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  2. A STRONG MAN ARMED.

    Under the above title, Major W. P. Drury deals very strongly with the question of Imperial defence in the “Empire Magazine.” He does not ...

    Article : 359 words
  3. TRAPPED!

    It was the middle of the night. All the house, all the world was hushed in sleep. Through the curtained windows of the workroom ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  4. “YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A FEW CHEMICALS!"

    "The human body ” (says the Sketch”) “contains no fewer than four substances which are so inflamable that, in a pure state, they will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 193 words
  5. CANADA’S LANGUAGE PROBLEM.

    Two million of the 7,000,000 people in Canada speak only the French language. The 5,000,000 who speak English are in a preponderating majority ...

    Article : 756 words
  6. CONVERSATIONAL ERRORS.

    By conversational errors I do not mean so much grammatical mistakes as those little faults of speech which distinguish the ill-bred from the ...

    Article : 705 words
  7. A BIG MEAL PREVENTS STOMACH ACIDITY.

    “Of course,” as we are told, "the more copious the meal the less is the resulting inconvenience, because the excess of acid is neutralised by the ...

    Article : 183 words
  8. UNWRITTEN LAWS.

    There is a class of unwritten law which does not and cannot become written law (says the New-York “Case and Comment”), because it ...

    Article : 831 words
  9. WALKING-STICK WEAPONS.

    Those who look with contempt upon a cane as a useless ornament and a harmless weapon evolved from the old-time bludgeon, evidently do ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 297 words
  10. TRAVELLING IN INDIA.

    Everybody when on a journey in India carries his own bedding, and outside the large, establishments of the Government officials everywhere ...

    Article : 401 words
  11. THE END OF THE CHAPERON.

    In that very amusing book of reminiscences, “Notes from the Life of an Ordinary Mortal,” we learn, for the first time, the exact date of the ...

    Article : 342 words
  12. ANOTHER AWFUL MYSTERY.

    The newsboy was running down the street at top speed, when he met the vicar of the parish. "‘Have you heard the news of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 169 words
  13. THE NEW JOURNALISM.

    That there is a new journalism, with principles and methods in harmony with new political and social conditions and new developments in ...

    Article : 247 words
  14. NOVEL ANTI-DRINK REMEDY.

    Sir James Sawyer, the eminent physician, proposes a very simple preparation to allay the drink craving of dipsomaniacs. He says:— ...

    Article : 215 words
  15. RECOGNISED.

    Counsel for the defence began to cross-examine a witness, “Your name, if I understand you correctly," he said, "is Ezra Egerton ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. ANIMALS THAT CAN COUNT.

    In a discussion of the arithmetical knowledge of animals in “La Revue.” the writer quotes some curious anccdotes, and among them the following ...

    Article : 234 words
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