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  2. DIVING FOR SALT IN THE DEAD SEA.

    The awful desolation of the Dead Sea, which lies nearly 1,300 feet below the level of the Mediterranean, is broken here and there by the salt ...

    Article : 232 words
  3. AN ALLIGATOR FARM.

    Mr. Frazier has startled the millionaire visitors at Palm Beach, the popular Florida resort, by moving his whole menagerie of alligators ...

    Article : 337 words
  4. IS BRITISH SEAMANSHIP INFERIOR TO GERMAN?

    Mr. Frank T. Bullen, writing in "The Standard" says:—Among British seamen in days only just passed away, it was held to be the ...

    Article : 939 words
  5. WHY WE MAY ALL DIE OF THIRST.

    Is the earth drying up and shall we (meaning by "we" the human race as represented by our descendants), die of thirst? ...

    Article : 1,983 words
  6. WHEN BILL ADAMS WENT TO INDIA.

    A portion of the crew of a ship which was anchored off the coast of India once went ashore for the purpose of cutting wood, and one of the ...

    Article : 285 words
  7. STORIES OF MONTE CARLO.

    One of the saddest sides of life at this great gambling resort in the frequency of suicides. The number of cases which precolate into print is ...

    Article : 951 words
  8. THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO.

    The Sultan of Morocco is somewhat barbarous in his methods in spite of his acquaintance with European civilisation. Not long ago the ...

    Article : 177 words
  9. HOW THE CASE WAS PROVED.

    The man was a stranger in the district, but he was most acutdly indignant that he should be suffering the humiliation of his present position. ...

    Article : 131 words
  10. SETTLING A STRIKE.

    Extraordinary methods were adopted to settle a strike. The story is told by the "Chicago Tribune." The proprietor of the warehonse ...

    Article : 386 words
  11. HOW TO LIVE IN LONDON.

    Mrs. Craigie (as John Oliver Hobbs is known in real life) recently lectured before an American ladies college. After the lecture she was ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. "I HAVE NO MONEY."

    The Countess of Warwick, possessor of one of the noblest names in the British peerage, occupant of stately castles and halls, has made a ...

    Article : 147 words
  13. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Denmark’s army is the cheapest in Europe. It costs only £24 a head, against £113 spent by England. The water is so clear in the fiords ...

    Article : 422 words
  14. TOLSTOI BECOMES A BOOKBINDER.

    Count Tolstoi lately added bookbinding to the numerous skilled trades which he already practices. According to M. Levenson, who has ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Wipe two dozen lemons, rub with salt, place in a bowl, cover with more salt, and [?]et them stand for 3 or 4 days, turning occasionally. ...

    Article : 410 words
  16. A BED IN A PALACE FOR TWOPENCE.

    A bed for two pence a night is what General Booth, of the Salvation Army, offers to the workless of London. He has opened a veritable ...

    Article : 274 words
  17. TREPOFF SEARCHES VISITORS TO THE CZAR.

    General Trepoff is keeping the palace of the Czar in as rigorous a tutelage as he applied to St. Petersburg before his removal from the ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. NOBLES TAKE UP CARPET MAKING.

    Carpet weaving is the latest industry to be invaded by aristocratic people bent on adding to incomes, or finding work for their tenantry. ...

    Article : 166 words
  19. AMONG THE JAIL-BIRDS.

    A little girl went with her teacher one afternoon to visit the country prison. She became interested in a convict who was knitting stockings, ...

    Article : 159 words
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