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  2. YOUR DOG'S MIND.

    Have you ever noticed that a dog pays no attention to a still picture? The best portrait of a dog ever painted - makes no appeal to its ...

    Article : 612 words
  3. FELINE PALS.

    Dogs are noted for their ability to become real chums,' not only to human beings, but to each other, yet the same attribute, in the latter ...

    Article : 131 words
  4. TRUE FISH STORIES.

    It is a feather in the cap of the ladies that during the last three seasons a woman has landed the biggest salmon of the year. In 1924, Mrs. ...

    Article : 131 words
  5. HOW PLANTS TRAVEL.

    Most people would be surprised if told that the dandelion growing on their back lawn had its origin in in Africa. Yet this might easily be ...

    Article : 203 words
  6. MYSTERY OF THE HANDSOME STRANGER.

    You may search the police records of the world without finding a crime more shrouded in mystery than the murder of William Cheenery, which, ...

    Article : 1,694 words
  7. DODGING THE CENSUS.

    It is no joke being a census official in Kenya Colony, where, according to recent reports, the natives have objected to the enumeration of the ...

    Article : 229 words
  8. SCRUPLES THAT WON'T BE STIFLED.

    Some people have a curious idea of "playing fair." As a rule, the average man might wink at tricking the Revenue, but would regard ...

    Article : 707 words
  9. MAN HUNTING IN ARMENIA.

    "Are you fond of sport, Effendi?" My questioner was Vahby Bey, the Mutassarif (Turkish Commander) of Harpout, a large village in Armenia. ...

    Article : 581 words
  10. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    To make china cement, take an ounce of grated cheese and half an ounce of quicklime; beat them into a paste with part of the white of an ...

    Article : 391 words
  11. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Butcher: "What sort of beef would you lite?" Young Bride: "I think I'll have a cut of roast beef." ...

    Article : 481 words
  12. THE SNAKE PUTS UP A BARRAGE.

    If it is true that the animal kingdom lives by its nose, we may also find occasions now and again when some of them owe their lives to a ...

    Article : 389 words
  13. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Among American film stars, Douglas Fairbanks paid the highest income-tax, £36,438, last year. The first message telegraphed for ...

    Article : 315 words
  14. RADIUM'S RIVAL.

    Radon, a new discovery, costs £1,000,000 an ounce. Although it is the most expensive substance in the world, its use will make the ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. FISH WITH THREE HEARTS.

    One of the strangest fish known to science is the hagfish, found in Monterey Bay, California. This fish is blind, and yet is so ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. WATERCRESS TIME.

    Watercress time is always with us. A very strong argument in favour of the plant. But there are others at least as strong. ...

    Article : 180 words
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  18. GAS LIGHTING GRUMBLES.

    When gas lighting was installed at Frieberg in Saxony, a century ago, many German papers opposed the innovation with astonishing arguments. ...

    Article : 88 words
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