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  2. BATTLE SIDELIGHTS.

    The idol of Brixham (Devon) just now is "Little Dan." He is just a boy, and very modest, but he has played a hero's part in the great ...

    Article : 297 words
  3. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    A French publication calls attention to the fact that the loss of life through accidents has been very small among the army aviators, as ...

    Article : 117 words
  4. Worries Which Worked.

    Trivial mishaps have often led to fortune; good has often come out of seeming evil; joy out of sorrow. Alfred Nobel was assisting in his ...

    Article : 402 words
  5. Long-Eared Owl.

    Several rears ago a friend brought me a fine specimen of the long-eared owl, writes a correspondent. It was a young bird just from the nest, and ...

    Article : 380 words
  6. The Empire at War.

    The Zeppelin raid on England, Sept.3rd. All that remained of the raider, so fierce was the blaze that even most of the frame work was destroyed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 100 words
  7. CAN YOU GO STRAIGHT?

    The above question is not intended to be personal. We are quite sure that you are a good, steady-going citizen; but, all the same, we are ...

    Article : 185 words
  8. FIRE FROM SLAKED LIME.

    Wood can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent., which is ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. THREW AWAY THE BOMB.

    A splendid feat was that performed by Sergeant-Major Reeves in the trenches. "A German bomb," says a corporal of the North Somerset ...

    Article : 98 words
  10. Decorated for Valour.

    Seldom in the world's history does one find instances of women being decorated for valour on the battle-field, for the simple reason that ...

    Article : 367 words
  11. EELS CLASSED AS "VERMIN."

    At a meeting held recently of one of the New Zealand acclimatization societies the curator of a game farm reported that he had included eels ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. The Connoisseur.

    A connoisseur arrived as a guest at an old country house some time ago, and, as it as still early evening, his hostess asked him if he ...

    Article : 388 words
  13. LEGION OF HONOUR FOR AN M.P.

    Creeping forward in the dark, expecting a hail of German bullets every minute, Captain Percy Clive, M.P., and another officer, Major ...

    Article : 123 words
  14. DUCKS AND MOSQUITOES.

    A few years ago much was heard about the utility of bats as a means of destroying mosquitoes. According [?] experiments the most formidable ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. WON THE RUSSIAN V.C.

    The distinction of being the only Englishman serving as an officer in the Russian Army to win the St. [?]eorge Cross for valour, the ...

    Article : 209 words
  16. A TERRIBLE ABYSS.

    The greatest depth yet sounded is [?]1,200ft., near the island of Guam. If Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, were plucked from its ...

    Article : 157 words
  17. TOAST WITHOUT BREAD.

    An amusing anecdote is told of Lord Cardigan, who fought in the Crimean War, when a coalition of England, France, Turkey, and ...

    Article : 181 words
  18. WINNING THE V.C.

    After the rain of bullets and shrap[?]el had been kept up for some 20 minutes or so, No.1 Company—in which O'Leary was—was let loose ...

    Article : 186 words
  19. GERMANY'S NEW HATE WORD

    To judge by what appears in the German Press the motto. "Gott strafe England"—"May God punish England"—is gradually falling out of ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. OBLIGING.

    A street car was getting under way, when two women, rushing from opposite sides of the street to greet each other met right in the middle ...

    Article : 167 words
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