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  2. THE GENESIS OF CAPTAIN KETTLE.

    How Captain Kettle, the famous little seaman known to millions of readers, made his first appearance as a secondary character in a novel, is ...

    Article : 293 words
  3. SECRET CODES ARE STILL USED.

    In spite of wireless, telephone, telegraph, and all the other modern transmission inventions, codes and ciphers are used to-day more extensively than ...

    Article : 982 words
  4. HOW ENGLISH KING WAS SAVED.

    The story of how King Charles the Second hid in the oak, in 1651, while the Roundheads searched for him below, is one of the most romantic in ...

    Article : 383 words
  5. [Short Story.] "SWEET LITTLE THING."

    I haven't run a boarding house fifty years for nothing! I kin tell you that. I've seen samples of every known type of persons from saints to sinners. Yes, ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  6. TODDLERS' NEEDS.

    Many mothers consider that the happiest stage of motherhood is when the young son and daughter of the family have reached the ages of two ...

    Article : 237 words
  7. DON'T TRY TO REGULATE PEOPLE.

    Why do so many people love to regulate and direct and dominate others? They want you to do just as they do; to read books they read; to think their ...

    Article : 351 words
  8. A VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS.

    A recent visitor to Italy describes some of her impressions. The Italians, she says, have implicit faith in their leader; they love their ...

    Article : 499 words
  9. TRAINER'S FATAL STUMBLE

    Even lion tamers are not safe from lions. The well-known animal trainer, Herman Ziegler, died at Monterey, Canada, as the result of the clawing he ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. FOR MOTORISTS.

    If judging drivers were my task, There are some questions I would ask Concerned with dangers of the street Which everyone is sure to meet. ...

    Article : 223 words
  11. COW POX.

    Cow pox is not infrequently met with in dairy cattle, but is not a serious affection. It is transmissible from one cow to another by the hands of ...

    Article : 156 words
  12. ROMANCE IN STREET NAMES

    A fascinating way of absording history is to trace the origin of London street names. One notices how some London ...

    Article : 284 words
  13. WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN?

    In the old days every man above the rank of yeoman was termed "gentleman." But in these democratic times we are rather inclined to smile at the ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. GREAT BRITAIN'S MOTOR CYCLISTS.

    Great Britain has 548,461 motorcyclists. There are only 95,643 motor-cyclists in the United States. Yorkshire had more motor-cyclists ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. FIRE!

    The chief cause of fire in the home is carelessness. A little forethought would prevent scores of outbreaks. Never put hot ashes in a wooden ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. IMPRESSING.

    They had argued for an hour, and at last he gave in. "Very well," he told his wife, "I'll buy the fur coat if you wish, but I ...

    Article : 62 words
  17. PERFECT COFFEE.

    Roasted coffee soon loses its flavor It should be kept in an airtight and damp-proof tin. Never guess how much to use; measure carefully. ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. Oh, Law!

    "Gertie and her husband had their first quarrel last week, and her father went round when he heard about it." "I suppose he went and laid down ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. WORTH THE RISK.

    A small boy at a party had been eating steadily for an alarming length of time. When he asked for another helping, the hostess spoke to him very ...

    Article : 179 words
  20. The Loser.

    Mrs. Henpecked (sarcastically): "I suppose you've been to see a sick friend—holding his hand all the evening!" ...

    Article : 233 words
  21. YOUR SEWING MACHINE.

    A sewing machine is as necessary to the woman with a large family as anything she possesses. Treat it well and it will last a lifetime. ...

    Article : 169 words
  22. A Mysterious Being.

    A political meeting was in progress in a mining village, and the audience was growing heartily tired of a very prosy speaker. ...

    Article : 217 words
  23. Long Trail.

    A Yorkshireman kept homing pigeons, and boasted that one of them could find its way home from anywhere. ...

    Article : 213 words
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