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Hindenburg Boot. At the fair the first sight to greet him was the "Hindenburg Boot"?17 feet high, with a sole six feet long, equipped with a barbed spur-wheel two and a half feet in diameter. Six Doebeln shoemakers had taken seven months to construct it from the hides of ten oxen. Touched, the Herr President expressed his appreciation of the compliment thus paid him. It was constructed with still another purpose in view however?to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the founding of the Doebeln Cobblers' Guild...
...spite of the fact that the writer has never been in South Africa. Indeed, there is a certain gain accruing from an even careless reading of the book: one learns of the theatre. Just what worth the learning has remains a trifle doubtful. But it is there, sole raison d'etre of the work. And he who likes the book must like the book must like it for that or with that...
...Gymnasiums may be entered at the age of ten years after completion of the 'grundschule' which gives a four year course. Entrance examinations are now given for admittance and thus the sole qualification for the Gymnasiums is intellectual ability rather than wealth as was formerly the case. Poor students are admitted as readily as richer pupils and they are aided by a reduction in tuition and help in the form of regular stipends. If one does not go to the Gymnasium after completing the 'grundschule', he continues the compulsory education until...
...Lilliputians, according to the sole authority on their history and customs, frequently came to blows while arguing about whether an egg should be opened at the big or the little...
Puffer is Sole Veteran Flinger...