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  2. HORNED ANCESTORS.

    The Evil One is generally supposed to be provided with horns, but it comes as a surprise to find that cases of horned men and women ...

    Article : 166 words
  3. THE MYSTERY OF THE LOVERS’ TRYST.

    Was Thomas Hocker a murderer or an innocent victim of the law? Was he guilty of a brutal crime or did he sacrifice his life to save his friend ...

    Article : 2,105 words
  4. WONDER GIRLS!

    There are three girls living in Nay, in Southern France, eleven, thirteen, and fourteen years of age, who are able to read books, thread needles, ...

    Article : 126 words
  5. WISE AND OTHERWISE

    “Are you sure Jack has never loved before?” “Positive. He told me to go round to the jeweller’s and pick out any ...

    Article : 864 words
  6. INTERESTING ITEMS,

    One of the first causes of British overseas trade is said to have been the exchange of native wool for herrings caught in the Baltic Sea. ...

    Article : 274 words
  7. GETTING HIS OWN BACK.

    One of the most curious wills on record has just been lodged for probate. "To my son I leave the pleasure ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. MAKING A FOOL OF 'ROBERT.’

    The most respectable citizen’s proper regard for our police force does not prevent him from chuckling when some unwary policeman or ...

    Article : 622 words
  9. LEGAL ROMANCES AND COMEDIES.

    A remarkable story of how a chance remark founded a remarkably successful career is related by Mr. J G. Swift MacNeill, in his book, ...

    Article : 596 words
  10. MILLIONS STORED AWAY.

    The strong-rooms of Britain’s great banks hold stores of wealth so immense that the “pile” of a millionaire, placed in one of them, ...

    Article : 491 words
  11. IN THE PILLAR BOX.

    Having inadvertently slipped an unstamped letter in the pillar box, and knowing that the recipient was the sort of person who would be ...

    Article : 744 words
  12. WHAT PADEREWSKI DID NOT KNOW.

    As Paderewski was passing through Switzerland recently he had an amusing experience while staying overnight in a hotel, where the usual ...

    Article : 254 words
  13. OTHER PEOPLE’S GOOD-BYES.

    To grasp and shake vigorously one another's necklaces before parting is etiquette in the South Sea Islands, where the men as well as ...

    Article : 181 words
  14. ALCOHOL FROM THE OVEN.

    A remarkable claim is made for the process invented by an Italian engineer, named Andrusiani, that is now being employed in one of the ...

    Article : 194 words
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