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  2. MILLIONAIRE BAPTISED IN THE RIVER JORDAN.

    Word has reached the United States that Cornelius Van Ness, the octogenarian millionaire of Port Jervis, formerly of New York, has been baptised in the River Jordan by the Rev. ...

    Article : 308 words
  3. A PNEUMATIC FIRE ESCAPE AND TOWER.

    Had the Metropolitan Fire Brigade of Sydney possessed a pneumatic telescopic ariel truck like the one illustrated, the loss of life at the great fire at Hordern's might have been less appalling. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 554 words
  4. FESTIVAL OF FAT HORSE-EATERS.

    The hippophagic banquet, otherwise known as the Festival of the Fat Horse-eaters, was a great success at Paris on a recent Sunday. The poor old Auteuil steeplechaser, which formed the ...

    Article : 219 words
  5. ARISTOCRATIC BRITISH IMMIGRANTS.

    The recent visit to Australia of Britain's youngest Duke—the Duke of Leinster—calls to mind the fact that there are quite a number of members of the aristocracy and upper classes ...

    Article : 182 words
  6. ARE PRETTY GIRLS BAD WIVES.

    That pretty girls make bad wives is a thesis which note but the boldest of men could defend; but a writer in the "People's Friend" has been found ungallant enough to essay the task. He ...

    Article : 186 words
  7. A GOOD ROSEBERY STORY.

    On the evening of a great Liberal meeting in Dundee, Lord Rosebery dined with the Lord Provost of the City of Jute, who happened to be an ardent and convinced teetotaller; and the ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. FROM MILLIONAIRE TO PRISON.

    "I do not see that a man can possibly make a fortune unless he speculates"; "Human life is too short for the slow processes of thrift," were two maxims of Frank C. Andrews, the Detroit plunger, ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. An INQUISITIVE BOY.

    "What are you doing in the pantry Willie?" "Oh, I was just [?] if everythink was [?] up good and tight." ...

    Article : 3 words
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