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  2. THE MACHINE GUN.

    Although the Gatling gun—a weapon consisting of six connected barrels revolving on a common axis—was a remarkably efficient weapon ...

    Article : 1,019 words
  3. LIVE ON THE FLOOR.

    Intelligent women who live sedentary lives and yet value beauty conservation and health culture—girls who work in offices, in studios, or ...

    Article : 1,171 words
  4. "Dead" for a Week.

    We were all in lively spirits, smoking and laughing and saying what we would do when we landed at Galipoli. Six sailors sat in the middle ...

    Article : 302 words
  5. Not Quite a Native.

    The canny Scotsman showed a commendable readiness to give credit where it justly belonged. His local attachments were likely to lead to ...

    Article : 199 words
  6. Troubles of the Zeppelins.

    Much valuable information gained as to the way in varying conditions of wind, temperature, etc., affect aircraft of different sorts has ...

    Article : 1,255 words
  7. TRY A CHANGE.

    Can one ever realise the true value of a change? Even if its only to the extent of a change in the room wallpaper, or a new suit, or the ...

    Article : 766 words
  8. A Vacuum Clothes-washer

    A hand device which appreciably reduces the fatigue of washing clothes has been introduced into England from Canada, where it has an ...

    Article : 348 words
  9. LEFT ON THE SEAT.

    "It is really astonishing how absent-minded some folks are," said an old taxi-driver, who was a Jehu in the metropolis long before taxis came ...

    Article : 846 words
  10. "'Old Up Yer 'Ead."

    The sergeant was very angry—a state of mind common to sergeants. The recruits he was drilling listened to him with a kind of grim ...

    Article : 238 words
  11. Managed it.

    Two privates met the other morning near the canteen, which, from the fact that a monkey was kept on the counter, was popularly known as the ...

    Article : 182 words
  12. NOTHING SERIOUS. BRAVE MAN.

    The second act had come to an end. The curtain had fallen, and after a long tumult of applause the audience were gradually relapsing into silence. ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. LOGIC.

    If there was one thing that little Nancy hated, it was going to bed. There was always an argument before she retired to rest. ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. NOT ENOUGH BAIT.

    The old man was an enthusiastic fisherman. To him there was no sportlike sitting dangling a bit of string at the end of a pole. He set off in ...

    Article : 236 words
  15. TRUE VIRTUE.

    Walter had just finished his first week at school, and was full of chatter about his new friends, the chief of these being a small boy unknown ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. ON THE RUN.

    The manager of a big Australian sheep station engaged a discharged sailor to do farm work. He was put in charge of a large flock of sheep. ...

    Article : 181 words
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