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    The wastage of horses in war is enormous and the problem of renewing that wastage is not easy to solve. The Russians prior to the war owned 30,000,000 horses, or about ...

    Article : 214 words
  4. Nicholl's Rapid Rise.

    Commander Sir Edward Nicholl, R.N.R., who is connected with the naval defences of the Bristol Channel, has had one of the most remarkable careers in the history of ...

    Article : 110 words
  5. Officer Who Fought a Machine Gun.

    A writer in "T.P.'s Journal" tells how one Warwick officer fought a duel with a Gorman reaching gun. This gun was firing down a communication trench at the ...

    Article : 94 words
  6. Baby's Footprints.

    Children (says a London paper) are lost every and of the year, and a great deal of time and trouble might be saved if every new-horn baby's footprints were taken. ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. Planting Trees by Machinery.

    The United States Forestry Service has adopter a new invention, which plants from 10,000 to 15,000 forest tree seedlings a day. Previously the planting had been ...

    Article : 117 words
  8. The Duchess Caddie.

    The Duchess of Marlborough takes a close interest is all that affects the welfare of the young, and is keenly interested in the little Commonwealth ...

    Article : 134 words
  9. Singers' Corns.

    If a singer develops coins on the vocal chords it is ten to one that the voice will be lost. These corns (or calluses, as they are called), are caused either by ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. A Disconcerting Query.

    Being in a reminiscent mood recently, the Bishop of London told the following good story against himself. The incident occurred when he was ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. A Lander Story.

    One of Harry Lauder'a most amusing stories concerns an Englishman and a Scotsman who were on a walking tour in the Highlands when they came to a ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. Warship Ventilation.

    One of the most difficult problems in building a modern battleship in to secure satisfactory ventilation. A ship is such a complicated thing, made up of so many ...

    Article : 290 words
  13. An Absent-Minded Peer.

    Among the many excellent stories which Mr. Leslie Ward, the famous cartoonist "Spy," tells in his reminiscences are one or two concerning the absent-mindedness ...

    Article : 280 words
  14. How to Grow Rich.

    Many years ago there were few better-known characters in Manchester than Mr. S. Brooke, the wealthy and eccentric banker. Of "Sam Brooke" innumerable ...

    Article : 234 words
  15. Tricking the Germans.

    The people of Brussels have not allowed the German occupation to depress them to such an extent that they are unable to enjoy a practical joke at the expense of ...

    Article : 256 words
  16. Raffling a Name.

    The Japanese have many quaint customs handed down from generation to generation. One of the strangest is that of their christening ceremony. When one month ...

    Article : 246 words
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