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  2. The Engine of Fate.

    It is written in the Koran that among the things known only to Allah are the place, the time, and the way in which every one will die. Nor is there any decree more benignant in all ...

    Article : 1,808 words
  3. Romancing of Max O’Rell.

    In his new work on “John Bull &Co.,” Max O ’Rail serves up some decidedly fresh Australian facts. According to a contemporary M. Blonet observes that it is the practice ...

    Article : 621 words
  4. Echoes and Re- Echoes.

    Now that Mr. David Lindsay is in town I would suggest an expedition in search of the Tantanoola Tiger, at once if not sooner. The party might be composed of Tom Coward, ...

    Article : 792 words
  5. The Man in the Iron Mask.

    Since the days when Voltaire wrote his “Siecle de Louis XIV.” until the present the identity of the prisoner in the iron mask has been a mystery and subject of contention. ...

    Article : 578 words
  6. Leaves from a Logbook.

    A good deal of interest has been recently aroused about the celebrated Captain Hayes, whose career in the South Sea Islands has been traced up to the time of his death ; but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,465 words
  7. Lieutenant-Colonel Madley.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Madley, whose portrait is given above, was born near Tintern Abbey in 1844, and educated at St. Mary's School, Cardiff, and Highbury College, London. He ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 325 words
  8. Extraordinary Diamond Robbery.

    Last Thursday afternoon (says the Times of September 21) a Dutch diamond merchant named Spyzer was robbed of a pocket-book containing a quantity of precious stones, at ...

    Article : 418 words
  9. Musical Notes.

    Although hardly now to be classed amongst the “infant prodigies,” Master Silver is still so young as to make his late position as Madame Belle Cole’s accompanyist one of ...

    Article : 1,051 words
  10. An Englishman in Search of a Wife.

    The son of Sir Robert Peel has just returned this country from an unsuccessful matrimonial mission to the United States. The young lady sought after is Miss Kate ...

    Article : 511 words
  11. ‘WARE SNAKES!

    It may be interesting to people in the country (writes Hugh Kalyptus) to know that Professor Halford, the author of a valuable work on snake poison, gives it emphatically as ...

    Article : 342 words
  12. A Strange Wild Beast.

    A correspondent, writing from Parkside, suggests that the above picture, appearing originally in the St. James's Chronicle, 1765, explains the pedigree of the Tantanoola tiger. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 732 words
  13. FROM BOYHOOD TO BURIAL.

    At twelve the only rational life is the life of the pirate bold, With eneg[?] mark at his lofty truck o'er the trea[?]re- lad[?] hold. ...

    Article : 248 words
  14. Death under Hypnotic Influence.

    A shooking occurrence is reported from Nyir-Egyhaza, in Hungary. A hypnotist named Neukar gave a seance on Monday night, September 17, at Tuskar Castle. ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. Sydney Spooks.

    Referring to Mrs. Mellon’s explanation of how she became identified with “Cissy” when the small shade was seized by Mr. Henry comments :— “But the drollest part ...

    Article : 251 words
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