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  2. GERMAN DUELS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.

    NOT long after I left a German University it was my misfortune to incur the penalty of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 888 words
  3. THE SOUDAN.

    ADDITIONAL interest is lent to the following by the approaching resumption of military ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 631 words
  4. STAGELAND.

    QUICK changes will be the order in respect of the closing performances of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,435 words
  5. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections.

    At Chester—The detectives—The Irish troubles—A letter from Mr. Gladstone—The old Theatre Royal. Southampton—An old artists memories of it in 1846—The manager in those days—Miss Fanny Vining ...

    Article : 2,421 words
  6. A HYPNOTISED DOG.

    WHEN Fitzbrassie started trying hypnotic experiments on his fox terrier, I told him that it was an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,155 words
  7. A RATTLESNAKE'S RATTLE.

    A rattlesnake's rattle is like the sound which, would be produced by the rattling of a number of peas in a paper bag. This represents the slightness of the sound. We are accustomed to pictorial ...

    Article : 163 words
  8. DICKENS' MISS HAVISHAM.

    The original of Dickens' Miss Havisham was a certain Miss Dick, who lived at Madeira Vale, a tract of land lying between Ventnor and Bonchurch. In 1880 she was a very old lady, and ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. TERRIBLY TAXED.

    At one time bricks, tiles, and slates were heavily taxed. Waterloo Bridge, over the Thames, is built of taxed stone. There was a tax on gloves and mittens. Hats also were ...

    Article : 226 words
  10. A NUT FOR TEETOTALLERS

    Professor Walker recently lectured before the London Royal Institution on " Nerves and Stimulants." He is reported in the London " Graphic " as follows: " A little tobacco smoke or a little ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. ITALO CAMP ANINI, THE FAMOUS TENOR.

    Italc Campanini, the once famous tenor, who died on November 23, at Parma, Italy, had a varied and highly interesting experience of the triumphs aud vicissitudes of life. He was a blacksmith's ...

    Article : 347 words
  12. COLOSSAL HOUSES.

    It is not uncommon for noblemen with picture or sculpture galleries 100[?]t long to find a difficulty in keeping their servants. Lord Londonderry has a gigantic house in Wynyard Park, Durham ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. LORD SALISBURY'S SON.

    Lord Hugh Cecil, fifth son of Lord Salisbury, and M.P. for Greenwich, shows the promise of a great career. Mr. Bryce in a recent speech paid the young member a marked compliment, and a ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. AN ENGLISH IDOL FACTORY.

    It has recently been discovered that there is in Birmingham, in the very centre of Christian England, a factory were idols are made for heathen nations. Idols of all kinds are turned ...

    Article : 321 words
  15. EMILE ZOLA.

    M. Emile Zola has bad a narrow escape from what might have proved a serious accident. He was crossing the road last evening at the corner of the Rue ...

    Article : 308 words
  16. ART OF HAT-LIFTING.

    On the proper method of performing that salutation known as "raising the hat" there have always prevailed rather conflicting opinions in France. Sometimes Frenchmen lifted their hats ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. AN AFRICAN DELICACY.

    The flesh of the elephant is eaten in its entirety by several of the African tribes. A detail of the process of butchering the animals is not pleasant reading. The tools used are the assegai and ...

    Article : 247 words
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