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  2. MICROBE MANUFACTURERS.

    A new microbe has been discovered whereby 10,000 tons of waste hops can be made to yield annually half a million gallons of alcohol suitable for ...

    Article : 159 words
  3. KEEP WINDOWS OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.

    This article refers not so much to the importance of fresh air as to the methods for securing its admission to our dwellings. ...

    Article : 1,216 words
  4. NATURE’S UNSOLVED MYSTERIES.

    Most of us remember the disaster which befell the Canadian liner Empress of Ireland—how she was wrecked in collision in the St. ...

    Article : 599 words
  5. BE GENEROUS.

    There is no such thing as strict justice. And if there were we could none of us endure it. It is not enough to be perfectly fair. ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. TAKING A WALK.

    “I suppose you don’t walk much,” said the doctor, when last I went to consult him. “Walk?” I inquired. “What is ...

    Article : 667 words
  7. WATCH YOUR TEETH

    Sound advice on the preservation of the teeth is given in a pamphlet published by the British Dental Association. Decay is caused by some kinds ...

    Article : 191 words
  8. NERVES.

    Bags and Jaggs met, and Baggs and Jaggs got yarning. “I once knew a man, dear boy,” began Baggs, “who was so ticklish on ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. A PLAIN TALK.

    Why is it that of two young men with equal chances, one will succeed while the other is a comparative failure? Here are a few guesses:— ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. ANGLING FOR BIRDS.

    St. Kilda, fifty miles west of Outer Hebrides, is only three miles long and two miles broad, and, being very rocky, its inhabitants have to be ...

    Article : 202 words
  11. TIME MEANS MONEY.

    A Boston physician on a western trip with his wife wrote home they would return Monday on the 10 p.m. train. Their two children, aged 9 and ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. EYELESS SIGHT EXPERIMENTS.

    M. Jules Romains's confident assertion that—preparing ourselves with intense and fixed attention—we can see with tiny, microscopic eyes in the skin, ...

    Article : 398 words
  13. NOT A BIT REAL.

    A well-known theatrical manager was watching the stage-manager drill some “supers” who were to represent an army. ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. IT WAS.

    There was a vacancy in a certain kirk, and the congregation was “hearing” the candidates, each of whom took the services for a Sunday. ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. WORLD’S MOST ANCIENT BUILDING.

    It was King A-an-ni-pad-da of Ur, in Mesopotamia, who built the oldest building in the world which is still standing. ...

    Article : 584 words
  16. JUST BEING DECIDED.

    A Scottish minister being one day engaged in visiting some members of his flock, came to a house where his gentle tapping could not be heard, on ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. LOCAL COLOR

    The artist was painting a picture of the ruined castle on the hills. He was watched with great interest by an old country-man, who stood silently by ...

    Article : 105 words
  18. ARMOUR AND PERSEVERANCE.

    Because one quietly follows the plough or tends the chaffcutter it doesn’t follow that one’s ambitions need be put to sleep. Everyone has ...

    Article : 473 words
  19. “SAMSON'S” MIGHT.

    Ironmongers in the neighborhood of Leicester Square, London, were amazed when a young man walked into their establishment, snapped ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. LOVE AND LAUGHTER.

    One wonders how many girls have spoiled promising love affairs by untimely laughter. It may often be by sheer ...

    Article : 198 words
  21. DIDN’T UNDERSTAND.

    A manufacturer of motor-car accessories was engaging a factory superintendent. “There’s just one thing more,” he ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. NECROPOLIS FIND IN ROME.

    An archaeological discovery of great interest but which is puzzling experts, has been made in the Roman necropolis of Salaria. The discovery ...

    Article : 178 words
  23. AN ARMY CONTRACT.

    During the war a Herculean soldier who arrived at Waterloo station on leave, and somewhat travel-stained, stopped and called on a street-arab ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. MIXED.

    The justice of the peace in a town in Ohio, in pursuance of his duties, had to hear and judge cases that were brought before him and also perform ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. A CLEAN START.

    “Oh, Mr. Jenks,” said Miss Smith, “I wonder if you can help me. I am going to be married soon, and we naturally want to get the furniture as ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. HOW MA WAS SILENCED.

    "You were a long time in ten far corner of the conservatory last even ing," suggested the mother. “What was going on?” ...

    Article : 189 words
  27. MORE SUITABLE.

    A street seller was offering a finelyvarnished Continental clock with a looking-glass in front to a certain lady not remarkable for personal beauty. ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. THE REASON.

    A mother, indignant to find her little son very low in his class at school, exclaimed wrathfully: “I am out of all patience with you, Jack. I ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. THE RETURN JOURNEY.

    Tourist: “My doctor advises me to live where I may have the benefit of the south wind. Does it blow here?” Landlord: “You’re fortunate in ...

    Article : 103 words
  30. THE CONCERT BEGAN.

    A little while ago a workman who took lodgings found that he could not sleep on account of the lively insects which troubled him, so he thought of ...

    Article : 101 words
  31. WHEN FATHER FAILED.

    Tommy looked up from his book and asked: “Father, is it true that a man is known by the company he keeps?” “Yes, sonny.” ...

    Article : 89 words
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