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  2. LIMIT OF HEIGHT FOE TALL BUILDINGS.

    The height of the loftiest building successively erected in New York—the most worldfamed city in the world for lofty, buildings—is increasing by leaps and ...

    Article : 829 words
  3. GEORGE MACARTNEY, C.I.E.

    The selection of Mr. George Macartney for the post of Consul in Kashgar four years ago was a happy decision (says M.A.P.). and after much procrastination, ...

    Article : 663 words
  4. AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE.

    It was recently stated that Australia is an unsuitable country for the people of northern Europe. It is evident enough that in expressing the opinion mentioned ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 372 words
  5. NOTORIOUS AUSTRALIAN CRIMINAL.

    The recent death of Police Superintendent Drought recalls to memory a very sensational criminal case in which he played an official part (says The Melbourne Age). ...

    Article : 2,627 words
  6. “AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME.”

    In “Richard III.” the King has a very bad dream, and wakes up beating the ground with his sword. His chief man, when he hears its nature, says, “Be not ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 718 words
  7. A SEWING ITEM.

    What would the average woman do without a sewing machine? In fact, what would all of us do if the world were still dependent on the seamstress, weary and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 446 words
  8. THE ROMANCE OP A BARREL OF APPLES.

    The latest trans-Atlantic romance in real life reads like a page of a modern novel, A charming young lady put her photograph in a barrel of apples consigned to England ...

    Article : 1,164 words
  9. FAMILY OF TWENTY.

    The birth of twins to the wife of ex-Sgt. R. Wheeler Humphries, of Stratford, London, has brought up the number of his family to 20, the eldest being 34 years ...

    Article : 383 words
  10. “END OF THE WORLD.”

    Three false prophets were “hammered” in the United States yesterday (says the New York correspondent of The Daily Telegraph on December 28), and, although ...

    Article : 694 words
  11. SEARCH FOR A COMET

    Keen rivalry exists between the observatories of Greenwich and Heidelberg as to which shall have the honour of announcing to the world the rediscovery of Halley’s ...

    Article : 156 words
  12. AN ADVANCED DUCHESS.

    I have just, received (savs the New York correspondent of The Times) advance sheets of The North American Review, containing the first of a series of papers on ...

    Article : 337 words
  13. COUNTRY HOUSE EXPLOSION.

    A sudden flash, a loud report, and the sound of falling masonry startled a policeman while upon his round in the country [?] near Hayes, Kent, just before da[?] ...

    Article : 544 words
  14. MISS MAYBRICK’S ROMANCE.

    Mrs. Maybrick, well known an account of the famous murder trial in England in which she was convicted of poisoning her husband is, it is reported, about to be ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. AN ACCOUNTANT’S ALPHABET.

    Asked a pretty shrewd business man of clerk in training once.“How many letters are there in the alphabet?” When the answer was given. “Twenty-six,” he said, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 393 words
  16. WHEN THE STORM GOES DOWN.

    Blessed are peacemakers, and they need to be for theirs is a very thankless task at all times. The man who is a rabid supporter of either of two disputants gets ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 319 words
  17. EXHIBITIONS FOR 1909.

    Exhibitions have long been institutional. They now promise to become periodical, a clerk in training once. “How many letters vals to advance business. The exhibitions ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 284 words
  18. LEGACY ROMANCE.

    A poor woman’s act of kindness has (says The Daily Hail) brought her an unexpected reward under a romantic legacy which a King of England granted to a ...

    Article : 321 words
  19. REPLACING A NOSE.

    Mr. Cornelius Snyder, of Paterson, New Jersey, having lost his nose in an operation, has had one of his fingers grafted o to replace it. This has been done. His ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. ANNUAL BURGLAR.

    In view of the fact that Mr. William Macgregor, the “Father of the Football League,” who carries on business at Birmingham as a draper, had received a visit ...

    Article : 255 words
  21. HONOUR AND LOVE.

    This little poem is one of the [?] of English literature. The last two lines are immortal their exquisite expression of chivalry. The author, Sir Richard Loverlary, was one of the small group ...

    Article : 177 words
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