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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Two ladies, one of whom was very deaf, were walking by the railway. Suddenly an express train rushed by, and as it passed the engine gave a ...

    Article : 860 words
  3. OCCUPATION OF GERMANY.

    Two previous historic events afford basis for an estimate of the time that the Allied occupation of Germany may be expected to last. ...

    Article : 152 words
  4. GRIPPED BY A GHOST.

    Mr. Elliot O'Donnell, who for more than twenty years has been hunting ghosts, and who comes of an Irish family that boasts a banshee of its ...

    Article : 233 words
  5. ANIMAL TOOLS.

    Have you ever realized what a large number of scientific appliances have been named after animals ? A mechanic puts his work upon a ...

    Article : 177 words
  6. SECRERS OF THE NAVY.

    Before the war a common bond united the seamen of all nationalities into one great brotherhood—the bond of man's eternal fight against the ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  7. THE HEART'S ENERGY.

    It is an astounding fact that the average heart beats thirty-six millions of strokes every twelve months, working, resting, or sleeping. In that ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. "ON THE BALL, DUNDEE!"

    When the commander of the Tanks in Sir Julian Byng's great advance parodied the immortal signal of Trafalgar, rather profanely but ...

    Article : 354 words
  9. WIRELESS—THE PEACEMAKER.

    So far as wireless is concerned, the period of reconstruction is going to reap an immense benefit from the devastating war. Not only can we send ...

    Article : 807 words
  10. MISERABLE MILLIONAIRES.

    We have it on no less an authority than Mr. Carnegie that "millionaires who laugh are rare." And no wonder. Their lives are ...

    Article : 375 words
  11. RISKING LIFE FOR LOOKS.

    At an inquest upon a lady killed by the hairwash with which she was having her hair dressed catching fire, an official of the London County ...

    Article : 486 words
  12. MY MAXIMS.

    One of the most remarkable newspapers in the world is now being produced by Mr. Henry Ford, the millionaire motor-car manufacturer ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. ON A CHERRY-STONE.

    It is remarkable how very popular cherry-stones have always been with people who aimed at breaking the record for minuteness—people of the ...

    Article : 218 words
  14. NAVY'S HAUNTED SHIPS.

    Sailors are notoriously superstitious, and the loss of a black cat is considered a disastrous omen for the whole ship. Even at the admiral's ...

    Article : 215 words
  15. CABINET MEETINGS IN BED.

    Perhaps the most curious Cabinet meetings were those held during the premiership of Pitt, who was a great sufferer from gout. When he was ...

    Article : 173 words
  16. HERRING OR SPRAT?

    How to tell the difference between sprats, herrings, and pilchards was shown by Professor D'Arcy Thompson at one of his recent lectures at ...

    Article : 222 words
  17. TATTOOED ROYALTIES.

    The craze for tattooing which broke out soon after the war began seems to be spreading rather than abating. It has now spread from the masses ...

    Article : 274 words
  18. OBITUARY OF A JELLYFISH.

    One jellyfish at least became world famous, and when she died, after living for sixty-seven years in the most intellectual society, under the ...

    Article : 226 words
  19. WHAT KIND OF HANDS HAVE YOU?

    Hands are good mediums by which to judge the character of their owners. As a rule the man who has a taste for science has a big hand, and ...

    Article : 208 words
  20. IT IS, ISN'T IT?

    Miss Gaygirl came in singing, and tucked under her arm was a huge box of chocolates, and nestling in her fur a big bunch of violets. ...

    Article : 77 words
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