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  2. WHEN FISH BATHE.

    Most animals are very particular about their morning toilet, and getting up’ is with them often a far longer business than it is with us. ...

    Article : 696 words
  3. DO CATS THINK?

    A cat in Scotland named Major was a great rat hunter, but when he got old and had lost his teeth he found difficulty in killing the rodents. ...

    Article : 606 words
  4. MARRIAGE AND MUDDLE.

    Some time ago it was announced that a wealthy American was to marry again. This man, after divorcing his wife, married her mother, ...

    Article : 138 words
  5. FISHES AS PRIZE FIGHTERS.

    How many people have heard of prize-fighting fishes? These creatures are very common on the coasts of Japan and Siam. Their ...

    Article : 647 words
  6. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Love has all the senses—save common-sense. Man loves with the eye, woman with the ear. ...

    Article : 879 words
  7. HOW TREES GROW KNOTS.

    Trees are formed of three partsthe roots, the parent stem or trunk, and the branches. When the trees are cut up for lumber, ther first of ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. DON’T WORRY!

    A new theory as to how the world will end is advanced by Mme. Curie, the discoverer of radium. She declares that the earth, instead of ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. PIRATE GOLD.

    An enormous amount of hidden treasure has lately been discovered near Cuxhaven, in Germany. It is valued at 20,000,000 marks ...

    Article : 144 words
  10. WHAT’S IN A NAME?

    You know that lovely rambler rose, “Lady Gay.” Originally, this rose was called “Amelia Jenkins.” As such it met with no special sale, but ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. HOUSES BUILT ON WATER.

    Who were the lake-dwellers of Switzerland, and what became of them? Facts newly brought to light are most interesting. For one thing, ...

    Article : 485 words
  12. A FAMOUS ROUND ROBIN.

    Many theories have been advanced for the origin of the term “round robin.” The most generally accepted is that the practice of signing a ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. PROFITABLE “BOOKS.”

    “It’s only fools as backs 'osses,” Robert Ridsdale used to say, “the bookie’s the wise man, as pockets their money." ...

    Article : 501 words
  14. THE SEAWEED HARVEST,

    That every year there is a harvest of seaweed is a fact which is not generally known. This industry is carried on in ...

    Article : 202 words
  15. BEAN WITH A BITE.

    A strange food, which is both cheap and sustaining, has been the subject of scientific experiments with the object of making it suitable for ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. A QUEER MENU.

    You might be surprised for a moment if you were told that mankind lives entirely upon stones, metals, and other minerals. But it is true. ...

    Article : 350 words
  17. LIFE IS ROT A JOKE.

    There is a time for everything— even for laughter—and the man who ceaselessly cracks jokes is a nuisance. Yet there are many people who do ...

    Article : 793 words
  18. ELEPHANT GRAVEYARDS.

    Most of the ivory we use is obtained by digging, and not by shooting. Elephants have their own code of customs. One of these is that no ...

    Article : 193 words
  19. FOOTBALLS MADE OF STRAW.

    Eighteenth-century sportsmen would have been strong in the condemnation of the footballs we use nowadays. They would have said that ...

    Article : 154 words
  20. PRIMITIVE CHURCH BELLS.

    No matter how deeply we delve into history, we find traces of metal instruments which yielded musical notes when struck by metal wands ...

    Article : 157 words
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