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  2. SHOULD GIRLS PROPOSE?

    "Mrs. Grundy" ordains that woman shall not make advances to man. Now I don't think this is right (says a writer in a Glasgow paper), and I will endeavor to advance ...

    Article : 682 words
  3. AGREED TO DIE TOGETHER

    According to law, when two people agree to commit suicide together and one survives the survivor may be tried for murder. Thus a young man. of 25, Richard ...

    Article : 345 words
  4. NEW MAGNET TRAMWAY.

    Considerable interest has been aroused by the decision of the highways committee of the London County Council to give the "surface-contact" system a trial on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,016 words
  5. STEEPLEJACK'S TERRIBLE DEATH.

    A terrible fate befell a steeplejack named John Goldie, of Lambhill-street, Plantation, Glasgow, while at work on the worldfamous Townsend Stalk, Port Dundas. ...

    Article : 1,206 words
  6. A TRUNK CRIME.

    A trunk murder mystery, similar in many respects to that of Monte Carlo, is reported from Palermo, Sicily. The victim is an unknown, well-dressed ...

    Article : 305 words
  7. A FAMILY DUEL.

    Mrs. Langlotz, a young German widow, fought a duel with her father, Mr. George Wasser, aged 54, finally inflicting a wound which caused his death two hours later. ...

    Article : 513 words
  8. THE PERFECT BEAUTY.

    The "perfect woman, nobly planned." of the poet differs somewhat from that of the artist, inasmuch as she is "not too bright and good for human nature's daily food." ...

    Article : 699 words
  9. BRICKLAYER MILLIONAIRE.

    Walworth is not exactly the quarter ot London in which to find a millionaire (says the London "Daily Telegraph"), yet Mr. Edward Yates, of Walworth-road, a builder, ...

    Article : 695 words
  10. CHEATING AT CARDS.

    The law, while discountenancing gambling, insists that it shall be conducted in an honorable way. If cheating were tolerated by the law an obstacle would be ...

    Article : 695 words
  11. FOR TRIPS IN THE AIR.

    "The story of the man who, going as passenger for a balloon trip, was asked to leave his heavy gold watch and chain at home, is, after all, not so very much of an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 249 words
  12. BURYING A CONVICT.

    If convict 555 were to die to-night they would not hand the remains over to his relatives; they would bury them in a little corner of the nearest churchyard—the ...

    Article : 642 words
  13. WHAT BRIDES SHOULD KNOW.

    It is a peculiarity fo mothers (says a writer in the "Weekly Scotsman") that though they go to endless trouble to get their daughters married, they go to no ...

    Article : 341 words
  14. MARRIED CHILDREN.

    The South-Western London magistrats played the part of a peacemaker recently when the wife of an 18-year-old youth named Davis, of Stewart's-road, Battersez ...

    Article : 247 words
  15. WHEN RAIN IS WANTED.

    There, is a young man, named Charles Mallory Hatfield, whose services are in great demand as a rainmaker. In this country the new profession is not a ...

    Article : 645 words
  16. ROMANCE OF CARMEN.

    It was recently reported in the French press that Mintz Nadushka, great granddaughter of Carmen, the Spanish gitana, who has been rendered immortal by ...

    Article : 443 words
  17. LEATHER SUBSTITUTES.

    In spite of the saying "Nothing like leather," it is stated that a perfect artificial leather has been manufactured at last and that the inventor will soon be in a ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. MIRRORS MADE OF COPPER.

    The silvered mirror is commonly used because of the faithfulness of its reflection; but many experiments have been made with a view to finding other metals which ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. MADMAN IN A TRAIN.

    A young German lady has had an unpleasant experience with a lunatic, who was a passenger on the same train that was bringing her from her summer holiday, ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. THINGS ONE MIGHT HAVE EXPRESED DIFFERENTLY.

    Elderly Party (who fancies herself young)—"Ah, Mildred, yon and I must one day lose our youth and beauty!" Mildred—"Oh, you mustn't be down-hearted. You have worn so wonderfully well!" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  21. SCIENCE OF DRUNKENNESS.

    The seven stages of drunkenness were described to Mr. Plowden at Marylebone Police Court, London, one day last month. In the dock was a woman named Agnes ...

    Article : 234 words
  22. HOW A V.C. WAS WON.

    Few braver deeds are recorded in the annals of the army than that which won the Victoria Cross for Major (then captain) Harry Frederick Whitchurch, of the ...

    Article : 293 words
  23. TOWN BURNED DOWN.

    Old Orchard Beach, the favorite bathingplace in Maine, U.S.A., has followed Coney. Island and Long Beach in being destroyed by fire. The outbreak occurred last ...

    Article : 293 words
  24. A PERILOUS WALK.

    Good luck and the tact of the nursing staff, of Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, saved the life of a young carpenter named George Wood, who was seized with ...

    Article : 221 words
  25. PARACHUTIST'S TERRIBLE DEATH.

    A parachutist named. French, the son of the Chief of Police of Connecticut, met with a terrible death while giving a display. The feat which terminated so ...

    Article : 126 words
  26. BECAUSE HIS LANDLADY WED.

    An army pensioner living at Colchester, England, was so upset because his landlady was marrying a fellow lodger that he cut his throat while the ceremony was taking ...

    Article : 42 words
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