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  2. THE ARMIES OF RUSSIA.

    It is only when we think of the immense size of Russia, of her nearly nine millions against Germany's two hundred thousand square miles of ...

    Article : 1,320 words
  3. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Numerous tests have shown that a tyre on a front wheel, which is slightly out of alignment, will wear oil much faster than it should. In ...

    Article : 118 words
  4. ARMY BATH-TRAINS

    A railway train which can not only accommodate 3,000 soldiers with a daily bath but also provides for the serving of refreshments, dressing, ...

    Article : 288 words
  5. THE RULING PASSION.

    Being a religious sort of chap, and knowing several fancy names for the Nether Regions, Private Dooney, of the Twenty-second—, christened this ...

    Article : 921 words
  6. Lock for Travellers.

    A very simple and effective lock for the inside of doors can be made of two pieces of sheet steel or galvanised iron cut in the shape shown in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 117 words
  7. Ladies' Column.

    Eight persons out of every ten cat too much, and thereby die too early. Nine persons out of every ten eat too much meat, and thereby suffer in ...

    Article : 183 words
  8. GREATEST POWER ON EARTH.

    That insects, and not man, are the dominant power on earth is the startling assertion of Mr. James Buckland. More than 300,000 species ...

    Article : 173 words
  9. Automatic Fountain.

    The fountain illustrated herewith is self-contained and works entirely by water and air pressure, both of which are supplied by its own tanks. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  10. APPETISING AND ECONOMICAL DISHES.

    Curiously enough, the boiled pudding always seems to get relegated to the winter, and the pie-crust to the summer. As a matter of fact ...

    Article : 443 words
  11. GALLANT AIRMEN.

    Details of a remarkable episode in the air are related by Philip Gibs, the "Daily Chronicle" special correspondent. It happened when a ...

    Article : 715 words
  12. Women Who Earn £2,000 a Year.

    It must be confessed that American women seem to have shown themselves more enterprising than their sisters elsewhere, due, no doubt ...

    Article : 272 words
  13. AN INGENIOUS DEFENCE AGAINST GAS.

    The Russian commanders have hit upon a method of dealing with German gas attacks which is simple, cheap, and so effective that the ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. "INVISIBLE" AEROPLANES.

    Germany is said to possess socalled "invisible" aeroplanes. A German engineer, Knaubel, uses for the purpose a material called cellon ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. A Sack Holder.

    An old granite kettle or tin pail with the bottom cut out and three large wire nails bent and fastened on with rivets, as shown at A, makes a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  16. Ignorance was Bliss.

    A Cossack, ignorant of the French language, was hired at Moscow by a lion tamer, Pezow, to clean the cages of his wild beasts. Their ...

    Article : 345 words
  17. EFFECT OF VITIATED AIR ON APPETITE.

    It is well known that the researches of such specialists as Dr. Leonard Hill In England and the staff of the New York State Commission on ...

    Article : 320 words
  18. Quodling and Pobgee.

    The above names are not freaks of imagination, nor are they obsolete. They exist to-day, with a host of other extraordinary names, side by ...

    Article : 304 words
  19. BAKING POWDER.

    A home-made baking powder can be secured by mixing together very thoroughly and smoothly one half a pound of ground rice', it quarter of a ...

    Article : 97 words
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