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  2. A TINKER’S CURSE.

    "I don’t give a tinker’s curse—" Next time you hear a friend saying this ask him if he knows what it means. Ten to one he doesn’t. You ...

    Article : 208 words
  3. GREAT SNAKES!

    I well remember the terror of a little North Queensland bride who on the first night in her tropical home was introduced to a big flat-headed ...

    Article : 408 words
  4. BEETLES AS FOOD.

    Several species of beetles are employed in medicine, but it is unusual to find them serving as food for men (says a writer in ‘Conquest’). The ...

    Article : 163 words
  5. JACOBITE JOHNSON.

    Every schoolboy has a mental picture of Dr. Samuel Johnson as a man of almost elephantine, proportions, whose sedentary life had made ...

    Article : 199 words
  6. SCULPTORS IN SUGAR.

    Visitors to a recent cookery exhibition were astonished by a reproduce tion in mutton suet of the Wellington Arch in Hyde Park. Suet models ...

    Article : 655 words
  7. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    "What animal,” said the teacher of the class in natural history, "makes the nearest approach to man?” "The flea,” ventured the little boy ...

    Article : 862 words
  8. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    When changing stockings pin the mates together with small safety pins. The stockings will then go to the laundry and come back with the ...

    Article : 464 words
  9. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    England is exporting large quantities of cucumbers to Germany. The world's heaviest liner is the Majestic. Fully laden she turns the ...

    Article : 340 words
  10. A LOST TREASURE HOUSE.

    A wit once said that no Britisher was really famous until his effigy was in Madame Tussaud’s. This great ...

    Article : 528 words
  11. WHEN LEATHER IS TANNED.

    The skins or hides of animals, being organic matter and of similar nature to flesh, will decompose and putrefy when left in the moist state. ...

    Article : 777 words
  12. SKYSCRAPERS AND QUAKES.

    The recent earthquake which visited New York and the surrounding district is a sharp reminder of the existence of the geological fault on which ...

    Article : 364 words
  13. FLAT IN A HOSPITAL.

    A four-roomed flat equipped for the accomodation of mothers and babies together is an experiment which is being tried at the Infants’ Hospital, ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. “GUY FAWKES” ABROAD.

    Good Friday is a great day in Portugal. All saints days and holy days are more or less Bank Holidays ...

    Article : 609 words
  15. COMMANDMENTS FOR WIVES.

    The late Queen of Romania, whose pen name was Carmen Sylva, drew up ten commandments to help young women who had just been married. ...

    Article : 319 words
  16. A PAPER BY-PRODUCT.

    Wood pulp produced from hard wood for use in making paper is one of the attainments of the Ford Motor Company. It is claimed to he the ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. TESTING PRECIOUS STONES.

    With increased facilities for faking diamonds and other precious stones, the traffic in imitation goods in this line of business is increasing to an ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. WHEN MAKING JAM.

    To prevent jam sticking, it is a good plan to pour a few drops of olive oil into the preserving-pan, and grease the bottom and sides by ...

    Article : 213 words
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