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  2. AROUND THE WORLD

    A cabinet-maker, George Murr, who has died at Grantham at the age of 78, was employed by the same firm for 67 years, and was never known to be ...

    Article : 92 words
  3. DOWNFALL OF NAPOLEON.

    What was the cause of Napoleon's downfall? In the latest volume of a series on "The History of War" Colonel Dodge attempts to answer this question. ...

    Article : 1,380 words
  4. NOTES AND HINTS.

    Various cinder sifters have been placed on the market, but the one we illustrate is a great improvement on the other designs. It consists of a light portable ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 98 words
  5. SHEPHERDESS WEDS, £3,750,000.

    Herr Theodore Schlumberger, a German millionaire deputy, has just returned to Mulhouse after being married in London (says the "Tribune de Geneve") ...

    Article : 82 words
  6. 20 MS.P. IN ONE FAMILY.

    Many well-known families have been thrown into mourning by the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Richard Legge Newdigate, K.C.B., which occurred ...

    Article : 247 words
  7. REVEALED ON WEDDING EVE.

    On the day before they were to have been married. Albert Jackson, a miner, and Miss Jennie Burton, a book agent, of Englewood, south Dakota, discovered ...

    Article : 107 words
  8. THE "ROBUR" TEA CO.

    Marvellous recent experiments and discoveries in the animal kingdom reveal wonderful powers and possibilities. Animals are as far above us in some lines ...

    Article : 641 words
  9. HORSE-SHOES WORN BACKWARDS.

    The horse-shoes here illustrates were made to be worn backwards and an examination of them will show how the great smuggler Louis Mandria was able ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  10. DOG AS SURGERY PATIENT.

    During the hour of attendance at a doctor's surgery in South-road, Southall, a large black retriever dog joined the patients in the waiting-room, and refused ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    Mental strain, more or less pronounced, is rapidly becoming one of the commonest of everyday ailments. The brain can only answer to a certain amount of ...

    Article : 266 words
  12. LAW-SUIT TO GET WORK.

    A curious case is shortly to come before the Paris courts, in which the question will be raised whether a theatrical manager has the right to engage an ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. THE SEXTANT.

    A sextant is usually dismissed from the mind as something used by sailors, and therefore out of the province of a layman. As a matter of fact, it is not ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 186 words
  14. QUEER RAILWAY WAGER.

    Shortly after the arrival of a goods train from St. Omer at Pantin, just outside Paris, a loud knocking noise was heard in an hermetically sealed wagon. ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. BRIDE AS CONSCRIPT.

    Mile. Leys, a handsome young brunette of Dunkirk, recently became engaged, but when her parents applied to the registrar of births for the necessary ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. ACCIDENTAL POISONING.

    In cases of accidental poisoning, many lives are lost each year through ignorance on the part of the patients' friends of what to do until the doctor comes. ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  17. UNEXPECTED TWINS.

    Having promised his pretty servant maid 36s a month when her child was born, a doctor at Neuilly refused to pay more when twins appeared. In the court ...

    Article : 163 words
  18. WISE AND OTHERWISE

    Mrs. Dick—"Just think, Mary, how terrible! The poor man was torn limb from limb!" Mary—"Lor', bless us, marm, and men so scarce!" ...

    Article : 61 words
  19. THE WAITRESS KNEW.

    A young man and his best girl entered a well-known cafe, and asked to be served with tea for two. The waitress bought the tea, but omitted to provide ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. WOULD-BE CARUSOS.

    Out of 156 would-be Carusos from all ranks of life tried at the Theatre des Nouveautes, Paris, the jury of distinguished artistes and musicians have ...

    Article : 269 words
  21. A TALL NOTICE.

    A lanky countryman from the mines went into the office of a leading newspaper. "My old guv'nor's dead, and I should ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 785 words
  23. A LIMITED WIPE.

    Tommy did not look very clean as he sat on the front row of the class. He spoilt the general effect, and the teacher spotted him as he answered the roll-sall. ...

    Article : 126 words
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