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  2. Commercial Travellers' Tales. THE TRAVELLER IN HAIR.

    Ted Thorley was the life of a party, and one of the briskest C. P.'s on the road. A commercial room was the brightest spot on the ...

    Article : 609 words
  3. The Way of an Eagle.

    Although piles of rabbit and other bones have been found at the foot of the trees where our wedge-tailed eagles build their nests, we do not ...

    Article : 402 words
  4. Fortifying the Panama Canal.

    Having investod nearly 375,000,000 dollars in the canal, the United States is intent upon safeguarding that tremendous outlay ...

    Article : 212 words
  5. Dangerous Spring.

    Whether we sit at home or whether we walk abroad, life seems to be full of perils for the bravest. According to medical experts, there ...

    Article : 245 words
  6. When Niagara Stopped.

    Only once in history has the mighty roar of Niagara been silenced, and this phenomenon occurred on March 31. 1848. Early on ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. Character Told by the Nose.

    It is an ancient belief that the nose indicates ancestry. We speak about the aristocratic nose with its high bridge and the plehian nose of ...

    Article : 342 words
  8. AN UNEXPECTED ORDER.

    The most interesting experience I ever had during a long time on the road occurred some years ago in Scotland. ...

    Article : 667 words
  9. Home-made Candle Holder

    The candlestick or holder shown in the illustration is made of an ordinary tin can, such as is used for canning salmon or potted ham. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  10. Good Friday Contests.

    In a certain Yorkshire parish there is held every Good Friday a curious football match, in which the players on the winning side are ...

    Article : 520 words
  11. A Gentleman by inclination.

    William Page, though his name is not so familiar as that of Turpin, King, and other knights of the road, was yet as gallant and ...

    Article : 374 words
  12. Flint Arrow Heads.

    The old Indian art of making flint arrow heads was not so difficult as is usually imagined—white men are making "old and genuine" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 153 words
  13. Queer Things People Believe.

    Here are some of the superstitions which are still believed by thousands in one part of the country or another. A hundred others might be ...

    Article : 391 words
  14. A Singer's Loss of Voice.

    A strange thing occurred in 1825, at a performance of the opera "Semiramide" in Paris. Madame Mainvielle Fodor's exquisite singing ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. CLASP FOR HOLDING FLEXIBLE LAMP CORDS.

    A very easily made drop-light adjuster is shown ill the illustration. It consists of a piece of copper wire [?]-in. in diameter, bent as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  16. An April Joke.

    M. Georges Clemenceau, lately Prime Minister of France, might have reached n high political position twenty years ago. A com ...

    Article : 244 words
  17. PLAYFUL BULLDOGS.

    My most amusing experience as a commercial traveller occurred whilst engaged by a leading West of England pianoforte manufacturer. ...

    Article : 478 words
  18. The Railway Sleeper.

    The extraordinary peregrinations of an exceptionally sleepy man are related by the 'Petit Journal.' He lives at Corbeil, about twenty ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. A Swordsman's Prowess.

    Among those who displayed their prowess before, the King at the Second Life Guards' assault-at-arms recently was Corporal-Major ...

    Article : 230 words
  20. The Curious Chameleon.

    One of the most popular exhibits at the Sydney Zoo is the box of chameleons—the curious, sleepy lizards which adapt their colour to ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. AFTER THAT.

    The inspector had arrived at the school, and the examination was in full swing. The small child was asked, "What are the chief products ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. A VERY-EARLY RISER.

    "Pat," said a malinger, to one of his workmen, "you must be An early riser. I always find you at work, the first thing in the morning." ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. A MIX-UP.

    On "Pancake Tuesday" a local family were enjoying their customary fare of pancakes, and as the decorators were in the house at ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.

    Jack Jones to Tom Tustin: I'll black your eye for you in a minute. Observant Schoolmaster: Jones, ...

    Article : 44 words
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