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  2. SHARKS IN THE PARK.

    The new aquarium at the London Zoo, in Regent's Park, is the greatest enterprise which the Zoological Society has yet undertaken. It ...

    Article : 195 words
  3. RE-CHRISTENING A CITY.

    We are apparently not yet finished with changes in the map of Europe. The Norwegian Storthing has decided to change the name of the capital ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. ELUSIVE MILLIONS.

    It has been estimated that the amount of disputed wealth in the world amounts to a thousand millions sterling. Whilst most of these ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. THE DEATH CLOCK.

    There is a strange old legend of Hampton Court that when Henry VIII.'s astronomical clock stops somebody who has long resided in ...

    Article : 176 words
  6. COMPLETE SHORT STORY. A BEY'S DAUGHTER.

    Thomas Howard, of Tennessee, and Charles Ridgely, of Annapolis, sat in front of the glowing grate in one of those ample fire-places in a grand ...

    Article : 1,428 words
  7. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Enthusiastic Fisherman: "The trout was so long—I tell you I never saw such, a fish!" Friend: "No, I don't suppose you ...

    Article : 727 words
  8. WEIGHTS AND MEASUREES.

    Recently renewed attempts have been made in Britain to interest public opinion in favour of the metric system of weights and measures. ...

    Article : 663 words
  9. HUMAN BEINGS WITH TAILS.

    An explorer stated recently that he had found natives in Borneo who have stumps of tails. Occasionally, children with these ...

    Article : 178 words
  10. CAMERA AS JUDGE.

    A New York correspondent states that a motion picture camera will have the deciding vote in awarding places in the track events of the ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. SEA BENEATH THE SAHARA.

    Is there water under the Sahara? A Paris correspondent states that there is animal life 200 and-300 feet beneath the burning sands of the ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. THE BANANA.

    Fifty years ago there were few people who could boast of having seen a bunch of bananas. The fruit was practically unknown; indeed, less ...

    Article : 450 words
  13. FORTUNES IN PRISON CELLS.

    A portable ice-making machine has been placed on the market by a man namedl Wunnenberg, and is being manufactured at the rate of two ...

    Article : 551 words
  14. GENTLE BURGLARS.

    It is not long since a burglar, who begged the lady of the house for a hiss, vowed he would not harm her, and shook hands with her on parting, ...

    Article : 523 words
  15. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Brass door-knockers and handles may be kept brighter by rubbing with paraffin after cleaning, and finally polishing with a cloth. ...

    Article : 452 words
  16. SOCIETY HEAD-HUNTERS.

    The latest craze among the smart set of New York is the wearing of human heads, shrivelled and dried until they are only two or three inches ...

    Article : 144 words
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    Advertising : 148 words
  18. NATURE'S SUNSHADE.

    During days of prolonged sunshine and tropical heat, it is not sufficiently realized that there is nothing specially healthy about a "tanned" ...

    Article : 101 words
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