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  2. TERRIBLE TEST OF LOVE

    Perhaps the happiest man alive to-day is a young mechanician, named Michael Vonander, for his fiancee has given him the highest possible proof of the depth of her affection. ...

    Article : 233 words
  3. REVENGE BY BOMB.

    A few weeks ago a wealthy tradesman of Baku, named Asrieff, received a threatening letter demanding £500 from him. He paid no attention to the letter, which was signed "The ...

    Article : 157 words
  4. THE VALUE OF POLICE DOGS.

    The value of properly trained dogs as an aid to the police in tracking and arresting criminals has just been strikingly shown in Paris. As is well known, most of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 494 words
  5. THE KAISER LENDS MONEY.

    The German Emperor has lent Baron von Schmid £2500 to enable him to settle in German South-west Africa, and begin life again as a farmer in that colony. Baron von Schmid was ...

    Article : 184 words
  6. FINGER-DEVELOPING DEVICE

    A recent invention provides a device which may be applied to the hands of a piano player to develop the muscles of the fingers individually, so that the fingers may be able to strike ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 195 words
  7. HOW WILBUR WRIGHT WAS TRICKED.

    One day, just before an ascent, Mr. Wilbur Wright, the famous aeronaut, noticed a cinemategrapher hard at work taking pictures of his aeroplane. Mr. Wright approached him, and ...

    Article : 122 words
  8. INGENIOUS RURAL ELECTRICIAN.

    In a cottage in the valley of Lanherne (Corawall) may be seen a remarkable instance of ingenuity displayed by a working man and his family. The house is tenanted by a woodman ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. LONDON POLICEWOMEN.

    Quoting [?] "well-known M.P.," who is nameless, the "New York Times" states that the British Government is at its wits' end to cope with the Suffragettes during the coming ses ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. BXTLL-FIGMTIJMG IN SPAIN.

    It was thought that hull-fights were gradually losing their popularity in Spain. The reports for the year 1907 seemed indeed to indicate a distinct tendency in that direction. Those ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. IMPORTANT INDIAN DISCOVERY.

    A Hindu engineer, experimenting in artesian boring at Patiala has struck a spring of water 100ft. below the surface which discharges 6000 gallons an hour through a 3in. tube. ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. PEACE.

    The Czar: "I will build two big battleships." John Bull: "I will build four." The Czar: "I will build eight." John Bull: "I will build sixteen." ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. A COPPER.

    Mistress: "A penny for your thoughts. Nora." Cook: "That's just what I was thinking of." Mistress: "Explain, Nora." Cook: "Why, mum, I was thinking of a ...

    Article : 29 words
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