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  2. A HERO INDEED

    In September. 1909, the Norwegian barque Svaerdstad, bound from Archangel to Port Adelaide with a cargo of timber, was wrecked in the White Sea. Her ...

    Article : 2,544 words
  3. WHERE THE ISRAELITES WANDERED

    One of the most impressive sacred sites in the world is the ancient Monastery of St. Catherine, standing on the slopes of Mount Sinai, where the Lord appeared to ...

    Article : 833 words
  4. LATEST THINC IN SCIENCE

    Once more the imagination of a man of letters has forecast an actual achievement of science. The Work of Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the Rockefeller Institute, New ...

    Article : 1,003 words
  5. DISASTER IN NEW YORK

    A disastrous, and even now hardly explicable, explosion occurred in the heart of New York one morning last month. Within a few seconds at least fourteen people ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 652 words
  6. MATRIMONIAL HOAX

    A well-planned hoax had an amusing resuit on a Sunday afternoon at a Paris cafe. Two advertisements appeared in the newspapers. One of them was supposed to be ...

    Article : 251 words
  7. A MOTHER'S REMARRIAGE

    Last month the first hearing took place in the Paris Assize Court of the trial of Gaston Wache de Roo, who is accused of having shot and killed his mother on April ...

    Article : 974 words
  8. MYSTERIES OF MIND

    The different formations of substances which crystallise have long impressed scientists as mysteries of mind displayed in inorganic matter. Perhaps the greatest ...

    Article : 882 words
  9. TERRIBLE RAIL SMASH.

    An express train from Leea, which was for the most part full of workmen, was going at top speed towards Oporto, Portugal When nearing the station the rails ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. SWELL BURGLARS.

    A band of seven gentlemen burglars has been discovered at Budapest by the Hungarian police through the capture of one of their number. ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. SLEEPWALKER'S DEATH.

    Extraordinary evidence was given at an inquest held at Lewishaw, England, on the body of Winifred Jane Rose, aged 18 years, who was found drowned in the ...

    Article : 310 words
  12. STRIPPED AND ROBBED.

    A remarkable case of a boy of 4 being robbed and stripped and left 21 hours in an empty house at Kentish Town, London, came to light recently. ...

    Article : 207 words
  13. PLENTY OF DUELS.

    A large number of duels are to be fought at Nagyvarad, Hungary, as the result of a dispute about the costume worn by the president of the local Union of Solicitors at ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. THE NEW BEETROOT FLOUR

    In preparing flour from sugar beets, at the establishment of Alphonse Huillard, a French manufacturer, the roots are first chopped, and most of the high percentage ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. WONDERFUL OPERATION.

    The story of a wonderful operation, in which silver ribs are said to have been supplied to a man, was told by Major A. T. Craig at a gathering at the premises of ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. A NEW ELECTRIC INVENTION

    A young Italian scientist, Professor Felice Jacovicllo of the Parma. University, has invented and recently tested with great suecess an appliance that seems destined to ...

    Article : 420 words
  17. ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND: THE CHRISTMAS AWAKENING.

    Bertie Asquith—"I say, your stocking looks a bit thin." Artic Balfour—"Well, yours isn't as fat as it might be." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. WOLF LOOSE IN A THEATRE

    The audience at a melodrama called "The Queen of the Highway," played at a Brooklyn, U.S.A., theatre, had more excitement than they bargained for one ...

    Article : 311 words
  19. THE WRONG LUNATIC.

    The following story is gravely told by a writer in a Paris newspaper::—A lunatic, he says, was giving some trouble in a country place, and his name was Legrand. ...

    Article : 209 words
  20. DIVORCED HUSBAND SHOT.

    A dreadful tragedy of divorce occurred at Garancieres, a village near Rambouillet, France. A chemist named Noblet was divorced from ...

    Article : 184 words
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