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  2. Translators' Blunders.

    During tho present year the following advertisement appeared in the "Times" : "Jack F. G.— If you are not in khaki by the 20th I shall cut ...

    Article : 348 words
  3. Fickleness of Watches Explained.

    Watches and clocks are such commonplace, every-day articles of necessity that many persons think there is nothing new to be learned about ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  4. Water for Health.

    Dr. E. G. Cutler claims that the daily drinking of three liters of writer with meals, for a period of five days by a man twenty-two years of age, ...

    Article : 429 words
  5. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    The year 1916 is a remarkable one for anniversaries. First and foremost of the Shakespeare tercentenary ; July 7th marks the centenary ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. Towns Without Taxes !

    In these days of expensive living, when everything costs double what it used to, and four times more than you con afford to pay, what a boon ...

    Article : 314 words
  7. SAND AUGERS.

    One of the most curious phenomena of the Western plains of America, where the atmosphere is dry and hot is sand augers. When the Union ...

    Article : 257 words
  8. TELLING TREES AGES.

    The only accurate way to estimate a tree's age is by the measurement of its girth," said a botonist. "The counting of the rings of exogenous ...

    Article : 235 words
  9. The Zeppelin Danger.

    A curious feature about the Zeppelin raids in England is that they have left the people fearless, not-withstanding their awful consequences ...

    Article : 763 words
  10. COSSACK CUSTOMS.

    The word Cossack itself is a derivative from the Turkish prototype of "adventurer," which is a typical word for, the description of those ...

    Article : 271 words
  11. A FAIR SETTLEMENT.

    Many stories ore told of a magistrate who used to settle family difficulties with a brisk and speedy hand. On one occasion he had ...

    Article : 467 words
  12. FROM CALIFORNIA.

    The wonderful sagacity shown by that bird of Southern California, known as the " road-runner," is almost past belief. As these birds can ...

    Article : 229 words
  13. Kaiser in Khaki.

    "Give a dog a bad name and bang him," Bays the old proverb ; but this does not apply to our dogs of war. Some of our Tommies are most ...

    Article : 308 words
  14. Spiders as Factory Workers.

    Spiders are probably the most indispensable workmen in one of the largest surveying instrument factories. It is their duty to spin the ...

    Article : 362 words
  15. Most Daring Air Feat.

    Mr. Harry Wilding, of Birmingham, an old journalist, writes as follows "Recently I observed the account of a great parachute descent of ...

    Article : 501 words
  16. NOTHING LIKE A GOOD NAME.

    A young Liverpool citizen calls his sweetheart Revenge, because she is sweet ; and a young married man residing in Birmingham calls his ...

    Article : 175 words
  17. A BIRD-LIKE FLYING MACHINE.

    A now departure in the matter o air-ships has been made by Mr. T Hugh Rastin, who has constructed " flying machine " in which the ...

    Article : 293 words
  18. HEMP SUBSTITUTE DISCOVERY.

    A possible substitute for hemp is reported from Hamburg to have been found in the meadow rose, a species of Epilobium. It is told that some ...

    Article : 104 words
  19. Typist to Prima Donna.

    One of the most successful singers in America, Mme. Alma Gluck started life as a stenographer in a New York office, and rose to her present ...

    Article : 411 words
  20. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Pat and Mick were two labourers and Fat bet Mick that he could carry him to the top of a four story building in his had without spilling ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. DON'T MOVE HENS.

    Hens are funny sort of creatures. They have their likes and dislikes— especially dislikes. If you move a hen she turns crusty, ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Handicapped but undaunted, the actors in the touring "dramer" were doing their best ; but their efforts were spoiled by the rude comments ...

    Article : 112 words
  23. The Sinister Second.

    Wilhelm II, King of the Huns, is said to be extremely superstitious, and to pay great heed to omens and signs. It may, therefore, interest his ...

    Article : 236 words
  24. VALUE OF BOOKS.

    So previous were books in the Dork Ages that donations of thorn arc recorded as acts of signal generosity, deserving perpetual ...

    Article : 227 words
  25. A JAPANESE PLAY.

    There are many funny things to Western eyes in a Japanese play. The actors often go and come in full sight of the audience on a ...

    Article : 245 words
  26. RATHER SUSPICIOUS.

    "John ! John! " The lady nudged her sleeping husband urgently in the ribs. "Whasslt?" he replied drowsily. ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. GOING, GOING—

    "Gone !" shouted the wildly-excited individual, waving his arms in the middle of the street. A crowd gathered quickly. ...

    Article : 148 words
  28. NOT AS BAD AS THAT.

    Early one bright spring morning a ragged tramp called at a country vicarage, where the lady of tho house bad tho name of being very ...

    Article : 131 words
  29. FOREWARNED.

    Mr. Jones, a staid business man in a provincial town, startled his wife one evening recently by asking suddenly : ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. Advertising

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