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  2. A LIGHT WITH RATS.

    Attacked by several hundred fierce rats which swarmed upon him while he was imprisoned in a narrow space from which he could not escape, Robert Crook, of ...

    Article : 446 words
  3. TRICKS OF CLEVER SWINDLERS.

    The smartest bit of smuggling I know of (writes an American), occurred when one of the largest and handsomest diamonds in this country-owned at present by one of our ...

    Article : 377 words
  4. CHARLIE'S RETURN.

    "Don't leave me, Charlie," she said, her great blue eyes welling up with tears; " don't leave me thus, Charlie." "But I must go. It is best to part so, ...

    Article : 393 words
  5. BETWEEN KISSES.

    "Be aisy. now, Phelim, be aisy, Kape your distance you troublesome boy; I don't wish you to call me your daisy- Your blarneying ways quite annoy. ...

    Article : 1,102 words
  6. DESERTER

    "Where, pray?" asked Mr. Rayner, turning quickly upon them. Mr, Royce hesitated, and-with shame be it said-allowed Miss Travers ta meet rly recovered the full use of his eyes, j ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 3,234 words
  7. PHOTOGRAPHING A DROP OF LIQUID

    Professor Worthington, says a writer in "Knowledge," has been studying a curious phenomenon for twenty years. The splash of a drop occurs in the twinkling of an eye; ...

    Article : 332 words
  8. WATCHES IN OLDEN DAYS.

    With all our modern improvements we rarely hear now-a-days of watches so fancifully complex as used to be made for great folks in the times when all watches were ...

    Article : 290 words
  9. LAW OF SELF DEFENCE.

    The right of self-defence is by some old writers declared to be inherent in all men by the law of nature. Now these "natural rights" are all very well, but they are not ...

    Article : 379 words
  10. A GIRL WHO THRASHED THE KAISER.

    The present Kaiser would probably not admit that he had often been thwarted in any of his plans, but an anecdote has recently become known which shows that he, ...

    Article : 337 words
  11. ROASTED HIMSELF ALIVE.

    The most terrible case of suicide probably on record, took place at Saint Denis, near Paris. An elderly man, named Amedeo Macien, who had to resign his post of ...

    Article : 251 words
  12. THE PRINCES PECULIAR HOBBY.

    The Prince of Wales from childhood has always shown the keenest interest in firemen and tires. Daring many years of his life he used to be informed whenever a really big ...

    Article : 177 words
  13. A ROYAL OCULIST.

    The fact of Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, the " Royal oculist," being called upon to attend the Kaiser for the injury done his Majesty's eye during the recent ...

    Article : 460 words
  14. A JEWEL IN A SERPENT'S HEAD.

    It ia doubtful whether Shakespeare's toad, "Ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in hie head; "but there ia a belief current in all parts of ...

    Article : 241 words
  15. THE HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH.

    One of the hottest regions of the earth is along the Persian Gulf, where little or no rain falls. At Babrin the arid shore has no fresh water, yet a comparatively numerous ...

    Article : 436 words
  16. NATIONAL FORMS OF GREETING.

    "How do you do" That's English and American. "How do you carry yourself ?" That's French. "How do yon stand ?" That's Italian. "How do you find yourself?" ...

    Article : 203 words
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