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  2. COSTLIEST GEMS ON EARTH.

    American women are greatly excited over the magnificent show of black opals which the Australian Government has sent to the Panama ...

    Article : 296 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 725 words
  4. ISLE OF MAN FACTS.

    With a Constitutional Government of its own, and to a certain extent independent of the Imperial Parliament, the Isle of Man, to which a ...

    Article : 449 words
  5. FOUND ONLY IN GERMANY.

    If we decline altogether to buy German products after the war, as has been suggested, then we shall have to find some substance other ...

    Article : 259 words
  6. £1,000,000 GIVEN UP.

    To one bit of blue ribbon—£1,000,000. That practically sums up the extraordinary sacrifice made by Mr. F. N. Charrington some years ...

    Article : 333 words
  7. PERILS OF MINE-SWEEPING.

    Imagine yourself trying to walk through, a dense wood at midnight with no lantern, the penalty for touching a tree being death! That will give you ...

    Article : 301 words
  8. SERBIA'S CENTENARIANS.

    Serbia is especially the country of centenarians. One man in every 2260 has seen 100 years, and, in all, Serbia boasts 575 men of 100 years ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. WHAT A THOUSAND MILLIONS IS.

    The present war is costing a thousand million pounds a year. These figures are very easy to say; they are equally difficult to grasp. ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. SIXTY-COURSE DINNERS.

    To dine in style in China is a somewhat arduous undertaking, for the dinners often run to as many as forty or sixty different courses. The dishes ...

    Article : 259 words
  11. TRENCH HUMOR.

    Here is evidence of German humor practised upon the Polish peasants. The Germans pretended everywhere to pay for supplies with documents ...

    Article : 322 words
  12. GERMAN TORPEDOES.

    According to the latest information, the German torpedoes have a range of from 1000 to 1500 yards. Instead of carrying 2501b. or 3001b. of ...

    Article : 140 words
  13. ITALY'S ROYAL NURSES.

    Like Queen Amelie of Portugal, the Queen of Italy is a properly-qualified nurse, and has done much of late years to perfect the hospitals of ...

    Article : 226 words
  14. Had His Doubts.

    At a rural Council meeting in the North of Ireland a "burning" question as to unfair taxation was being discussed with much vigor. One ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. Where She Failed.

    As a nurse sat waiting for the uptrain a portly old dame came waddling along carrying six parcels—an umbrella and various other articles. She ...

    Article : 243 words
  16. Saved the Situation.

    A certain famous statesman, when a young man, was for some time an official reporter at one of the courts of justice. In those days his temper ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. Settled.

    An officer, seeking places to billet his men, called at a wealthy lady's house, and inquired if she could take in two recruits. ...

    Article : 197 words
  18. A Close Race.

    A trio composed of an Englishman, a Scotchman, and an Irishman were discussing a recent race which had been won by the shortest ...

    Article : 125 words
  19. In Danger.

    A man visiting a friend in the hospital proceeded to another patient and asked: "Why are you here?" ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. The Problem.

    "I'm really at my wits end," said Mrs. Gadabout; "we're going to spend the winter abroad, and the florist is going to take care of our window ...

    Article : 63 words
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