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  2. PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST. BOURBAKI'S DISASTROUS DEFEAT.

    One of the rules of war is that when a defeated army is driven [?] neutral frontier it must lay [?] arms cre it penetrates ...

    Article : 411 words
  3. A Wireless Night Mirror.

    A remarkable invention pregnant with useful possibilities is the wireless long-distance mirror. Its purpose, in brief, is to convey an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 378 words
  4. Forged for Love.

    The first bank-note forgery was committed for love's sake. Richard William Vaughan, a solicitor's clerk, wished to marry his employer's ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. NATURE'S MONUMENT.

    It is seldom, perhaps, that Nature erects a monument to a person's memory; yet in a small cemetery a few miles east of Nashville, in ...

    Article : 191 words
  6. A DUELLING ACTOR.

    James Quin, who died on January 21, 1776, was a fine actor, a popular man on the stage, and a popular man in his retirement at ...

    Article : 357 words
  7. Wages in South Africa.

    South Africa is perpetually faced with the problem of keeping its 170,000 coloured workers in order. The white miners naturally dislike ...

    Article : 489 words
  8. A STRANGE CASE.

    It is doubtful whether Micro over was a mysterious disappearance which created quite so tremendous a sensation as was Aroused by that ...

    Article : 349 words
  9. Auto Goggle For a Horse.

    The accompanying picture would seem to indicate that the horse had gone in for motoring, but that is not the case. He needs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  10. One On the Tourist.

    "I [?]pose if I should try [?] ride that machine I'd break my neck?" said a gawky-looking fellow, as he looked at the bicycle against the ...

    Article : 243 words
  11. GIGANTIC FISH.

    The year 1913 will long be remembered among salmon anglers as that in which the biggest salmon caught in a Scottish river for 28 ...

    Article : 352 words
  12. MAILS AND MEN.

    In the annals of the road, the varied record of the picturesque romance and prosaic realities of the good old coaching days, an ...

    Article : 263 words
  13. The Riddle of Scent.

    It has been said that the modern man's chief aim is to be able to travel to nowhere in particular at top speed. There is a good deal ...

    Article : 543 words
  14. Smart Children with Stupid Parents.

    The contention of many physicians and reformers that feeble-minded parents should be prohibited from marrying, because they believe that the ...

    Article : 482 words
  15. Your Feet Weigh More when You are Asleep.

    You often hear a person complain of his head feeling heavy after a long shop. As a metter of fact, his head is considerably lighter, and ...

    Article : 348 words
  16. Longest Aerial Cableway.

    A remarkable aerial cableway, about 75 miles long, is soon to be built across the mountain barriers separating the famous Vale of ...

    Article : 414 words
  17. THE GOOSE KING.

    There is plenty of money to be made from goose-farming if you have enough capital to commence the business and sufficient patience ...

    Article : 325 words
  18. PIOUS AND COURAGEOUS GENERAL.

    Charles George Gordon, who died on January 26, 1885, two days before his fifty-second birthday, had been through more than almost any ...

    Article : 352 words
  19. ARMY SLANG.

    There is more slang, among soldiers than one would find at all the schools in England. Some amusing examples were given by Corporal ...

    Article : 220 words
  20. INGREDIENTS OF A MUD PIE.

    A bacteriologist recently found his little boy making mud pies in a park at Lyons, where a playground is reserved for children to enjoy ...

    Article : 98 words
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