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  2. TREASURES TROVE FOR ALL.

    On the outward bank of the Fly Island Passage, off the coast of Holland, there is a million in cash lying in the hulk of an old frigate called the Lutine. She sailed ...

    Article : 945 words
  3. WHY? WHY? WHY?

    It is quite possible for the heart to break. People who die of broken hearts —so called—do not actually succumb from disruption of the structural ...

    Article : 183 words
  4. ONWARD. EVER ONWARD.

    THE State Statistician has just issued his tables of the State's production during 1910. The value of the wealth created last year in all the Industries— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 789 words
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  6. Will Water Yield Fire?

    Flame is about the last fountain from which we should expect water, yet it yields it abundantly. The product is no more wonderful than sugar, drugs, and ...

    Article : 188 words
  7. Do Beards produce Baldness?

    The beard has nothing whatever to do with baldness. The idea suggested by the question, no doubt, arises from the fact that men with plentiful beards often ...

    Article : 171 words
  8. Why do the Stars Twinkle?

    Because their light passes through various [?]eated and moving currents of air which act as a reflector. Much twinkling foretells bad weather, because it denotes ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. Which Animal has the Thickest Skin?

    The whale may claim to have a thicker skin than any other animal. It has a skin nowhere less than several inches, and in many parts fully two feet in thickness. ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. Why is only One Side of the Moon Visible?

    It is a somewhat difficult matter to answer this question adequately without the aid of a diagram. Such a diagram as would be required would represent very ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. HIS INSPIRATION.

    The hard, austere existence appealed to the author who tried to practise what he preached by living the simple life. The fair sex worshipped him, and when ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. HOW WIVES ARE WON.

    "The way of a man with a maid" is always a thing worth noting; also the various methods of courtship which prevail in different parts of the world. ...

    Article : 322 words
  13. Why Don't the Blind Smoke?

    One peculiar trait of persons who are blind is that there are scarcely any smokers among them. Soldiers and sailors who lose their sight while in action ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. Why are Negroes Black?

    There are between the cuticles of the skin certain pigments, which, when acted upon by light rays, produce different tints. What those tints will be depends ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. A SHIP FULL OF RATS.

    Some years ago (says a seaman) I was in a large Liverpool ship trading with horses from Valparaiso to Callao, west coast of South America, and the ship was ...

    Article : 379 words
  16. THE LOSS OF ETIQUETTE.

    Once upon a time in England no young girl would have dared to accept as much as a packet of chocolates or a posy from a young man. Now he may send her a ...

    Article : 329 words
  17. Why do we say "Uncle Sam?"

    Because the initials "U.S." were once believe by a few workmen to refer to "Uncle Sam" Wilson who was Government inspector at Troy, in 1812. When ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. A RICH MAN'S GAME.

    When Jemima's young brother took her to the first football match she had ever seen, her enthusiasm was unbounded, and her curiosity very keen. ...

    Article : 317 words
  19. Why do People Snap their Fingers?

    As a rule people snap their fingers to show contempt. The antiquity of the gesture is strikingly illustrated by Strabo, who described a statue of Sardanapalus ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. A FAITHFUL MOTHER.

    Passengers who travelled on the 19th of June last on one of the branches of the Canadian Pacific Railway running into Brandon, Manitoba, tell of a singular case ...

    Article : 237 words
  21. GREAT TESLA STUDIOS.

    With the object of enlarging their country connection, the Great Tesla Studios are offering a dainty souvenir to every, country resident placing an order, and, at the same ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. SYDNEY'S SUMMER BEACHES.

    THE numerous ocean beaches within easy reach of Sydney are more thronged with jolly bather[?] of both sexes. Life here is gay, and the waterside suburbs ...

    Article : 143 words
  23. Why do Cows Chew the Cud?

    The elaborate and complicated internal structure of a cow is thought to be due to the fact that the ruminants are comparatively defenceless animals, exposed ...

    Article : 190 words
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