?" Officer: "No macaroni, by gad! It's too doocid difficult to mobilise." ...

    Article : 23 words
  31. Advertising

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