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  2. THE SHADOW OF PEKIN.

    The chief railway station in Pekin must be one of the most fascinating of all the curious places in the world. Its red facade rises within ...

    Article : 810 words
  3. ADVENTURES WEIRD AND WONDERFUL.

    Seldom has a man started upon a more adventurous mission than that undertaken a few years ago by Mr. Charles Mayer, the agent of the ...

    Article : 1,631 words
  4. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    With characteristic thoroughness the Germans have devised a real burglar proof safe, so cleverly designed that it will baffle even the burglars ...

    Article : 155 words
  5. "WATCHING THE SEA LINE."

    "The etiquette of war has changed; in future, war, if declared at all, will be declared by wireless." These words form one of the most ...

    Article : 466 words
  6. WOOING LIKE A TIGER.

    Mme. Maeterlinck, the wife of the famous Belgian poet and playwright; who was M[?] Georgette Leblanc, the actress, in a remarkable interview ...

    Article : 950 words
  7. THE WORK A WOMAN WANTS.

    Any woman who wants a shortcut to a beautiful complaxion, agile; limbs, and graceful proportions, may find it by following the direction of ...

    Article : 274 words
  8. ADVANCE STEP IN SURGERY.

    Surgery has taken another advance step at the Johns Hop[?] Hospital, where recently three patients suffering from tuberculosis of the ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. ANIMALS AND SICKNESS.

    Animals will do anything to keep themselves in perfect condition, and, they have learned in the course of ages that cleanliness is one of the ...

    Article : 713 words
  10. THE " SACCHARIN " DANGER.

    Saccharin is largely employed as a sweetening agent in place of sugar, but the U.S.A. authorities controlling food adulteration have just stated ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. FEEBLE-MINDED FOLK INCREASE.

    Not least of Britain's social problems is the increase of the feebleminded. There are already more than 150,000, a majority of whom ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. 32,937 STITCHES IN A COAT, TAILOR SAYS.

    An enterprising tailor has taken the trouble to count the stitches in the last coat he made. He found 32,93--23,800 machine stitches and ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. CHEAP LABOUR.

    We never hear of a strike happening in India, and yet in that country the wages of the labouring classes average something like three ...

    Article : 255 words
  14. "TRAINING " : AN IMPORTANT OBSERVATION.

    The average man who goes in for athletic training believes that unless he reduces his weight, his labours have been wasted. The fallacy ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. POLAR COLD AND WINGS.

    During the Polar expedition of the ' Belgica,' Captain Gulache noticed that many of the insects were without wings. It had been remarked ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. PUTTING BILLY AWAY.

    "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." But where wisdom is bliss, then tis folly to be Ignorant, as the pupils of Birchem on the Seat ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. WHO SIGNED FIRST?

    Mr. Robeson L. Low, manager of the banking department of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company's Jamaica branch, prides himself upon the ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. THROWN IN HIS WAY.

    In Brooklyn a maiden named Dolly Had no seat and stood up in a troley. When the car with a jerk, Got in its fine work, ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. NO JOKE.

    "My dear," said Mrs. Henpeck, I'm positive that our George is thinking seriously of matrimony." "Well, I only hope so," returned ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. ADVICE.

    First Deaf Mute: "What' would you do in a case like that ?". Second Deal Mute: 'I'd treat her with sl nt (on empt; I wouldn't ...

    Article : 36 words
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