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  2. WHY THE BURGLAR LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS.

    One of the most interesting exhibits of the Police Department is its collection of burglar’s tools. The implements used by house-breakers ...

    Article : 664 words
  3. THE CITY OF VENICE.

    There is a glorious city in the sea. The sea is in the broad the narrow streets, [?]bbing and flowing, and the salt ...

    Article : 67 words
  4. KING'S GARDENING COSTS HIM £40,000.

    No one who has not lately visited Frogmore could realise the changes which have been made [?] the King's reign. A sum of not less than ...

    Article : 169 words
  5. AN ACTOR’S PRACTICAL JOKE.

    Mathews the elder once went to Woolwich, with five or six friends, in the character of the Spanish Ambassador. The deception was a ...

    Article : 324 words
  6. FURS AND FURBELOWS.

    In the belief that our women readers like to know what London women consider "the thing" in furs for the winter season, the following ...

    Article : 476 words
  7. THE PATRIOT.

    Uncle Ned he sed, Johnny, one time there was a grate poet. Then I spoke up and sed, Did he draw his long sticker and heep the ...

    Article : 1,297 words
  8. AT THE THEATRE.

    It is often said that clever children rarely grow up clever. A flat contradiction to this statement is found in the fact that two of the greatest ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. THE KAISER AS HE IS.

    An English translation of "The [?]aiser as He Is" (Le Veritable [?]uillame II.), by Henri de Nous[?]ne, has just been published by G. ...

    Article : 1,063 words
  10. OTHER LANDS.

    The New Zealand Government has provided for castaway crews by establishing depots where food and clothing may be obtained on several ...

    Article : 920 words
  11. A CAUTIOUS CHINAMAN.

    An Englishman who was appointed to an important post in Chinn got married soon after. Among the recipients of the usual little card ...

    Article : 187 words
  12. MOTORING.

    The motor car has evidently come to stay, notwithstanding the gollywoggles and dust and evil smells that go with it, and the money it ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. SCHOOLMASTER’S AMUSING EXPERIENCE.

    An ex-colleague of mine became very popular by the following occurrence, the tale of which spread through the school like wildfire. ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. KAISER A STRENUOUS RULER.

    Thu German Emperor is certainly a strenuous ruler. Since the beginning of his reign William II. has signed over 30,000 documents. ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    There are in Wales about 910,289 people who speak Welsh, and about 439,000 outside the Principality. At the opening of the last century ...

    Article : 548 words
  16. OFFERS OF MARRIAGE FROM 372 MEN.

    An old maiden lady from Bristol, named Susanne Fordler, whose age, she herself admits is eighty-three years, has just published all the ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. BOOMEBANGING.

    That serious and scientific body the Anthropological Institute, London, is endeavouring to popularise the boomerang. An exhibition of the ...

    Article : 402 words
  18. A STRONG GALE OF WIND.

    Lieutenant Bevan, of the Drake, was talking at the New York Horse Show about rough weather. Some one told the old story about ...

    Article : 132 words
  19. IN PRAISE OF AUSTRALIA.

    Australia has her detractors, and some of the worst belong to her own household. This is her misfortune, which every true lover of his ...

    Article : 335 words
  20. HE DESERVED IT.

    The driver, wearing a waterproof cap, goggles, and a light dust cloak, turned the crank handle of the motor-car industriously, but without ...

    Article : 124 words
  21. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.

    Russian Official: "You cannot stay in this country, sir." Traveller: "Then, of course, I will leave it." ...

    Article : 111 words
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