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  2. HOW WE BROKE THE ATLANTIC RECORD

    Like an engine caplen : that's me. Carn't get goin without a lubricant. Well, as ye're pressin’, another jorum, o’ the identical. an’ thank ye. ...

    Article : 799 words
  3. LOOKING FORWARD

    The pressure of the domestic servant pro[?] and the march of invention may be expected in the course of a century to revolutionize housekeeping. The vacuum ...

    Article : 1,418 words
  4. “THE TIGER PIT”

    That is what Mr. T. J. O'Connor sails high finance at any time, but “bull ring” or “bear pit” describes ‘Change as governed by scrip operators. Still the Stock ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 771 words
  5. WOLDS'S BIGGEST SHIP WRECKED

    The world's largest sailing ship, the seven-masted American vessel Thomas W. Lawson, from Philadelphia to London, was completely wrecked during a gale on the ...

    Article : 791 words
  6. HOW A SCOTTISH PEERAGE WAS REVIVED

    Among the many romantic stories of the peerage, that of the accession of the ninth Lord Belhaven and Stenton (the immediate predecessor of the present holder of ...

    Article : 593 words
  7. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL QUESTION

    What is the chief difficulty about establishing the Federal capital? New South Wales says the Federal Parliament, and Victoria and some other says New ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 698 words
  8. “BAGPUNCHING” FOR LADIES

    The athletic instructors now are advising bagpunching as an excellent indoor exercise for women, particularly for those who have to solve the ever-present ...

    Article : 546 words
  9. EIGHT BLUEJACKETS DROWNED

    Eight, men of the gunboat Speedwell were drowned in pathetic circumstances on Saturday, December 11. They were going ashore on Christmas leave, and one was to ...

    Article : 370 words
  10. DISASTROUS MINE EXPLOSION

    A disastrous explosion occurred at the Dinas Main Colliery, Gilfach Goch, a mining centre in South Glamorganshire, on December 14, resulting in the death of ...

    Article : 750 words
  11. A SUFFRAGETTE MEETING

    With eyus that alternately flashed and glowed like bivouac fires, the Suffragette chieftain, in full war paint, snapped out her commands with breathless rapidity. Her ...

    Article : 691 words
  12. ESCAPED EXECUTION

    John Lee, who was convicted of the murder of Miss Emma Keyse at Babbacombe, Devonshire, in 1884, was released from Portland Prison last December. The ...

    Article : 696 words
  13. RACING MAST'S VISIT TO A LADIES’S HAT SHOP

    Maria had been jibbing for days past. I could not get her to look at her corn, and, thinks 1. if she don't improve there's nothing for her but to give her a bran masn ...

    Article : 628 words
  14. STEEL CUTTING

    The use of oxygen in industry has become fairly extended, due to its portability and other conveniences. In the metal trades it is largely used in welding, and now an ...

    Article : 476 words
  15. A “LIMERICK” SUICIDE

    In the possession of Mr. Gedrge Harrison, tramp master of the Cheltenham Union, who committed suicide a few weeks because he could not secure a ...

    Article : 325 words
  16. FRESH INSPIRATION

    Napoleon understood human nature. He recognised the great truth, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he,” and knew how to apply it, not only to himself and ...

    Article : 238 words
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