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  2. 'THEY SAY.'

    "They say" is a common liar, And she g[?]th up and down.And her tongue is a tongue of fire In the homes of all the town. ...

    Article : 193 words
  3. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WATER.

    Professor Otto von Stockslager, a well-known Belgian explorer and ad­venturer, has announced the discov­ery of one of the strangest races of ...

    Article : 1,415 words
  4. ESCAPED IN A COFFIN.

    A strange and somewhat gruesome device, by which a man named Baker charged with fraud, succeeded in once evading arrest, aud a second time in ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. AN ANCIENT FAITH. EAGLE V. LOBSTER.

    It is singular how little is generally known about one of the oldest and most enlightened religions still existing in the world, and still He was a Newfoundland lobster, and his would-be captor was a whiteheaded eagle. The story of the combat that ensued is thus told in a ...

    Article : 1,452 words
  6. LAYING RAILWAY TRACKS BY ELECTRICITY.

    An interesting portable electric plant is used by the French railways in permanent way construction, and enables track laying to be ...

    Article : 326 words
  7. A WONDERFUL JUMPING HOUND.

    Of all the wonders, biped or quadruped, that have at One time or another drawn curious crowds in Paris, Berlin and London, none perhaps has ...

    Article : 1,337 words
  8. LONDON'S IMPROVED MORALS..

    During the last twenty years the moral improvement of London has been so remarkable that it might be imagined that its inhabitants had ...

    Article : 266 words
  9. THE REXER AUTOMATIC MACHINEGUN.

    Tho Rexer machine-gun is really a shoulder-arm, and resembles a large rifle of the ordinary type. Its weight is about 17½[?]). and while this is ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. THE ROYAL MINT'S WONDERFUL WEIGHING MACHINE.

    The weighing of the money coined at the Royal mint is a delicate operation. The new coins having been taken to the weighing-room are ...

    Article : 354 words
  11. PADDY AND BIDDY.

    Paddy and Biddy lived in a mudwall ca[?]in in the county Tyrone. Paddy cobbled shoes: Biddy spun on an Irish wh[?]l. Both have crossed the ...

    Article : 210 words
  12. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The income of Oxford University is slightly under £70,000 a year. Salt water extinguished fire much more rapidly than the same amount of fresh. ...

    Article : 369 words
  13. ONE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S ADVENTURES.

    The following quaint anecdote is related of the celebrated Oliver Gold-smith's last journey to Edgeworths-town prior to his entrance at ...

    Article : 386 words
  14. A GARGANTUAN FEAST.

    A monster banquet was held on Sunday iu the Machinery Hall of the Champ de Mars, Paris, near the Eiffel Tower, when no fewer than 5O,OOO ...

    Article : 262 words
  15. HOW AN ORANG-OUTANG TRAVELS.

    It is a most interesting sight to watch an orang-outang make its way through the jungle. It walks slowly along the larger branches in ...

    Article : 255 words
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