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  2. IMPUDENT DEADHEADS.

    Mr. Hibbert, in "Fifty Years of a Londoner's Life," tells some amusing stories about "deadheads"—cadgers for seats—who worry theatrical ...

    Article : 192 words
  3. Colonel Dean Eulogistic.

    "Fathers and mothers of Australian troops should indeed be thankful that such a splendid institution as the Y.M.C.A. exists." ...

    Article : 350 words
  4. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    According to official Austrian figures, no fewer than 15,200 church bells were melted down for munitions in the Dual Monarchy, the yield ...

    Article : 172 words
  5. MAN INSIDE THE TANK.

    Having been wounded while serving. in a tank, a young [?] soldier has been enabled to publish in the "Manchester Guardian" his diary of ...

    Article : 834 words
  6. A PRIVATE ARMY.

    Most of the 250 Highland "giants" who compose the Duke of Atholl's private army are now at the front. The Highlanders have always been ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. EDISON'S WAGER.

    It was a wager that set Thomas Alva Edison on the road to fame and fortune. When he was a telegraph operator much annoyance was caused ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. NEWS FOR NOTHING.

    "Reuter's" began in a very modest way. When the founder of the agency) first put forward his idea' for the supply of foreign news in identical terms ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. Y.M.C.A.'s Big Losses.

    Cabled advices to the Y.M.C.A. in. Australia state that the losses to the Association in huts, stores and equipment in connection with the ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. DID NOT ADVERTISE.

    During a meeting of "ad." writers held recently, someone told the following :— "A man entered a shop one day and bought a woollen muffler. When he ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. ONE SHAVE A WEEK.

    There is an acute shortage in Germany of shaving soap. Hitherto all appeals to the authorities to supply barbers with the necessary material ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust.

    We cull the following particulars from the March quarterly report of the Prahran and Malvern Tramway Trust— ...

    Article : 261 words
  13. HOW TO GET RID OF RATS.

    In spite of the fact that, there are so many absolutely certain remedies for getting rid of rats, I venture to bring before your readers one more ...

    Article : 258 words
  14. MARVELS OF MODERN SURGERY.

    Modern surgery has come to the point of being a fine art. The surgeon of to-day has progressed far beyond the wildest dreams of the ...

    Article : 185 words
  15. FICKPOCKETS LIKE DARK NIGHTS.

    Assisted by the reduced lighting, pickpockets "working" the London omnibuses reap a rich harvest. They have a new trick. In tendering a ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. TOO FAR GONE.

    "Does my practising make you nervous?" asked the man who is learning to play the cornet. "It did when I first heard the ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. WE'VE ALL FELT IT.

    "I tell you, gentlemen," said the. great explorer to the crowd in the, hotel smoking-room, who were listening breathlessly to his recital. "you ...

    Article : 108 words
  18. A SIMPLE REQUEST.

    Murderer: "Is this the guy who is to defend me ?" Judge : "Yes, he's your lawyer." Murderer : "If he should die could I ...

    Article : 66 words
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