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  2. WHAT ARE FRECKLES?

    "What is sunburn doctor?" was a question asked of an [?] specialist recently. Sunburn," said the polite doctor ...

    Article : 463 words
  3. WHEN THE BEANSTALK.

    A potato went out on a mash And sought an onion bed ; "That's pic for me!" observed the squash, ...

    Article : 168 words
  4. HOW ROQUEFORT CHEESE IS MADE.

    It is supposed that hundreds of thousands of years ago the South of France was disturbed by volcanic eruptions, which split the ancient ...

    Article : 530 words
  5. A POODLE'S GRATITUDE.

    One day a benevolent physician (who had read the books About kindness to animals), having found a stray poodle suffering from a broken leg, ...

    Article : 603 words
  6. THE WALRUS WILL SOON BE EXTINCT.

    The rapid decrease in numbers of the walrus, which at one time furnished food to the coast natives of Alaska, has been one of the evils ...

    Article : 684 words
  7. HOW ARMY HORSES ARE TRAINED.

    The finest and most costly steeds are those for the Household Cavalry, which cost anything from £50 upwards. The horse must be perfectly ...

    Article : 509 words
  8. ROYAL PALACE RICH IN ART TREASURES.

    The Royal Palace of Madrid is doubly interesting just now, both as the place from which King Alfonso went to meet his bride and as the ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  9. TIGER STORY FROM INDIA.

    A villager, living near a tributary of the Ganges, entered the water to bathe. He waded in till the water came right up to his neck, and began ...

    Article : 617 words
  10. WHAT IS AN ATOM?

    You have probably been of the belief which is very popular, that an atom is, let us say for example, a grain of sand or a single particle of ...

    Article : 612 words
  11. A HORRIBLE COMBAT.

    All was silence for a moment. Then a loud shrill shriek rent the startled air. There was a sound of a heavy body falling, a crashing of ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. OPEN OYSTERS THIS WAY.

    "Talk to opening oysters," said old Talltalk, "why, nothing's easier, if you only know how." "And how's how?" inquired ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    During the Middle Ages red not black was the colour of mourning. Europe has a longer coastline in proportion to its area than any ...

    Article : 408 words
  14. FROM THE OUTSIDE.

    Jenkins was half frantic with toothache, and as he stood before the glass examining the affending molar, he was really quite startled at his ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. HURRY UP, INVENTORS.

    "Inventions that would pay," ejaculated the patent agent; "why my dear sir the list is endless. The world nee is umbrellas that will fold up, ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. AN ARAB PROVERB.

    Men are four : He who knows not, and knows not he knows not, he is a fool avoid him. ...

    Article : 71 words
  17. A MISCHIEVOUS BIRD.

    For months the mail carriers of a certain rural delivery route had been troubled by mysterious thefts from a small mail box. Then one day a ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. NO HURRY.

    Stern of mien and keen of eye, the school inspector was examining the boys on arithmetic. "Now," he said "I'll just set you ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. WHAT MARY KNEW.

    Mary's new governess was one of the prim and austere species, and lived in constant dread of her pupil shocking her parents by her slang and ...

    Article : 229 words
  20. QUITE SUITABLE.

    Little Johnie was, indeed, a treasure in the house. When he wasn't pulling the cat's tail, or flooding the bathroom, or ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. IN SOUTH AMERICA.

    A most extraordinary incident happened to the sloop-of-war, Wateree, in the year 1868. She was anchored in the harbour of Arica, Peru, when a ...

    Article : 111 words
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