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  3. THE COMING OF WIRELESS

    On April 25, 1874, at Bologna, in Italy, was barn the man who was to be the first to devise a practical means of wireless telegraphy. He ...

    Article : 282 words
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  5. CAMERA STUDIES

    To make a success of photography as a hobby the beginner must work with confidence and enthusiasm. It is true that we learn by our ...

    Article : 388 words
  6. GENIUS AT FIGURES

    Try this for a mental sum—multiply 354,480,612,896 by nine! You may not be able to do it, but Lenon Beason, aged seven years, of ...

    Article : 158 words
  7. A SUGGESTION FOR A PARTY

    Next time you have an evening or a party and there is a lull in the proceedings try this. Bring in some sweets wrapped in paper and ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. CHILDREN'S CORNER

    My dear Nieces and Nephews,— The "Missing Words" competition dosed yesterday. Here is the correct paragraph:—"Noisy Noises": Which noises are the noisiest? A committee appointed by the British Association ...

    Article : 175 words
  9. BANDITRY IN CHINA

    It is a rare play on the Chinese stage which has no reference to the danger of falling into the hands of bandits. One of the achievements ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 277 words
  10. ORIGIN OF LACROSSE

    Lacrosse was originally a training sport for war among Indians in America. It was played by the Iroquois tribes in the territory now ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. TOLLS AND TURNPIKES

    Thousands of people have never seen a turnpike, much less paid a toll! A vague suggestion of highwaymen, romance, and Dickens is ...

    Article : 226 words
  12. LIMERICK COMPETITION

    Fill in the last line to the following limerick. A prize will be awarded for the best line received by Monday, April 16. Your entries ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. ROBERT THE BRUCE

    The anniversary of the crowning, in 1306. of one of the most heroic of Scottish Kings, Robert the Bruce, occurred this week. Two months ...

    Article : 232 words
  14. MODERN PIRATES

    It seems strangely out of harmony with this so-called respectable age to read that pirates still roam the seas. Yet a ship manned by a ...

    Article : 485 words
  15. CLEVER KATE

    Kate is a very clever person. Each thing that she does can be described in one word which ends in "cate" or "cates." Here are some of the ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. EASTER ISLAND SECRETS

    The discovery of one of the most mysterious islands of the Pacific, the lonely Easter Island, was made on Easter day, 1772, by a Dutch ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. KNIT A CLUB SCARF

    If you have decided to form a cycling club, the next step is to select your club colours and, if you are a girl, to begin, knitting a club ...

    Article : 231 words
  18. "FRIENDLY" TONGA

    The great-grandson of the first convert to Christianity on the island of Lakemba, Fiji, has passed, by a correspondence course, all subjects ...

    Article : 277 words
  19. MAUNDY MONEY

    Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, and is sometimes known as Sheer, or Chare, in allusion, it is thought, to the shearing ...

    Article : 465 words
  20. TRADITIONS OF EASTER

    Easter eggs are not merely a novel kind of sweetmeat. They have an interesting history. In the early days of Christianity the egg was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 220 words
  21. MARSHAL FOCH

    When Marshal Foch died in Paris in 1929, he was mourned by more than half the nations of the earth as "winner of the Great War." The ...

    Article : 337 words
  22. QUEEN LAND RIGHTS

    Said by tradition to have been granted more than 900 years ago by King Canute to William Pewse, a forbear of the Pusey family, the ...

    Article : 316 words
  23. COLLECTING CARDS

    Collecting cigarette cards has always been a favourite hobby, especially when boys and girls had the opportunity to exchange cards at ...

    Article : 197 words
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