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  2. THE KAISER'S KEEPER.

    The first application for the post of custodian of the ex-Kaiser should he be exiled. has been made by a newspaper man in Egypt. He claims the ...

    Article : 88 words
  3. From all Parts.

    A hat—preferably a silk hat—is laid on the floor, brim upwards. The company is divided into two sides, and a pack of cards distributed among the ...

    Article : 101 words
  4. Short Story

    The train had killed her muley cow, and the company had got to pay for it—so said Mrs. Bilger. Mrs. Bilger was a widow lady ...

    Article : 2,610 words
  5. AIRSHIPS TO SWEEP THE SEAS.

    Navy experts have now succeeded in solving the greatest problem in connection with mine-sweeping, that is, by airships—and this method [?] ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. MAKE A HABIT OF SLEEP.

    It is a great pity (says a specialist in nerves in the course of some advice to young women) that all of you will not learn and practise the most ...

    Article : 234 words
  7. ALL-WHITE WORKS.

    Many factories in Great Britain will be "all white" ones. All partitions roofs. walls (except those that must be solid to support weight), are to be ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. REPAIRING A WOODEN SHIP WITH CONCRETE.

    A letter from Buenos Ayres addressed to "Engineering" (London), describes some interesting work done in the repair of a wooden ship. The ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. SAFETY BUILDING PLATFORM.

    At a recent Trades Exhibition in America, a gold medal for the latest safety device was carried off by the [?]nventors of a building platform. ...

    Article : 207 words
  10. PIGEONS HELPED TANKS.

    a vague kind of way that pigeons have been used in war to carry mes. Everybody has known, of course, in sages, because of notices which have ...

    Article : 358 words
  11. BEHAVIOUR OF ANIMALS DURING EXPLOSIONS.

    Some interesting notes, which someone should collect, have been made from time to time by competent observers in regard to the behaviour of ...

    Article : 355 words
  12. A POCKET WORK-CASE.

    When travelling or going to spend the day with a friend, with the intention of passing the time, needle in hand, a little roll-up work-case that ...

    Article : 289 words
  13. WHY PEOPLE COMMIT BIGAMY.

    Of the many perplexing social problems which have been accentuated by the war, none is more puzzling than bigamy. Love, indiscretion, mystery, ...

    Article : 968 words
  14. Ladies Column.

    The way to keep young, according to Sarah Bernhardt, is not to worry, to take plenty of hot baths, and get plenty of sleep. ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. Humour

    "Change at Bristol," said the booking-clerk to a West Country dame who was taking a ticket from a wayside station to London. ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. A FRILLED CUSHION.

    Little things that add considerably to one's comfort are nicely stuffen cushions, and the cosy sitting-room displays an ample supply of these ...

    Article : 290 words
  17. LIME WATER FOR CALVES.

    Lime water is so easily made and is so useful on the farm that it is a wonder that a supply of it is not kept for some purposes such as treatment ...

    Article : 157 words
  18. THEY DON'T SPEAK NOW.

    "Do you know what the hanging committee have done?" said the first artist. "They've absolutely ruined my picture by putting it next to the worst ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. Science Notes.

    An invention in America claims to prevent the deposition of carbon in cylinders merely by producing therein a water mist that prevents the ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. THE GRASS-PEA.

    The valuable type of legume called the grass-pea has been grown, particularly for fodder purposes, fairly extensively in parts of this State, and ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. NICE ICEMAN.

    The iceman found a small boy sitting on one of his blocks of ice. "Ere!" he roared. "Wot are yer a-sittin' on that for? Get off of it!" ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. ELECTRIC SOLDERING DEVICE.

    A novel soldering device for light soldering work, in which the metal to be soldered is heated directly by an electric are established between two ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. THE CARE OF THE FEET.

    The pleasures of summer have mainly to do with open-air recreations, and those who have neither motor-cars nor horse-carriages are dependent a ...

    Article : 290 words
  24. MOON'S LUMINOSITY.

    Several European observers of the total lunar eclipse of July 4-5; 1917, have reported that the brightness of the lunar disc appeared much greater ...

    Article : 95 words
  25. "THE LARGEST FAMILY."

    In France, as in Germany, the depletion of the male population by losses in the war is directing troubled attention to the birth-rate, and a society has ...

    Article : 183 words
  26. HE PASSED ON.

    A clergyman while passing throug[?] a street in Edinburgh came upon a rough-looking and gigantic coalman who was "persuading" his horse to ...

    Article : 142 words
  27. USING FISH TO FIGHT MALARIA.

    It has been fully demonstrated that small fishes are in many cases most effective agents for the control or mosquitoes, but their effectiveness ...

    Article : 94 words
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