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  2. TREASURES OF THE DEEP.

    Hundreds of millions sterling in gold, silver, copper and precious stones are lying on the bottom of the sea, ready to the hand of the first person who will ...

    Article : 404 words
  3. IN A CROWDED LONDON THOROUGHFARE.

    A handsomely-dressed woman stood hesitatingly on the outer edge of the sidewalk, watching keenly for a chance to penetrate the maze of vehicles which surged between ...

    Article : 318 words
  4. H.M.S. TIGER.

    H.S.M. Tiger, which will be the fastest and most formidable cruiser in the world, was successfully launched from the yard of John Brown and Co., ...

    Article : 340 words
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    Advertising : 454 words
  6. FOR WOMAN'S EYE.

    A smart little morning frock in striped and plain linen is the subject of our illustration. The low square collar, diagonal band, and belt, are of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,004 words
  7. ISLAND PARADISE.

    Shipwrecked sailors who lauded at Sail Francisco on Saturday (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"), tell a story of hardship, ...

    Article : 517 words
  8. THE MODEL SUBURB.

    All are familiar with the scheme that has added another suburb, or the nucleus of a suburb, to Sydney. The "Dacey Suburb," now called ...

    Article : 816 words
  9. A MARQUIS'S ROMANCE.

    A strange romance of an Italian marquis, who gave up his title and fortune and oeeame a British subject, has been unfolded in the New Zealand Court of ...

    Article : 323 words
  10. LETTEE-BOXES AND SOAP.

    A Munich paper declares that tho degree of a nation's culture may be judged by the number of its letter-boxes and by its purchase of soap. ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. ENGLISHMAN'S LUCK.

    Great excitement was caused throughout Spain by the annual drawing for the Christmas lottery. The First prize, commonly called "El Gordo," ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. BIG PRICES FOR GEMS.

    An emerald and brilliant tiara, the property of Lady Islington, was sold at Christie's, London, for £490. It is formed as a coronet, with bands of ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. PATRIARCHAL LOBSTER.

    What is believed to be a record lobster in the matter of weight and size has been landed at Boston. The crustacean, which weighed 271b., is the largest ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. THE PAINTER AND THE WIDOWS.

    The great German portrait painter Franz von Lenbach, was one of the most charitable of men, and since his deatib many stories illustrative of this side of his ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. FLYING UPSIDE-DOWN.

    B. C. Hucks's final demonstrations of looping the loop at Henden this year were by far the best given by him in England. On Saturday, within fifteen ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. THE MOST POPULAR PRECIOUS STONE.

    Diamonds are not by any means the most expensive among precious stones, says a writer in the "Express." Pearls are the dearest of all, and next ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. DUTY DEMANDED ON DICKENS'S HAIR.

    The New York Customs officials and Mr. Arthur Brentano, head of a largo bookselling firm, are at odds over tho duty to be paid on a consignment from ...

    Article : 203 words
  18. A NEAR SHAVE.

    "By the grace of God I was born a gentleman but I act the prince as little as possible," was a favorite saying of Emperor Joseph II. Whether his ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. WOMAN'S LOOP IN THE AIR.

    The first woman to loop the loop in the air is Miss Trehawke Davies, who experienced this thrilling sensation on Friday last week as a passenger with ...

    Article : 487 words
  20. M.B.C.

    Parents and guardians would do well, if they be interested, to take advantage of their approaching visit to the Royal Show in Sydney, to pay a visit to the ...

    Article : 458 words
  21. FOR ENGAGED GIRLS.

    The enlaced girl who is not thoroughly endowed with good sense often makes the mistake of looking for hidden meanings in her lover's remarks and nourishing ...

    Article : 525 words
  22. SOUTH POLE HERO'S WILL.

    Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, of Gestingthorpe Hall, Castle Hedingham, Essex, and of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who perished so ...

    Article : 125 words
  23. PRESERVED PEARS.

    Eight pounds of firm, sound pears, six pounds of preserving sugar, the finely grated rind and juice of three lemons, two inches of whole ginger. Select a ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. CHICKEN-REARING BY ELECTRICITY.

    The application of electricity in the rearing of chickens was described in a paper read by Mr. Thorne Baker before the Royal Society of Arts. Mr. ...

    Article : 307 words
  25. RAN, WALKED, AND RODE.

    Hundreds of people watched Mr. F. Allen Tomkins, secretary of the Thanet Hunt, win a curious wager. A fortnight previously Mr. Tomkins, who at ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. OLD MEN NOT WANTED.

    Old-looking men have no chance in business to-day. They are replaced by younger men. That is the way the commercial world is moving, and you ...

    Article : 207 words
  27. STYLE IN WALKING.

    Dwellers in cities and residents of the country have a difficult gait in walking, according to Dr. Felix Regnault, who publishes in Archives de ...

    Article : 189 words
  28. ONE DAY'S TIPS IN PARIS.

    A painstaking statistician has estimated that tips of one kind and another paid daily in Paris to waiters, janitors, cabmen, and the thousand and one ...

    Article : 62 words
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