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  2. RUSSIAN BOY'S SAD FATE.

    The murder of Nikolai Sokoloff, a boy of 44, by one of his schoolfellows, has caused a profound sensation, in Saratoff (writes a St. Petersburg correspondent under date ...

    Article : 626 words
  3. GUNPOWDER WORM.

    There is a poetic justice in the idea that gunpowder, the typical vehicle of death, may become a nursery of, life. Yet it seems that, given certain conditions, this ...

    Article : 478 words
  4. DR. COOK'S STORY.

    Fierce as has been the controversy waged, over the discovery of the North Pole, the publication of Dr. Cook's hook ("My Attainment of the Pole," by Dr. F. A. Cook. ...

    Article : 1,430 words
  5. RAISING THE MAINE.

    Photographs (received in New York show for the first time the uncovered boilers in the hold of the battleship Maine, in Havana Harbor, and shed, new light on the ...

    Article : 467 words
  6. GORED BY WOUNDED BUFFALO.

    Lieutenant Paul Graetz, an officer of the German army, who made himself famous two years ago by his adventurous motor car trip through Africa and at the ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  7. STRANGE COMMISSION

    An extraordinary letter has been received at the principal office of the District Messenger Service, dated from Vienna (says a London daily of November 22). ...

    Article : 400 words
  8. A MODERN DON JUAN.

    A remarkable career of crime was disclosed at the Maidstone Assizes on November 23, when a smart-looking man, named George Stanley Crawley, alias Stanley ...

    Article : 325 words
  9. HEALTH AND LONG LIFE.

    Man, in his increasing knowledge, is being led more and more towards the science of health and well-being. Yet today, with all our discoveries in medfcine ...

    Article : 703 words
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    He—"Well, really, I should hardly have known you; the chance is so great." She (archly)—"For better or for worse?" He—"Why of course, you could only chance for the better."— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  11. FREAK CAMERAS.

    Like the true mirror of the passing time that it is, the camera is taking to the air. The latest device is a combination of camera and rocket (writes a science paper). ...

    Article : 544 words
  12. ADVENTURES OF A BAND OF STOWAWAYS.

    Thirteen young Scotsmen have returned to the Clyde after performing the somewhat unusual feat of stowing themselves away on board the same vessl on her ...

    Article : 227 words
  13. DECAY OF POLITENESS.

    An attempt by a gentleman from Cincinnati to abolish hat-raising in the intorests of health is significant as an indication of the modern attitude towards ...

    Article : 504 words
  14. STRANGE SENTENCE ON A FATHER.

    Some strange sentences have been passed in American courts, but the oddest of all must be that inflicted on a Chicago laborer named Patrick Knight, who, charged by ...

    Article : 258 words
  15. THE WRONG ARM.

    An employe of the Paris underground railway has been the victim of an extraordinary mishap (says the London "Daily Mail.") He entered one of the leading ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. LOVERS "GOOD-BYE."

    When the circumstances of the tragic death of Herbert Thomas, aged 20, a farmer's son, were enquired into before a coroner's jury at Trevissick Farm, near St. ...

    Article : 317 words
  17. A GIRL'S REWARD.

    A magnificent reward has been accorded to Maggie Peters, a maidservant, who in recognition of her twenty-five, years faithful service was last month informed (says ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. YOUTHFUL CHESS PRODIGY.

    At the Hotel Curzon, London, on November 22, under the auspices of the Imperial Chess Club, the young chess prodigy, Senor A. R. Capablanca, gave an exhibition of ...

    Article : 226 words
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    The Motorist (after various attempts to find out the distance to the next town) —"But how far is it? Is it five miles?" The Rustic—"Noa, zur; not by moty-car, anyway." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  20. A NIGHT OUT.

    Paris theatrical society is losing its composure (says a London paper). Some 40 or 50 actors and actresses have been up at Montmartre acting male and female ...

    Article : 329 words
  21. NOVEL FRENCH UNIFORM.

    All through the summer the troops of most regiments in and near Paris were dressed in "mignonette green." but the Ministry of War has now repudiated this ...

    Article : 296 words
  22. LOST BOTH LEGS.

    A remarkable defence was put forward at the Manchester Assizes on November 20 to an action for personal injuries brought by Frederick Worsley, aged 18, ...

    Article : 235 words
  23. ARTIFICIAL DIAMONDS.

    The newspapers announce that a new process for the manufacture of artificial diamonds has been discovered by Dr. Werner von Bolton, a chemist in the Siemens ...

    Article : 182 words
  24. THEATRE MYSTERY.

    On a recent evening the attendants at the chief theatre in Warsaw, on enterin, the Court box to dust the seats ready for the evening performance, ...

    Article : 119 words
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