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  2. CAWNPORE RETOLD.

    Close upon 50 years (says The London Mail) have passed since England was startled and appalled by the great catastrophe known to history as the Indian Mutiny. ...

    Article : 561 words
  3. ODDS AND ENDS.

    According to the monks of the hospice of St. Bernard, their famous dogs save on an average 20 lives every year on the mountain. In every 1,000 marriages m England, ...

    Article : 1,515 words
  4. HONOURS FOR YOUTH WHO DIED ON DUTY.

    For an American boy. 16 years old, who gave up his life while fighting against tremendous odds in the defence of the property of his employers, bankers and others ...

    Article : 539 words
  5. ECHOES AND RE- ECHOES.

    There were two laughing jacks on a fence up country—the laughing jade has a fine [?] of honour. They were watching a mild householder potting in the foundation ...

    Article : 1,869 words
  6. HERCULES AND THE BULL.

    THE LAST AND MOST DIFFICULT OF HIS LABOURS. (British Museum—Colonial Department). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  7. A QUESTION OF COLOURS.

    When Mr. Hennessey called at the philosopher’s saloon the other evening, he found Mr. Dooley looking over Mr. McKenna’s shoulder, reading The Evening Post, with ...

    Article : 1,489 words
  8. A DEMON OF THE DEEP SEA.

    The fish existing in the geat depths of the ocean have a wonderful capacity for withstanding enormous pressure. At a depth of 23,000 ft. the pressure is 9,000 lb. to the ...

    Article : 749 words
  9. MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S SOUTH AFRICAN SMILE.

    An occasional correspondent, writing, from Johannesburg, records some of the little trials Mr. Chamberlain has had to undergo from the remarks which “might have been ...

    Article : 653 words
  10. A “SKYSCRAPER” THAT BREAKS WINDOWS.

    Strange and undreamt of dangers lurk in “skyscrapers,” as very high buildings are termed m. America. This fact was disclosed recently. The great skyscraper known as ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. WHEN NOT TO MARRY.

    Don’t marry to reform a man. He who would not reform before marriage is not likely to do so afterwards. There is no more fallacious hope a girl can entertain than ...

    Article : 248 words
  12. THE WIDOW’S CHOICE.

    Mrs. Kate Etching, a widow, who lives alone et 11, The Valley, Scarborough, white locking her front door noticed on the mat a letter. She took it up, and on opening ...

    Article : 480 words
  13. MR. ROOSEVELT’S GUIDE PLEASED WITH WASHINGTON.

    “I’ve been 60 years gettin’ to Washington. It’s certainly wuth seein’, but the biggest thing in it is my old friend Theodore. Jest the same here as he is in the woods. ...

    Article : 306 words
  14. TWO STORIES.

    Lord Beaconsfield was intensely literary in every epigram. Here is an example which imprinted itself on Lord Gosehen’s mind in his early days. Mr. Roebuck had ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. ILLITERATE BUT PROSPEROUS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  16. THE STORY OF ROOSEVELT.

    When the political history of our times comes to be written (writes B. F. R., in The Daily Express) there will be three names that will tower above the levels of ...

    Article : 499 words
  17. “ ALFRED, YOU ARE A BEAR,”

    Tennyson had for a neighbour Mrs. Cameron, a skilful amateur photographer, who revered and persecuted him. She would bring a carriage full of her photographs and ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. QUAINT GOLD HUNT.

    The remarkable history of a gold hunting expedition in Abyssinia was the main feature of the case in which, after two days’ hearing before Mr. Justice Ridley. Ralph ...

    Article : 296 words
  19. NIGHT WITH A MADMAN.

    A man named Edward Middleton went mad at his home in Bermondsey, and, after threatening to kill his wife at intervals throughout the night, hanged himself. The ...

    Article : 280 words
  20. A REMARKABLE DINNER.

    A New York telegram of February 12, to The Daily Express, says:—Several flourishing American societies are composed of sufferers rom various ...

    Article : 190 words
  21. A HOAX AT GIBRALTAR.

    Gibraltar society has been badly hoaxed by a young Span[?] calling himself “an officer of the Spanish marine attached to the cruiser Carlos V.” The young man ...

    Article : 218 words
  22. AMERICAN ANTI-KISSING LEAGUES.

    In Virginia it is proposed to enact that kissing be permitted only on the certificate of the family physician, and unauthorized kissing by any one with weak lungs or any ...

    Article : 169 words
  23. DAISY’S RIVAL.

    Two little romances were revealed at the Marylebone Police Court recently. The rival who won the affections of Daisy Grey’s lover from her was—football, and ...

    Article : 137 words
  24. CURIOUS CHOIR COMPACT

    At a Lutheran church in New Jersey the choir is exclusively feminine. But defections have of late been frequent on account of marriage; so the remnant came ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 32 words
  26. AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  27. AN OLD NEW MAXIM.

    Sir Robert Reid, K.C., M.P., in addressing a large crowd early in February, at the conclusion of the Dumfries open carpet bowling tournament, said he was glad to see ...

    Article : 128 words
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