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  2. CURES BY SUGGESTION.

    A communication received by the French Academy of Medicine from Dr. Haeberlin, of Han[?]burg, dealt with suggestion as a means of during warts (writes the Paris ...

    Article : 204 words
  3. SEIZED BY A TIGER.

    When English officers in India want venturesome sport they invade the jungle with elephants and horses in search of tigers, usually hunting for one that has harassed ...

    Article : 258 words
  4. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    The Emperor William of Germany owns 260 farms. St. Petersburg has the highest death-rate of any European capital, 51 per 1,000. ...

    Article : 1,613 words
  5. GLEANINGS OF HUMOR.

    Never marry for money, but always for love. If a girl has money, though, try to love her. She—"Do you like dark hair or golden?" ...

    Article : 1,532 words
  6. WHY FISH FOLLOW SHIPS.

    There are many fishes that have a curious propensity, one that observers have endeavored to explain on a variety of hypotheses, and that is, following ships at sea. I have ...

    Article : 393 words
  7. A HUSBAND'S REVENGE.

    The story of an unfortunate marriage, with its terrible sequel, was unfolded in the Paris Criminal Court on July 1, when Alexandre Thuon, a master hairdresser, ...

    Article : 460 words
  8. A MESSAGE-WRITING TELEPHONE.

    A patent just issued to Peder Cluf Pedersen, of Copenhagen, covers a method of using the telegraphone in such a way as to record a number of messages on a single ...

    Article : 372 words
  9. EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR.

    An interesting report has been issued by the joint electric companies which have conducted the experiments and trials in connection with the electric railway from ...

    Article : 386 words
  10. [?] NOBLEMAN'S HIGH PLAY.

    A Vienna telegram, dated June 26, says: —"Count August Potocki, one of the Czar's aides-de-camp and a landowner in Russia, lost £70,000 at baccarat at the ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. A YOUTH BIGAMIST.

    An extraordinary case of bigamy is under Investigation by the magistrates at Brooklyn, U.S.A. The offender is Master Cyrus Rockwood, of Brooklyn, and the charge ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 713 words
  12. A DEAD HERO.

    A lamentable incident of the Mount Kembla colliery disaster was the fate of Major H. O. Maccabe, who perished in the performance of his self-imposed duties as a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 201 words
  13. SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.

    What the London papers describe as an extraordinary charge was preferred against the Rev. George Martin, a clergyman of the Church of England, aged 37, at the ...

    Article : 490 words
  14. THE CROWNING OF THE KING.

    LONG LIFE AND A HAPPY REIGN TO HIS MAJESTY! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  15. CRUSADE AGAINST KISSING.

    The Pennsylvania Railway Company has started a crusade against kissing. At least, according to New York papers, the following order has been issued to the ...

    Article : 323 words
  16. THIEVES' LANGUAGE.

    A burglar who was recently liberated from Peterhead (Scotland), after serving a term of penal servitude, has been giving a correspondent of a local paper some ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 155 words
  17. PUNISHING A PAUL PRY.

    In recounting his experiences in a New York boarding-house, a writer in the "Tribune" says:—The maiden lady on the second floor having disposed of everybody ...

    Article : 501 words
  18. BRIGHAM YOUNG'S DESCENDANTS.

    The descendants of Brigham Young (reports the "New York Times") have decided to perpetuate the memory of the late president of the Mormon Church by keeping up ...

    Article : 845 words
  19. A BURIED CIVILISATION.

    Sundered from us by a heap of dusty centuries, the Egypt of the Old Testament comes nearer and grows less mysterious to us as the researches of Professor Petrie and ...

    Article : 554 words
  20. OIL FUEL FOR THE AMERICAN NAVY.

    The New York "Tribune" describes a notable advance in oil fuel combustion, which indicates that the American navy may soon dispense with coal. A board of ...

    Article : 539 words
  21. BOGUS JEWELS IN KING EDWARD'S CROWN.

    A cable to the New York "World" from London on May 31 says:—"Two jewel experts who have examined the regalia to be used at the Coronation of England's ...

    Article : 222 words
  22. HOBBIES OF THE QUEENS.

    An interesting paper contributed to the July number of the "Lady's Realm" describes "the hobbies of the Queens of Europe." The special hobby of Queen ...

    Article : 371 words
  23. LADY GODIVA AS A CORONATION PAGEANT.

    With the dawn of King Edward's Coronation Day Coventry revives the Godiva procession, though there is to be a dash of modernity with it by in exhibition of ...

    Article : 295 words
  24. THE SAFETY LAMP.

    The "safety lamp" which the miner is supposed to use in places where gas is present, but which was conspicuous by its absence or its rarity in the Mount Kembla ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 260 words
  25. PHOTOGRAPHIC REMOVAL.

    Meesrs. Baker & Rouse wish to notify the public of their removal to large and handsome premises (fitted throughout with electric light), 37, Rundle-street, opposite ...

    Article : 108 words
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