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  2. WHY WOMEN ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO MARRY.

    Time was (says a London writer) when, if a girl was not married at 21, she was supposed to resign herself to the single life for the rest of her days. A little later ...

    Article : 570 words
  3. TRAIN SMASH

    For the third time in three months (says a Paris telegram in a London paper) an accident, resulting in serious loss of life, has occurred on the State-owned estern ...

    Article : 389 words
  4. A DARING GIRL PICK-POCKET

    An Edinburgh girl's remarkable career of crime was disciosed at Edinburgh Jurenile Court, when Martha Campbell, 13 years of age, who resides with her parents at ...

    Article : 328 words
  5. HUSBAND'S DEVOTION

    A married woman named Sarah Gillett (32). of Walthamstow, London, was charged with begging with her children at Hackney recently. Constable Taken said ...

    Article : 340 words
  6. THE CIRL AT FRANELLI'S

    As Ashley Tempest walked into the hall of Franelli's restuarant the obsequious manager came forward and then drew back, recognising the newcomer as a ...

    Article : 3,541 words
  7. BEAR'S FIGHT FOR LIBERTY

    Mr. Roosevelt continues his whirlwind, campaign, hurling defiance and challenge, to his enemies; at Boston, Massachussets, the English aviator, Mr. Grahame White, ...

    Article : 769 words
  8. A STRANGE EXPERIMENT

    Here is the story of perhaps the most, extraordinary experiment ever tried by a man upon his own child (writes a New York paper of September 8). How Arthur ...

    Article : 981 words
  9. IS LITHIA GOOD FOR THE COUTY?

    The older school of medical men regarded lithia as a panacea for gout and its allied troubles. The intention of its use (says a medical journal) was to eliminate the ...

    Article : 430 words
  10. ON THE 'BUS(T).

    Conductor (to inebriated gentleman who has tried to board 'bus whilst going)—"Are you 'urt, sir?" Inebriated Gentleman.—"What happened; horse fall down?" Conductor—"No, sir; are you 'urt?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  11. A TIP FOR WOMEN

    There were only twenty-five candles on the cake. although nearly a dozen nephews and nieces knew very well that Aunt Mary, if she told the truth, would be compelled ...

    Article : 866 words
  12. INVENTIVE SOLDIERS.

    With a view to testing the resourcefulness of the 10th Infantry Brigade, the commanding officer, Brigadier-General Stuart-Wortley, set the men the task of ...

    Article : 490 words
  13. HIRING AN AIRSHIP.

    The first recorded instance of the chartering of an airship is reported from Frankfort-on-Main. The vessel in question is the Zeppelin, which has recently been ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. TRAGEDY OF READING ABED.

    A widow lady of 62, Helen. Eliza Hayley. was burnt to death in her bedroom at Huddersfield in the early hours of one morning of last month. ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. PICTURES OF LIVING BRAINS

    There is something almost indecent about the privacy-shattering tendency of recent inventions (writes the Manchester "Guardian" of September 3). When the X-rays ...

    Article : 382 words
  16. MILITARY EXECUTION.

    The first execution earned out for several years in the Trench army took place list month at Tunis Dulery a trooper in a corps of men under punishment in ...

    Article : 341 words
  17. WEIGHING THE EARTH.

    The earth was publicly weighed on September 10 at the laboratory of the College of the City of New York (says the London "Daily Express" correspondent), ...

    Article : 185 words
  18. ABNORMAL HEART.

    A Middlesex Hospital patient whose heart heats only 34 times a minute, instead of the normal 72 or more, has been studied (says the London "Daily Mail") with great ...

    Article : 318 words
  19. PLENTY OF DOGS.

    Statistics published in Paris show that there are 3,642,154 clogs in France. One inhabitant of France in every ten owns a dog. ...

    Article : 26 words
  20. HOW WAS IT DONE IN YOUR CASE?

    A German statistician has calculated that in the case of proposals of marriage 36 per cent, of the suitors press the hand of their beloved, 24 per cent, conclude their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  21. A BOGUS MARQUIS.

    The Berlin "lion" hunters who have feted, idolised, and, worse still, cashed cheques for the French Marquis de la Ramee, were horrified to-day to learn that ...

    Article : 399 words
  22. LONG-LIVED FAMILY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
  23. MOVING PICTURES IN CHURCH.

    Tie Grace. Methodist Episcopal Church of New York, which has several times made rash but successful experiments with the object of attracting people to religion, ...

    Article : 247 words
  24. NEW GAMES.

    Three "new games for the bored," which should prove of great value to the evening party hostess, are described in the "Gentlewoman," London. They are as ...

    Article : 214 words
  25. THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A VEGETABLE MARROW.

    One of the most successful allotments and small holdings schemes in the suburbs of London is that of the Hornsey Allotments' Association (writes the London ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. ATTEMPT TO ROB A TRAIN.

    A desperate attempt by a bandit to rob the express ear and passengers of the Colorado Midland express, near Divide, has been foiled by the driver. Frank Stewart, ...

    Article : 80 words
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