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  2. “PECULIAR" PEOPLE.

    One is reminded, on reading Dr. T. B. Hyslop’s book, “The Great Abnormals,” of the story of the old Quaker who once remarked to his ...

    Article : 612 words
  3. THE AMAZING AMAZON.

    Truth is stronger than fiction, and lying as it does, deep down in a well it is by no means dry. The world we live in is so full of fascinating ...

    Article : 212 words
  4. A QUAINT DISH.

    It would be a hard task for even a modern film hero to keep up with extravagance of Glodius Aesopus, an actor, who flourished in Rome in ...

    Article : 108 words
  5. A NEW SILK.

    The shells of crabs, crayfish, and lobsters may some day be converted into stockings, shirts, dresses, ties, shawls, and handkerchiefs instead of ...

    Article : 213 words
  6. NOISELESS AUCTION.

    Noiseless auction is the latest boon to mankind that has come out of Holland. It sounds impossible, but the scheme is simple. Everybody ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. A RADIO TRAGEDY.

    Marriage, has been the ruin o! many a good man,” said the Radio Expert thoughtfully. “If ordinary discretion is used in choosing a wife, ...

    Article : 1,600 words
  8. NO MEN ALLOWED.

    Friday is the Mohammedan Sunday. Among the followers of Mahomet the worship of the dead is a serious matter and the people try to ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. EVERYDAY FALLACIES.

    Apart from popular superstitions, many beliefs exist which are actually entirely incorrect. These are handed down from generation to generation, ...

    Article : 303 words
  10. QUEER BANKS.

    Folk who distrust banks, like the woman who buried £12,000 in gold in her garden, are apt to choose strange hiding places for their ...

    Article : 793 words
  11. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    Officer (examining recruit): “Have you any scars on you?” Recruit: “No hut I can give you a cigarette.” ...

    Article : 704 words
  12. GROWING WOOL QUICKLY

    An invention which makes sheep’s wool grow faster was described by Professor Baker, of Leeds University, at the international conference of ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    Algerian natives save the stones of the dates to feed their camels as they return, weary, from their long marches in the desert. The beasts ...

    Article : 604 words
  14. HOW THICK IS A HAIR?

    The microscope shows a variation in the thickness of a human hair from the 1-250th to the 1-600th part of an inch; but, notwithstanding ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. THE WORM THAT TURNED

    Even the lowly earthworm has sufficient intelligence to be trained if we are patient enough with him. According to a report by a ...

    Article : 473 words
  16. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    Mats.—A good way to prevent curling is to fix a little piece of oilcloth at each end. When a steel pen becomes stiff and ...

    Article : 349 words
  17. A WINE-CASK VILLAGE.

    Forty-one miles west of Cleveland, Ohio, a village is springing up the like of which this country has never seen. After years of Prohibition, the ...

    Article : 333 words
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