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  2. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

    In the year 1896 I found myself in San Francisco, the "Earthquake City" of the Golden West. The one district which fascinated me was the ...

    Article : 783 words
  3. GOOD PAY INDEED.

    Commander Peary is to get 7/6 a word for his account of his discovery of the North Pole. Commander Peary is an honest ...

    Article : 309 words
  4. EXCESIVE SMOKING.

    Are men over-indulging in smoking nowadays, and if they are, is the practice the calamitous evil it has been painted in the past? It is, of ...

    Article : 673 words
  5. A RACE WITH AN ALLIGATOR.

    The thrilling incident which I am about to relate was caused through my inordinate love of fishing. I was with the Ashanti Expeditionary ...

    Article : 465 words
  6. A PINT OF ALE FOR LADY MACBETH.

    Mrs. Siddons one hot evening was playing in "Macbeth," and was tempted by a torturing thirst to avail herself of the only relief to be ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS.

    On arrival at Kimberley for the first time, the uninitiated may be surprised, on emerging from the station, to find an utter absence of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,080 words
  8. A BIG GUN ON A LITTLE BOAT.

    An unusual scene witness in Portsmouth harbour recently is shown in the accompanying photograph. A big naval gun, with barbette ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  9. MY LIFE.

    The home of my youth is very far away from here. I first saw the light in the huge basin of the mighty Amazon, though rubber is grown in ...

    Article : 787 words
  10. THE ART OF MAKING CURRY.

    We have been asked to repeat some valuable hints on curry making. The average idea of curry is a watery stew with a little ...

    Article : 338 words
  11. TEACHING A PARROT TO THINK

    M. Pierre Hachet Souplet, writing on the intelligence of birds and animals, relates a remarkable accomplishment on the part of a parrot. ...

    Article : 334 words
  12. CAN YOU COUNT YOUR ANCESTORS?

    "Have you ever noticed," writes a correspondent, "how t[?]ue is the remark that David made in his haste? Now take the single ...

    Article : 304 words
  13. PLAYED FOR HIS WAGES.

    The conductor of a certain band, which was rehearsing a piece, stopped the music abruptly and frowned at a stout fellow who was putting ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. WHY JONES HAS NO MANNERS.

    Jones had just trod on the toe of an old gentleman while getting into the tramcar. "I beg your pardon!" he said. ...

    Article : 159 words
  15. ONE TO THE QUAKER.

    A nobleman was in the habit once a year of inviting his tenants, among whom was a conscientious Quaker, to dine with him. The Quaker, not ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. AEROPLANE FOR THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

    MODEL OF THE APPARATUS BY WHICH MR. SANDON PERKINS HOPES TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  17. WHAT MAMMA SAID.

    They were at dinner Little Tommy, who is rather of an inquiring turn of mind, had been gazing at his father's somewhat rosy ...

    Article : 130 words
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