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  2. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    They call me "Ama," out there on that tiny island of Badu, set like a jewel midst the coral reefs of the Torres Straits, in the blue of the sunny ...

    Article : 723 words
  3. CURED BY POISON

    Medical men are becoming interested in the claim of Mr. F. W. Fitzsimons, director of the Port Elizabeth Museum and Snake Park, in South Africa, that ...

    Article : 184 words
  4. RETURN OF ICE AGE

    Sir James Jeans, M.A., D.S.C., (secretary of the Royal Society), in delivering the Rede Lecture at Cambridge University, asked had man stumbled almost ...

    Article : 205 words
  5. STRANGE STORY

    The strange story of a murderer "of pious habits," who composed a poem in his defence and recited it before the Additional Sessions Judge of ...

    Article : 477 words
  6. WHO PAYS RUSSIA'S TAXES?

    "Out of the total of 2,759 million rubles of direct and indirect taxes, 1,228 million rubles were paid by the agricultural population and 1,531 ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. ROAD COURTESY

    Passing: Motorist attempts to live up to the best traditions of the road. —"The Humorist." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  8. FLORAL 'PHONE BOXES

    Telephone boxes in rural areas in England are now decorated by delightful little flower gardens. This is all part of the policy to preserve the ...

    Article : 217 words
  9. CHANGES AT THE PALACE

    When a number of paving-stones were removed from Buckingham Palace recently (says "Answers") there was keen competition to secure them. Some ...

    Article : 267 words
  10. WELCOME

    I know a cottage on a hill, Where I may go Prom Saturday to Monday, To spend a quiet Sunday ...

    Article : 149 words
  11. BALDNESS AND BRAINS

    It has long been thought that a bald head was a sign of brain power, but this fallacy was exploded by Dr. D. J. H. Daws at a meeting of ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. MOTHER-SMILES

    All mother-smiles are blent of many a thought: Of laughter—sunshine gay— And patience—wisdom—by much ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. THREEPENCE-A-WEEK DOCTORS

    Insurance against illness is familiar to us all as a result of the British National Health Insurance system. Even those who don't come under it ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. COTTON FOR ROAD-MAKING

    Burnley, as one of the big Lancashire cotton towns, has Buffered along with the rest of the country as a result of the cotton trade ...

    Article : 181 words
  15. RAIN

    I rather like the sound of rain As steadily it falls Upon the upturned, shining leaves, Upon the paths and walls. ...

    Article : 184 words
  16. TRY THESE RIDDLES

    In which month do schoolboys eat the least? Answer—February. (There are only twenty-eight days in this month.) ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. I SAW ETERNITY

    I 'saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and light, All-calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time, in hours ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. HER RED PALM

    Mrs. O'Flynn—"Did ye ever, have yer palm read, Mrs. Murphy?" Mrs. Murphy—"Phwat a Question, Mrs. O'Flynn! Haven't Of had ten ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. "Calf-Love" is Beautiful

    "'Calf-love' is a very delightful, beautiful phenomenon," said a clergyman, at the recent Sunday-school conference; "it is almost always intensely ...

    Article : 39 words
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