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  2. "NOTHING TO DO."

    A New York paper thus laments the modern American trend:—"The foe to American social life to-day is the luxury and effeminacy of its youths and ...

    Article : 674 words
  3. MUNITIONS OF WAR.

    In a recent issue of "Le Journal," Paris, Senator Humbert gives his impressions of a recent visit to England, during which he interviewed ...

    Article : 818 words
  4. "GASSED."

    If any ordinary person fails to realise that modern war is "hell," let him reflect upon what "gassing" means. The following remarks form a meagre ...

    Article : 842 words
  5. PRISONERS' BABEL.

    The Italian public was astonished to learn some time ago that the number of Austrian prisoners made by its army amounted to more than 20,000. They ...

    Article : 685 words
  6. OF RURAL INTEREST

    In view of the special importance at this time of maintaining and, if possible, increasing our stock of pigs, it is desirable that increased attention ...

    Article : 434 words
  7. CANDID GERMAN DOUBTS.

    A correspondent of neutral nationality recently gave, the London "Evening News" a literal translation of a conversation which he said he had had ...

    Article : 580 words
  8. FOR SUNDAY READING.

    Have you ever noticed how much joy and rejoicing permeates, the books of the Bible? Fields were to rejoice, the deserted rejoice and blossom as the ...

    Article : 642 words
  9. LIMEWASH RECIPES

    Slake half a bushel of lime in boiling water, covering the receptacle during the process in order to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through ...

    Article : 278 words
  10. FAMILY OF FORTY CHILDREN.

    The record of having reared a family of 68 children, 23 of whom were her own, 17 her second husband's, and the remainder nurse children, and also ...

    Article : 251 words
  11. THE EYES.

    Few mothers are aware of the fact that visual defects are often inherited, and still more frequently developed in early childhood. It is commonly ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. THE SPIRIT OF HIS FATHERS.

    Boy First-class J. F. Rogers received the D.S.M. for his part in Admiral Beatty 's fight against the German battle cruisers. He was on board ...

    Article : 351 words
  13. PROFIT-SHARING.

    The thirtieth annual profit-sharing among Sir William P. Hartley's employees at the Aintree jam and marmalade factory, near Liverpool, took place ...

    Article : 271 words
  14. ROOTS AND STOCK.

    An English stock farmer says:—A bullock averaging 11cwt live weight is considered to consume from six to eight times as much food as a good ...

    Article : 181 words
  15. GETTING EVEN.

    "There's a church near," said the country farmer to his paying guest; "not that I ever puts my nose in it." "Anything the matter with the ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. THE WHITE MOTHS.

    That early evening in the late September Sandy was at his favourite task. He himself called it a work of art. Perhaps he was right. There are deep ...

    Article : 561 words
  17. WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF PENCILS.

    According to a recent article by Mr. H. S. Sackett, of the Forest Service, the world's output of lead pencils probably amounts to nearly 2,000,000,000 a year, ...

    Article : 181 words
  18. TAKING NO CHANCES.

    'A freckle-faced girl stopped at the post office and yelled out: "Anything for the Murphys?" "No there is not!" ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. GERMAN SPY IN FRANCE.

    From Pont-a-Mousson, says a Paris despatch, comes the picturesque story of a German spy who, always under the bead of a French rifle, continues ...

    Article : 664 words
  20. JAPANESE TYRE MANUFACTURE.

    Japanese rubber factories are working at top speed at present, endeavouring to capture the Far Eastern market, before the British and German ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. COOLING PREPARATIONS AND ICE BOXES.

    It very often happens that people in the country or elsewhere not in close proximity to an ice factory desire some method of quickly cooling ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. ON THE WRONG HAND.

    "Remember not to forget," is an injunction familiar to every age and walk in life. The following is a specimen of what even the most cautious ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. NEED OF SPEED.

    Doctor: "Mrs Brown has sent for me to go and see her boy, an I mu[?] go at once." His Wife: "What is the matter with ...

    Article : 61 words
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