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  2. DIAMONDS FROM EXPLOSIVES.

    As a result of the war almost everyone will be able to wear diamonds This startling statement does not ...

    Article : 296 words
  3. BIGGEST AEROPLANE.

    At Farnborough, says the "Daily Mail," a few visitors were given a sight of the biggest aeroplane in the world. The triplane, which Mr. W. ...

    Article : 222 words
  4. BLINDED BY A CHERRY.

    Sixteen years ago a young man was brought into the hospital at Cairns, in Queensland, suffering from a strange paralysis of the optic ...

    Article : 502 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    The "boys" were coming home, and Slashton was determined to give them a great reception. Everybody hung out decorations ; there was a ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. ROMANCE OF THE STRONG ROOM.

    In a Devonshire church visitors are shown a rough oaken chest bound with clamps of iron, which is not less than six hundred years old, and ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  7. THE SMALLEST THING THAT IS.

    The scientist has at last discovered the very smallest things in the world. He has weighed and measured them as well, and can estimate ...

    Article : 326 words
  8. ONE UP.

    Mrs. Swanker was bursting with pride. "How d'ye like my new carpet, Mrs. Trailer?" ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Old-time law-makers would probably have been in sympathy with the Brooklyn millionaire who maintained that at the age of eighty-six he ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. DISTURBING THE PEACE.

    The two friends met on the street as they were hurrying to their respective offices one morning. "Hallo, Conker, old man !" cried ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. DON'T BE A BORE!

    The art of conversation is worth studying. There are many rules to be observed, hut they are all simple, and easy to remember. ...

    Article : 465 words
  12. MONSTER SUBMARINE.

    Among the many mystery vessels constructed for the British Navy during the war the K submarines were perhaps (writes the naval ...

    Article : 383 words
  13. STAINLESS STEEL.

    It was an accident which led to the invention of rustless steel. A certain Sheffield expert was experimenting to find a means of ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. CIRCUMSTAMCES FORBID.

    There was only enough coal for a fire in the dining-room, therefore the family stuck to the dining-room. "Have you ever loved before ?" ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. TROPHIES OF WAR.

    "I have seen many remarkable collections of war-souvenirs," said a friend of the writer ; "but none that can at all compare with that which ...

    Article : 595 words
  16. READY FOR IT.

    "Yes, grandma," said the fair young thing, "I am to he married during the bright and gladsome spring," ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. PENSIONS.

    New Zealand pays each totally disabled married soldier £156, and £26 for each child under sixteen. Canada.--£145, and £20 for each ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. BETTER FOR TRADE.

    The man from the States was talking--as usual. "You fellows are pretty slow over here." ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. PARACHUTES

    Now that civil aviation is actually a reality the question of parachutes will become a very important one in the eyes of both the aerial service ...

    Article : 445 words
  20. HADN'T MADE HIMSELF CLEAR.

    A near-sighted professor was' walking along a lonely road at twilight, when out of the hedge jumped a menacing figure with a sturdy stick. ...

    Article : 178 words
  21. WHY SMITHIES ARE DARK.

    You may have wondered sometimes why the village smithy is such a dark building, its allowance of window light being fearfully small. ...

    Article : 171 words
  22. BITS ABOUT BEES.

    The price of honey has made many of us think more of bees. And, as hardly anything is more interesting' than the "busy bee," here is a little ...

    Article : 248 words
  23. THE LATEST ATTRACTION.

    The latest attraction in the engineering world at present is a sort of glorified limpet, which, when lowered by a crane on to a girder, or a ...

    Article : 229 words
  24. AT CROSS-PURPOSES.

    He lay by the roadside groaning and writhing with pain. A policeman came up and asked him what was the matter. ...

    Article : 166 words
  25. MODERN METHUSELAHS.

    A marked distinction between the Jew and his neighbour is his longevity. This is attributed to the strict dietary laws of the "chosen race," ...

    Article : 143 words
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