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  2. MODERN ROME.

    The number of houseless people in Rome is estimated at from 4000 to 5000. For the last ten years they have been widening streets, at the ...

    Article : 239 words
  3. PIG FEASTS.

    Though cannibalism used to be practised to a great extent in Papua it has now given place to pig feasts, which are extremely popular. ...

    Article : 306 words
  4. THE PHANTOM RHINOCEROS.

    "Well, we ought to find some game after all this, for I’m sure we’ve worked hard enough for it! The Dutchmen may well call these ...

    Article : 1,233 words
  5. THE BALKAN STATES.

    The vast importance of the state of affairs in the Near East is scarcely realised by the average individual. The reason is that the ...

    Article : 1,560 words
  6. GREAT AMERICAN HUMORIST.

    The late Major Pond managed Bill Nye for several lecture seasons, but their first meeting was rather informal. Nye was one day walking ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. IN OTHER LANDS. UP MOUNT M'KINLEY IN ALASKA.

    After prodigious efforts we were forced to camp at 18.400ft., with not enough energy left to talk or to eat. The silk tent was pitched, and ...

    Article : 214 words
  8. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Chinese coffins are made of timber 8in. to 10in. thick. It is calculated therefore, that over 8,000,000ft. of timber is utilised yearly for coffins ...

    Article : 374 words
  9. THE HONEYCOMBED ALPS.

    The following are the great Alpine tunnels at present constructed: Mont Cents (1857-70), seven miles 1,730 yards; St. Gotthard (1872-80), nine ...

    Article : 233 words
  10. BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    There is no sign in the North Sea that the British Navy possesses any great superiority in effective force to even a single Navy. In September ...

    Article : 304 words
  11. SOUTH AFRICAN NIGHT.

    The dark comes down with African swiftness, and at eight o'clock the train stops for the night at Choma. Instantly all is life and ...

    Article : 609 words
  12. MISCHIEF-MAKING AT SEA.

    For pure, unadulterated mischiefmaking on ship-board a combination between a monkey and a parrot will take a good deal of beating. On one ...

    Article : 488 words
  13. THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.

    On November 1, 1755, a few minutes before 10 a.m., the inhabitants of Lisbon were alarmed by several violent vibrations of the ground. ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. A SMART DETECTIVE.

    I have just heard (writes "Lookeron") of the smart ruse of a plain clothes officer which led to the arrest and conviction of a pickpocket. ...

    Article : 519 words
  15. WHAT—AGAIN!

    The two belligerent men faced each other. "you’re a prevaricator!" "You’re a yellow pup!" ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. WILLIAM III. LANDS AT TORBAY

    When William, "the Hope of the Protestants," landed at Torbay on November 5, 1688, he found very few adherents willing to risk their lives ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. ANIMALS THAT DREAD RAIN.

    Lions, tigers, and all the cat tribe dread rain send a Zoo keeper. On a rainy day they tear nervously up and down their cages, growling and ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. THE END OF THE INQUISITION.

    On November 7, 1781, the last victim of the Inquisition, a woman, accused of making a contract with the devil, was burnt alive at Seville. ...

    Article : 277 words
  19. AT ARTILLERY PRACTICE.

    A certain self-opinionated official of the Intelligence Department, sarcastically referred to as "Mr. Pomp," used to mate it a hobby ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. "DR. JIM" AND THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC.

    The spirit and methods of "Dr. Jim" are exemplified by one of Mr. Fort’s anecdotes in his book on "Dr. Jamieson," published by Hurst and ...

    Article : 141 words
  21. IN A SIMILAR BOAT.

    Old Captain Guzzlefuzzle had gone in for house erection, and had built a row of Highly Desirable Residential Villas, three miles from ...

    Article : 137 words
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