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  3. THE DEAD SEA.

    Traditional description has for many centuries impressed upon the popular imagination a picture of the Dead Sea and its shores which is ...

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  4. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Father: "Are you aware, sir, of the serious step you are taking when you contemplate marrying my daughter?" ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. "THIN WHITE LINE."

    We have often heard of the "thin red line," but not so much of the "thin white line" which accompanied it in the war. The Y.M.C.A., in a ...

    Article : 142 words
  6. TOAD AS BAROMETER.

    A police-station in a western city in America had a trustworthy weather prophet. It was a frog of the genus Hyla, generally known as the ...

    Article : 245 words
  7. YOUR HEART-ENERGY.

    "Working, resting, sleeping, the human heart beats 36,000,000 strokes per annum. In that time it expends sufficient energy, does enough work, ...

    Article : 222 words
  8. PROPHETS OF THE FARMYARD

    Farmer folk who get a crowing hen among the brood in the yard look upon it as an evil omen. A superstitious farmer looks upon ...

    Article : 381 words
  9. THE CONJURER'S REVENGE.

    "Now, ladies and gentlemen," said the conjurer, "having shown you that the cloth is absolutely empty, I will proceed to take from it a bowl of ...

    Article : 746 words
  10. BETTER OR WORSE.

    At a certain police-court a woman presented herself before the magistrate and asked for a separation order against her husband. ...

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  11. WHEN FISH ARE IN LOVE.

    Fish fall in love just as surely as do the higher animals and human beings. It has been proved, too, that they give expression to their ...

    Article : 738 words
  12. 880 PUFFS A MINUTE.

    The number of puffs which a locomotive gives in a given distance is governed entirely by the size of the driving wheels. For every turn of ...

    Article : 234 words
  13. WHAT HE COULD. DO.

    The thinnest man in the world was arguing with the man of the mighty fist as to who was the greatest "draw" in the theatrical—or, rather, ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. BIG BRIBES IN WAR.

    The biggest war in history has been responsible for some of the biggest bribes in history. Germany, for instance, gave Turkey £10,000,000 ...

    Article : 227 words
  15. THIS IS THE END.

    Isobel was looking pensive, and Anabel wanted to know the reason thereof. Isobel sighed. ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. WHEN GUNS GO TO HOSPITAL.

    Guns are comparatively shortlived. So great is the wear and tear on a modern gun of fairly large size that after a few hundred or a ...

    Article : 222 words
  17. THE TROUBLE.

    The dear old lady who ought to hare been a novelist saw a fair young girl sitting on the quay in an attitude of utter dejection. ...

    Article : 285 words
  18. ONE POEM IN TWELVE YEARS.

    The great Italian musical composer, Arrigo Boito, recently died, leaving his opera, "Nero," unfinished, although he declared on his ...

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  19. GERMANY'S MAN POWER

    Many and varied have been the theories regarding Germany's manpower. One theory was that, for twenty ...

    Article : 186 words
  20. ALTERATIONS FREE.

    The dapper little man bustled into the tailor's, and asked to see some ready-made suits. He was given a choice. ...

    Article : 75 words
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