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  2. LADY COLONELS.

    An interesting item of news is that announcing the appointment of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia as colonel of the 5th Kieff Grenadier Regiment, of which ...

    Article : 1,088 words
  3. DANTE'S BRAIN-WEIGHT.

    If Dante were living he might possibly be unpleasantly surprised to learn bow very little brain he possessed. Professor Karl Pearson has been investigating the subject, ...

    Article : 243 words
  4. A CHUNCHUSE EXECUTION.

    A party of Chunchuses recently surprised a small body of Russian scouts. They killed 22 and captured two, themselves suffering slightly. Subsequently (writes the ...

    Article : 360 words
  5. LONDON'S LATEST CONJURER.

    The latest London sensation is Mr. Horace Goldin's clever conjuring, with which the Queen was so enchanted as to call for its repetition twice within seven ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 919 words
  6. "A FLAT EARTH."

    That the earth is flat and that mankind and oceans are held in place by mighty mountains of ice was the ingenious theory propounded by Lady Blount in Exeter Hall, ...

    Article : 474 words
  7. GLEANINGS OF HUMOR.

    Master—"Where was Magna Charta sign ed?" Tommy—"At the bottom." He—"Be candid, and tell me when you want me to go." She—"It's a couple of ...

    Article : 1,442 words
  8. DEFEATED GENERALS.

    Apropos of Kuropatkin's defeat in the battle of Mukden, the Westminster Gazette says:—"Among those who have been beaten in finally decisive battles are ...

    Article : 840 words
  9. LOOPING THE LOOP IN A MOTOR.

    Looping the loop in a motor car is the latest spectacular feat. It is done by a pretty French girl, Mdlle. Mauricia de Tiers. The framework which holds the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 389 words
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    THE MODERN IDEA OF PEACE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
  11. BIRTH OF AN ISLAND.

    A Tokio telegram, dated March 20, says: —Extraordinary details of the birth of a new island have just reached Tokio. On November 14 the inhabitants of Iwo Island, ...

    Article : 520 words
  12. LADIES AND SMOKING.

    Birmingham has almost been thrilled. For many years past it has been the habit of the Birmingham Musical Society to let ladies adorn certain smoking concerts. ...

    Article : 777 words
  13. FORTUNES FOR DUMB ANIMALS.

    Of the bequests made to dogs (says an English weekly), probably one of the most famous is that of Lord Eldon, who in 1838, in bequeathing his faithful Pincher to Lady ...

    Article : 700 words
  14. SOCIAL LIFE IN RUSSIA.

    Everyone will read with interest Mr. Villari's description of life in Russia which appears in the April number of the Pall Mall Magazine:—In the large towns (he ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. VEGETABLE RAT-TRAP.

    In an unpretentious looking building belonging to the University of Pennsylvania, and visited seldom, even by the students themselves, is a remarkable collection of ...

    Article : 727 words
  16. TONGUES AS WEAPONS.

    Morristown (New Jersey) dispatch dated March 17 says:—According to a magistrate here, Mr. Cook, a woman's tongue may, in certain cases, be considered as a "concealed ...

    Article : 133 words
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    THE MEN OF THE MOMENT IN ENGLAND. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  18. UNDER RESERVE.

    He—"Darling, will you share my lot?" She—"Yes, Charlie, if it really is a lot." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
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