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  2. SINGLE GIRLS VERSUS WIDOWS

    It was Tony Weller who on one occasion gave the solemn advice to his son, the irrepressible Sam of "Pickwick" fame, "Samivel, my boy, bevare of vidders." But ...

    Article : 782 words
  3. AN OLD LADY'S DEATH

    Sensational evidence was produced by a coroner's enquiry into the death of Miss. Caroline Lonsdale, aged 81, of independent means, who had lodged in Markham-square, ...

    Article : 1,806 words
  4. THE STORY OF A MISSING MAN

    The absorbing mystriy of the sudden disappearance of a bank manager from I[?]inster 18 years ago occupied the London courts last month. ...

    Article : 1,698 words
  5. A PARIS MYSTERY

    A gruesome police find (says the Park correspondent of a London paper) on a vacant lot at La Villette, consisting of a woman's head Still dripping with blood. ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  6. THE TRAIN THAT RUNS ON A SINGLE RAIL.

    Mr. Louis Brennan,the inventor of the well-known torpedo which is called after his name has improved his mono-rail system still further, and at the end of February he gave a demonstration of it at Gillingham, Kent, before 250 guests. The 22-ton car with which he experi[?]ented is 40 ft. long, 10 ft. wide, and 13 ft. high. It is designed to carry 10 to 15 tons, and is driven by two petrol engines coupled to an 80-h.p. electric generator. The mechanism by which it obtains its stability when runnin on a single rail consists of two gyroscopie wheel, which rotate at 3,000 revolutions per minute in opposite directions. The car (writes the London "Graphic," ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 133 words
  7. DEATH FOR A FRIEND

    The Essex coroner held an inquest at Burnham-on-Crouch, England, on the bodies of Charles Gainsborough Green and Sidney St. John Hilliard, who were ...

    Article : 327 words
  8. A STRANGE DUEL

    Captain Queipe, a cavalry officer, has just spent (says a Madrid correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") a month's imprisonment in a fortress owing to the ...

    Article : 338 words
  9. A KING AND HIS POCKET MONEY

    The whole world has smiled, or sighed, over that extraordinary diary in which Louis XVI. entered, day after day, what seemed to him best worth recording and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 563 words
  10. A SAILOR'S BEARD

    The discussion raised in France a year ago as to the right of Waiters to wear a moustache is nothing to that which has just now came up as to the extent to which ...

    Article : 250 words
  11. ALL NIGHT IN A PIT SHAFT

    Two little companions, a girl and a boy named Sarah Leech, aged 8; and John Bowker, aged 5. living in a cottage at Hyde, Cheshire, told in a reserved and pathetic ...

    Article : 686 words
  12. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT.

    Professor Wood of Baltimore, has made some exceedingly interesting experiments showing that objects photographed by infra red or ultra. violet light differ ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. AWFUL MOTOR SMASH

    A sensational collision between a motorcar and' train at full speed occurred at a level crossing at Wisbech one evening last month. One man in the car was killed ...

    Article : 356 words
  14. THE WINNER.

    The class register had been called, the scholars had taken their seats, and lessons were proceeding quietly, when, thump, thumpety, thump came a sound from the ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. POLICE DOGS' ADVENTURE

    Two police dogs were sufficient to put to flight a number of disturbers of the peace at Vincennes, France, and to secure the capture of eight others. A shopkeeper in ...

    Article : 235 words
  16. A FAMILY'S REVENGE.

    When Pasquale Setola arrived at the Pellegrini (Italy) Hospital one night last month he had so many gaping orifices in various parts of his ...

    Article : 413 words
  17. PHEASANTS STRENGTH IN FLIGHT.

    A pheasant, which was probably being pursued by a hawk struck a window at Beaufort Castle, Beauly, with such force as to break through the plate glass, a quarter ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. WHY THE SEA IS BLUE.

    "Popular opinion that the sea is blue does not harmonise with facts," said Lord Rayleigh in a lecture at the Royal Institution, London. "The beautiful color of ...

    Article : 72 words
  19. HONEYMOON ON SKIS.

    A young bride and bridegroom, natives of Pontresina, arrived on skis, with a wedding party, at St. Moritz, where they were married. On reaching the church they ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. "THE OCEAN SHRIEKING."

    The youngsters bad been consigned to the nursery, and strict injunction had been laid upon them to "play a nice, quiet game." In a few moments, however, ...

    Article : 152 words
  21. FATE.

    Wis en a young man named Schumpf was jilted at Munich recently he unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide by shooting, hanging, and drowning himself. and by ...

    Article : 48 words
  22. MORE CREMATIONS.

    "During 1909 the movement in favor of the disposal of the dead by cremation continued to make slow but steady progress," says the "British Medical Journal." "The ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. N.W.B.M.

    A tramp was stated at the meeting of the Plympton (England) Guardians to have declared that he belonged to the order of "N.W.B.M." Investigation showed the ...

    Article : 38 words
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