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  2. CURIOUS WILLS.

    A recent case in the British Probate Court concerned a will written on an eggshell. It purported to be the last will and testament of a Manchester Ship Canal ...

    Article : 358 words
  3. FIRST MARATHON RACE.

    Recent [?] at ancient Ma[?] thon (Greece) have revealed the breakwaters of the port where the Persians disembarked in 490 B.C. after the famous ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. COLD STORAGE.

    Goldfish have been known to jump out of their tunk and become frozen; but, when replaced in their tank several hours later, they seemed none the worse. A ...

    Article : 172 words
  5. Light and Shade

    There was something spring-like, in the English air one day recently, which inspired the cattle world with an irrest tible desire to "sec life" (remarks the ...

    Article : 371 words
  6. MONEY FLIES.

    Coins flew about the seance room in a disconcerting way recently when a sitting was held at the National Laboratory of Physical Research, South Kensington ...

    Article : 136 words
  7. SHOPS ON HOLIDAY.

    "Fermeture Annuelle" is a sign on many of the small stores of Paris during August and tourists are astounded that so many Frenchmen in business shut up ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. ACROBATIC GHOST.

    A crowd of people armed with pokers and sticks, several plain-clothes police constables, an army of sir boys, and sundry dogs, went "ghost" hunting in ...

    Article : 134 words
  9. THE WRONG TWIN.

    That one baby boy was sent, to hospital in mistake for his twin brother was reported by Mrs. Blackburn, wife of a Hull (Eng.) marine engineer, to ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. HER GREATEST THRILL.

    A thrilling encounter with a tiger shark is described by Lady Richmond Brown and Mr. F. Mitchell Hedges, the well-known explorers, who arrived at ...

    Article : 271 words
  11. AN ALFRESCO AFTERNOON TEA.

    At a certain brine spring in England the water is so dense that it is impossible for a person to sink. The spring possesses remarkable medicinal powers. Here some of the patients are being served with afternoon tea as they float. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  12. JACKO, THE DETECTIVE.

    Police records in Madras (India) recently revealed how a trained monkey, brought about the discovery of a brutal murder (states the "Sau Francisco ...

    Article : 192 words
  13. HAREMS DOOMED.

    The Turkish divorce law, which recently came into effect, is, perhaps, the most sweeping of the reforms which Ke[?] Pasha has initiated (according to the ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. RAT CATCHING RECORD.

    England's rat-catching record is held by the Jarvis family, three of whom are girls. Bags of 700 to 1,000 rats a week are nothing out of the ordinary for the ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. FIRST RUBBER STREET.

    An interesting road experiment is being carried out by the London City Corporation in New Bridge-street, where a length of rubber-topped bricks is being ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. ROYALTY IN "UNDRESS."

    Two amusing incidents occurred recently when the King and Queen were visiting some of their old servants in the cottages round Balmoral (Scotland) ( ...

    Article : 261 words
  17. CAUGHT BY THE HAIR.

    An exciting scene was witnessed from the banks of the Seine, Paris, recently, when a man, who had escaped from the custody of the police, dived into the ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. PAPER FROM BAMBOO.

    Forest research experts in India have discovered how to use bamboo as pulpwood in the manufacture of white paper. The process has just been perfected ...

    Article : 135 words
  19. LABELS THAT LIE.

    That tourists who return from Europe with an awe-inspring array of foreign labels on their baggage may not have been at all the places indicated by ...

    Article : 157 words
  20. HORSE WORTH A FORTUNE.

    An old horse enables the New York (U.S.A.) Central Railroad to hold a railroad charter that is worth a fortune. Ambling up and down the freight tracks ...

    Article : 126 words
  21. STRONG TEA.

    When Henry Amies, trading as the Ormonde Tea Company, of Westcliff, was charged at Southend (Eng.) recently with selling adulterated tea, samples ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. SNAILS FOR AMERICA.

    America, deprived of the wines of France, is developing an appetite for French snails (says a recent issue of the "San Francisco Chronicle"). ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. MONEY IN EGGS.

    Mr. J. Catchpool, of London recently bought an egg for l½d, and found a 6d, beneath the shell. The egg was supplied by the Framlingham and ...

    Article : 69 words
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