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  2. THE STABLED HORSE.

    Many horses have the habit of rolling, in the stable. This is somewhat dangerous for the horse, as he is likely to get fast, particulrly if ...

    Article : 774 words
  3. ORCHARD AND GARDEN NOTES.

    Young trees of the citrus family should now be making a good, thrifty growth. The foliage should be glossy, and its general appearance a bright ...

    Article : 1,171 words
  4. WOMAN SERGEANT-MAJOR.

    Sergeant-Major Flora Sandes, an English nurse who enlisted in the Servian army in 1915, and rose to the rank of sergeant-major, is now ...

    Article : 220 words
  5. EX-CZAR LIVING IN A FLAT.

    At Tobolsk, in Siberia, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Romanoff, formerly Czar and Czarina of Russia, now live in a rather dreary flat, with no ...

    Article : 612 words
  6. COLLATED PARS.

    Free notepaper in Church Army huts costs £15,000 annually. Liquor-selling was prohibited as early as the reign of the Saxon king ...

    Article : 698 words
  7. HOME-MADE SHEEP DIP.

    Though numerous sheep farmers prepare their own chemical solutions for the destruction of animal parasites in their flocks, it is questionable ...

    Article : 388 words
  8. PLUNDERING BELGIUM.

    From an authoritative Belgian source Reuter has received later particulars of the systematic plundering of Belgium. It was at first thought ...

    Article : 366 words
  9. QUEER LITTLE PEOPLE.

    High up on the slopes of Mount Mariveles, in the Philippine Islands, dwell the last remnants of an ancient and mysterious race—the ...

    Article : 99 words
  10. SUBMARINE OUTWITTED.

    There is an imperishable story of British pluck in the action which resulted in the award, in December, at Buckingham Palace, of the D.S.O. to ...

    Article : 359 words
  11. "NO MORE LEAVE."

    Mr. W. Clarke Dawson, at the Royal Colonial Institute, London, said that a distinguished officer told him that, in his judgment, all leave ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. THE OFFICE BOY.

    "I say," said the office boy to the cashier, "I think the guv-ner ought to give me a dollar extra this week, but I suppose he won't." ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. JOFFRE'S NEW HONOUR.

    Formal notification has been given of Marshal Joffre's willingness to become a member of the French Academy. ...

    Article : 110 words
  14. A POSSIBLE-REASON.

    "I wonder what on earth makes the baby cry so much?" [?]refully exclaimed Mrs. Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Arkansas. "He just ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. NO DIFFERENCE TO JIMMY.

    Jimmy had not come up to his father's expectations in regard to his studies at school, and an explanation was demanded. ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. FRIENDS IN NEED.

    In an argument in favour of an excess profit tax, a prominent politician related the following incident:—"These fellows are great friends ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. TOO POLITE.

    Pat had been trespassing, and he was caught in the very act. "Now, then," said the gamekeeper, angrily, "didn't you see that board ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. GIVEN AWAY.

    The blushing bride-elect was rehearsing the ceremony about to take place. "I shall expect you to give me ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. HOW SHE KNEW.

    Landlady: "That new boarder doesn't, talk about himself, does he?" Housemaid: "No." Landlady: "Wonder if he's ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. THE CHILD'S INQUIRY.

    "So you prefer winter to summer, Mr. Featherbrain?" "Not especially, Dorothy. Why do you ask, my child?" ...

    Article : 41 words
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