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  2. A NEW SEER.

    The super-normal mental activity of Mr[?] Vincent N. Turvey. a Lancashire man born in 1875, who was in early life trained for the navy, become well known among ...

    Article : 1,329 words
  3. THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX.

    Professor George A. Reisner, of Harvard University, claims to have succeeded at last in identifying the Sphinx and solving its hitherto impenetrable mystery. According ...

    Article : 1,273 words
  4. TRAGEDY OF THE EMPTY HOUSE.

    For several weeks Tours and the region round have been endeavoring (says the Paris correspondent of a London paper) to unravel a mystery worthy of the pen of ...

    Article : 627 words
  5. POCKET ELECTRICITY.

    A revolution In vehicular traffic, which, it is said, will rapidly accelerate the electrification of railways; reorganise the tramway systems to the extinction of the ...

    Article : 1,407 words
  6. DOCTORS AND EUTHANASIA.

    The medical correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes:—The extraordinary case reported from New York in which two members of a religious sect ...

    Article : 871 words
  7. THE HUMAN AURA.

    Dr. W. J. Kilner, whose research in connection with the human sum has recently attracted much attention, has had more than one distinguished predecessor in the ...

    Article : 660 words
  8. SHERLOCK HOLMES IN REAL LIFE.

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in his stories of Sherlock Holmes, has told of feats performed by the most famous detective in fiction which it seemed almost impossible for ...

    Article : 482 words
  9. A CASE OF SATI.

    Since 1832, when Lord William Bentinck abolished the practice of Sati by a Governor-General's fiat, there has been but one authenticated case where a widow has cast ...

    Article : 742 words
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    Customer—"Is it -usual to tip the waiter here?" Waiter—"Yes, sir." Customer—"Then hand over your tip. I've been waiting for you for nearly an hour." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 30 words
  11. MOTOR GAR MURDER.

    Mr. Henry Clay Beattie, the son of a Virginia hanker, was found guilty last month of the murder of his wife while on a motor car ride. ...

    Article : 236 words
  12. GENIAL BURGLAR.

    An amusing story of a night intruder with burglarious intentions was told to the Castle Eden (England) magistrates, when John O'Brien was committed to the ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. ASSISTED SUICIDE.

    The much-debated question of whether there is any moral justification in killing a person suffering agonies from a disease indisputably incurable, and thus saving the ...

    Article : 474 words
  14. SACRIFICE OF AN OLD SHEPHERD.

    A strange case of a brother's 50 years voluntary starvation was brought to light by the death near Lucerne of a Swiss shepherd, named Dangeli. ...

    Article : 235 words
  15. DIED WHILE LAUGHING.

    Ail inquest was held at Battersea, London, on a woman named Mary Walker, who died at her home while laughing about humorous cinematograph pictures, ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. A DOG FUNERAL.

    A number of Californian millionaires attended the elaborate funeral of two prize Boston terriers valued at £1,000 each, belonging to Miss Jennie Crocker, a ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. LOOKED IN.

    A man named Raeder was killed at Hamburg while attempting to lower himself from a fourth-storey room, where his wife had locked him in after a heated ...

    Article : 33 words
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    The New and Innocent Curate—"Howold did you 2 Ah,yes, six months. And is this your youngest?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  19. "NEVER STOP" TRAINS.

    It sow appears that London will not had to wait an unreasonable length of time before being able to test the merits and capabilities of the "never-stop" train. ...

    Article : 291 words
  20. DUMB LADY SPEAKS.

    A motor car accident in Blackpool, Holland. had a strange result, the shock of it restoring speech for a while to a dumb lady. ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. DEAD IN A BOAT.

    The captain of the Swedish stea[?] Carl XV. on arriving at Gefle. Sweden, stated that his ship met at Aalandsea with a wrecked lifeboat containing the bodies ...

    Article : 103 words
  22. ELECTROCUTED ON AN ENGINE.

    Alfred Moore, a fireman employed by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, was killed in a curious manner. ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. SUICIDE AT 85.

    Mme. Jeanne Remazeilles, 85 years old, hanged herself at Mont-de-Marsan, Paris, because she was tired of life. The old woman had been bed-ridden for ...

    Article : 67 words
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