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  2. ABOUT LIGHTNING.

    There are no “thunderbolts.” They are merely globular lightning. Sheet lightning is the reflection in the clouds of a distant and unseen ...

    Article : 315 words
  3. THORNS FOR GRAMOPHONES.

    The thorn of the common hawthorn, it has been found, makes an excellent substitute for the metal or fibre gramophone needle. ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. ROUND LONDON IN RAGS.

    “The clothes make the man,” says the old proverb. This saying is often debated, although everyone recognises that there ...

    Article : 866 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Two old school chums chanced to meet again, and spent an interesting hour exchanging reminiscences. “But, I say, old chap,” began one, ...

    Article : 913 words
  6. WHO INVENTED RAILWAYS ?

    George Stephenson ? Not altogether. While everybody has heard of Stephenson and his first locomotive, “The Rocket,” few people have ...

    Article : 222 words
  7. STOCKINGS OF HUMAN HAIR.

    All the hair combings in a Chinese household are saved as carefully as if they were nuggets. In course of time they are spun ...

    Article : 141 words
  8. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Boys and girls never play together in Persia. There were 123 licensed gambling resorts in France in 1914. ...

    Article : 420 words
  9. KINGS AS TRADESMEN.

    When Charles V. abdicated his throne and retired to the monastery of St. Juste, he amused himself by trying to learn watchmaking. ...

    Article : 273 words
  10. MARY’S LAMB UP-TO-DATE.

    Though there is some doubt as to whether “Mary’s little lamb” was the endearing little creature that it is made out to be, according to the ...

    Article : 487 words
  11. PEEPS INTO PALACES.

    The other day, an eager public was informed the ex-Kaiser had discovered his true vocation as a tailor’s cutter, and the fierce light that beats ...

    Article : 409 words
  12. ARE YOU A “CRACKERJACK NIB ?”

    It would probably surprise you to be called a “Cissy”—or even worse, a “four by two rube.” Yet both these terms are in daily use all over ...

    Article : 223 words
  13. HAVE YOU A FILM FACE ?

    Because a girl is pretty and can act, it does not follow that she has a good film face. The perfect camera face is the one ...

    Article : 331 words
  14. WORLD’S OLDEST SCHOOL.

    When children, puppies and kittens indulge in play they are doing much more than merely amusing themselves. They are really, though they ...

    Article : 257 words
  15. DECLINED TO DIE.

    Gathered together in the village inn, they were exchanging tall yarns. This one, told by Farmer Sprucer, was awarded the biscuit. ...

    Article : 290 words
  16. PAPER CAPS FOR SAFTY.

    Astonishingly strong paper caps, capable of withstanding powerful blows, though extremely light in weight, have been invented by a ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. BUILDING THE WORLD’S NAVIES.

    One hundred and twenty-one years ago—in 1799—there lived in Sheffield a little family scissor-maker named Benjamin Vickers. ...

    Article : 1,058 words
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