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ISLAND PARADISE.
Shipwrecked sailors who landed at San Francisco on Saturday (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"), tell a story of hardship, ...
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FOR WOMAN'S EYE.
A smart little morning frock in striped and plain linen is the subject of our illustration. The low square collar, diagonal band, and belt, are of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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H.M.S. TIGER.
H.S.M. Tiger, which will be the fastest and most formidable cruiser in the world, was successfully launched from the yard of John Brown and Co, ...
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TREASURES OF THE DEEP.
Hundreds of millions sterling in gold, silver, copper and precious stones are lying on the bottom of the sea, ready to the hand of the first person who will ...
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THE MODEL SUBURB.
All are familiar with the scheme that has added another suburb, or the nucleus of a suburb, to Sydney. The "Dacey Suburb," now called ...
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LETTER-BOXES AND SOAP.
A Munich paper declares that the degree of a nation's culture may be judged by the number of its letter-boxes and by its purchase of soap. ...
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ENGLISHMAN'S LUCK.
Great excitement was caused throughout Spain by the annual drawing for the Christmas lottery. The first prise, commonly called "El Gordo," ...
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BIG PRICES FOR GEMS.
An emerald and brilliant tiara, the property of Lady Islington, was sold at Christie's, London, for £490. It is formed as a coronet, with bands of ...
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PATRIARCHAL LOBSTER.
What is believed to be a record lobster in the matter of weight and size has been landed at Boston. The crustacean, which weighed 27lb., is the largest ...
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FLYING UPSIDE DOWN.
B. C. Hucks's final demonstrations of looping the loop at Henden this year were by far the best given by him in England. On Saturday, within fifteen ...
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THE MOST POPULAR PRECIOUS STONE.
Diamonds are not by any means the most expensive among precious stones, says a writer in the "Express." Pearls are the dearest of all, and next ...
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DUTY DEMANDED ON DICKENS'S HAIR.
The New York Customs officials and Mr. Arthur Brentano, head of a large bookselling firm, are at odds over the duty to be paid on a consignment from ...
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WOMAN'S LOOP IN THE AIR.
The first woman to loop the loop in the air is Miss Trehawke Davies, who experienced this thrilling sensation on Friday last week as a passenger with ...
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A NEAR SHAVE.
"By the grace of God I was born a gentleman; but I act the prince as little as possible," was a favorite saying of Emperor Joseph II. Whether his ...
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M.B.C.
Parents and guardians would, do well, if they be interested, to take advantage of their approaching visit to the Royal Show in Sydney, to pay a visit to the ...
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SOUTH POLE HERO'S WILL.
Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, of Gestingthorpe Hall, Castle Hedingham, Essex, and of the Innis-killing Dragoons, who perished so ...
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PRESERVED PEARS.
Eight pounds of firm, sound pears, six pounds of preserving sugar, the finely grated rind and juice of three lemons, two inches of whole ginger. Select a ...
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CHICKEN REARING BY ELECTRICITY.
The application of electricity to the rearing of chickens was described in a paper read by Mr. Thorne Baker before the Royal Society of Arts. Mr. ...
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RAN, WALKED, AND RODE.
Hundreds of people watched Mr. F. Allen Tomkins, secretary of the Thanet Hunt, win a curious wager. A fortnight previously Mr. Tomkins, who at ...
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OLD MEN NOT WANTED.
Old-looking men. have no chance in business to-day. They are replaced by younger men. That is the way the commercial world is moving, and you ...
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STYLE IN WALKING.
Dwellers in cities and residents of the country have a difficult gait in walking, according to Dr. Felix Regnault, who publishes in Archives de ...
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ONE DAY'S TIPS IN PARIS.
A painstaking statistician has estimated that tips of one kind and another paid daily in Paris to waiters, janitors,, cabmen, and the thousand and one ...
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