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  2. Ears to Hear Zeppelins.

    No longer to German airships undertake raids during day-time and in clear weather. The pilots know too well the vulnerability of their ...

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  3. New Year’s Notes.

    Practically every ancient nation celebraton the first day of the New year with festivities, although not on the same day. The Roman day was ...

    Article : 246 words
  4. Ladies’ Column.

    A very homely dish is shepherd’s pie, but if not well made it is rather despised. Here is a good recipe :— Boil two pounds of floury potatoes. ...

    Article : 132 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Pat and Bridget" were being married, and the whole village was astir. pat was resplendent in a tail-coat (borrowed), patent-leather boots (too ...

    Article : 123 words
  6. Ambergris in Queensland Waters.

    A piece of ambergris, estimated to be worth £50,000, is floating somewhere where on the Pacific Ocean, near the Queensland coast. The schooner, “A. ...

    Article : 218 words
  7. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Every job has its compensations. A pen-pusher is secure in the knowledge that bodily harm is unlikely in the pursuance of his duties, though ...

    Article : 153 words
  8. A SIMPLE PUDDING.

    Ingredients : Two ounces of lard, two ounces of white sugar, half a pound of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, a little essence of ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. STARTING AS USUAL.

    Having made his money, Mr. Gelding became the usual target for silly questions on “How to Make Cash Quickly,” and such topics, ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. BRITAIN’S WAR DEBTS.

    At the close of the Napoleonic wars Britain's National Debt stood at 840 millions sterling, and at the commencement of the , European war ...

    Article : 196 words
  11. APPLE JELLY.

    I am afraid that the only recipe I have for apple jelly gives a red or pink colour to the preserves, but the flavour is delicious. Take T[?] of ...

    Article : 133 words
  12. Weather Unaffected by Heavenly Bodies.

    That the planets and the moon have an effect upon the weather, on the earth is a common belief. This belief is baseless, for all changes of ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. PROOFS WANTED.

    A Londoner who was staying in Scotland for a little while recently had need of legal assistance. went up to a sensible-looking man ...

    Article : 110 words
  14. How to Live on 6d. a Day.

    I was detained for some weeks on the Continent. Knowing that I might not be able to return for some months, I decided to live in the most ...

    Article : 695 words
  15. TO PRESERVE HARD PEARS.

    Wipe the pears ; put a large cabbage leaf in the bottom of a saucepan ; add the pears, cover with water and place another cabbage leaf on ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. APPROPRIATE !

    Although the bravery of our Australian troops is beyond all question their ideas on discipline vary considerably from those held by soldiery ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. INDIAN TIGER SUPERSTITIONS.

    In India the people believe in very many old fairy tales. One of these is that the ghost of a man killed by a tiger rides on the ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. That Nimble “Tickey.”

    The Britisher’s prejudice against the threepenny-bit is proverbial. It is curious, because in South Africa, where the coin is used more than ...

    Article : 510 words
  19. What Your Voice Looks Like.

    If Dr. Conta, of Paris, has his way, every prospective bride will have to furnish a photograph of her voice before marriage. This French ...

    Article : 207 words
  20. BELGIAN CHRISTMAS PUDDING.

    This is an economical recipe. Required Half a pound of prunes, half a pound of currants, half a pound of flour, three ounces of chopped suet, ...

    Article : 124 words
  21. A PLAIN HINT.

    He was poor but earnest, and was desirous of seeking the hand in marriage of the daughter of a wealthy widow. First of all, he thought he ...

    Article : 102 words
  22. A COLOSSAL MAP.

    A map of the visible universe, upon which the astronomers of the world have been working for twenty-five years, is almost complete. It will ...

    Article : 91 words
  23. HINTS THAT WILL HELP YOU.

    To keep suet fresh bury it in the flour-bin. A pad of newspaper sprinkled with bathbrick will clean the knives as ...

    Article : 325 words
  24. REALISM.

    Two pavement artists were boasting about how they could paint. “Do you know,” said one, “I painted a sixpence on the ground one day, ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. HOW A REPRIEVE IS ARRANGED.

    Nominally the power of reprieve and pardon belongs to the Royal prerogative. At one time it was actively exercised by the Sovereign ; but ...

    Article : 182 words
  26. Double-Barrelled Cannon.

    Probably you have heard of the multi-barrelled pistols of the so-called pepper-box design, which were popular a couple of centuries ago While ...

    Article : 272 words
  27. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

    “I am sending you some manuscript,” ` wrote the budding authoress. “i also enclose a letter of introduction from my clergyman, one from ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. RATHER TRYING.

    It was a shy young curate who was once asked to take a class of girls about fifteen or sixteen, which had formerly been taken by a lady. The ...

    Article : 188 words
  29. FIRST FLIERS.

    The earliest recorded balloon ascent was that of Padre Guzman at [?] in 1709. The discovery by Cavendish in 1766 of the lightness of ...

    Article : 163 words
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