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  2. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Jupiter is the largest planet, measuring 86,500 miles in diameter. Mercury, 3,030 miles in diameter, is the smallest. ...

    Article : 366 words
  3. WARMED BY A STAR.

    It is a little known fact that the earth receives heat from the stars. So small, however, is the amount of warmth imparted to our world from ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. THE HOME OF HISTORY.

    No. 10, Downing Street has been the official residence of British Prime Ministers for nearly two hundred years. It is well called "the centre ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. LONG-LIVED LOAVES.

    A loaf of brown "famine" bread sold during the Peninsular War has just been presented to Coventry City Guild Museum, together with a small ...

    Article : 253 words
  6. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    She: "You and I never agree about anything. I wonder what would happen if we did?" He: "I should be wrong." ...

    Article : 938 words
  7. COMPLETE SHORT STORY.

    Time had laid his hand lightly on the brow of John Farrington, and a most casual observer would mentally note that few of the clouds of life ...

    Article : 2,116 words
  8. ELEPHANT TALES.

    "All our best elephants go to America," said Mr Roberts sadly, "Jumbo, Alice, and Jingo--though Jingo died on the way. The pigmy elephant ...

    Article : 531 words
  9. PRISON BUILT BY CONVICTS.

    The work of convicts and other prisoners is not allowed to compete with the work of honest men, but prisoners may surely be allowed to ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. BY ROCKET TO THE MOON.

    An effort to reach the moon by a rocket shot from the earth is in prospect, according to a statement by Professor R. H. Goddard, of Clark ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. WHERE TREASURE LIES.

    Sunk beneath the waters of the ocean or buried below the surface of the little islands that stud the Southern Seas are gold, silver, and ...

    Article : 687 words
  12. COST OF CARELESSNESS.

    If there were no Lost Property Office at Scotland Yard, and no honesty in London, the annual cost of carelessness in the capital would ...

    Article : 609 words
  13. WHEN SPELLING MISLEADS.

    Many surnames are often mispronounced. For instance, St. John should be pronounced Sinjun when used as a surname or Christian name. ...

    Article : 284 words
  14. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Sprinkle whole cloves round parts infested with ants, and the insects will disappear. To make celery crisp, pull it apart ...

    Article : 305 words
  15. WHEN THE EARTH SHOOK.

    Earthquake shocks in Britain are rare, and the one which occurred at Hereford recently need cause no alarm to people living there. There is ...

    Article : 200 words
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