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  2. A CENTURY AGO.

    The year 1818 was one of the dullest, flattest, and least eventful in our long history. Nothing happened that left any permanent mark upon the ...

    Article : 197 words
  3. THE SMILE CURE.

    Who knows the actual value of a smile ? Who knows what a smile actually does for us in the way of making us not only happier, but really ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  4. A ROYAL LOTTERY.

    Lotteries have" been turned to account in many ways, and not only did a lottery enable Zeppelin to carry on his experiments towards that ...

    Article : 183 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    "Dear, dear ! sighed the young widow as she stepped into the parlour and found that the wind and blown over the vase containing her ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. COLD NECESSARY IN NATURE.

    The role of winter cold in plant growth has recently been described. After the period of growth in spring and summer there is a period of ...

    Article : 183 words
  7. ROAST PORK WASTEFUL.

    "If it is desirable to restrict or prohibit the production of alcohol from grain or potatoes on the ground that it involves a waste of food ...

    Article : 360 words
  8. NEWSPAPER SCOOPS.

    Newspaper readers must have noticed that frequently one or other of our great "dailies" has some specially interesting feature or an item of ...

    Article : 715 words
  9. TOOK MATTERS IN HER OWN HANDS.

    When Elsie came home from a neighbour's house munching a chocolate. her mother said reprovingly :— "Now Elsie, how many times have ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. ON THE LOCAL LINE.

    "When can I get on to Glasgow, porter ?" "Weel, mum, ye'll ken when t' train is punctual she's aboot an hour late. ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. MOVING PICTURES IN THE MAKING.

    The system of taking a motion picture and the developing and printing of the film, follow closely the methods employed by the amateur ...

    Article : 790 words
  12. TALES FROM THE TRENCHES.

    An English nobleman tells a story of the comradeship of the Australians. He says he was going through the grounds of the House of Commons ...

    Article : 843 words
  13. SAFETY FIRST.

    The sergeant eyed the recruit up and down, and at length asked :— "Well, my man, is there any special regiment you wish to join ?" ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    One of the effects of war has been to stimulate the production of benzole for use in making explosives. This should prove a new industry ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. HOT ICE.

    An Irishman and an Englishman were discussing the different climates of Ireland and England. "Well," said the Englishman, "I ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. DISEASE AND WAR.

    That war disease is leaving more victims than injuries is the conclusion to be reached from some figures cited by the "Medical Times" :— ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. OUT OF HIS CLASS.

    The man who had made his pile was at last happy. He had managed to squeeze himself into a very exclusive golf club. On his first visit ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. TRIPLANE'S TRIUMPH.

    At the beginning of the war the Russian Sikorsky biplane was the sky monster of the day. Its body was as commodious as a Puliman car. It ...

    Article : 453 words
  19. NEW AUTOMATIC RIFLE.

    The new Browning automatic rifle and machine-gun which the Americans use can be fired almost instantaneously without removing from the ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. A NIGHT IN THE ARMY.

    A batch of recruits reached their new quarters late in the afternoon. By the time they had passed through the usual routine it was nearly ...

    Article : 77 words
  21. MINIATURE MARVELS.

    Almost any commonplace object magnified under a good lens will reveal astonishing and unsuspected forms, structure, and life. For ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. WHAT HE GOT.

    A well-known lawyer is accustomed to lecture his office staff, from the junior partner down, and Sammy, the office-boy, came in for his full ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. FORTY MILES OF JAM.

    So enormous has the business of jam-making become in Dundee, Scotland, since the great firms there organised to supply preserves to the ...

    Article : 123 words
  24. MAUDIE'S PRESENT.

    Maudie was evidently feeling embarrassed about something, and she blushed prettily, as she told the sister of her fiance that she would like ...

    Article : 278 words
  25. VIRGIL OR SAINT LUKE.

    That St. Luke was a pracising physician is now generally accepted, claims the "Lancet." Baring-Gould, in his "Lives of the Saints," ...

    Article : 242 words
  26. ROBBERY EITHER WAY.

    A minister who sets his face against bazaars once related an incident emphasising his feelings on the matter. "Once upon a time," he said, "a ...

    Article : 111 words
  27. TOO HARD.

    A Yorkshire farmer was asked to the funeral of a neighbour's third wife. As he had attended the funeral of the two others his own wife was ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. CHRISTMAS WISHES.

    It was the last day of the term, and the boys in Dr. Whackem's school were dreaming dreams of presents and plum pudding. ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. AN APT QUOTATION.

    "Boys." said a teacher to her Sunday school class, "can any of you quote a verse from Scripture to prove that it is wrong to have two wives ?' ...

    Article : 58 words
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