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  2. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    A sun bath is of more value to health than much warming by fire. Alexander the Great finished his conquests of the Eastern world before he ...

    Article : 822 words
  3. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    'You have some fine ducks this morning,' said a schoolmaster as he entered a poulterer's shop in Sussex street Sydney, the other day. ...

    Article : 112 words
  4. VALUE OF A NITROGENOUS TOP-DRESSING.

    A South Australian wheat grower, Mr. W. Pearson, who also grows other crops, and every year does a little in experimental manuring, gives it as his ...

    Article : 298 words
  5. JUST FOR REMEMBRANCE !

    Oh, it's brave to cheer the men who're going off, And it's fine to hear the gallant way they fight: ...

    Article : 241 words
  6. BOB BLIZZARD IN AFRICA.

    I felt but little inclined to sleep that night, for fear that Ngoi might fail in his endeavour to bribe the fetishmen, or might even be unable to speak to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. A Bit of It Left.

    A certain lawyer was a candidate for municipal honours recently. Whilst out canvassing, he knocked at a cottage door. The door was opened ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. No More Excuses.

    Many wives are thankful that the war fever has abated. During the height of the excitement their husbands excused themselves for keeping late hours by ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. Does Machinery Displace Men?

    Somebody has asked:--" What is to become of the workmen who are thrown oat of work by the introduction of improved machinery ?" There ought not ...

    Article : 160 words
  10. How Pearl Oysters Are Found.

    A pearl oyster shell is as big as a dinner-plate. It lies tipped upon the bed of the ocean with others growing near it. It rests against a stone, as ...

    Article : 336 words
  11. What He Would Do.

    Just before Christmas a provincial property master was busy making animals, birds, etc., for the forthcoming pantomime. ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. Coming Arms for Soldiers.

    A soldier who has to handle a long range weapon needs long-range artificial vision, and with the donning of khaki of even pattern by officers and men ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. Met His Match.

    A certain Glasgow lawyer was very fond of setting traps for workmen who might happen to be working in or about his house by leaving money or some ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. A Girl Unconscious for Weeks.

    Miss Eva Roach, a Canadian damsel, has some curious experiences. Not the least of these is her habit of falling asleep for days. She achieved a great ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. The Boyish Barrister.

    The Chancery Bar has a junior member whose youthful face has made him familiar to all the profession. He has lately returned from the seaside, and his ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. The Origin of Woman.

    Among the many interesting traditions that have lately been brought to light by a writer who has been making a careful study of the legends and folk ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. Merciful Bullets.

    This great majority of the wounds that our troops in South Africa suffered from are caused by Mauser bullets, some few were due to fragments of shell, and a ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. Manners and All.

    A page-boy in a well-known M.P.'s household, who had to wait at table, was busily engaged watching the head-cook make a pudding, which happened to be ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. Heard in Court.

    'Young man,' said the magistrate, severely the evidence is conclusive against you. You tried to kiss the plaintiff against her will. Have you ...

    Article : 126 words
  20. Orange Free State Arms.

    The coat of arms of the Orange Free. State shows an orange tree in the middle of a field ; on one Bide stands a lion, on the other a lamb. The motto beneath ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. To the Front.

    At a play in a little English provincial town the other evening a soldier, arriving late, found all the cheaper seats occupied. Seeing, however, a few of ...

    Article : 92 words
  22. Spelling and Pronunciation of Words.

    In spelling and pronunciation, probably no word in the English or any other language differs so radically as the word "quay." It violates every rule of ...

    Article : 188 words
  23. They All Knew.

    A clergyman, having been inducted into a living in Kent, in the course of his first sermon introduced the word "optics." ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. A Rival to Schenk.

    An exhaustive study of the subject of the determinations of sex has been published by Dr. Arthur Frederick Davenport. The author concludes that the ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. His Choice.

    Schoolmistress : ' What is the matter, Johnny?' Little Johnny Squanch (sobbingly): ' Some of the--ooo-hoo--big boys made ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. For Punishment.

    Captain: "Sergeant, note down Private Grasgreen three days on bread and water for slovenly turn-out on parade." ...

    Article : 50 words
  27. A Little Soft-Soap.

    She: 'I wonder if it is you or at me that the men are staring so admiringly.' He: 'Me.' 'You?" ...

    Article : 41 words
  28. Glad She Said It.

    She said he was a great big bear, And, be it to his credit, He hugged her awfully then and there, And she was glad she said it. ...

    Article : 32 words
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