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  2. NOMADIC NOTES.

    While cutting up a century-old fir tree on the Simplon, France, foresters found in the heart of the trunk a bronze statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was about a ...

    Article : 67 words
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  4. Canine Bell Ringers.

    Off on the coast of Alaska, on a small rock island, is a little light station. A fog bell is connected with the light station, and when there is a dense fog the bell is ...

    Article : 176 words
  5. World's Oldest Man is Dead.

    An official investigation into the claim that Jose Calavario, who died recently in Tuxpan, Mexico, was 185 years old, has been made, and it is announced that it was ...

    Article : 100 words
  6. "Simplified Spelling."

    A new list of words issued by the Simplified Spelling Board, New York, warns the student not to be too much "influenst by the od appearance of a word. Any ...

    Article : 103 words
  7. A Roosevelt Record.

    If not more permanent than brass, the collections which President Roosevelt made when the fauna of Africa fled before him will perhaps outlive the recollection of his ...

    Article : 128 words
  8. A Cat Worth £8000.

    The richest cat in the world lives in Wilkesbarre (U.S.A.), a cat worth £8000 in his own right, with a large building to live in, and with an attendant at £15 a ...

    Article : 119 words
  9. An American Tunnel.

    A syndicate of New York railway financiers, headed by Mr. Newman Erb, is preparing to drive the longest tunnel in America through the backbone of the Rocky ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. Thrifty Napoleon.

    Emperor Napoleon I. dressed in plain clothes, often visited the markets of Paris in order to learn the current prices of food and find out whether his household officers ...

    Article : 235 words
  11. The Coldest City.

    Where the rivers freeze to the bottom, and small trees snap off from the biting force of the cold, stands the coldest inhabited city in the world—Verkoyansek, in ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. Emigrant Song-Birds.

    Nearly 600 English wild song-birds are shortly to be despatched to British Columbia, song-birds being rare in Canada. The 600 birds form the first importation ...

    Article : 161 words
  13. Smart, That!

    The following advertisement appeared in all the newspapers published in the German capital a few days before, a new play was to be produced: "Young lady orphan, with ...

    Article : 197 words
  14. Somnambulist Sounds the Tocsin.

    An amusing story which throws a sidelight on the tension of frontier nerves just now comes from Forbach, near Strasburg. The wife of the sacristan of Forbach is a ...

    Article : 124 words
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