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  2. ODDS AND ENDS.

    It is estimated that the men of Great Britain spend £250,000 a year on silk hats. The women of Morocco never celebrate their birthdays, and few of them know, ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  3. THE MAN IN THE STREET.

    Sweet and gentle reader, did you ever back a horse? I ask that question because I am told that backing horses is now one of the ...

    Article : 1,270 words
  4. ECHOES AND RE- ECHOES.

    The Victorian Acting Commissioner of Railways in establishing a miniature postal system for the delivery of departmental letters by means of cyclists has not ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  5. A GRAND DUKE’S FALL.

    A whole family drama lies behind the cashiering of the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch youngest son of Alexander [?]., and Commander of the Corps de la Garde. ...

    Article : 406 words
  6. LITERARY THIEVES AND ROBBERS.

    My first, introduction to the book vandal was made several years ago under exciting conditions in a newspaper office in Adelaide. In that establishment are many valuable ...

    Article : 2,283 words
  7. ARTISTS’ STUDIO IN A CAGE OF LIONS.

    When the new lion house at the Bronx Zoological Park is completed. New York will possess a studio which will be unique. Few people know of this destined home of ...

    Article : 394 words
  8. RIDE ON A WILD DEER.

    Joseph Mealey, a hardy young American, mountaineer, recently had a remarkable adventure with a buck deer in the Coast Range Mountains. California. He was out ...

    Article : 490 words
  9. JOCKEYS’ EXTRAVAGANT SALARIES.

    These are the days of large salaries in nearly every branch of professional sport. Never in the history of horse racing have such remunerations been paid to jockeys ...

    Article : 371 words
  10. THE SAN WHO MADE THE SHAH LAUGH.

    The Shall of Persia, who was recently in London, is not a man to break out in hilarious. merriment about every little trifle. As a matter of fact, it is difficult to drag ...

    Article : 565 words
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  12. A DARING 25-MILE TRIP.

    To swim a river in the face of an energy’s fire is justly looked upon as heroism, and is so regarded. Deliberately to trust oneself to the mercy of a roaring torrent flowing ...

    Article : 510 words
  13. DRAWING TEETH BY PHONOGRAPH.

    Few people are aware that musiccan be utilized to lessen very considerably the sufferings of a patient who has to undergo a surgical ...

    Article : 556 words
  14. A MARVELLOUS SUBMARINE.

    The submarine shown in the accompanying sketch is similar in many respects to an American diving machine, described in Every Saturday of the 20th September, but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 631 words
  15. ROMANCE OF A FOUND-LING.

    A curious and most romantic incident is reported to have happened near Evreux, France, recently. Between 6 and 7 p.m. a motor car, minus the regulation number ...

    Article : 339 words
  16. THE LARGEST SAILING VESSEL IN THE WORLD.

    The largest sailing ship in the world— the new five-masted, full-rigged ship Preussen, built at Teeklenborg’s yard, Geestemunde, for the Hamburg firm of F. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 189 words
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  18. HOW TO SHUT UP PRISONS.

    A quaint article on florists appears in The Prison Mirror, the “organ” of the Minnesota State Gaol, from which we cull a few of the more choice sentences:—“Florists ...

    Article : 144 words
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