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  2. QUEER ANIMAL SEA LAMPS.

    New and most interesting facts about the lanterns which deep-sea fishes carry, representing the first accurate knowledge obtained on the ...

    Article : 1,019 words
  3. ATHLETES CONDEMNED.

    Science has con[?] forward with a new and striking statement, joining a fresh link to the chain of indictments against athletics [?] to as ...

    Article : 178 words
  4. A GRUESOME STORY.

    Once, many years ago (writes Mr. Rider Haggard in "Longman's Magazine"), I was riding in search of small game upon the veldt in the ...

    Article : 471 words
  5. COSTLIEST THING IN THE WORLD.

    If twenty men were asked what was the most expensive article in the world, it is probable that each of them would give a different answer. ...

    Article : 802 words
  6. A CURIOUS CEREMONY.

    In the island of Sakhalin, which lies to the north of Japan some very curious customs still remain among the various tribes which occupy ...

    Article : 437 words
  7. WHY? WHY? WHY?

    Because women were prohibited from marrying in olden days until they had spun a full set of bed furnishings, and thus, until their ...

    Article : 1,253 words
  8. A CRIMINAL RENDEZVOUS.

    There is a curious institution in Paris called the Moulin de la Galette, which is in some respects the most extraordinary place in the gay ...

    Article : 571 words
  9. HAVE YOU A TWO-FOOT HEAD?

    A well-known London expert in phrenology has placed on record the results of his study of many years. He states that the average adult ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. CRIM JOKE FROM ST. PETERSBURG.

    Grim stories of the reign of terror in Russia are common, but a recent incident in St. Petersburg which shows the revolution was a peg for ...

    Article : 529 words
  11. A ROPE SLIDE FROM A BALLOON.

    By sliding down a rope from a balloon 1,500ft. from the ground Simeon Nicks, formerly a sailor, has performed a feat which, we fancy, ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. PLEASANT FOR THE PARSON.

    A clergyman was about to leave his church one evening, when he encountered an old lady examining the carving on the font. Finding her ...

    Article : 143 words
  13. A PLUCKY DOCK-LABOURER.

    The price at which Pat Flanagan had engaged to unload a cargo of anvils from a steamer at the docks was not exorbitant considering that ...

    Article : 209 words
  14. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Camphor should not be placed next to furs, as it will make the colour lighter. The preparation of human hair for ...

    Article : 395 words
  15. HIS ONLY CHANCE.

    Half-time had been called, and, as usual, the sides were fraternising. The goalkeeper was talking earnestly to one of the backs. ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. MR. FREDERICK VILLIERS.

    During the Russo-Turkish War, Mr. Frederick Villiers, the War Artist, met with a curious adventure. It was during the battle of the River ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. ADVENTURE WITH A BURGLAR.

    Bill Sykes, the Burglar, in a set-not full of half-boiling water excites our pity if not respect. Accustomed to rise early on washing-days, the ...

    Article : 325 words
  18. THE LAST OF LINCOLN'S MURDERERS.

    The announcement of the death of one Samuel B. Arnold, of Baltimore, recalls one of the most dramatic tragedies of the nineteenth century, ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. AS USUAL.

    At a certain temperance hall in one of the poorer districts of Dublin, the "pledge" is administered to all who care to apply. ...

    Article : 157 words
  20. HIS PART OF THE BUSINESS.

    A country lad who had got into trouble, and had a summons served upon him, was taken by his mother to a well-known solicitor, whom we ...

    Article : 103 words
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