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  2. WHY THEY WERE SLOW.

    The following incident of one of our raids will serve to illustrate how patient and indulgent our men can be towards their enemies, Once they ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. BLIND MAY READ PRINT.

    The latest thing in "phones" is the optophone, which Mr. E. E. Fournier D'Albe lecturer on physics, has invented and for which he claims ...

    Article : 250 words
  4. IMPROVING STEEL HELMETS.

    Describing the new British steel helmet, Dr. C. W. Saleeby says that, instead of the straight front of the French helmet, it has a sloping front, ...

    Article : 223 words
  5. AMAZING DUG-OUTS.

    Describing a battlefield on which our troops gained fresh laurels, Mr. Beach Thomas says:—The crowning marvel of the German defence lies ...

    Article : 314 words
  6. "STRIPES."

    A leading articles in the Chicago "Herald," entitled "Stripes," reads: "When a Million flown with insolence commands Americans to put on ...

    Article : 253 words
  7. WOMEN WHO SNEAK SUGAR.

    The scarcity of sugar in England has tempted many people to adopt artful little ways of replenishing the empty sugar basin. ...

    Article : 227 words
  8. LANCASHIRE GIRL'S ROMANCE.

    One of the most talked of women in America at the present moment is Miss Cecilia Manuela Wright, who, desirous of establishing an aviatorial ...

    Article : 288 words
  9. FAT-AND-WELL GHOSTS.

    A remarkable attempt at insurrection in South Basutoland has recently been suppressed by the authorities accoriding to the Rand newspaper. ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. A BOMBER'S EXPLOIT.

    A bombing raid is the most exciting game of "hide-and-seek" ever invented. For in this game the penally of failure or discovery is not ...

    Article : 249 words
  11. BIG GUNS ON THE SOMME.

    Sir Douglas Haig in his despatch on the battles of the Somme described the shooting of our artillery as reaching practicully the point of ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. ONLY WOMAN GAOLER.

    Although prisons are to be found in every corner of the globe, it is a remarkable fact that there is only one official woman gaoler. Her name ...

    Article : 211 words
  13. WOMEN IN TROUSERS.

    The women war substitutes of Britain are responsible for a remarkable new fashion. which is spreading all over the United States. Overalls ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. NOTES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    The silkworm is liable to over one hundred diseases. In South Africa there is a great demand for donkeys, as they are ...

    Article : 481 words
  15. "NAILED!"

    A remarkable story, in which a bag of nails and 500 Sovereigns figured, was told at the Highgate (London) Police Court recently, when Louis ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. DON'T WORRY THE COWS.

    The dairy cow is a nervous animal. Any little thing that irritates her is bound to decrease the milk flow. It therefore pays to study the ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. GERMAN COURTS OF BLOOD.

    The following account of German brutality in Poland by an educated Pole from Warsaw, who recently arrived in Holland, is published by the ...

    Article : 617 words
  18. "OLIVER TWIST" IN REAL LIFE.

    There was a very human touch in the proceedings at the London Juvenile Court, recently, when a bright litlle boy, Alfred William Coates told ...

    Article : 180 words
  19. MOUSE AS ENGINEER.

    A field mouse which had fallen into a hole dug to receive a telegraph pole displayed ingenuity and perseverance in effecting its escape. The ...

    Article : 189 words
  20. NO BEER THAT DAY.

    Mr. Raymond Blathwayt tells the following amusing story of the days when he was a very young curate in the East End of London. ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. GERMAN SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    Perhaps the best index as to what the Germans think of the war developments on the Somme is to be had in the letters they write to friends ...

    Article : 465 words
  22. THREE MUSKETS IN THREE MONTHS.

    The statement that our output of guns and shells is now more in a single week than it was in the whole of 1915 recalls a letter written by ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. AMAZING FEAT OF A V.C.

    Sergeant Tugg, of the R.A.M.C., who witnessed Private T. Jones, of Runcorn, win his Victoria Cross, recently described the amazing ...

    Article : 311 words
  24. CHIMPANZEE AT SCHOOL.

    Dr. Richard L. Garner, undeterred by his 70 years of age and the perils of sea travel in war time, is now on his way back to Central Africa to ...

    Article : 241 words
  25. WHAT TO DO.

    To prevent pipes from clogging, after throwing greasy water down the sink, put a piece of common soda over the sink drain and pour hot ...

    Article : 363 words
  26. HOW BELGIANS DIE.

    With the cry, "Vive la Belgique," "Vive le Roi" ("Long live Belgium," Long live the King"), on their lips, eleven heroic Belgians, sentenced to ...

    Article : 168 words
  27. WIDOWED BIRDS.

    The married life of most birds could be taken for a model by members of the human family. For instance, the staid, dignified, and ...

    Article : 142 words
  28. MARKET REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  29. DO TREES THINK?

    Thousands of years buck all the trees and plants were huge and coarse of fibre. They have gradually become refined and move beautiful, ...

    Article : 144 words
  30. KNEW HER JOB.

    Things were getting desperate with a certain servantless lady. She was therefore quite excited when the registry office people sent her a ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. FINDING THE RANGE.

    It is one thing to spot a hostile battery, and another problem altogether to hit it. The locality may be well known, but the range difficult to ...

    Article : 138 words
  32. HURT HIS FEELINGS.

    Lytway, the butcher, had been very busy for a few moments with a well-worn dictionary. Suddenly he closed it with a snap and glowered ...

    Article : 107 words
  33. TOO SAD FOR THAT.

    A tourist was chatting with the proprietor of the village inn. "This place housts of a choral society. doesn't it?" he asked. ...

    Article : 55 words
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