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  2. WHEN LIFE IS A TANGLE.

    Most people regard worms as repulsive and uninteresting creatures, but in this family there are to be found some beautiful specimens, especially ...

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  3. UNOFFICIALLY ALIVE.

    Four men in Spain were supposed to have suffered the extreme penalty of the law, but two survived and were sitting up when some policemen ...

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  4. EXECUTIONS.

    “The form of execution which is used is calculated to inspire horror; and this horror is nowadays so fully exploited by the Press (says the ...

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  5. THE ROMANTIC ROAD

    Two days after her father’s funeral, Audrey, head held high, defiance in her eyes, and a thrill-making determination buoying her. walked into ...

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  6. A STRANGE CALLING.

    The East is the home of strange trades and cults, and possibly one of the strangest is that of the old man who swings an incense burner in his ...

    Article : 309 words
  7. SLEEPING BEAUTIES.

    More than £1000 has been spent on medical aid to awaken Miss Patricia Maguire, a 30-year-old Chicago typist, now in her 33rd month of unbroken ...

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  8. A CURIOUS LEGEND.

    Among the native population of the famous Rock of Gibraltar there has existed for many years a curious legend to the effect that as long as there ...

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  9. FINGERPRINTING DISEASE.

    Fingerprints will soon play, it is expected, as active a part in the prevention of disease as in the detection of crime. Already we know that our ...

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  10. LIBERTIES WITH HISTORY.

    The most spectacular mishap that I ever saw at a first performance (says W. A. Darlington in the “Strand Magazine”) occurred outside the charmed ...

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  11. THE VALUE OF FAME.

    It is related of a famous author that when an obscure lad teaching in a school in London, he sent a short poem to one of the best-known American ...

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  12. BIG GRIDS.

    Mike was on a visit to England, and had been rather shocked at the cost of his meals —he having chosen some of the best places at which to dine, ...

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  13. HOW’S THAT?

    The stranger who knew little about football was prevailed upon to umpire a match in the absence of the official whistler. He protested his ignorance, ...

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  14. A HOPELESS DAWN.

    “By Jove, old chap,” Greene said, “I understand you had a fiver on the winner of the big race yesterday. Did you?” ...

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  15. TWO OF A KIND.

    The newcomer on a new housing estate was exchanging confidences, with her neighbour over the hedge, and, incidentally, trying to impress her. ...

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  16. WASTED EFFORT.

    The motor-bus was speeding along the country lane, bearing a happy party to the coast. “Mother,” said little Herbert, both ...

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  17. LEFT BEHIND.

    “I hear Binks, the plumber, spent more on his holiday than he reckoned on”, remarked Blobbs. “How so?” asked Brooks. ...

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  18. BUSINESS SLOGAN.

    The school teacher was giving her class a talk on the sayings of the wise. “Now, here is a very good example of what I mean,” she said. “ ‘It is more ...

    Article : 201 words
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