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  2. THE MAGICIAN.

    The first authentic acccumts of the magic art date back about 2,000 years, although it was then in a most primitive condition, compared with its perfeCfckra in these days. ...

    Article : 2,708 words
  3. 'DEATH DANCE" BY NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.

    A startling story of cannibalism among the Indiana of British. Colombia, which comes from Vancouver, has been confirmed by tiro missionaries who have sent ...

    Article : 377 words
  4. "THE LION OF PLEVNA."

    Osman Pasha, on whosm the title of "Ghazi"—the victorious—was conferred in the hour of his defeat, was very illrewarded for Iris enormous services to his ...

    Article : 1,790 words
  5. "HOW LONG, OH LORD, HOW LONG!"

    "How long, O Lord, how long!" may well be the exclamation of brave Baden-Powell, who has now been shut up in M[?]king with his little army ever since the opening of October. Seven long, weary months! His courage and his cheerfulness have, however, been equal to the emergency, and on Efcidfey, Aprils, fas " sent out a native runnier to assure Lord Roberts that he still held the foe at bay. Annies of succor are converging on, Mafeldng from the north, the south, aid t!he east, but. their progress is slow, for there are still many Boera between them and the devoted garrison. Steadily from the fair-niortlh Sir Frederick Gandngtoni's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 215 words
  6. HOSPITAL HORRORS.

    It is a long time since any public trial has excited so mucdi excitement and bitter feeling at Vienna as the remarkable ease which ended at midnight, on March 31, ...

    Article : 479 words
  7. DIZZY'S FRENCH SPEECH.

    In John Booth's "Recollections of Prince Bismarck," the story of "Lord Beaconsfield'a Preach speech at the, Berlin Congress is re-told. On the eve of the first ...

    Article : 284 words
  8. THE SCARBOROUGH RIOT.

    The Messrs. Rowntree, the well-known Quaker merchanits, whose premises were recently wrecked on the occasion of Mr. Cron wright- Sehreiner's visit to ...

    Article : 260 words
  9. THE IDEAL NEWSPAPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  10. THE PREMIER.

    This (Saturday, May 12) is the 50th anniversary. of the birth of the Hon. F. W. Holder, Premier of South Australia, and one of its most able statesmen. His ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 225 words
  11. NEEDLES AND PINS.

    It seems remarkable (says "Engineering") that 50 to 60 workers are needed to produce a needle or pin, or a pair of hooks and eyes, and yet it is by this concern ...

    Article : 410 words
  12. FRONTIER ROMANCE.

    In its review of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton's recent volume the "Spectator" writes:—Like all books written in sincerity, and with a fulness of knowledge, ...

    Article : 520 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 158 words
  14. TALKED OF THE WAR.

    The other might, says the "Salt Lake Herald," a Dago and a Chinaman were holding a heated discussion on the corner of Second South and State streets. For a ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.

    The figure which is published herewith will be readily recognised as that of Mr. V. L. Solomon, M.P., leader of the Assembly Opposition. By a coincidence his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 234 words
  16. THE NAME OF A PLACE.

    Sir Herbert Maxwell tells in the April "Blackwood" that on March 2, 1888, the following telegram was handed in for delivery at the post-office of Chepstow:— ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. HOW TO ESTIMATE CASUALTIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 words
  18. A RUSSIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Morning Post," a commission, of which the Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovitch is president, is ...

    Article : 222 words
  19. THE ORIGIN OF SMOKING

    This point still seems to trouble the learned. According to "Chambers's Journal" for April, in a book entitled "The Origin of,the African Civilisations," ...

    Article : 121 words
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