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  2. IRISH RIFLES.

    In the days before Federation and long before the inauguration of universal training, all that was attractive in matters military emanated from the keenness and efficiency of ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  3. THE MISTLETOE TREE

    This extraordinary tree is now popularly known as the "West Australian Christmas Tree." Just about the end of the year, it bursts into flower—great clusters of rich yellow ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,181 words
  4. GLENDALOUGH, THE CITY OF SEVEN CHURCHES.

    In the centre of the picture are seen the Round Tower and St. Kevin's Kitchen. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 23 words
  5. SEVEN CHURCHES.

    The rond from Dublin to Wicklow lies over the hills brown and bare, where dark streams trickle along the hollows, and past miles of bog, where peat is cut and stacked in heaps ...

    Article : 992 words
  6. TABLE MOUNTAIN.

    Capetown, as everybody knows, lies at the foot of Table Mountain. From the south however, the seaward approach for ships coming from Australia, the mountain appears—if ...

    Article : 1,249 words
  7. BIDGEE.

    To all lovers of animals this true story of "Bidgee" will appeal. A pretty mincing little coquette to all appearances was this miniature Pomeranian dog, whom we undertok to care ...

    Article : 415 words
  8. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN

    The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, formerly Secretary of State for the Colonies, was born in Camberwell on July 8, 1836. He was the son of a prosperous boot ...

    Article : 879 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The greatest notoriety, as everybody owns, Of ocean swell society is Mister Davy Jones His home is at the bottom of the waters deep and blue; ...

    Article : 360 words
  10. TEL-EL-KEBIR.

    Few people of this generation remember aught of the Egyptian Rebellion of 1882, when Arabl Pasha challenged the might of England; or, if they do, in the light of the ...

    Article : 1,208 words
  11. "THE POSSUM'S ESCAPADE,."

    Many and varied have been our experiences with the 'possums that dwell in the loft above the old stables and in the surrounding trees. About twilight every evening, they come ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. THE SLOTH.

    The Sloth Is loath To stir Itself, The Sloth is very sleepy. ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. A BIRD'S FEATHER.

    In the days of long ago, in the time of the early Maori, New Zealand must have been a biids' paradise—a sanctuary set apart by Nature for the assembling of an aviary ...

    Article : 512 words
  14. "DANDELION PARACHUTES."

    Little downy parachutes, Dandelion fluff, Wafted gaily on the breeze With every little puff. ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. "AN UNEXPECTED BED MATE. "

    My sister had a funny experience last week. I have a cattle dog pup about six months old, whose name is "Whack O." He is quite big now, and a splendid watch dog, so we allow ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. CHAMBERLAIN REJECTING A TITLE AND CLINGING TO HIS FIRST LOVE, DEMOCRACY.

    A "Punch" cartoon of March 31, 1888. The centenary of Joseph Chamberlain's birth occurred last Wednesday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  17. ARNOLD BENNETT.

    Not very long ago, the municipal authorities of Hanley, the metropolis of the Federated five towns of North Staffordshire, where Arnold Bennett the novelist and litterateur ...

    Article : 266 words
  18. WINTER IN THE HILLS.

    Sad vapours vell, The sunset's close. The west is like A withered rose. ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. THE BROOK SONG.

    I hear the echo of a stream. And listen lone and long To catch the wild accompaniment, That swells the magpie's song. ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. FRANCE.

    (Mr. Duff Cooper said recently. "The frontiers of France are ours, and even more precious than frontiers are our common ideals of liberty of thought and expression.") ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. PRAYER FOR THE TIMES.

    The universal restlessness of men And nations marks the spirit of our age; All the world forces, East and West, engage In mutual fear and hatred, ev'n as when ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. MANIFESTATION.

    There is no grace save that of God, No living but by chance, No evil if we realise Value by circumstance, ...

    Article : 19 words
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