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  2. AROUND THE WORLD

    The Court Circular says:—His Majesty the King having, decided to present to South Africa the table, inkstand, and pen used by his Majesty when he signed ...

    Article : 111 words
  3. SCIENCE AND HEALTH

    The equipment of the schoolroom, with its paraphernalia of forms, desks, maps, and blackboard, is the latest institution to be attacked in the ...

    Article : 196 words
  4. CZAR AS SENTRY.

    A story of how the Czar, like Harounal-Raschid, took a two hours' walk disguised as a simple soldier is officially reported from Livadia by the Court bulle ...

    Article : 259 words
  5. THE COOLING-OFF CHAMBER.

    Lady Stanley (nee Dorothy Tennant) tells the following amusing story in "The Times":—"John Bright frequently called on us on his way to the House ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. WONDERS OF NEW BOTANY

    Most of the great botanists in England and a, representative from as far off as Cape Colony met at the opening by Dr. Scott of the new bolinical ...

    Article : 323 words
  7. MAHARAJA'S WEIGHT IN GOLD

    The Maharaja of Nepal has given away his weight in gold, in accordance with the custom of Indian princes, who often make vows—for example, on recovery ...

    Article : 137 words
  8. THE PLUMBER.

    A working plumber protested vehemently to a London press representative recently against the "plumber joke," which has become a stock article in the ...

    Article : 368 words
  9. PRINCESS AND SEA-SICKNESS.

    Princess Anna zu Lowenstein-Wertheim (who before her marriage into one of the German noble families was Lady Anne Saville, daughter of the fourth Earl ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. ONE HUNDRED STEMS FROM ONE GRAIN.

    A Russian method of growing wheat, by which one grain would develop a hundred or more stems, was described a year ago. An interesting account ...

    Article : 166 words
  11. HUMOROUS BURGLAR.

    A trawl fisherman named William Joseph Jarvis, who was sentenced to six months' hard labour at Aberdeen for breaking into the Sailors' Home, left the ...

    Article : 166 words
  12. ROMANCE OF A CHANGELING.

    There will be no merry Christmas for a 13-year-old boy who, until noon to- day (wrote a Berlin correspondent last month) was the young Count Josef Adolf ...

    Article : 373 words
  13. INSTINCT AND REASON

    Those who study the habits of birds find it very difficult to believe they do not possess, besides their marvellous instinet, mental powers of a high order. ...

    Article : 342 words
  14. FLIGHT OF BIRDS

    Birds have different modes of flight, just as men have different gaits in walking (writes a contributor to an English paper). Rapid wing movement does not ...

    Article : 504 words
  15. CHINAMAN AND PIGTAIL

    China, like her Eastern neighbours, is moving on Western lines, but there are some points in which she remains immovable. The proposal to abolish the queue ...

    Article : 240 words
  16. TIBETAN MEDICINE

    The Russian Government recently received a petition from the Siberian Buddhists, requesting that medical schools should be established among ...

    Article : 245 words
  17. NEW TRAMWAY FARE SCHEME.

    A million and a half farthings are being despatched from the Mint to depots all over the country in connection with the establishment of farthing ...

    Article : 283 words
  18. WORKS OF THE DEVIL

    A schoolboy, being asked to explain what is meant by "the devil and all his works," said he supposed it meant "the devil and his inside." This boy was, ...

    Article : 332 words
  19. PLEASING EVERYBODY.

    Take your Choice—Spirits, Wines, or Acrated Waters—add a little O.T. to the glass and you have a drink greatly improved not half to heady, not so gassy. ...

    Article : 63 words
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