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  2. WALKING THE PLANK.

    E L L," quoth George," you must remember that this took place many ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,224 words
  3. CUPID'S RATTLE.

    HEY were not really engaged—that is to say, society had never ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,107 words
  4. A ROMANCE OF PRISON-BREAKING.

    The most marvellous of many escapes from Millbank Prison was Punch Howard's who had also broken out of Newgate and Horsemongerlane Goal. In those days the prisoners used ...

    Article : 650 words
  5. SECRET WRITING.

    It has been asserted that no system of cipher writing is absolutely secure, and while this may not be true, the wonderful success achieved by ingenious and painstaking experts in making ...

    Article : 1,646 words
  6. THE BRIDE AND THE FAVOURITE.

    T is some years ago now, that upon a glorious summer day I found myself ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,711 words
  7. A GHOST IN THE LAW COURT.

    One of the most celebrated Assize cases arose out of a murder committed in Warwickshire. A farmer, on his return from the market at, Southern, was murdered. A man went the next ...

    Article : 500 words
  8. EERIE GHOST LEGENDS.

    Near the Forton Barracks, Gosport, the headquarters of the Royal Marine Light Infantry lies an interesting memento of the old French War a called in space where lie buried countless ...

    Article : 928 words
  9. A GREAT INDUSTRIAL COLONY.

    The Krupp workmen are attended in sickness by one of sixteen doctors. These doctors are appointed by the firm, but once appointed the income of each depends upon his popularity. ...

    Article : 359 words
  10. GENUINE DWARFS.

    On the east coast of the Yucatan are veatiges of ancient cities, they houses all of stone, not large enough for people of more than three feet or three feet six inches to have occupied with ...

    Article : 285 words
  11. AN ENTERPRISING UNDERTAKER.

    Two Spanish officers recently met to fig at a duel outside the gates of Bilbon, after the seconds bad failed to reconcile the belligerents. At this moment a poor fellow approached the ...

    Article : 171 words
  12. A TURKISH PRISON.

    A Turkish prison at the best of times defies description, not for its intricacy or magnificence but for its peculiar and inherent filthisess. The condition of the prisons, therefore, to ...

    Article : 301 words
  13. GREAT NAVIGATORS.

    It is a somewhat peculiar circumstance in the history of ocean navigation, which the Portugese celebration of the voyage of Da Gama recaila, that the chief navigators of Europe have usually ...

    Article : 212 words
  14. POSSIBILITIES OF THE LANGUAGE.

    "And what has become of Jed Thomas?" Asked the little old man with the queer whiskers. "Jed Thomas," said the other, apparently ...

    Article : 208 words
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    HE dramatic lady was always Head over heels in debt ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
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