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  2. AROUND THE WORLD.

    Mme. Adelina Patti states (in the "Graphic") that it was at Monte Video that she received the highest fee ever given to her or—she believes—to any ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    Thirty years or more ago (writes W. G. P. in the "S.M. Herald") Sir James Dewar and Professor Tait discovered the remarkable absorbing power of charcoal ...

    Article : 225 words
  4. SOME CURIOUS BETS.

    The English noblemen of a century ago used to spend a great part of their time in making wagers of the most eccentric character. ...

    Article : 589 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    "A portly citizen of London, weighing fifteen stone," said Professor Stirling in his lecture on "Food" at the Royal Institution, "really consists of water for ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. THE MORMON DEFENCE.

    A section of the Mormons in Salt Lake City has lately been "on the warpath" again. This is another way of saying that the Mormons have broken their ...

    Article : 317 words
  7. NO WORDS WASTED.

    Mr. John Burns, being unable to attend a meeting of the Imperial Industries club, where the Trades Disputes Bill was discussed, wrote:—"Dear Sir,— ...

    Article : 41 words
  8. AN OLD-SCHOOL ANGLER.

    "A friend of mine," says ex-President Cleveland," was travelling on foot through a section of West Virginia, well known for its excellent fishing-grounds when known he ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. BUS DRIVER'S SINGULAR AGREEMENT.

    The driver of an omnibus in a South London suburb once owned the vehicle, but disposed of it some years ago to a company on condition that lie received ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. SCENE IN A SLEEPING CAR.

    A despatch from Kansas describes the way in which a bold bandit held up an cast-bound Chicago-St. Louis express, and robbed the frightened passengers. ...

    Article : 241 words
  11. THE BATTEN OF YELLOW DEAL.

    The following incident, in which Whistler was involved, used to be told with glee by the late Sir Wyke Bayliss, and is repeated in his volume of ...

    Article : 222 words
  12. A LEGAL RUSE.

    A barrister, riding his bicycle on path, was caught by a policeman. The gentleman at once came off the path, and tried to reason with the policeman. ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. TO SAVE TEN SHILLINGS.

    To save railway fares, it has been ordered by the Admiralty that all men transferred from Portland to vessels in other parts should be sent by torpedo ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. RATS AND PLAGUE.

    The connection between rats and the spread of plague has been very thoroughly discussed. But though on the evidence such a connection appeared plain, ...

    Article : 426 words
  15. BLACKBALLED.

    A particularly unpopular man, desiring to join a well-known London club, was not successful in the ballot. Smarting under the indignity, he had the ...

    Article : 79 words
  16. BOYS' REPUBLIC.

    An American lady who has a great love for children has devised a new plan for educating the little waifs and strays who are so plentiful in the big cities, ...

    Article : 429 words
  17. AT A DEPARTMENT STORE.

    Requiring a new hoe for use in his garden, a man called at one of the great stores or "universal providers." ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. NOTED PIGMY DEAD.

    From Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, the news comes that Mr. Reese Wiggles, who claimed to be the smallest man in the world, died at a home near there on ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. KRUGER'S PRAYER.

    The late Paul Kruger, President of the defunct Transvaal Republic, was a curious mixture of piety and shrewdness. A story is told of and incident which ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. SCENTING A HOAX.

    Since the Koepenick affair burgomasters on the Continent have been fighting very shy of orders transmitted by persons in uniform. Owing to his ...

    Article : 241 words
  21. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.

    Signorina Rosa Cardoni, a prepossessing girl of 17, had a remarkable escape from death in Rome the other day. She was standing on the balcony of her ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. SOLICITATION OF IMMIGRATION.

    Passenger officials of the western railroads (writes a Chicago correspondent) are very much disturbed over the decision of the Government to send back 50 ...

    Article : 150 words
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  24. A COSTLY CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. William Randolph Hearst, Independent League and Democratic candidate for Governor of New York State, certified to the Secretary of State that ...

    Article : 161 words
  25. THE KAGU.

    After an interval of some years the Zoological Gardens in London again possesses specimens of that curious and interesting bird, the kagu. It is a ...

    Article : 228 words
  26. MR. ROOSEVELT AS STOKER.

    To-day the crew of the warship Louisiana, in which the President voyaged to Panama, are telling a tale of how Mr. Roosevelt took his turn at stoking the ...

    Article : 230 words
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