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  2. "CAPTAIN MOONLITE."

    One of the most remarkable of Australian criminals was Andrew George Scott, better known as "Captain Moonlite" (writes contributor to the Melbourne "Argus"). ...

    Article : 1,979 words
  3. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Clouds never rise more than eight miles above the level of the land. The British soldier is the best fed individual of his class in Europe. ...

    Article : 1,618 words
  4. FREAKS OF FASHION.

    'Twere treason to suggest that in matters of fashion lovely woman ever stooped to folly. Mere men have said sarcastic things about the crinoline and its precursors, the ...

    Article : 1,252 words
  5. FAITHS THAT FAILED.

    Some months ago I was seated in an A. B.C. shop, and, strangely enough—for tihis was no tavern where one looks tor conversation and good-fellowship—my ...

    Article : 1,200 words
  6. RESCUING TALENT FROM A SEA OF DISCOURAGEMENT.

    CAPTAIN PRICE—"That's right, Mr. Director. That belt will keep him afloat till we get him out." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  7. A MURDERER'S FOLLY.

    Parallels in crime are not without their interest to students of criminology. The well-trained detective bases his knowledge of what a criminal will do under a certain ...

    Article : 1,416 words
  8. WOMEN WHO MARRY THEIR LOVERS' DOUBLES.

    A strange ease of matrimonial fraud has lately occurred at Vienna (reports a London paper). A woman of the lower-middle class married a man whom she took to be a Herr ...

    Article : 634 words
  9. MEMORY AS A MONEYMAKER,

    Datas, the "Memory Man." explains in "Pearson's Weekly," the secrets of memory cultivation. Datas has twice been congratulated by his Majesty King Edward ...

    Article : 1,195 words
  10. AMERICAN HUMOR.

    "A terrible thing in the form of a literary; torpedo which is launched for hilarious purposes only. Inaccurate in every particular, containing copious etymological ...

    Article : 358 words
  11. THE RIDDLE OF THE WORLD.

    Believing that the purpose of man on the earth is to find out the universe, Sir Oliver Lodge has gone boldly and fearlessly into those fields of enquiry over which the high ...

    Article : 788 words
  12. A DIFFICULT INSTRUCTION.

    Employer to Foreman.—"I see there's a man here that hasn't come yet. Now, if he doesn't come soon send him home." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
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    Schoolmaster—"Come to my room after school, and I'll give you the soundest thrashing you ever had." Boy (who suffers from a weak memory)—"Yes sir. I'll tie a knot in my handkerchief." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  14. IS ACTING DEMORALISING?

    "Habit is a subtle and dangerous thing, and there is always the chance that during a long run of a piece some thoroughly conscientious artist accustomed to 'lose' ...

    Article : 308 words
  15. A CENTENARIAN SHOPLIFTER.

    Such a personage may well be considered a rara avis. The old sinner in question is an Italian named Giuseppe Cremi, who has a very chequered career behind,him, and ...

    Article : 149 words
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