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  2. TEACHING ARMY HORSES TO SWIM.

    There is a saying that the May colt swims best—that is, that colts born [?]n the mouth of May take naturally to water. ...

    Article : 666 words
  3. WASHINGTON'S BENEDICTION. A Great Writer and a Great General.

    There are certain incidents in childhood that are permanently enshrined in the memory, never to he forgotten. When Washington Irving was old, ...

    Article : 301 words
  4. "HAPPIEST MAN ON THE FIELD."

    "My brother will be one of the hapniest men on the field," says Mrs. Despard in an interview. Mrs. Despard's brother is Sir John ...

    Article : 322 words
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  6. BLIND JUSTICE. I

    "No, I'm not in love, and I don't suppose I shall ever be in love," said Rosalind Belston, as she sat back in her chair on one side of the bigl ...

    Article : 5,061 words
  7. THE WAR BUDGET.

    Hodge waded through the weekly news, "The income tax," he said; 'That's nowt to me, I shallunt lose, ...

    Article : 129 words
  8. A PLEA FOR TOBACCO.

    The "Lancet" says:—'We may sure v brush a[?]de much prejudice against the use of tobacco when we consider [?]hat a source of comfort it is to the ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. TRICKS IN WAR.

    A good deal of trickery is carried on in modern warfare, for a clever and unexpected ruse will often enable a small force to turn the tide of bat ...

    Article : 447 words
  10. KING ALBERT AND A TRAITOR.

    No monarch loves his country more [?]ervently than King Albert of Belgium, and a striking story is told of the drastic manner in which he ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. RUSSIA'S MILITARY MARVEL.

    The new Napoleon that the war in Europe has produced is oddly enough Russian. He is General Russky. whose name has frequently been seen ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. STRANGLING FREEDOM.

    Someone has said that in Germany [?]t takes one-half of the nation to control the other. Certainly no foreigner [?]visits the country without being ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. DOOMED TO DEFEAT.

    Germany is doomed to sure defeat. Bankrupt in statesmanship, overmatched in arms, under the moral condemnation of the civilised world, ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. TO THE WOMEN AT HOME.

    Advice to those about to knit, in a few words, from a nurse at the front:—"What we want now are very large, ...

    Article : 148 words
  15. BELGIUM'S PRIDE.

    Tears dishonor us. Let us rather be thankful that Belgium, of all countries, was privileged to be the first and most vital rampart of modern ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. GENERAL FRENCH AND DE WET.

    Many tributes were paid to Sir John French for his brilliant work during the South African War, but could he ever be induced to confess ...

    Article : 366 words
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  18. OTHER COUNTRIES' V.C.'s.

    Most countries have rewards for valor similar to the British Victoria Cross. France confers her distinctive badges in the fairly familiar form of ...

    Article : 178 words
  19. THE DANGER OF OVER-HEATING.

    Some, may feel pity for our soldiers on these severe nights being unable to light fires in the trenches for fear of indicating their position to the ...

    Article : 115 words
  20. AN ANALOGY.

    Do yon think (asks a correspondent in the Liverpool "Post") that General Joffre had the following passage from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in his ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. Didn't Mean Just That.

    A policeman, whose evidence was taken on commission, deposed: "The prisoner sat upon me, calling me an ass, a precious dolt, are ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. He Meant the People.

    A laughable yarn is going the rounds about an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman, who were discussing the subject of racing. ...

    Article : 105 words
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