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  2. 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 : 501 words
  3. Forged for Love.

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

    Article : 157 words
  4. PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST.

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

    Article : 403 words
  5. 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 : 364 words
  6. NATURE'S MONUMENT.

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

    Article : 201 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 : 385 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 : 354 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 race. He needs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 99 words
  10. One On the Tourist.

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

    Article : 243 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 : 350 words
  12. MAILS AND MEN.

    In the annals of the roan, the varied record of the picturesque romance and prosale realities of the good old coaching days, an ...

    Article : 261 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 : 547 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 ...

    Article : 414 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 matter of fact, his head is considerably lighter, and ...

    Article : 338 words
  16. Longest Aerial Cableway.

    A remarkable aerial cableway, about 7 miles long, is soon to be built across the mountain barriers separating the famous Vale of ...

    Article : 416 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 : 350 words
  18. PIOUS AND COURACEOUS GENERAL.

    Charles George Gordon, who died on January 26, 1883, two days before his fifty-second birthday, had been through more than almost any ...

    Article : 371 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 : 222 words
  20. INGREDIENTS OF A MUD PIE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
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