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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 28 words
  3. THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE

    I have lived in Australia since 1853, and by living in the bush, where they were plentiful in their wild state, I have had an opportunity of gauging ...

    Article : 1,015 words
  4. A POISON PROPOSITION.

    Ever since he bad foolishly tried to follow up the, stream, and it had died into the ground, and he had struck back on his own trail, and ...

    Article : 552 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    "Yes," he said, "we" must cut down and economise. I've brought home a sample bottle of very cheap claret, which I think I shall have to drink ...

    Article : 140 words
  6. A FLOATING CHURCH.

    The most interesting floating church in the United Kingdom is the church on the fens at Holme, near Petersborough. ...

    Article : 175 words
  7. RISKS RUN BY CINEMA OPERATORS.

    One of the most perilous tasks of the war is the work of the war cinema operator, particularly when he is engaged, as many of them now are ...

    Article : 267 words
  8. OFFICER'S ORDERLIES.

    In the days of chivalry the knight went forth to the wars accompanied by his squire, who bore his shield and helped him into his armour, and ...

    Article : 1,288 words
  9. TRIED TO ECONOMIZE.

    There was a wild, haunted look on his face as he slipped out of his office in the city. "Look here," he observed to an ...

    Article : 146 words
  10. THE AMERICAN V.C.

    Naval and military men of America claim that their "Medal of Honour," the equivalent to Britain's Victoria Cross, is the hardest to gain, the ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. AN HISTORIC WRITING-DESK.

    America has often been the recipient of a national gift, the most prominent being, of course, France's gift of the Statue of Liberty at the ...

    Article : 248 words
  12. A FERRET'S NIGHT OUT.

    His mother was a ferret, lean, yellow, and pink-eyed, and a she-devil to boot. His father was worse, a wild ...

    Article : 556 words
  13. HE'D FORGOTTEN SOMETHING.

    It was in the early days of recruiting,—when a particularly smartly-attired man presented himself before the sergeant at a recruiting office. ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. HAD CHANGED COLOUR.

    When the new curate paid his first visit to one of his parishioners he was shown into the drawing room, where little Mabel sat alone amusing ...

    Article : 470 words
  15. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Last year the English Navy cost £209,877,217. The British, Army smokes 4,000,000000 cigarettes a year. ...

    Article : 419 words
  16. BOUND IN JEWELS.

    At the bottom of the Atlantic lies a jewel-bound copy of Omar Khayyam. It was on its way to America in the ill-fated Titanic, which struck ...

    Article : 231 words
  17. FREEZING A COLD.

    One of the best places for curing a cold is the refrigerating chamber of a cold-storage establishment. In fact, the proper cure for a cold is— ...

    Article : 391 words
  18. THE ART OF ADVERTISING.

    In these days dogs are at a discount. Food is the trouble. A healthy bulldog takes a lot of rations. So they are advertised for sale ...

    Article : 247 words
  19. THE GOLDEN CIRCLET.

    There are several theories as to the origin of the wedding-ring. Here is one of them. Before the time of mints and ...

    Article : 117 words
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