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  2. L'AIGLON.

    Dr Edward de Wertheimer has recently written a book entitled "The Duke of Reichstadt, a Biography compiled from new sources of ...

    Article : 1,651 words
  3. GRIME AS A PROFESSION.

    "Crime is inside her gates," is the picturesque phrase used by the compiler of an official report on crime in London, issued by the United States Department ...

    Article : 904 words
  4. HIGH COURT OF BRAVERY.

    Harold Begbie writes in the "London Daily Mail" :— There are some windows in London which wear the look of old pictures ...

    Article : 1,394 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Many a man who thinks hE was born to command marries a woman who was born to countermand She: Why did that young widower marry a ...

    Article : 766 words
  6. GLASS TOO SMALL.

    Pat had occasion to pay a visit to the parish priest. The host brought a bottle of benedictine, and filling a liqueur glass, reminded [?] guest that the wine was made by the holy ...

    Article : 130 words
  7. WEIRD DILEMMA.

    The "Express" correspondent in Paris wrote on 27th December:— Paul Marnier, a kind-hearted concierge, carried a dead body in his arms ...

    Article : 316 words
  8. LONG-LOST DAUGHTER.

    The romantic meeting of a father and a long-lost daughter is the talk of Chalons-sur-Marne. It appears that more than 20 years ago the lather was a ...

    Article : 212 words
  9. A GAMBLER'S SYSTEM.

    The centre of attraction in the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo has been for several days, writes the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" of 26th ...

    Article : 595 words
  10. A LION'S ESCAPE.

    The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wired from Paris on 21st December:— While a train, ! bound for Roanne ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. SAXONY'S PRINCE.

    A pretty story by the Leipzig "Neuste Nachrichten" of King Frederick Augustus of Saxony. Dressed in plain civilian attire, his Majesty was ...

    Article : 209 words
  12. WEARY BRAINS.

    In the rush of modern times, over-full of business and pleasure, the needs of the body with regard to rest and refreshment are often thrust on one side ...

    Article : 381 words
  13. RUSSIAN SUPERSTITIONS.

    "According to "Lloyd"s Weekly" an interesting paper was read lately before the Geographical Society in Berlin by Professor Vinogradoff, the subject being ...

    Article : 342 words
  14. A FULL STOP.

    A traveller who spent half of his holiday in a tour of Ireland brought back a sample of the happy-go-lucky wit of the Irish "Jarvey," or driver. In n breakneck race down a hill ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. WHOLESALE ART ROBBERIES.

    In spite of the alarming frequency of art thefts perpetrated by what appears to be an organised gang bent on plundering Italian museums and churches, the ...

    Article : 258 words
  16. SAYING IT POLITELY.

    A law professor was lecturing on "contracts" to a class which obviously did not care to listen. The young men shuffled their feet, and apparently only waited for the clock to ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. SHIPWRECKED KITTEN.

    An electric launch put out from a wharf near Trent Bridge on 22nd December for the special purpose of rescuing a shipwrecked kitten which was ...

    Article : 336 words
  18. DIPLOMACY.

    "Please, mum," said a tramp, "would you be so kind as to let me have a needle and thread?" "Well, y-e-s," said the housewife at the ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. THE TAMMANY MAYOR.

    Mr McClellan, who is the first Tam-many Hall Mayor of New York to win the respect of his opponents, finds his greatest enjoyment ...

    Article : 195 words
  20. CONFIDENCE MEN CAUGHT.

    From Marseilles, on 12th December, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—There has of late been a great increase in the number of ...

    Article : 167 words
  21. FROM IRELAND.

    It was an Irish lady who complained of her husband that he never opened his mouth but he put his foot in it, and also expressed the pathetic desire to find a place where there was ...

    Article : 257 words
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