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  2. ICELANDIC JIU-JITSU.

    “Up to the present time, Glima, the ancient pastime and means of personal defence in Iceland, has been jealously guarded from all foreigners. ...

    Article : 303 words
  3. TO AVERT RAILWAY SMASHES.

    The President of the Board of Trade has expressed the opinion that there is no need for a second signalman to be placed in every box, says ...

    Article : 812 words
  4. HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

    Editor’s Note.—During the recent debate in the House of Commons which was marked by Sir Edward Grey’s great arbitration speech, Mr. ...

    Article : 2,082 words
  5. THE WILD BOAR OF NEW ZEALAND.

    I suppose that to most men comes at times an instinctive longing to get back for a while close to Nature at her wildest, to experience, if only ...

    Article : 342 words
  6. LANTERN FOOT-WARMER.

    An enterprising Canadian concern has placed a unique combined heating and illuminating device on the market in the guise of a lantern ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  7. A FIGHTING ADMIRAL.

    It was in October, 1707, that the Admiral made the Channel with a fleet of fifteen warships, four fireships, a sloop, and a yacht. His ...

    Article : 852 words
  8. THE BANDSMAN’S BADGE.

    She was a dainty, sweet young thing, and she had come down to visit her brother at the barracks. Her relative being on duty, bis chum, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 196 words
  9. MY PAST; MY PRESENT; MY HEALTH.

    During her visit to America recently Madame Sarah Bernhardt wrote some interesting articles giving the story of her remarkable life. ...

    Article : 634 words
  10. A TYPICAL ENGLISH SAILOR.

    Down in 1834 the Bast India Company had in its employ a body of officers and seamen who formed a force half-way between a merchant ...

    Article : 297 words
  11. “OUT IN THE COLD.”

    The Stegosaurus was quite at home in England in pre-historic times, when the Oxford clay was deposited, and millions of years before man ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  12. OLD AGE SECRET.

    The problem of longevity is being studied not only from the mortality records of human life, but similar records are now being kept of animals ...

    Article : 298 words
  13. SUBDUING A TIGER.

    Illustrating that it is nothing but kindness that makes wild animals really tame, Herr Hagenbeck, the famous animal trainer, tells the ...

    Article : 206 words
  14. HALF-A-DOZEN HALF-TRUTHS. THEIR OTHER HALVES.

    Half-truth.—Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. The other half—Penny wise and pound foolish. ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. OF NECESSITY.

    The father of a family presented himself at an emigration office, and asked for tickets. “How many are you?" inquired ...

    Article : 141 words
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