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  2. How Man Came To Australia

    A gigantic trek to more genial climes from an ice-bound northern hemisphere is the theory of Dr. L. K. Ward (Government Geologist) respecting the genesis of humanity in Australia. He does ...

    Article : 1,166 words
  3. STUPENDOUS STELLAR DISTANCES.

    THE natural impulse of the human mind is to be incredulous when it is said that we can see stars that are so far away that their light, travelling at 11 million miles a minute, has taken 220,000 years to reach us. Yet Sir James Jeans gives ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,600 words
  4. Return of the Swallows

    Several country places announce that swallows are already put-ting in an appearance, giving promise of an early spring. ...

    Article : 153 words
  5. GHOSTS OF THE THAMES

    If you are afraid of ghosts there are places on the Thames which you should avoid if ever you take a river holiday. No imaginative person will camp at ...

    Article : 236 words
  6. IT RAINED FROGS!

    A man who was riding across a desert region in America looked at the sky, and said—"There's going to be a thunderstorm." Rain began to ...

    Article : 280 words
  7. SHORT—BUT SHARP

    The self-made man, like a bad egg, is all right until broke. A smart miss may let a fool kiss her. ...

    Article : 175 words
  8. THE SEVEN WONDERS

    The seven wonders of the ancient world were:—(1) The Pyramids of Egypt; (2) the Walls and Hanging Gardens of Babylon; (3) the Temple of ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. SPEED

    She was very proud of her prowess. "He must be a very fast runner," she said, showing a paper to a ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. TAKING NO RISKS

    First Actor—"I thought your next tour was to have been through South Africa?" Second Actor—"It was, but the company struck. One of them had ...

    Article : 44 words
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