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  2. Safety of Portsmouth.

    It would seem that it were easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a hostile warship to steal into Portsmouth ...

    Article : 262 words
  3. Gambling at Sea.

    Passengers who landed at Plymouth last month from the Hamburg-American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria on her arrival from New York described an exciting incident which had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 263 words
  4. Curious Nesting Place.

    BIRDS often use strange nesting places, and the one of which we give a photograph on this page surely comes within that category. ...

    Article : 237 words
  5. TOBACCO KING'S HONEYMOON.

    To fill the artificial lakes in his park and make it look like a fairyland for his bride during their honeymoon, Mr. James B. Duke, the tobacoo king, pumped the Ruritan River ...

    Article : 66 words
  6. CHICKEN WITH THREE LEGS.

    The chicken, pictured herewith, belongs to Mrs. Marshall of the Woy Woy Hotel, Woy Woy, New South Wales, and has three legs; otherwise, there is nothing to distinguish it ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 132 words
  7. A QUEER POTATO.

    This potato, which is of a most curious shape, weighs 4lb. 13oz., was grown in the Devonport district. Tasmania. Our illustration is from a photograph kindly lent by Mr. S. J. Pennington, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  8. WHISKY AS RAILWAY FARE.

    A man gave the official in charge of a goods train on the New York Central and Hudson River Railway half a pint of whisky in consideration of being allowed to travel on the ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. NOT YET TOO LATE.

    Mrs. Mayberleigh: "Johnny, is the new baby at your house a boy or a girl?" Johnny: "Ma says it's a girl, but it ain't a-goin' to be baptised till nex' Sunday, an' if I ...

    Article : 67 words
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