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  2. HOW BEULAH KEEN BECAME “MY LADY.”

    “They’re off” “They ain’t!? “It‘s a go!” “No-yep!” “Kick me, if it ain‘t a go!” Trip, trot! Trip, trot! was the clear ...

    Article : 1,968 words
  3. DETECTION BY EAR-PRINT.

    It has been suggested that the human ear sent by the brigands who are believed to hold Mr. Wills captive may, in reality, have been taken from a Macedonian peasant. As will be seen in this picture the ears of these people project from the head more than the average English car. If the system of identification explained in the accompanying article could be applied doubt would instantly be set at rest. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 750 words
  4. LESS WHISKY CONSUMED.

    The production, of whisky in Scotland (states the Glasgow correspondent of The Daily Mail) has now fallen back to about what it was nine years ago, and since ...

    Article : 166 words
  5. NAVAL OFFICERS LOSE PERQUISITES.

    There is a good deal of heartburning among British naval officers owing to one reform, which the Admiralty have just announced, and which they mean to carry out ...

    Article : 210 words
  6. MIRANDY ON CHOOSING A HUSBAND.

    “My land!” exclaimed Mirandy, “whut is dem club women gwine to be up to next? Fust de Mothers' Clubs, which is mostly a passel of ole maids, come; along an’ tells ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,328 words
  7. SNAKES AS PETS.

    “Mr. Levi,” the python which the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan recently bought, is now quite at home in her house in Culford Gardens. When shown to a Daily ...

    Article : 436 words
  8. A GRAVE JUDICIAL JOKE.

    Miss Mary Waite, the only daughter of the late Chief Justice of the United States, lives quietly in an apartment in Washington since the death of her mother. Although ...

    Article : 305 words
  9. AT A BULL FIGHT.

    Like most human tragedies, the surroundings of the bull fight- are less dramatic and more tranquil than one might expect. begins, as everybody knows, with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 3,696 words
  10. SUPPRESSING SMOKING IN THEATRES.

    The new Mexican law against smoking in theatres is being strictly applied, and there is no respect of persons in the matter. Almost the entire personnel of the troupe ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. SHORTER DANCING DRESSES.

    The autumn dance season begins in Scotland, and is usually responsible for some vogue as regards dress or dances. This year the shortened dancing skirt is the ...

    Article : 359 words
  12. BAD CHAMPAGNE YEAR

    Mr. Charles Heidsieck in a letter to The Daily Mail, states that the prospects of a fine champagne this year seem out of the question, as owing to storms and hail ...

    Article : 397 words
  13. A BIG CONTRACT FOR BRIDGES.

    The contract for building a series of bridges across the Nile is interesting because of two things. First, the bridges are the result of the development of the canal, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 297 words
  14. CIGARETTE SMOKING.

    In view of the legislation to suppress cigarette smoking now before the South Australian Parliament, the following telegram from Nebraska. United States, will ...

    Article : 384 words
  15. SPEEDIER LOCO-MOTIVES.

    The chief concern of the locomotive designer nowadays is to get more speed out of the game weight of engine. The engine referred to is of course the steam-driven ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 269 words
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  17. QUEER “DOWRIES.”

    One of the most curious marriage portions ever given was that of a Konitgratz merchant. The weight of his daughter in silver was the promised portion, and on her ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. INNOCENT OF FINANCE.

    “John.” said Mrs. Youngwife to her husband when that estimable young man returned from the City, “that horrid, great, big, burly butcher has insulted me ...

    Article : 227 words
  19. ARE YOU LIKE A STOPPED CLOCK?

    A stopped clock is "run down." Are you Summer's heat and close, trying days tell on the business man, and still more on the woman in the house. Loss of ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. DROWNED ON DRY LAND.

    The extraordinary story of a man dying from drowning on dry land was told at an inquest at Lewes. England, the other day. Ald. William Gates, lieutenant-colonel of ...

    Article : 167 words
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