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  2. NOTHING SERIOUS. CROSS-EXAMINATIONS.

    A company of very new soldiers were out on a wide heath, practising the art of taking cover. The officer in charge of them turned to one of ...

    Article : 142 words
  3. Riddles That Have Never Been Solved.

    For many people riddles have an unfailing fascination, and the more elusive and tantalising they are the more fascinating they are. But there ...

    Article : 797 words
  4. Keeper of the King's Conscience.

    The Lord Chancellor is one of the most important men in the Cabinet, in a way, for it is through him that the king signifies his consent to ...

    Article : 206 words
  5. What Monarchies Cost.

    It is hardly possible, to compare the expenses of the upkeep of a monarchy and of a republic on general grounds, as so many considerations ...

    Article : 260 words
  6. Sacred Wireless Room.

    A chaplain of the Grand Fleet writes that the wireless room is one of the most sacredly secret places in a battleship. "If you come on ...

    Article : 234 words
  7. HUMOURS OF THE AIR.

    The airman has perhaps more than his share of adventure and excitement in war-time, said a R.F.C. man who has done some very fine work ...

    Article : 2,116 words
  8. UNAVOIDABLY DETAINED.

    A well-known general tells the following story. One day he received a telegram from a subordinate who was injured in a railway accident ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. Sacred Candle Escapes Shells.

    One of the few of the historic relies which escaped the bombardment of Arras was a candle reputed to be several hundred years old. The candle ...

    Article : 202 words
  10. Dodging the Shells.

    Although, under the altered conditions of modern warfare both officers and men take all the cover they can get, it is still considered "bad form" ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. RICH DOGS.

    Unless he be recently dead, the richest dog in the world is said to be "Billy," who belongs to an American mining magnate. Billy is a big ...

    Article : 781 words
  12. WANTED THEM CHEAP.

    She sailed into the shop with such a [?]aughty and dignified air that the head shopwalker advanced with most obsequious politeness, and bowed ber ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. Fishes' Sense of Smell.

    A fish hasn't a true nose, but it can smell. Recent experiments have proved this. What is more, these experiments have proved that odour ...

    Article : 266 words
  14. Some Modern Misers.

    A man named Thomas Case died at Whitechapel Infirmary after being discovered in a state of the most wretched destitution and neglect. Yet ...

    Article : 527 words
  15. JUST LIKE DAD.

    "And what," inquired the visitor, who was "being nice" to little Bobbie, "are you going to do when you grow up?" ...

    Article : 186 words
  16. Schools for Horses.

    The method of educating a horse is rather a lengthy process, and that followed by the horse instructors of the British Army has answered ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. THE PLATELAYER'S STORY.

    Story-telling was in progress in the village pub., and the next in turn was a railway platelayer. Round him gathered an expectant audience. ...

    Article : 281 words
  18. DRYING THE ZUYDEK ZEE.

    The problem of removing the water from the flooded district of North Holland has not yet been solved. About 40,000 acres are now inundated ...

    Article : 186 words
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