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  2. The Curse of the Cigarette

    The injurious effect of cigarette smoking amongst cadets was exemplified by a recent medical examination at Casino conducted by Dr. Newman, Government Medical Officer, of five 18-year-old cadets who were rejected. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SMILE SEED

    "Did tie millionaire attain his success in life by burning midnight oil?" "No; by selling it" "How do you distinguish the waiters from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,131 words
  4. HERE & THERE

    A clock at Orsett (Essex), which has been going continuously since 1826, has been fitted with a new dial as a Coronation memorial. ...

    Article : 29 words
  5. FALL OF A CARVED ANGEL.

    Stated to be nearly 600 years old, a carved angel in the roof of St. Andrew's Church, Burlingham, Norfolk, fell to the floor last month, within three yards of the spot where ...

    Article : 44 words
  6. NEW SUBWAY UNDER THE THAMES.

    It is expected that the new subway for pedestrians under the Thames between North and South Woolwich will be opened in July or August. Probably the ferry-boat service will be ...

    Article : 41 words
  7. AGED WOMAN'S FATAL DREAM.

    It was shown at an inquest at Bath (Ens.) last month that a dream proved fatal to Mrs. Louisa Moore, an aged woman. A fortnight previously Mrs. Moore was discovered seriously ...

    Article : 67 words
  8. WORKING AT NINETY-EIGHT.

    The death occurred last month of Mr. John Williams in his ninety-ninth year. He worked is a mat-maker in London until he was ninety, and then took a small holding at Felsted, ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. SIGHT REGAINED AT SEVENTY-SIX.

    Mrs. Caroline Flosser, an old lady living In Pottsville, Pa., who was totally blind, with cataract covering both eyes, marvellously regained her sight, recently, at the age of 76. ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. £630 FOR FOUR PORCELAIN FIGURES.

    When the collection of porcelain and objects of art formed by Sir John Duncan Bligh was sold at Messrs. Christie's, in London, last month, a set of four Bristol figures of children ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. VACUUM CLEANER AND PESTS.

    A new and unexpected sphere of action has just been found for the vacuum cleaner. In some of the Western States of America the crops suffered severely of late from the ravages of ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. HATS AND QUEUES.

    The experience which Hong Kong had recently in connection with the abolition of the creue has been repeated in various places. A sudden demand has been created for hats, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. AT SEA WITHOUT SICKNESS.

    A contract was recently signed by the Belgian Government for the delivery of two new turbine seamers for the Dover and Ostend mail service. As in the case of all the steamers ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. FORTIFYING PANAMA.

    The U.S. War Department has ordered a beginning to be made immediately with the construction of a great fortress at Flamenco Island at the Pacific entrance to the Panama ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. FOUR GENERATIONS IN WORKHOUSE.

    The master of Rathdown Workhouse, Dublin, reported quarrelling among some women inmates last month. The chairman of the Board of Guardians admonished the offenders, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. ENTOMBED YOUTH'S DYING CRIES.

    Caught and crushed by a fall of roof in the No. 3 Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale (Wales) last month, a youth of nineteen named Robert Bevan, could be distinctly heard by the rescue ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. HANGMEN'S AUTOGRAPHS.

    Hangmen's autographs are not a valued marketable property. A collection of letters tearing the signatures of Calcraft, Berry, and Billington, with the autograph of the notorious ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. A YOUNG HERO.

    A case of a fifteen-year-old boy supporting a family of seven on his wages of 16/8 a week came to light in New York recently. The little fellow works in a dress suit parlor in ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. GOES 9000 MILES TO MARRY.

    Charles Kayser, a miner, travelled by horse [?] 1400 miles from Candelaria, Nev., to at[?] the wedding of his youngest daughter, [?] Adolph Kurtz travelled 9000 miles from ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. PRINCESS TAKES POISON.

    "I am tired of life and sick of sorrow. I am going to commit suicide." Thus ran a note found by the son of the Princess Zubasski [?]imaniria on a table in his mother's bedroom ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. AN UNKNOWN BENEFACTOR.

    The came of Mr. W. H. Alexander will be, to the majority of readers, an unknown one; yet [?] it was who gave the enormous sum of £80,000 for the purpose of building the National ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. ADVERTISING THAT PAYS.

    At the annual meeting of the Rhyl (Wales) Advertising Association it was announced that the past season had been a record one for that North Wales health resort. The report stated: ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. REICHSTAG'S NEW PRESIDENT.

    The Reichstag has elected Dr. Spahn, the Centre Party leader, President; Herr Schneldomann, Socialist, First Vice-President; and Herr Paasche, National Liberal, Second Vice-Presi- ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. TELEPHONING FOR AID FROM SUNKEN BOATS.

    German torpedo boats are all equipped with newly-designed submarine telephone attachments. This apparatus is attached to the outside of the beat just forward or the tower. If ...

    Article : 195 words
  25. LORD PIRRIE'S EXCITING EXPERIENCE.

    When Lord Pirrie reached Lame (Ireland) last month on his way to London he was met at the station by a hostile crowd of about 600, who pelted him with rotten eggs, herrings, and ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. MAN WHO SCENTED OLD MASTERS.

    The death was announced last month in London of Mr. Herbert Lepper, the art expert who detected the "Worthing" Gainsborough in an old canvas offered at £5. It sold for 3000 ...

    Article : 80 words
  27. BEER-DRINKING GERMANY'S MENACE.

    Another authoritative refutation of the beer and light wine theory is receiving widespread publicity in a press report, which says:—Thomas Edison, the American wizard of ...

    Article : 203 words
  28. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR WAR HORSES.

    an activity that has not been equalled for years was made observable last month in one form of British exports. Continental buyers of the best sort have always had a liking for Irish ...

    Article : 216 words
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