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  2. A TRAIN WRECKED

    The railway accident at Gaika's Loop was (says the Cape Town correspondent of a London paper) the worst disaster that has taken place in South Africa since ...

    Article : 538 words
  3. A PRINCE IN HIS NIGHTSHIRT

    Under the pressure of sudden necessity Prince Max Egon zu Fuerstenberg, the bosom friend of the German Emperor and reputed to be one of the richest men in ...

    Article : 459 words
  4. SLEEPING WOMAN STRANGLED

    A murder of a most atrocious character is proving the sole topic of discussion in Milan. The victim was a beautiful young widow, 35 years of age, named Ida ...

    Article : 746 words
  5. THE CRASH.

    A wooden-faced satyr which helped to support the mantel-board in the blue-andwhite drawing-room leered down upon the fair figure in the shimmering silk. ...

    Article : 4,355 words
  6. CAPTURED BY CANNIBALS

    Prior to his tragic death, while hunting big game in 1902, Mr. Harry Johnson had some remarkable experiences in the Eastern Congo. On one occasion, after ...

    Article : 2,565 words
  7. FELL IN LOVE WITH AN ACTRESS

    Miss Eveyn Desa, an actress, who resides with her mother at Fulham, was at London Sheriff's Court recently awarded £100 damages against Hubert Smith ...

    Article : 820 words
  8. A FATAL KISS

    A sensational Maryland poisoning mystery involving the death of a popular young couple, Grace Loeser and Charles Twigg, who were found dead in the act of kissing. ...

    Article : 721 words
  9. IN TIME OF STRESS.

    The Victim-to-be—"Er—just a hair-cut, please." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  10. SKIRTS AND MICROBES.

    Professor W. B. Bottomley, of King's College, London, in lecturing at Willesden on "Microbes," remarked that there was a good deal to be said in favor of the ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. COMMERCIAL SLANG.

    Many persons are unaware that there is quite an undeveloped mine of slang in the world of commercial travellers, who, bythe-way, are generally referred to as ...

    Article : 145 words
  12. A YOUNG SMOKER.

    By what curious freak of Nature is a youngster of three able to smoke big, fat, black cigars and enjoy them as much as if he were eating Fry's delicious chocolate? ...

    Article : 379 words
  13. A PLOT THAT FAILED.

    The habit of making enquiries at private detective offices as to the means and mode of life of any young man who is under consideration as a suitable husband by the ...

    Article : 324 words
  14. LEFT IN A CAB.

    Paul Kugelmann, a Berlin taxicab man, is wondering (says the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail") whether he is destined to be a capitalist or to ...

    Article : 252 words
  15. NOVELS WITH A PURPOSE.

    There is no doubt that the best novel of this kind, and most effective for its purpose of putting an end to slavery, was "Uncle Tom's Cabin." "Don Quixote" ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. LUCKY MAN.

    A New Jersey (U.S.A.) man finds the job of rag-sorter at a paper-mill a most remunerative position. His wages are only 24/ a week, but in one week he has cleared ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. A NEW AEROPLANE.

    Something new in aeroplanes has been invented by a Japanese nobleman, named Baron Iga. The inventor has taken the dragon-fly as his model, and has ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. NOWADAYS.

    Voice from Beneath Hat—"Is that you, Mr. smthers?" Smithers—"Yes, by Jove! Who is it?" The Voice—"If s me—Miss de Style. I thought it was you by your trousers. I've, lost my way. Would you mind taking me home or calling a taxi?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  19. THEY DRESSED UP.

    From Partinico, in Sicily, comes news of a particularly sad affair in which an innocent jest has cost one young woman her life, and left her sister seriously wounded, The two ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. A BOY'S LOVE AFFAIR.

    A mother complained to the magistrate at Tottenham, London, that she was being continually annoyed by a woman who was courting her son. Her son was only ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. WIFE UP FOR AUCTION.

    The "Argauer Tagblatt" publishes the following extraordinary story:—In a small town near Soleure a young engaged couple agreed to separate on the ...

    Article : 162 words
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