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  2. NEWS BY THE MAIL.

    There has been a remarkable robbery of bank-notes from Parr's Bank, in Bartholomew-lane. A large drawer nearly full of notes was plundered in the middle of the ...

    Article : 1,300 words
  3. ECONOMY FOR THE WHEAT-GROWER.

    The question of seeking further economies in the handling of wheat on the railways and at port having revived through the recurrence of the pressure of a low ...

    Article : 1,811 words
  4. A QUARREL BETWEEN TWO ARMY OFFICERS.

    A young officer in India, out for a day's shooting, was returning home at night very disconsolate as he had not had a shot at anything all day. As he was passing a ...

    Article : 334 words
  5. MR. SIMS REEVES.

    Your notes on Mr. Sims Reeves's concert a day or two ago induce me (writes a correspondent) to send you a few notes of some talk I had with the most famous of ...

    Article : 871 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN CRICKET THROUGH ENGLISH SPECTACLES.

    Of late years "John Widen's Cricketers' Almanae" has unquestionably won first place amongst the English official records of the game—a place once held by ...

    Article : 904 words
  7. THOSE OLD WAX FIGURES.

    A sad fate has brought the old Waxworks —most familiar of institutions with country cousins and others—into the Insolvent Court. So that it is uncertain what will ...

    Article : 1,400 words
  8. A ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGE.

    The British peerage is full of romance, but it has few more remarkable cases than that which is now involved in the claim to the Poulett enrldom. William Henry ...

    Article : 2,030 words
  9. THE SECRET OF THE STILL.

    Captain James Peters, riding home from a raid into the moonshine counties, stopped at Jared's store, and asked for a drink. A jug was taken from the shelf, and a ...

    Article : 3,725 words
  10. AT OMDURMAN.

    A soldier who fought at Omdurman writes home with reference to the killing of wounded Dervishes:—The order was to bayonet everyone, dead or alive, as we ...

    Article : 267 words
  11. THE FOUR HUNDRED.

    An exhibition of fair women, on the same plan as the London displays of feminine portraits, creates much excitement in New York. The exhibition is for a charitable ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. ANNOYING FOR THE ACTOR.

    On Saturday week an unusual circumstance happened during the concluding scene of "The Belle of New York" performance at the Cardiff Theatre Royal. Mr. ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. TALL BUILDINGS.

    A pile of buildings has just been elected in New York which is said to be the tallest office building in the world. It is a long way the tallest building in New York, ...

    Article : 541 words
  14. ONE ADVANTAGE FOR THE CRIPPLED.

    A manufacturer of artificial limbs is credited with the statement that amputations tend to enhance vitality, those who have lost an arm or a leg frequently having their ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE AT SEA.

    The crew of the German barque Zion, which recently reached Philadelphia, have had a remarkable experience. The cargo of the Zion included 300 casks of arsenic. ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN CHINA.

    Mrs. Archibald Little writes in the "Lady's Realm":— But one of the most unpleasant things about Chinese society to a woman in their ...

    Article : 816 words
  17. STEALING A LADY'S HAIR.

    A singular theft has been committed in the Church of St. Honore d'Eylan, in Paris. Mdme. Rejoux, a wealthy lady residing at Passy, and her daughter, were ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. CLEARLY DEFINED.

    The class in ancient history filed into the seats at the front. The professor, on the rostrum, opened a book. "Mr. Terwilliger," he said, ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. TOLD OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    It is related of the Emperor William of Germany that at a recent review in Berlin he reprimanded old General von Meerscheidt for losing his presence of mind at a ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. THE AMERICAN GIRL.

    The list of invitations to the silver wedding anniversary of Count and Countess Waldersee, which will be celebrated on April 14 next, will include a large number ...

    Article : 322 words
  21. GOOD HEALTH WITHOUT DRUGS.

    Mothers who would keep their children in good health should give them morning and evening Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa made with hot milk. Delicate men and women ...

    Article : 300 words
  22. INQUISITIVE.

    A passenger in a New York tramear sat with a basket between his feet. His next neighbour was burning to know what it contained; but not wishing to ask a direct ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. WAR AND LITERATURE.

    Admiral Dewey, it is said, has refused an offer of ten thousand dollars for a short article on the Philippines. "Sorry, but too busy," was his curt telegram. ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. A SOUDAN STORY.

    General Lyttleton tells a good story about General Gatacre, who, going the round of the scuries in the recent Soudan campaign, came across a young soldier, ...

    Article : 104 words
  25. LARRIKINISM IN PARKS.

    Sir,—Last Sunday evening I had occasion to cross through the Survey-paddock on my way to Heyington. I had hardly entered from the street when I was assailed by a ...

    Article : 126 words
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