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  2. THE WHOLE TRUTH.

    An Irish country gentleman, well known for his geniality, happened to visit a court of justice at the moment when the judge was about to ...

    Article : 216 words
  3. MARKET REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  4. FOOLING THE INSPECTOR.

    Captain Tupper, a spokesman of the Siolors' and Firemen's Union, raised [?]our of laughter recently by telling a story concerning an ...

    Article : 193 words
  5. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS OF CARDBOARD.

    A Danish doctor at a hospital in Paris has invented a cardboard leg, which enables the wearer to go about without cruteches two days after his ...

    Article : 215 words
  6. THE BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD.

    Among the few countries which have not yet been driven to war against Germany is one which, in the opinion of some, possesses the ...

    Article : 169 words
  7. A VERSATILE CRIPPLE.

    An extraordinary case is that of Jean Leadrans, a French meelianie, now a country farmer. he has lost both hands in the war. ...

    Article : 214 words
  8. AN AERIAL SHEPHERD.

    The gallant little Republic of Venezucla boasts of a remarkable bird which can be trained to end flocks. Not only does the yak-a-milk, us it ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. A STORY OF THE UHLANS.

    German lack of originality is well shown in the selection of some prominent military terms. The title "Kaiser" is itsel a borrowed plame, ...

    Article : 537 words
  10. CHEAP TOYS.

    The question of German-made toye has been much discussed, but we don't suppose that most women realise that if they buy British or French. ...

    Article : 219 words
  11. COURTSHIPS BEGUN IN STRANGE PLACES.

    Cometeries and courtship seem difficult to think of in conjunction, yet a Baltimore (U.S.A.) burial grea[?] proved a most attractive tryating ...

    Article : 542 words
  12. ARE BITTERS GOOD FOR YOU?

    One of the most commonly accepted opinions amongst medical men is that the administration of the socalled bitter tonies in beneficial, in ...

    Article : 454 words
  13. TOO RISKY.

    A certain cricket club in the North engaged a new groundsman. About the same time they bought a horse "second hand" to pull the roller. ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

    Charlie Chaplin has now replied to English comments on the fact that he has not yet joined the army. The New York "Sun" of July 20 prints ...

    Article : 160 words
  15. NOTHING SERIOUS. "LA BELLE DAME."

    There she stood—dusky, rounded, but cruel—cruel as they are made! As the man gazed at that bright, hard face, find touched her smooth, ...

    Article : 186 words
  16. GOING IT.

    When the wealthy employer of the old governess died and left her £500, her friends and neighbours wondered whether the faded little spinster, who ...

    Article : 180 words
  17. CAPTURING MONKEYS.

    The most perilous job that anyone can undertake in the jungle is the capture of a full-grown gorilla. It is said that no gorilla has ever been ...

    Article : 200 words
  18. WONDERFUL PICTURE.

    "Are you the man who painted that 'ere picture of 'Moses in the Bulrushes'?" asked a countryman of an artist who had recently startied the ...

    Article : 308 words
  19. WHAT TO DO.

    The easiest why to sprinkle clothes is to use a clean whisk broom, that should be kept for this purpose. Turpentine is the host preventive ...

    Article : 522 words
  20. TAKING NO RISKS.

    Satursay, night "pops" were a great feature of village life at Fuzzleton, and on one of these occasions the local operatic company essayed ...

    Article : 308 words
  21. HE KNEW.

    A judge presiding over a court in Washington, D.C., was administering the oath to a boy of tender years, and to him put the following ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

    Christmas was drawing near, and the two small girls were discussing that all-absorting topic-presents. "Mother says," announced the fair ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. THE OTHER ONE.

    Two lawyers before a country justice recently got into a wrangle. At last one of the dispitants, losing control of his temper, exclamied to his ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. MUNITION MAKERS' GREAT RECORD.

    The Minister of Munitions informed teh. House of Commons recently that every class of war production has been enormously increased. ...

    Article : 101 words
  25. HIS RIGHTS.

    Many-stories have been told of the average sergeant-instructor's capacity for eloquent expression at the expense of the raw recruit, but for ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. HE KNEW THE RU[?]ES.

    A young man fell into a state of coma, but recovered before his friends had burid him. One of them asked what it felt like to be dead. ...

    Article : 90 words
  27. TRY IT AND SEE.

    A few years ago, while watching a parade in Boston in which the Stars and Stripes were conspienous, a fair foreigner with strong anti-American ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. MISSED CHANCES.

    A London divine was entertaining a couple of elergymen from Birming ham at dinner. The guests spoke in praise of a serman their host had ...

    Article : 83 words
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