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  2. LANGUAGE OF THE SEA.

    The origin of many sea terms is unknown to most people. For instance take the word admiral. Many of us think of it as a purely English ...

    Article : 316 words
  3. LIVING THROUGH FIRE.

    Nature devises amazing ways of enabling her children to survive extraordinary hardships. None of her inventions has more wonderful powers ...

    Article : 210 words
  4. SINGING TO THE JURY!

    An odd method of settling lawsuits is practised by some of the remoter tribes of Eskimos. When two natives wish to settle a ...

    Article : 154 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Flapper: “Bobby, you always remind me of Owen Nares." Bobby (delighted): “Do I really?” “Yes—you are so utterly different!" ...

    Article : 419 words
  6. BATTLE OF THE BISONS.

    Every care is taken that Zoo inhabitants shall not quarrel among themselves; but now and then there is an outbreak of bad temper, or of ...

    Article : 1,301 words
  7. HATS AND HOT WEATHER.

    Place a thermometer inside all the popular styles of hats in use to-day, and you get a number of surprises. Even straw hats vary considerably. ...

    Article : 262 words
  8. PIGEONS AT TOP SPEED.

    When the pigeon racing season is in full swing Thousands of birds are released on the Continent to fly home to England. ...

    Article : 350 words
  9. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    A butterfly’s eye has been adapted as a photographic lens by an Austrian scientist. Verses of poetry are often inscribed ...

    Article : 506 words
  10. GENIUS UNDER LOCK AND KEY.

    The lunatic who escaped recently from an asylum and was found drilling a squad of recruits belonging to the Irish Free State Army betrayed ...

    Article : 317 words
  11. ANIMALS AS ATHLETES.

    If you were asked to name the swiftest animal, you might answer the hare, or possibly the greyhound. A first-class greyhound can travel ...

    Article : 738 words
  12. KEEP COOL!

    One would think, comparing a bald-headed man with one who is well “thatched,” that the former, on a hot summer’s day, would be the ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. PENNIES ARE UNPOPULAR.

    In Manitoba farthings are preferred to pennies! This is how it happens: The Canadian standard copper is a one-cent piece, but ...

    Article : 189 words
  14. IFS AND BUTS.

    If all the good people were clever, And all the clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. ...

    Article : 489 words
  15. BOXING THEN AND NOW.

    The history of British boxing calls to mind many strange characters. From the rugged personality of rare old James Figg, the first champion, ...

    Article : 492 words
  16. PATENTED BY PRINCESSES.

    When Lady Frances Balfour declared recently that “no woman has ever invented anything worth talking about," she made a statement that ...

    Article : 329 words
  17. PICTURES SAVED BY SEAWEED

    Most people are aware that certain seaweeds are used for food. But the making of dyes from seaweed is a new discovery due to the war. ...

    Article : 264 words
  18. DINING WITH A DONKEY.

    An Italian is creating a sensation in Rome by treating a donkey as a boon companion. He has even taken it to a restaurant to dine with him. ...

    Article : 210 words
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