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  2. WHY SOCKS HAVE CLOCKS.

    It is surprising how much of the past still remains, more especially in regard to the clothes we wear. On the back of most gloves will be ...

    Article : 241 words
  3. HYPNOTISM OR CHLOROFORM.

    The popular belief is that hypnotism is closely allied with "black magic." Such a notion is entirely erroneous. Hypnotic power which is ...

    Article : 282 words
  4. THE ONION WAY.

    Onion eaters, as medical men have noted, are rarely ill, and that because onions clear, as nothing else does, all the poisons and impurities ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Flushed from his flight, the young aviator alighted from his aeroplane, and allowed a dainty maiden in pink to conduct him across the field to ...

    Article : 160 words
  6. THE ROMANCE OF A REEL OF COTTON.

    Every housewife is complaining of the enormous rise in the price of sewing cotton. But raw cotton is three times the price it was in 1914, ...

    Article : 1,207 words
  7. WOMAN'S GLORY.

    It was stated recently that human hair is worth ten shillings an ounce, and some people have professed surprise at the price. As a matter of ...

    Article : 335 words
  8. A COLOUR COLLECTION.

    To be colour-ignorant may not be so bad as to be colour-blind, but it is an affliction. To remove it, read on. ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. HOW HIS GARDEN GREW.

    The lord of Acacia Villa was more than angry. For the fourth time this summer the seeds which he had sown had been scraped up. He ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Glasgow is to have a special staff of "fly-fighters," who will wear uniforms. Australia enlisted 416,809 soldiers ...

    Article : 744 words
  11. NOT SO BLACK AS PAINTED.

    Bacteria, or germs, are really plants. Derived from the Greek word meaning a little rod, the name ...

    Article : 339 words
  12. HOW TO TELL A BIGAMIST.

    Girls, if you would be happily married, don't worry about studying a man's character. Study his peculiarities. They will tell you all the ...

    Article : 683 words
  13. HUNTING BY AEROPLANE.

    The Barren Lands of Canada camprise all that enormous stretch of country which lies north of civilisation right up to the Arctic Ocean. ...

    Article : 448 words
  14. PERPLEXING THE BARBER.

    "How will you have your hair cut, sir?" said the talkative barber to the victim in the chair. "Minus conversational prolixity," ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. THE SWORD OF PEACE.

    The "sword of peace" recently presented to King George by a Japanese editor is the latest addition to a collection which is said to be ...

    Article : 427 words
  16. CAUGHT BY HIS OWN BAIT.

    Mr. Jones keeps a shop, where he sells fishing tackle. For the sake of advertisement he has a large rod hanging outside, with an artificial ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE.

    A pompous old gentleman was having his portrait painted. It was to be given him as a present. After sitting for an hour in silence, he ...

    Article : 363 words
  18. IT MAY BE TRUE

    That a human sponge seldom soaks up water. That most free advice is given to influence—not benefit—the recipient. ...

    Article : 297 words
  19. MINERS GO UP TO WORK.

    Miners working at a coal-mine in the Cascade Mountains of Canada do not descend the shaft, but have to climb up a mountain to a height of ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. NON-INFLAMMABLE GAS.

    Airships will in future be inflated with helium. If the claim made by the Americana that it can be produced cheaply turns out to be well ...

    Article : 138 words
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