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  2. PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST.

    One of the rules of war is that when a defeated army is driven [?] neutral frontier it must lay [?] arms ere it penetrates ...

    Article : 367 words
  3. Wages in South Africa.

    South Africa is perpetually faced with the problem of keeping its 170,000 coloured workers in order. The white miners naturally dislike ...

    Article : 475 words
  4. A DUELLING ACTOR.

    James Quin, who died on January 21, 1776, was a fine actor, a popular man on the stage, and a popular man in his retirement at ...

    Article : 327 words
  5. Forged for Love.

    The first bunk-note forgery was committed for love's sake. Richard William Vaughan, a solicitor's clerk wished to marry his employer's ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. NATURE'S MONUMENT.

    It is seldom perhaps, that Nature erects a monument to a person's memory: yet in a small cemetery a few miles east of Nashville, in ...

    Article : 128 words
  7. A Wireless Night Mirror.

    A remarkable invention pregnant with useful possibilities is the wireless long-distance mirror. Its purpose, in brief, is to convey an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 364 words
  8. A STRANGE CASE.

    It is doubtful whether there ever was a mysterious disappearance which created quite so tremendous a sensation as was aroused by that ...

    Article : 316 words
  9. Auto Goggle For a Horse.

    The accompanying picture would seem to indicate that the horse had gone in for motoring but that is not the case. He needs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  10. One On the Tourist.

    "I s' pose if I should try to ride that machine I'd break my neck?" said a gawky looking fellow as he looked at the bicycle against the ...

    Article : 240 words
  11. GIGANTIC FISH.

    The year 1913 will long be remembered among salmon anglers as that in which the biggest salmon caught in a Scottish river for 28 ...

    Article : 362 words
  12. MAILS AND MEN.

    In the aunals of the road, the varied record of the picturesque romance and prosaic realities of the good old coaching days, an ...

    Article : 274 words
  13. The Riddle of Scent.

    It has been said that the modern man's chief aim is to be able to travel to nowhere in particular at top speed. There is a good deal ...

    Article : 505 words
  14. Smart Children with Stupid Parents.

    The contention of many physicians and reformers that feeble-minded parents should be prohibited from marrying, because they believe that the off ...

    Article : 436 words
  15. Your Feet Weigh More when You are Asleep.

    You often hear a person complain of his head feeling heavy after a long sleep. As a metter of fact, his head is considerably lighter, and ...

    Article : 340 words
  16. Longest Aerial Cableway.

    A remarkable aerial cableway, about 75 miles long, is soon to be built across the mountain barriers separating the famous Vale of ...

    Article : 413 words
  17. THE GOOSE KING.

    There is plenty of money to be made from goose-farming if you have enough capital to commence the business and sufficient patience ...

    Article : 355 words
  18. PIOUS AND COURAGEOUS GENERAL.

    Charles George, Gordon, who died on January 26,1885, two days before his fifty-second birthday had been through more than almost any ...

    Article : 354 words
  19. ARMY SLANG.

    There is more slang among soldiers than one would find at all the schools in England. Some amusing examples were given by Corporal ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. INGREDIENTS OF A MUD PIE.

    A bacteriologist recently found his little boy, making mud pies in a park at Lyons, where a playground is reserved for children to enjoy ...

    Article : 106 words
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