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  3. BATTLES FOR BRIDES.

    A curious marriage custom persists in Abchasia, a district of the Caucasus. On the Wedding day the bride withdraws to the darkest room of ...

    Article : 178 words
  4. SHANGHAI'S STAMPS.

    Shanghai issued its own postage stamps at one time, and the collector who possesses an example of the original issue is a lucky man. ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. "CALLED BACK."

    The other day a man was sitting up in bed in hospital with a contented smile on his face. "How are you feeling?" asked the ...

    Article : 288 words
  6. ROYAL IMPOSTORS.

    If there could be produced a Debrett or an Almanach de Gotha of all the people who go about the world with self-endowed titles what ...

    Article : 1,141 words
  7. "LOST IN THE POST."

    Were I given to wagering, I should be prepared to stake every penny of my savings that out of every thousand letters "lost in the post" not ...

    Article : 307 words
  8. ROYAL PURPLE.

    In the days of the Roman Empire, purple robes commanded very high prices and were limited to imperial use. It was then the rarest dye ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. LOVER' S LANE.

    Nevil Gibson felt that the world was treating him very badly. He had returned after having been abroad for jus.; over two years and he could ...

    Article : 469 words
  10. MISSED CATCHES.

    The history of art collecting is filled with stories of missed catches. Every collector has been out at some time in his career when opportunity ...

    Article : 437 words
  11. LIFTS AND LAUGHS.

    One of the compensations of being a commercial traveller with large milages to cover by motor-car is the ever-varying life of the road. ...

    Article : 821 words
  12. DISEASE-DODGING INDUSTRIES

    It has been established that many industries take heavy toll of life and limb, or Leave their votaries particularly susceptible to diseases, but we ...

    Article : 577 words
  13. GIPSIES FEAR GHOSTS.

    Gipsies are very superstitious, particularly in their fear of the dead. They believe that so long as the possessions of a dead gipsy remain ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. TALES WORTH TELLING.

    She: "There are two men I really admire." He: "Who's the other?" Landlord: "I'm sorry, but your ...

    Article : 530 words
  15. STRANGE YET TRUE.

    A family in cleaning and re-papering one of the rooms of a flat they had just entered at Begles, near Bordeaux, found concealed behind the ...

    Article : 509 words
  16. FORTUNES MADE HERE.

    Silver that doesn't come from a mine, but from a factory, may presently be finding its way into the coffers of the bankers. An inventor ...

    Article : 365 words
  17. HINTS FOR EVERY HOME.

    New tinware should be rubbed over with fresh lard and thoroughly heated in the over before it is used. It will never rust afterwards. ...

    Article : 364 words
  18. THE ANSWER'S A LEMON!

    What article, costing but a penny, or less, can be put to the greatest number of uses? The answer's a lemon! In scores of ways it saves ...

    Article : 167 words
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