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  2. Armies Captured in War.

    A pronounced feature of the European War is that, with one exception sensational surrenders of large bodies of men have been conspicuously ...

    Article : 530 words
  3. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    The other day some men were watching the boatmen on the canal struggling with one of their boats which seemed to be nearly under ...

    Article : 84 words
  4. Steel-clad Warriors.

    The official recognition of armour did not take place till recently, when the French Government—profiting, perhaps, from the operations at Port ...

    Article : 488 words
  5. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    An interesting type of electric fan is installed in the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia for scaring flies. Forty-two such fans keep the ...

    Article : 138 words
  6. Deseperate Diet.

    There is naturally much talk in war-time of rations and food supply, and the possibility or probability of starving out one or other of the ...

    Article : 201 words
  7. A Great Admiral's Love Story.

    Was the greatest of England's naval heroes really entangled and enslaved against his will by the machinations of the beautiful, ...

    Article : 1,386 words
  8. NO APPETITE REQUIRED.

    One of our Tommies received an answer to one of his letters from a girl cousin. In her letter she promised him "a present, which would ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. REVENUE FROM A RAILROAD JUNK HEAP.

    A leading Eastern American railroad prides itself on the fact that it does not throw away any article that has any value to man or beast. ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. Leather Swindles.

    If asked to recommend substances to be used fraudulently to give more weight to cheap leather, probably no one would think of suggesting sugar ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. ITALIAN HOMOUR.

    A dull-looking married couple were travelling in a second-class compartment on the Berlin to Milan line. Said the husband: "My dear, I will ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. A WIDE AND NARROW GAUGE COMPARISON.

    It is generally known that the proportion of the weight of a train to that of the load carried is surprisingly great, but that the proportion is ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. "Time-Study Watch."

    The stop watch, which was first made as a race track accessory, and was used for a long time exclusively for timing speed contests, has now ...

    Article : 408 words
  14. Some Notable Surrenders

    Austrian generals frequently gambled the lives of men without any masterly genius to redeem tho speculation. The great Austrian army ...

    Article : 526 words
  15. FROM "OVER THERE."

    "The shop we are in now is 'cushy' to the one that we came from—jolly fine trenches, good dug-outs, quiet Germs. We've been told that there ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. A Robinson Crusoe of To-day.

    It is one of the ironies of life that, while some men of millions find their greatest pleasure in squandering their gold, there are others who look on ...

    Article : 596 words
  17. COOL.

    At the beginning of the football season a Member of Parliament, well-known for his generosity to junior football clubs, received a letter from ...

    Article : 224 words
  18. A Russian Recluse.

    It is not long since we were reading of the death of M. G. Solodovnivoff, the richest of all the Czar's subjects, a man whose wealth was ...

    Article : 477 words
  19. BOOKS WORTH FORTUNES.

    Don't throw your old books away until you are sure they are valueless. That old Coverdale Bible, for instance—look at the date. 1535— ...

    Article : 371 words
  20. FRESH TRAVELS.

    On his return from a long stay abroad, a well-known newspaper war correspondent took lodgings in a quiet London suburb, and "engaged ...

    Article : 334 words
  21. THE SCOTS WERE "HAD" I

    At a rest camp, "Somewhere in France," the men of a certain famous Highland regiment were having an impromptu concert. ...

    Article : 202 words
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