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  3. SAILORS LAND GHOSTS.

    ‘ Ghosts are common enough,’ said an old sailor to me the other day. ‘ but they aren’t often seen. It’s only common ghosts who are seen.’ ...

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  4. THE DETECTIVE IN FICTION.

    The ‘detective’ story is a thing by itself. It calls for peculiar qualities in the writer, it arouses peculiar interest in the reader, and it must be criticised from ...

    Article : 1,310 words
  5. THE WOES OF MATRIMONY.

    Proof was led before Lord Salvesen in the Court of Sessions in a defended action of separation and aliment by Mary Stuart Brown or ...

    Article : 1,509 words
  6. For a Girl’s Sake

    The famous Crampton diamond threw back the light from its many facets, and strange, brilliant colors shot from its depths. It was the finest stone I had ever seen in my ...

    Article : 2,375 words
  7. LORD ROSEBERY CRITICISED.

    Lord Rosebery's recent speech in opening the village asylums at Bangour has been subjected to much criticism in the Scottish as well as the medical press. ...

    Article : 1,296 words
  8. WHO ATE WILLIAMS ?

    The memory of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, was long neglected. He died in 1683, after a long and active life, but for a long time his grave ...

    Article : 937 words
  9. THE INFALLIBLE ‘ KAISER.’

    From Munich, on 30th October, the ‘ Express ’ correspondent wrote — Count Ernest Reve[?]low’s new book entitled ‘ The German Emperor, and the ...

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  10. PLIMSOLL LINE ALTERED.

    The famous ‘ Plimsell’ line, marking the depth to which ships may be loaded, has recently been altered, with the result that many cargo steamers are now [?]in to ...

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  11. Alphabetleal.

    The letters in the various alphabets of the world vary from 12 to 202 in number. The Sandwich Island alphabet has 12, while the Tartarian has 202. ...

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  12. Carried on Sticks.

    In the streets of Pekin are to be seen a large number of pet birds carried on sticks, to which they are generally attached by a string. The Chinese possess a peculiar ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. Varied Agriculture.

    Thus Mr. I. B. McMahill, a noted Californian authority:—“The farmer who is able to make his acreage produce the greatest amount and the greatest variety of products, ...

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  14. REWARD OF GALLANTRY.

    The King yesterday (November 1) conferred the Albert medal on Mr Leslie Urquhart, the British Vice-Consul at Baku, Russia, in ...

    Article : 494 words
  15. SPOILING THE EFFECT

    The great stage scene of the piece was a shipwreck, and after the vessel had gone down only the comic man and the heroine were to be seen tossing on a frail raft on ...

    Article : 297 words
  16. RATS AS GOLD MINES

    It is a common practice for the boys in some watch and jewellery factories to kill the rate which infest the buildings, and burn the bodies to obtain the gold. Many ...

    Article : 290 words
  17. Severe Punishment.

    Punishment for criminal offences in Japan are very severe. Mr. Angus Hamilton, in a book on Korea, mentions the following crimes and their penalties :— ...

    Article : 186 words
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