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  2. WISE AND [?]HI[?] [?]E

    Mabel: "Look at this [?] engagement ring Mr. [?]wete [?] me." Jeannie: "Yes; It's very pretty. I was quite sorry it was too large for ...

    Article : 962 words
  3. THE POULTRY RUN.

    Ducks are subject to low ailments of a serious nature. The young ducklings, however, are liable to suffer from sunstroke, cramp, running ...

    Article : 303 words
  4. NEW, ODD, INTER STING

    Soap was not made in England until 1524. Bayonets were first made at Bayonne, France, in 1647. ...

    Article : 856 words
  5. FOR YOUNG FOLKS

    Teacher: "Tommy, how many is the half of eight?" Tommy: "On top or sideways?" Teacher: "What do you mean by ...

    Article : 50 words
  6. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    A four-cylinder tyre pump recently invented has four small cylinders, the bores and strokes being 1¾ inch and two inch ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. RANDOM READINGS.

    Chinese musical taste seems to find its most perfect form of expression in the bagpipe rather than any other musical instrument of European ...

    Article : 58 words
  8. TOBACCO SMOKE.

    It has often been confidently stated that tobacco smoke is a powerful germicide, but so far, says a writer on scientific subjects in a contemporary. ...

    Article : 511 words
  9. IN PRAISE OF CHOCOLATE.

    Some silly things have been said about chocolate which have attempted with some air of authority to discount its value as an article of ...

    Article : 294 words
  10. WHY TOMMY WAS LONELY.

    "I should think, Tommy," said his father, "that you might find some boy to play with you. Why can you not play with Johnny Jenkins and Joe ...

    Article : 479 words
  11. YOU CAN'T DISGUISE YOUR WALK.

    A man's walk is as peculiar to himself as his personal appearance is So much a part of himself is a man's way or walking, indeed, that it ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. A WATCH AS COMPASS.

    The method of using one's watch as a compass is as follows:—Point the hour hand directly at the sun. A line drawn through the centre of the ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. DINING IN TURKEY.

    No tables or chairs are used in the ordinary Turkish household. When the family (the male part of it only) sit down to the meal, they occupy ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. ELECTRICITY AND MATHEMATICS.

    The possibility or devising an electrical machine for solving numerical equations to any degree has been suggested by a French author. ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. WORMS IN FOWLS.

    Every experienced poultryman knows of the havoc which is wrought among the young birds by intestinal worms. As a matter of fact, more ...

    Article : 355 words
  16. UNDER THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.

    Christmas would not be Christmas without the kiss under the mistletoe, and it may be of topical interest to know how that beautiful custom ...

    Article : 176 words
  17. SNEEZING SIGNS.

    Sneezing, from very remote times, has been held ominous. Our forefathers went to bed again, if they sneezed while putting on their ...

    Article : 216 words
  18. EARTH TILTING.

    It was the invention of this seismograph for the study of earthquakes that led to the discovery of the crust of the globe to forces that ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. FOOD PHRASES.

    Has it ever struck you what a great part of our every-day conversation is made up of food phrases? Take breakfast sayings: ...

    Article : 517 words
  20. THE RUBBER-MAKING INDUSTRY.

    A discovery which is claimed as important has been made in the use of cocoanut-water as a rubber coagulent, which, should it prove ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. HIS REWARD.

    "Talking about about the intelligence of animals," and young Kane-biter, "why, I have a dog up at the farm that's simply wonderful." ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. HAIR RESTORER REQUIRED.

    An Irish recruit in Kitchener's Army, by hard work and strict attention to duty was after a time promoted to the rank of sergeant. ...

    Article : 151 words
  23. A WASH-DAY TRAGEDY.

    Nora has just come in from the yard after hanging out Monday's wash, when the Wind, bent on having fun, swept through. ...

    Article : 408 words
  24. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    It is advisable to turn eggs every day that are intended for hatching. The reason is that the germ, which is the existence of the future chick ...

    Article : 264 words
  25. MAKING A BIG GUN.

    No fewer than 117 miles of steel who are wound on a 12in gun, equalling in weight 13½ tons. In appearance this wire—of the same quality ...

    Article : 372 words
  26. ROOM FOR TWO.

    Seated side by side in a crowded tram was a portly lady of majestic appearance and an insignificant little man, whom she was squeezing ...

    Article : 140 words
  27. THEN HE GOT THE SACK.

    As he was always ready to oblige the customers, Percy proved himself a very clever salesman. One day a smartly-dressed lady ...

    Article : 178 words
  28. TOO FAST FOR HIM.

    In search of a horse, a rather nervous Frenchman went to a dealer and explained his wants. "Yes, sir, certainly!" said the latter ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. WORLD'S DEEPEST WELLS.

    At Czuchow, in the coalfield of Upper Silesia, is the deepest well in the world. It has reached a depth of over 7,348ft., a trifle under a mile and ...

    Article : 140 words
  30. WHAT A JOKE!

    Harry, aged five, had never happened to see the moon in the daytime. He came down the other morning shrieking with laughter. ...

    Article : 80 words
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