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  2. SHEEP CONQUER WOLVES.

    The Alaskan grey wolves travel in pairs, and never attack a man unless they are famished. The black Siberian wolves generally travel in packs ...

    Article : 415 words
  3. HATS IN THE HOUSE.

    In early nineteenth century prints of the House of Commons only the occupants of the two front benches the Ministers and ex-Ministers, are ...

    Article : 650 words
  4. LAFADIO HEARN.

    It is more than two years ago since the death of Lafcadio Hearn, the American writer who "pledged himself to the worship of the odd, the ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  5. THE "TRAGEDY OF VERSAILLES."

    In the dead hour of night, by the light of flickering lanterns, men dug softly in Versailles Park. They Were no mysterious evildoers burying the ...

    Article : 351 words
  6. THE BEST WAY.

    "Wilbur," said the lady, suddenly, "I’ve decided how I want that dress "That’s good," said her husband from behind his paper. ...

    Article : 433 words
  7. THE TALE OF LIFE.

    The tale of life is quickly told; A bird pecks a worm from out the mould, A cat eats the bird at break of day, ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. CURIOUS CAVE DWELLERS IN SAHARA DESERT.

    A discovery of curious interest has been made by Mr. Hans Vischer, the English resident at Kuka on Lake Chad, in Northern Nigeria, Africa, ...

    Article : 321 words
  9. VAIN SEARCH FOR COLD.

    "Gold in Canada! The new Eldorado! Richer than the Rand! Fortunes for a few pounds!" We were four Londoners newly ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  10. THE WONDERS OF WAVES.

    Waves are deceptive things. To look at them one would gather the impression that the whole water travelled. This, however, is not so. ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. INFLUENZA JOYS.

    When you’re blest with a head like an old tin kettle, And some bones that have been on the rack, ...

    Article : 601 words
  12. ROYAL YACHTS.

    The Victoria and Albert, in which the King and Queen have cruised in the Mediterranean, is the largest and most magnificent of all the Royal ...

    Article : 213 words
  13. HOW LONG WILL GOAL LAST.

    The world still has a considerable supply of coal. Germany is credited with 280,000,000,000 tons, sufficient to last 2,000 years at the present, ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. STONED A TIGER TO DEATH.

    Fifty years ago tigers were very common oven in the hills of western Tibet, writes C. A. Sherring in his account of that country. At the ...

    Article : 355 words
  15. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    The world’s, coal mines employ 1,500,000. The world uses three million five hundred steel pens per day. ...

    Article : 461 words
  16. THE DEAR OLD DAD!

    A frugal and industrious shoemaker had two daughters, of whom he was very proud. He provides a good home for them, dresses them ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. HE STOPPED SQUEAKING.

    An amateur ventriloquist was recently a passenger on a river steamer and, having a slight acquaintance with the engineer, was allowed to ...

    Article : 381 words
  18. VALOUR.

    Some brave Russians now crept up the western slope unobserved and flung. magnesium fire-balls on to the hill. The Japanese trenches were ...

    Article : 250 words
  19. A GALLANT NOBODY.

    It is not always the information carried by the recognised aides-decamp to and from the commanding officer in battle which is of highest ...

    Article : 225 words
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