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  2. A £12,000 DRESS BILL.

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  3. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Vanilla flavoring is obtained from the fruit of an orchid. There is only one sudden death among women to every eight among men. ...

    Article : 1,798 words
  4. AN AMENDMENT.

    VERA—"What must I do about the Billsomes' dance? I dislike the Billsomes and I don't want to go" PHILLIS—"Well, say you regret you are unable." "VERA—"Wouldn't it be more truthful to say I am unable to regret?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  5. HER QUIVER FULL.

    The wife of a needy linen-weaver of Neuerchenfeld, in Vienna, has presented her husband with thirty-two children, and she is still only in her fortieth year. She has been the ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. ARISTOCRATIC DIVORCE CASE.

    The hearing of the petition of Violet, Countess Cowley, for the dissolution of her marriage on the grounds of the desertion and adultery of her husband, Henry Arthur ...

    Article : 1,391 words
  7. A NEW YORK SCANDAL.

    If all the world were philosophers there would be very little fun (writes the hew York correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, under date January 15). According to ...

    Article : 1,760 words
  8. NARROW ESCAPE OF A COUNTESS.

    A fire broke out on January 25 at the residence of the Dowager Countess de la Warr, at Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. The mansion is one of twenty rooms. At a few ...

    Article : 262 words
  9. SHALL THE JEW CONVERT THE CHRISTIAN?

    There is a lively discussion in the latest number of The Jewish Quarterly Review upon Mr. Oswald J. Simon's project for practically turning the tables on ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  10. WANTED—A NEW SENSATION.

    "Wanted, a great and particular attraction in connection with the Exhibition of 1900." It is a case of noblesse oblige. The fame of Eiffel's Tower, which was the crowning ...

    Article : 716 words
  11. THE LOSS OF THE WARREN HASTINGS.

    The following telegram, received at the War Office from the General Officer Commanding, Mauritius, concerning the loss of the transport Warren Hastings, tells in its ...

    Article : 1,284 words
  12. PREMIUMS FOR LARGE FAMILIES.

    The National Alliance for the Increase of the Population of France, a body founded by Dr. Bertillon, the discoverer of the system of mensurating criminals, has petitioned the ...

    Article : 475 words
  13. BASEBALL.

    Three more sketches are given this week. The first is showing the position of the batsman preparing to strike. To become a good batsman a player requires nerve and decision. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 264 words
  14. A "SHORT STORY" IN OUTLINE.

    A remarkable story of the abduction of a Russian Princess is related by the Paris correspondent of the-London Morniny post. The Princess in question is Princess Marie ...

    Article : 209 words
  15. A "CORPSE" ASKS FOR A DRINK.

    An old woman of 70, named Brun, belonging to Toulon, bas just had a narrow escape from being buried alive. On January 26 she had an attack of illness, and appeared to die. ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. MEMORIES OF THE MUTINY.

    Sir Charles Elliott lectured at Toynbee Hall, on January 23. on his recollections of the Indian Mutiny. After narrating the exciting circumstances attending the outbreak at ...

    Article : 492 words
  17. AN ANGEL UNAWARES.

    The family quarrels and eventual reconciliations that flow from romantic attachments and elopements have been told over and over again in poetic verse and prosaic novels, and the most ...

    Article : 320 words
  18. MYSTERIOUS STABBING OF YOUNG WOMEN.

    A correspondent in Holland writes to the Westminster Gazette as follows:—A reward of 500 guilders (about £42) has been offered in Amsterdam by the public prosecutor to anyone ...

    Article : 310 words
  19. EATING CATS AND DOGS.

    To the Westminster Gazette Mr. E. H. Parker contributes an interesting article on "Diet and Medicine in China." in which he says that the statement that the Chinese as a nation ...

    Article : 265 words
  20. THIS DAY'S EVENTS.

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  21. Advertising

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