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  2. THE INFINITE SMALLNESS OF MATTER.

    By the term molecule the smallest possible particle of a chemical substance is understood. For example. If a piece of cane sugar is broken ...

    Article : 427 words
  3. POPULAR SONG SECRETS.

    Persons who understand the love of good music are constantly quarrelling with the public taste as evinced in its selection of the songs it makes ...

    Article : 439 words
  4. CAT AND DOG STORY.

    A friend of mine is the owner of a fine Persian cat, and also of a retriever dog. Puss had a playful way of sitting on the arm of a chair, and ...

    Article : 136 words
  5. GENIUS AND HARD WORK.

    Some young men who think themselves gifted with genius, are inclined to the kangaroo style of progressing. ...

    Article : 517 words
  6. CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN 10 HOURS.

    The project of the roller boat is again being exploited on a large scale. Mr. F. A. Knapp, the inventor, makes the startling statement ...

    Article : 377 words
  7. LIVING BY HIS WITS.

    With a capital of £350, made out of the theatrical agency business, I was trying to think of some safe scheme whereby I could get more ...

    Article : 1,922 words
  8. DO YOU LIKE GERM-KILLERS?

    Here is something to think about next tile you cat an apple or orange An eminent bacteriologist has shown that the acids of lemons ...

    Article : 136 words
  9. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    The upkeep of a lifeboat costs about £80 a year. James V. of Scotland was the first to put dates on his coinage. ...

    Article : 684 words
  10. EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY CHILDREN.

    The wonderful force of vibration is recognised ill all its powers by few architects and builders. It would a[?]muse then if they were told that the ...

    Article : 341 words
  11. AN ADVENTURE OF A YANKEE IN LIVERPOOL.

    A commercial traveller tells till amusing story which he heard on his rounds. It is about a Yankee who on his first visit to England recently ...

    Article : 394 words
  12. IN A CROWDED THOROUGHFARE.

    An amusing incident was witnessed recently in a busy thorougfare. Two lads, in struggling for the possession of a penny, dropped it ...

    Article : 279 words
  13. TRAINED FOR FLAT LIFE.

    "You don't happen to want a nice, well-trained little dog, [?] do you? asked the [?] of a lady customer who was buying some ...

    Article : 197 words
  14. NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN.

    Socrates, at an extreme old age, learned to play on musical instruments. Cato, at eighty years of age, ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. A PREDICAMENT.

    Mr. Poodle knew well the value of an initial laugh which it is so necessary to introduce into the beginning of a speech, to put the audience into ...

    Article : 148 words
  16. NO PROVOCATION.

    "What I say is quite right you know," said the man in the witness-box. "The man who has just moved into the next house to mine wilfully ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. A CANADIAN FOREST ROMANCE.

    A Canadian gentleman, with his two nephews, went out in the backwoods for a month's holiday. They lived mostly under canvas, and ...

    Article : 300 words
  18. AMUSING SCENE IN A POLICE COURT.

    [?] witness for the defence had been examined, when the prosecuting solicitor stood up to crush him. ...

    Article : 239 words
  19. THE POWER OF WILL.

    "Hypnotism, my dear sir, is a magnificent, wonderful thing !" said the visitor to his friend the hypnotist. "That exhibition you gave ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. BETTER IF HE HAD.

    An old country squire, returning home one night at a very unusual hour, thought he saw a light flash up and go out again. Determind to ...

    Article : 206 words
  21. WHY HE DISLIKED IT.

    The building was one of singular magnificence—large, handsome, well proportioned. The architect had evidently lavished all his skill ...

    Article : 171 words
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