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  2. LOYAL INDIA.

    The response of India to the need of the Empire is the subject of a paper by Saint Nihal Singh in the London Magazine. He says:— ...

    Article : 669 words
  3. BIG GUNS ON WARSHIPS.

    "I know why the German ships are keeping quiet. They are fitting up gigantic 17-inch guns, and as soon as they are completed they'll come and smash us, just as they ...

    Article : 773 words
  4. "I AM AUSTRIAN!"

    It rained in London yesterday, now and again (says the Daily Mail). From very dawn to sunset the silver skeins slanted down upon the wet streets, the dark shining ...

    Article : 727 words
  5. HE WAS READY.

    A man who had reached middle age in the single state, and who was known in his district as being kindly hearted and good natured, took unto himself a wife. ...

    Article : 125 words
  6. DESTROYING A ZEPPELIN.

    An interesting account of the experiences of British prisoners at Dusseldorf, and of the successful raid made by British airmen, is contained in a letter to the Times from a ...

    Article : 818 words
  7. EMPRESS OF MEXICO.

    An Empress who threw a plateful of cakes at the head of the Pope and set fire to his bedroom is the central figure in one of the most tragic life stories which history ...

    Article : 752 words
  8. COST OF THE WAR.

    Roger W. Babson is writing for the New York Sun a series of articles on the economic side of the war, in the first of which he asserts that the war already has caused the ...

    Article : 876 words
  9. SQUARING THE REFEREE.

    It was the first football match of the season. A big, burly fellow crossed over to the referee, previous to the kicking off, and said: ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. IN A MERCHANTS OFFICE.

    A shobb[?]y dressed man entered a busy office, and, addressing a clerk who sat at work, said: "My dear sir, do you know how much ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. A SUPERIOR OFFICER.

    A Cunard liner was making its way from the docks when its passage was found to be blocked by a barge. The second mate was ordered to hail the ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. FROM THE SAME SOURCE.

    The young married couple were on their honeymoon, and the bride chose a quiet country place which she had visited two months previously. ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. MORE THAN BROTHERS.

    It was a railway smash. Mike Do[?]lan (addressing railway official): "Can you tell me, sur. if me dear friend, Pot Sullivan, is amongst this lot? ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. SIGNS AND PORTENTS.

    Wars and rumors of wars beget fancies of every conceivable shape, and few possess a rag of reality to clothe their nakedness. In The Month for October the Rev. Herbert ...

    Article : 774 words
  15. HORSES IN WAR.

    Despite prophecies to the contrary, the horse still occupies an important position in modern warfare (says Pearson's Weekly), for the cavalryman is by no means out of date; ...

    Article : 682 words
  16. POINTS ABOUT POLAND.

    Of the 12,500,008 population of Russian Poland the scene of the great battles in the East, about 1,000,000 are Germans, who have settled in the towns. ...

    Article : 301 words
  17. ITALY'S POSITION.

    In the Atlantic Monthly George B. M'Clellan describes "Italy's Position" in a series of chapters which present the economic, political, and social reasons for her neutrality. ...

    Article : 626 words
  18. IN ANOTHER PLACE.

    A certain bishop was suffering from a severe illness and all visitors were refused admittance to him when one day his solicitor called. The bishop insisted ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. REASONS BEHIND THE WAR.

    Roland G. Usher's interpretations in The Atlantic Monthly of The Reasons Behind the War suggest that Austria's difficulties rather than Germany's ambition were responsible ...

    Article : 603 words
  20. FOOD FOR GERMANY.

    Although the Germans affirm that their own land is self-sustaining, evidence is not lacking that they are endeavoring to realise more fully all available food resources. An ...

    Article : 593 words
  21. MARY'S VIEW.

    "Do I understand that you kissed the lady against her will? asked the Judge. "Not a bit of it yer Honour," replied M'Carthy, 'Sure, I kissed her again' her ...

    Article : 118 words
  22. MICKEY'S VERSION.

    When Mickey Doolan got the chance of acting as steward to the engineer's mess of the big Atlantic liner, he looked upon at as the opportunity of a lifetime. But ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. NO MATCH.

    The champion wrestler from Australia was visiting the home of his youth, a thriving Lancashire town, where he met a former chum now established as a ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. RUSSIA'S MONSTER AEROPLANES

    A good deal has been heard concerning the British and German aeroplanes, but the great Sikorsky biplanes used by the troops of the Czar have been rather overlooked. These ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. INTERESTED FLATTERY.

    A Turkish bashaw lay dying. He summoned to him the youngest and fairest of has forty-six wives, and said to her in a low, week voice— ...

    Article : 110 words
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