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  2. SIR HERBERT TREE.

    It is as Jekyll the artist, and not as Hyde the bloated capitalist, that I break my bread. In my time I have had immortal longings to dally ...

    Article : 557 words
  3. MARK TWAIN.

    Mark Twain went up the Mississippi just as the Confederate War was declared as a passenger on a stemer named the Uncle Sam. Zeb ...

    Article : 277 words
  4. OLD BILLETS-DOUX.

    The law courts in England, when a breach of promise case or a divorce trial is on, and "les drames intimes" in France are sufficiently ...

    Article : 557 words
  5. THE FIRE ORDEAL.

    A report has reached London of some interesting experiments carried out not long since at Daccl by an, Indian Yogi, Thakur Tarani Kanto ...

    Article : 219 words
  6. DRY FARMING.

    The most scientific and up-to date farming I saw during my recent tour round the world was in the United States of America. There ...

    Article : 2,200 words
  7. JAPANESE BISNESS HONOUR.

    Japanese business methods have been widely criticised, especially in the last few years, as lacking those standards of commercial honour which ...

    Article : 578 words
  8. ON THE CONGO.

    A journey by launch is suggestive to some of a pleasure trip, but no such sentiments grip the mind of the traveller by launch between Boma ...

    Article : 546 words
  9. DAMNING AUSTRALIA.

    Recently an Englishman living in Sydney wrote to the "London Financial Times" and said, inter alia:—"In sending immigrants here, do send ...

    Article : 544 words
  10. THE TELEPHONE AND THE BEAR.

    Most of us have heard how the American farmers, on isolated homesteads, are able to keep in touch with one another and with the ...

    Article : 223 words
  11. TOLD OF THE TELLER.

    Have you ever admired—and envied—the man who spends his days behind the "pay-out" counter of a bank, counting and shovelling out ...

    Article : 334 words
  12. HOTWATER FOR SPRAINS AND BRUISES.

    If the majority of people only knew the value of hot water in the curative treatment of sprains and bruises, it would more often be resorted to ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. BOOKCASES FOR A SONG.

    An ingenious neighbour, when building her house, let the carpenters simply leave certain sections of the wall in her living-room unlathed, ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

    Two Irishmen having quarrelled, determined to settle their dispute by having a duel. The duellists were very bad shots, ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. A LONG BREATH.

    A simple way to get warm after exposure to cold is to take a long breath with the mouth firmly shut. Repeat this several times, until you ...

    Article : 101 words
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