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  2. BEHIND THE SCENES.

    In “Behind the Veil at the Russian Court,” by Count Paul Vassili. a book which has just been translated into English the curtain is lifted on the life and ...

    Article : 1,115 words
  3. CAPTAIN ON DERELICT.

    How Capt. Kite spent four terrible days alone on a little steamtug, the Nana, in mid-ocean, was learnt on the arrival of the Nana in tow of the German steamer, E. ...

    Article : 833 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN BIRD LIFE.

    ’There is far more mimicry (says W. M. Sherrie in He Melbourne Argus) among wild birds than is generally supposed. One or two well-known species have a great ...

    Article : 1,559 words
  5. TOYING WITH TIGER SNAKES

    Two fatalities have recently occurred in cases where snakes were being exhibited for show purposes. The St. K[?]da occurrence is remarkable, and the unfortunate ...

    Article : 990 words
  6. TRIAL OF A COUNTESS

    If the life history related in the Berlin Court, where the Countess Fischler von Treuberg stood on trial, is only half-correct, then few, if any, have had more amazing ...

    Article : 585 words
  7. ARCTIC HUNTERS LOST.

    Disaster to a scientific and sporting expedition in the Arctic is reported by a cablegram received by the father of Capt. William Mogg, whaler and explorer, whose ...

    Article : 483 words
  8. SPOOK WITH A SPOON

    Mir. Gen. Sir Alfred Turner has announced his full conversion to spiritualism and his belief in spirit photographs and all the strange phenomena of seances. In an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 693 words
  9. WHEN YOU WEEP AND WHY.

    Tears are the common le[?]v of every human being, and if you should be asked whence they come and where they go. you would probably display a surprising ...

    Article : 398 words
  10. NELSON’S CHAPLAIN.

    The “Death of Nelson” is a scene well known to all—the dimly-lighted cockpit, the dying hero, and Capt. Hardy listening to his Admiral’s last orders. On the other ...

    Article : 448 words
  11. DEATH OF HIAWATHA

    Hiawatha, the last hereditary chief of the Iroquois Indians, is dead. He had resided for many years over the remnant of the trube which settled in Ontaric. ...

    Article : 189 words
  12. ASTROLOGY AT WORK.

    In his consulting room, well stocked with weird astrological signs, boxes of precious talismans, tarots, and other panoply for reading the future, Dr. Ely Star (whose ...

    Article : 514 words
  13. “WHY I BECAME A MOSLEM.”

    Lord Headley, the fifth baron of that title, who succeeded to the peerage in January last on the death of his cousin. has become a Mohamedan. The ...

    Article : 408 words
  14. MAETERLINCK ASKS QUESTIONS OF GHOSTS

    Maurice Maeterlinck, writing about life after death, makes these remarks about the so-called “spirats” that are materoalized by mediums:—“it is a remarkable thing that ...

    Article : 256 words
  15. INNOCENT MAN SHOT.

    A tragedy of unfounded jealousy resulted at Kansas City on November 19, it is alleged, in the murder of Mr. Putnam Cramer, a wealthy advertising agent, by ...

    Article : 221 words
  16. WAITRESS AND CHEF.

    The distressing story of a waitress’s downfall and revenge on the man who, it was alleged, had wronged her, was told at the Old Bailey, when Harriet Leary (25) ...

    Article : 411 words
  17. WHY WE SHOULD LAUGH.

    Dr. McDongal has advanced an entirely new theory of the cause and reason for laughter. He starts with the admitted fact that we laugh, easily when a man sits down ...

    Article : 298 words
  18. LOST STEWARDESS.

    The Cork Steamship Company’s vessel Rissa was sunk in collision with the Cardiff steamship Portheawl in the Mersey on November 19, and in the rescue of the crew ...

    Article : 326 words
  19. WHY MEN GO BALD.

    A famous British doctor. Douglas Freshwater, has just discovered some interesting reasons, far the early baldness in men[?] Among thein are:—Wearing hard hate; ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. INCUBATORS IN EGYPT

    [?] cement is made by Mr. W. H. [?] that he has discovered how the [?] ptians incubated chickens to [?] ber of 120,000,000 a year. He has ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. STOPPING GLARE.

    A novel device has recenttly been perfected for overcoming the danger from glare in motor car headlights. This deice consists of a rack of aluminium plates ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. MET THEIR MATCH.

    A dispute between two Jews over a diamond and ruby scarfpin has just had an unconventional ending at the Marylebone County Court. One man said he sold the ...

    Article : 109 words
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