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  2. THINGS FORBIDDEN IN WAR

    It is not generally realised that the game of war is hedged round by as many restrictions as a boxing contest under Queensberry rules. These ...

    Article : 245 words
  3. SOFT SHOES—SWEET TEMPER.

    At first it may seem incredible to you that your footwear has any effect on your, mind, but if you give the matter a little consideration you will soon ...

    Article : 293 words
  4. BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

    The extremes in age and size always awaken interest. England is well to the fore in this respect, the largest dock in the world ...

    Article : 159 words
  5. INSANITY AND TEARS.

    One of the most curious facts connected with madness is the utter absence of tears amid the insane. Whatever the form of madness, tears are ...

    Article : 221 words
  6. A MICROSCOPIC STATE.

    The Republic of Moresnet, on the boundary between Germany and Belgium, has an area of barely one square mile and a quarter and a population of ...

    Article : 175 words
  7. KINDNESS MISPLACED.

    The kindly old gentleman paused in his afternoon walk to watchba wee tot, who was diligently searching the pavement for something she had evidently ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. THE WRONG BOX.

    Smiling, Pat strolled into the exanimation-room, where candidates for the police-force underwent their physical test. ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. THEY CHEW CORDITE.

    One of the troubles of most European armies is that those soldiers who can get hold of it insist on using that terrible explosive cordite as if it were ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. CURIOSITIES OF SEED-SOWING.

    There are very few people who could say how many grains of wheat are required to sow an acre of land—or indeed, how many grains there ar[?]in ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. AN ANGRY TREE.

    In Idaho there exists a species of the acacia tree that is entitled to be classed as one of the wonders of plant life. The tree attains a height of ...

    Article : 250 words
  12. ALL HE KNEW.

    "That waiter has the most wonderful memory of any man I know," said Jenkins. "In what way?" asked the friend ...

    Article : 195 words
  13. SHARP PRACTICE.

    Mrs. Jordan had "ideas" on the way children should be reared. Her young hopeful, Tommy, caused her a little anxiety in this respect. Now and ...

    Article : 162 words
  14. ORIGIN OF THE CABINET.

    George the First is said to have been responsible for the word "Cabinet," as it has long applied to politics. When he was King he could not take part in ...

    Article : 103 words
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