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  2. Short Story

    Joe was doing target practice, a pastime in which he had indulged every spare moment since the new repeating shotgun had arrived. It was Joe's ...

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  3. MISCELLANEOUS.

    It need cost no more than £500 a year to run an aeroplane, say an expert, the figure being based on the assumption of a total air distance of ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. WIRELESS MUSIC FOR LINERS.

    An invention called the audiphone amplifier, for use aboard passenger ships, was tested with satisfactory results by a United States fruit ...

    Article : 284 words
  5. JUDGING A HORSE.

    Arizona Experiment Station states that conformation in its broadest sense pertains to the physical makeup of the animal under observation. ...

    Article : 410 words
  6. THE MOST ARTIFICIAL MAN.

    "The most artificial man in the world" by his own admission, has left America for Holland on the Holland- America liner Nieuw Amsterdam. He ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. Odds and Ends.

    "When I first started to become grey I felt that I had nothing to live for." "And so you dyed, oh?" ...

    Article : 377 words
  8. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

    Few people realise what on almost perfect condition prevails along a large part of the great wall of China. The bricks of the parapet are as firm as ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE.

    The "record" low temperature registered in a sounding-ballon ascent is reported from Batavia, whore on November 5, 1913, the remarkable minimum ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT.

    There is no salary attached to seats in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, the General Election for which took place recently, nor any liquid comforts, ...

    Article : 178 words
  11. MANCE IN HORSES.

    The disease known as mange, or acarasis, is commonly caused by one or two varieties of mango mites. The common mange is caused by a mite (psoroptes), ...

    Article : 263 words
  12. SUBMARINE RESCUING.

    The subject of saving lives of men on submarine boats, the mechanism [?] which has been deranged, has been attracting considerable interest ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. WHERE BRIAR PIPES COME FROM.

    The briar-pipe industry of France is for all practical purposes centred in the small town of St. Claude, in the Department of the Jura, where not only ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. FARM AND FIELD.

    In the breeding of cows for high milk production there are three leading points to be considered:—(1) The discovery or choice of a ...

    Article : 484 words
  15. SYMPTOMS OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

    Foot-and-mouth disease is characterised by the formation of postules which burst and leave ulcers all over the tongue, lips, and all round the ...

    Article : 254 words
  16. Matrimonial Joys.

    Young Mother: "I can't imagine what makes the baby cry so." Young Father: "I'll bet he overheard me say I managed to get a little ...

    Article : 27 words
  17. WIRELESS TELEPHONES.

    It is reported that Mr. William Marconi is meeting with considerable success in his wireless telephone experiments, and is confident that ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. SURGERY OF THE HEART.

    Dr. Alexis Carrell, of the Rockfeller Institute for Medical Research, whose achievements were rewarded with the Nobel Prize in 1912, addressing the ...

    Article : 350 words
  19. Economical.

    "They say a carrier pigeon will go further than any other bird," said the boarder between bites. "Well, I'll have to try one," said ...

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  20. Exp[?]it.

    Policeman (to young boy): "Your name?" "Patrick Reilly." "What is your father?" ...

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  21. WORLD-SHAKING EARTHQUAKE.

    One of the most interesting facts in connection with the recent eruption of Sakursjima, in Japan, is that earthquake shocks were strongly registered ...

    Article : 420 words
  22. Cruel.

    "Poor follow," she said. "He proposed, but I have had to refuse him." "Ah!" exclaimed her dearest friend, "then that explains it." ...

    Article : 47 words
  23. Extreme Meet.

    The Genial Idiot: "I say, don't you know, what's all this fuss about making both ends moot? It's easy enough if von only think a bit. Eh, what?" ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Admiral Sir Percy Scott, discussing the advisableness of building Dreadnoughts, states: "As motor cars have driven horses from the streets, so the ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. An Ancient Memory.

    Maria Mallon had a peculiar habit of criticising in a derogatory sense, every new addition any of her female neighbours made to their personal attire. ...

    Article : 77 words
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