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  2. SECRET GAMBLING IN LONDON.

    One of the most deploraible tendencies of the present time (says a writer in a London paper) is the increasing number of women in all classes of society who are ...

    Article : 1,178 words
  3. FACTS ABOUT CINEMATOGRAPHIC FILMS.

    If when you are taking a peaceful country walk or a quiet suburban stroll you should suddenly come upon an excited, rushing, shouting crowd of people and ...

    Article : 930 words
  4. BRAINS OF NOTED MEN.

    Dr. Anthony Spitzka, the Philadelphia brain anatomist, reports that the brain of Dr. W. J. McGee, the United States Government's famous anthropologist, ...

    Article : 631 words
  5. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

    Both skilled musical directors and the few scientists who have made investigations agree (writes Dr. Leonard K. Hirshberg in the "New York American") that ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  6. A LITTLE DETAIL.

    The girl with the trustful expression and the big picture hat drew invisible strokes on the pavement with the point of her umbrella, while she emiled at the ...

    Article : 4,128 words
  7. LOVERS AGREE TO DIE TOGETHER.

    Lying side by side, their dead faces turned to each other, the bodies of a man and woman were found at an hotel in the Rue de Rivoli, Paris, one day last month ...

    Article : 920 words
  8. MONOPLANE FALLS ON HOUSETOP.

    Mr. J. B. Manio, the aviator who had already caused some stir by an erratic course over England on a journey from France, to say nothing of an appearance ...

    Article : 507 words
  9. FAMOUS TREATIES.

    The French capital has been the scene of several pence pacts, some of which have had a mighty influence on the destiny of the British Empire. This remark ...

    Article : 692 words
  10. FEMININE ARITHMETIC.

    The Typist—"Its' my birthday to-morrow, I'm going to take a day off!" The Bookkeeper—"Why don't you take five years off, same as you did last year?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  11. MOETIJAIRY RELICS

    In some secluded parts of New England the old custom of preserving mortuary relics is still kept up (says the "New York Tribune"). In euch regions ...

    Article : 587 words
  12. WEALTH WON BY KINDNESS

    Few people are aware when they do a kindly action to another how it may redound to their benefit perhaps years afterwards. The remarkable case of Mrs. ...

    Article : 407 words
  13. SIX DROWNED IN ICE ACCIDENT.

    A distressing ice accident involving the loss of six lives pecurred last month in the village of Faulbach (Bavaria) Seven girls, between 8 and 12 years ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. ELOPEMENT TRAGEDY.

    A tragic, sequel to a romantic elopement has been revealed (says the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle") by the discovery in the Forest of ...

    Article : 384 words
  15. A FLAME 225 FEET HIGH

    All over the world strenuous efforts are being made to discover new oilfields Four hundred million barrels of petroleum have been produced in the course ...

    Article : 285 words
  16. WELSH COURTING.

    Courting in rural parts of Wales was described in the following terms by the Rev. Gwilym Davies, of Carmarthen, at the West Wales Free Church Councils' ...

    Article : 163 words
  17. STRANGE WILL.

    By his will Dr. John McGill, a bank chairman, has bequonthed (says the New York correspondent of a London paper) three-fifths of his fortune of £200,000 to ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. 116 YEARS OF AGE.

    Claiming to be 116 years of age mi[?]hael Smith has Idied in Dunshauglin Workhouse, County Month. He was neither a tectotaller nor a non-smoker, and had slept ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. THE SAME EXPRESSION.

    Business Man—"You are married, I suppose?" Applicant for Job—"No, sir. I've been sick—that's why I look that way." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 23 words
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