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  2. MAKING LIGHT SPEAK.

    A new marvel of science is to he presented to the world. The one thing which cinema pictures now lack is the sound of the human voice, ...

    Article : 595 words
  3. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Diamond feels much colder to the tongue than does paste or glass. The English language contains about twenty thousand words which ...

    Article : 352 words
  4. DON'T CATCH COLD.

    The Medical Officer of Health at Toronto, Canada, has issued a list of "Don'ts" to help the many unfortunate beings who seem to catch cold ...

    Article : 406 words
  5. HILL WORK.

    We are all aware that climbing a steep cliff path, or even trudging up a moderate hill, requires extra physical effort, but few have any idea of ...

    Article : 383 words
  6. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Miss Olde: "This is a corrupt age," Miss Sharp: "Well, dear, you should know, being in a position to compare it with previous ages." ...

    Article : 917 words
  7. COMPLETE SHORT STORY.

    In the Canon's house at Santa Margherita they were reciting the holy rosary after supper, when suddenly a gunshot was heard in the ...

    Article : 1,751 words
  8. GRANDER THAN NIAGARA.

    A traveller describes the wonders of the Victoria Falls in Rhodesia. "They are not only the grandest waterfalls," he says, "but also the ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. THE CITY OF ACCIDENTS.

    Our fears, as a rule, are out of all proportion to facts. Recently we had a food poisoning scare, and everyone was examining tinned food. Then a ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. CREATURE WITH THREE EYES.

    Even the wildest monsters that inhabit Victor Hugo's romances are only known to possess one eye, or at the most two. Some of the ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. A HUNDRED SUITS A YEAR.

    King Alfonso never wears a suit more than half a dozen times, and, according to his admirers, there are many which he wears only once. ...

    Article : 457 words
  12. SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.

    A New substance which it is claimed will take the place of cotton is undergoing experiments. Arghan, as it is called, is said to ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. LIFE SAVED BY SIXPENCE.

    The use of a coin in the case of a ruptured vein was mentioned at a recent inquest. The coroner, himself a doctor, said that in most cases a ...

    Article : 417 words
  14. CHEATING THE UNDERTAKER.

    To fall head-foremost out of a train travelling at fifty miles an hour, and to escape with no injury except a slight scalp wound, is the sort of ...

    Article : 425 words
  15. WHERE ELEPHANTS ABOUND.

    Ten years ago it was commonly said that the ivory trade was on its last legs. Seeing that, for years and years past, the number of elephants ...

    Article : 380 words
  16. DISGUISES GIVE COURAGE.

    The truth is out at last! We know now why legal lights seek to cover their locks or their baldness, as the case may be by wigs. They wear ...

    Article : 243 words
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