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  2. ABOUT MANY THINGS.

    The steamship Queen City, upon arrival at Victoria, B.C., recently, reported that a human hand and a boathook had been washed ashore where certain portions of Condor wreckage had ...

    Article : 47 words
  3. THE TRAGEDY OF A WONDERFUL CLOCK.

    The most wonderful clock is the world awaits a buyer. For 19 years a poor German watchmaker baa labored incessantly to complete this marvellous ...

    Article : 763 words
  4. L.C.C. 'Bus Horses Sold.

    Recently the curtain rose en the last act of the London County Council bus comedy, when Mr. Parkinson, an auctioneer, invited bids for 518 horses, 77 'buses, 100 sets of harness, and a ...

    Article : 63 words
  5. Perpetual Internment.

    Prince Lutfullah and Prince Sabaheddin, sons of Damad Mahmud Pasha, and Haidar Bey, son of the late Midhad Pasha, Colonel Zeki Bey, and Abdurrahman Bey, political administrator of the ...

    Article : 53 words
  6. Family Burnt to Death.

    As the result of a fire at a private residence occupied by A. M. Bonchard and family at Matane, 196 miles below Quebec, Mme. Bonchard, her eight children—six boys and two girls—and ...

    Article : 60 words
  7. Gold in Gazaland.

    The discovery of gold in Gazaland. Portuguese East Africa, proves to be one of extraordinary richness, and there is a general movement towards Mozambique from other parts of Africa. ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. Perished in the Alps.

    Two tourists—Dr. Hagen, a medical man, of Adelboden; and Mr. Clarke, of Interlarken—who set out by different routes one Saturday morning recently for a sk[?] excursion on the ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. A French Invasion.

    The French syndicate which is sinking shafts in the Alkam Valley, near Dover (Eng.), has established a colony of French miners at the village of Sellindge. Everything connected with ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. Duel Near Nice.

    A duel has been fought near Nice, between Prince Pignatelli d'Aragon and the Marquis de Savalls, the latter a friend of Don Jaime, son of the Spanish Pretender. The two had had a ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. Pat the Rover.

    Emigration from Ireland has decreased. Last year there were 39,870 Irish emigrants, a decrease of 7237 as compared with 1900. of the total 21,527 were females, and over 80 per cent. ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. Brighton Ritual Case.

    The Court of Appeal holds in the Brighton (Eng.) ritual case that the vicar's case must go to the Bishop of Chichester, the Chancellor's jurisdiction being set aside by proviso in the patent. ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. Socialism a Failure.

    An English Communist Colony, established for the last few years at Forrest-hall, near Newcastle, has been forced to admit that it is an anomaly in the present state of society. The ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. Enormous Find of Honey.

    During some recent alterations to the roofing of an old mansion at Pell Wall, Staffordshire (Eng.), the workmen came upon a huge swarm of many thousands of bees in a dormant state. ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. A Happy Millionaire.

    "Thank you for giving me one of the greatest satisfactions of my life," Mr. Carnegie writes to a Glasgow student. This young Scotsman had received £11 11s from the Carnegie Trust; ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. Whispering.

    Mr. Barnard Baylis points out that it is possible by the "silent" practice of whispering to gain a wonderful control of the vocal organs. The main practice should be a whisper reduced ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. Chili Orders New Warships.

    The Chilian Government has ordered two battleships of 12,000 tons each, placing the contract for one with Messrs. Armstrong, and for the other with Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. Destroying Weeds.

    The chemical destruction of weeds is advocated by learned French horticulturists. One application of mineral oil and water keeps down the grass in walks for two years, sea-salt kills ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. Mark Twain in German.

    One of the direct results of the German campaign against Christian Scientists is the appearance in the "Berlinger Tageblatt" of Mark Twain's humorous skit, "Christian Science and ...

    Article : 54 words
  20. A Lucky Digger.

    At a sale of Crown mining lands in Klondyke a man named Dawson purchased a claim on Gold Bottom for four shillings. He immediately began digging, and next day struck a rich streak. ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. Water Kite.

    The "water-kite" of Sjostrand, a Swedish inventor, is a novel shoal-water indicator, consisting of an aluminium plate, held by two wires, and so balanced by weights as to swim beneath ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. Sword of Honor for the Czar.

    The French President has received a deputation from the Association of Military Veterans, who brought with them a sword of honor, which they had had made for presentation to the Czar. ...

    Article : 59 words
  23. An Acrobat's Slide.

    An acrobat named Luglia attempted at Setif, Algeria, for a wager, to slide down a wire extending from the top of the church spire to the roof of the school, a distance of about 60 yards. He ...

    Article : 84 words
  24. SURE WAT TO GET A JOB.

    One of the Unemployed: "I wish I had money enough so I shouldn't have to work for living." Another of Them: "So do I. In that [?]se, you know, it would be so easy to get a job,"- Boston ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. OCCASIONAL RELIEF.

    Visitor to the Prison: "I suppose this life of yours in here is a continual torture." Convict: "Oh, no. Not so bad as that. We don't have visitors every day, you know." ...

    Article : 37 words
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