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  2. THE CLIMATE OF CONQUERORS.

    The great race of the world, according to Prof. Grants is the long legged, long headed, light haired, blue eyed Norseman, known, however ...

    Article : 866 words
  3. U.S.A. MACHINE GUN MYSTERY.

    It will be remembered that when the U.S.A. turned down our Lewis gun, which had been largely made in their country for the British Army, ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  4. POISON GAS.

    Gas, the most diabolical horror of modern war, was first employed by the Germans on April 22nd, 1915. Thousands of Canadians and French coloured troops were choked to ...

    Article : 397 words
  5. THE "PAWNSHOP RUNNER."

    One of London's queer trades, and one probably not found elsewhere, was alluded to in a London police court recently, when a young woman ...

    Article : 289 words
  6. COSTLY MESSAGES.

    The abolition of the Penny Post would not have seemed a hardship to our grandfathers, for in their day letter-writing was a luxury in which ...

    Article : 230 words
  7. A CAUTION TO CHEMISTS.

    An elderly spinster, who, by reason of her exaction as to quality and her stringency as to prices of goods supplied, was a terror to the ...

    Article : 414 words
  8. "BIPP."

    Do you know what Bipp means? It is formed from the words: bismuth, iodoform, and paraffin paste, which, perhaps, does not make you ...

    Article : 179 words
  9. BREEDING PURE-BRED STOCK.

    In order to be a successful breeder of live stock, a man must not be vacillating in characters be must have a fixity of purpose and ability ...

    Article : 376 words
  10. AMERICANS AT HAMEL.

    Writing from the British front recently, Mr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, describes the part taken in the fighting around ...

    Article : 613 words
  11. DEMANDS OF POLITENESS.

    In all Continental countries men lift their hats when saluting one another. It is also customary for them to uncover their heads on entering ...

    Article : 203 words
  12. MADE FAMOUS BY FIGHTING.

    War brings into prominence many places, small and insignificant in themselves. The names of tiny villages like Givenchy and Messines, for ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HANDLING.

    It has often occurred to a writer in the "Farmer rand Stockbreeder" that among the present-day breeders of shorthorns sufficient importance is ...

    Article : 389 words
  14. FISHERS' SUPERSTITIONS.

    "Haul the trawl, my lads; we'll have to try new grounds. He's swept all the fish out of these waters." So cries the skipper, and the nets ...

    Article : 426 words
  15. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Professor Teechum adjusted his spectacles—that is to say, balanced them on the tip of his nose—and, pointing a bony finger at a ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. ROLLING.

    Keep the roller going, it is pretty safe to say no one ever rolled a field too much. We know more about the why and wherefore of the work ...

    Article : 358 words
  17. TEST YOUR EYES FOR SQUINT.

    A little experiment in optics which the French Dr. Cantonnet calls "the hole in the hand" is not merely an oddity, but is being used as a quick ...

    Article : 628 words
  18. NOT HAVING ANY.

    There was evidently something on Binks' mind, but although his friend noticed it, he didn't say anything. Suddenly Binks jerked out: ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. WELL ARMED.

    The landlady gave a tired smile as one of her lady boarders tripped lightly down the stairs the other morning. This certain young lady ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. PIGS MORE REMUNERATIVE THAN CATTLE.

    Considering the short period of time they require to come to maturity, pigs are far more remunerative than cattle. Even compared at ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. ONE ON THE JUDGE.

    The magistrate started a vigorous questioning, which the prisoner took very calmly. "What is your occupation, my ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. MADE A CUTTY.

    A gentleman went into a pipemaker's shop with the intention of seeing the method of making pipes. The proprietor, who was a ...

    Article : 279 words
  23. JOBS WORTH HAVING.

    Of eighty-six members of the British Parliament who hold office under the Crown fifty-seven draw between them £135,625, an average of nearly ...

    Article : 253 words
  24. ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.

    The teacher was taking his class in a mental arithmetic lesson. After "tables" had been repeated he commenced giving a series of mental ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. FREAK NESTING PLACES.

    Whether the air-raids have affected birds in England in the same way as they have the domestic cat and dog it is hard to say, but they have ...

    Article : 232 words
  26. NOT ACCIDENTAL.

    He looked a sorry sight as he limped into the insurance office. Bandages were numerous, and he walked with the aid of a crutch. ...

    Article : 113 words
  27. THE CRY OF THE LITTLE PEOPLES.

    The cry of the Little peoples went up to God in vain; The Czech, and the Pole, and the Finn, and the Schleswig Dane. ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. A CORKER.

    Everybody thought he was a good doctor that is, everybody who had not tried him. Two of his patients got talking one day. ...

    Article : 62 words
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