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  3. CABLE NEWS

    The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, writing from Messina, the scene of the disastrous earthquake about 1908, gives a vivid description of the scene of desolation the city ...

    Article : 282 words
  4. OTHER MEN'S MINDS.

    For generations the doctor has looked at the tongue when he should have been looking at the teeth.—Mr. James Warwick. ...

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  5. TALKS ON HEALTH.

    I am sure you have never been in a hospital museum, and perhaps you would net like to go. Picture palaces are far more entertaining, I agree. But here is a specimen to which ...

    Article : 211 words
  6. THE AMERICAN SCORES.

    Why Americans make money sooner than the English is that English goods are made to buy and the American to sell.—Mr. A. Yager. ...

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  7. AN EPIDEMIC.

    The vagaries of the suffragette nuisance belong to such convulsive epidemics of the past as the dancing, homicidal, and suicidal manias.— Dr. H. Nelson Hardy. ...

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  8. CAREFUL MILLIONAIRES.

    A significant feature of modern luxury is the fact that the leading millionaires of the day are the reverse of extravagant.—Mr. W. K. Lawson. ...

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  9. BOTH OR NEITHER.

    If we deny the endless miseries of hell then we must give up the idea of the endless joys of heaven.—Dr. Gray. ...

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  10. IF WE SAVED.

    If we all saved to the utmost our lives would be rather poor and dwarfed—we should have little pleasure but the pleasure of work itself, and that is not sufficient for a fully ...

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  11. A MOTHER'S DUTY.

    In recent years we have changed a great many of our ideas. It is not so long ago that mothers never thought of examining their children's teeth; it never entered their heads that ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. JUSTICE ON THE WHOLE.

    I have heard of a barrister who defended trial by jury on the ground "that although he had lost a great many cases which he should have won, he had won a great many ...

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  13. THE ENDURING PUMP.

    After all, the policy of the parish pump will still need chroniclers, critics, and editorial Statesmen, and there will still be need for local journalism amid the crushing conflict raging ...

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  14. UNITED STATES TRUSTS.

    President Wilson is engaging in an anti-trust campaign. He is planning a measure, to be introduced next session, fixing the size of business combines, defining what are reasonable ...

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  15. THE SILENT MONITOR.

    My conscience is to me a higher authority and appeals to me with more powerful voice than any committee or any crooked interpretation of a constitution.—Mr. Hancock, M.P. ...

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  16. ARE YOU FLAT-FOOTED?

    There are many causes of aching feet, but a very common one is flat-foot. As is well known, the foot is really an arch, specially adapted to give spring and elasticity to the gait. When ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. NOTABLE DISCOVERY.

    Dr. Sicolle, Director of the Pasteur Institute, has notified the Academy of Science that he has solved the problem of microbiological treatment of gonorrhetic infection. He has treated 200 ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. LESS WORK AND MORE MONEY.

    From my reading of industrial history, however, I recognise that there are few instances in which a substantial reduction of hours and an increase of wages have been ...

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  19. THE WORKERS' WEAPON.

    We must never give up the power to strike, which is the inherent weapon the worker must retain, but I urge you not to listen to the claptrap of people who favour striking every ...

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  20. ESCAPED PRISONER'S DEATH.

    At the inquest on the body of the man Jones, who escaped from Ruthin prison, an Oxford graduate named Bateman gave evidence that he fired at deceased when the latter attacked ...

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  21. NOBLE ASPIRANTS LOST.

    Sport and pleasure threaten to swallow the higher aspirations of life. A foreign invader will find us at football and golf, or rather looking on at those things. Push and selfishness ...

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  22. TREATMENT.

    For the slight degree of flat-foot it is not necessary to wear any instrument; the foot should be strengthened by rubbing and massage with oils, and by giving the foot as much ...

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  23. HORTICULTURE AS A HOBBY.

    The pursuit of horticulture is one of the most attractive as well as the most innocent pleasures to which any man or woman can addict themselves.—Mr. Austen Chamberlain. ...

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  24. HOME RULE.

    Mr. R. M'Kenna, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, in a speech-at Pontypool last night, stated that a conference only meant pointless procrastination when one party to it merely ...

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  25. A BETTER INVESTMENT.

    Every one hopes that the next generation will see the millions now wasted on wars and armaments let loose, and part of these colossal sums devoted to the promotion of science, the ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. INFLAMED EYES.

    These few hints on the subject of inflamed eyes are very useful. Some cases are infectious and some are not. The infectious cases are accompanied by a thick yellowish discharge. ...

    Article : 254 words
  27. A SNAIL'S PACE.

    For numerous reasons it appears unlikely that flying machines will ever considerably exceed 125 miles an hour. At this rate we should take 200 hours, or a little more than eight days, ...

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  28. PRESIDENT FOR CHINA.

    Lobby estimates agree that 200 votes which were purchased last week exercised a decisive influence on the result of the presidential election. The public was absolutely indifferent in ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. THE NOBLEST CALLING.

    The rearing of a happy race through the strong physique of fine boys and girls was the noblest of all callings, and they ought to see that it was not made the meanest of ...

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  30. FLOOD AND FIRE.

    The whole business section of the small town of Nome, Alaska, has been demolished by fire. The fire occurred during a storm which came in from the sea, bringing with it terrific seas. ...

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  31. SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC.

    As far as the public mind is concerned I think science is in one respect fortunate to-day; the rock of lay ignorance is no longer so impregnable as it Was in earlier generations.—Sir ...

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  32. SELFISH ENGLAND.

    The keynote of modern England seems to me to be a very distinct, loud-sounding, and unashmed selfishness. I miss the deeper note of duty.—Sir John Hewett. ...

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  33. THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM.

    The mills of God grind slowly. There can be no cataclytic coming of the Kingdom. Scientists were willing to allow millions of years for the physical growth of nature, yet men were ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. OPIUM VICTIM'S DELUSION.

    The investigations of the police in regard to the confession of Henry Spencer that he had committed 14 murders have disclosed that most of the "crimes" were begotten of his ...

    Article : 199 words
  35. A MAKESHIFT.

    The cure of disease by removing largo portions of the body was a very drastic procedure, and could only, in many cases, fill a temporary place till means were found to cure the ...

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  36. GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER.

    During October many crops will have to be got in, and growers will have a busy time. At this season use no fresh manure—it is too dry and heating. Deep, thorough cultivation is ...

    Article : 351 words
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