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  2. THE CZAR'S HOME LIFE.

    For two years it was my duty to walk behind Czar Nicholas H. of Russia at a distance of five paces, following him not only when he was in public places, but ...

    Article : 733 words
  3. GHOSTLY EXPERIENCES.

    Lord Brougham had a remarkable experience with a "spook." He tells the story in his autobiography, published in 1871. ...

    Article : 846 words
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    Advertising : 1,020 words
  5. THE KOSCIUSKO RANGE ON THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS.

    Kosciusko has set to be described in its most unique aspect, when each year as the sun proceeds in his northern track, withdrawing his summer heat ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,304 words
  6. THE SPORT OF THE SEA.

    In the year 1894 I was apprenticed on board the ship Pendragon Castle, bound home from Calcutta with a cargo of linseed. At the time of the incident I am ...

    Article : 406 words
  7. HINDOO WATER VAMPIRES.

    A curious form of crime has been brought to light in Delhi. A gang of bad characters make a practice of hiding in the river Jumna, and pulling down into ...

    Article : 218 words
  8. A GOOD WORD FOR TOBACCO.

    In the opinion of Caval[?]aro, who writes in an Italian paper, tobacco has a very strong bactericidal power depending, to some extent on its content in nicotine, and ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. A PECULIAR POST-OFFICE.

    Sailing vessels still go round Cape Horn just as they did in the sixteenth century, navigators finding it very difficult to make the winding passage through the ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. A REAL NIGHTMARE.

    While stationed with my company in a Burmese town, situated close to the jungle, I had a fright which will live long in my memory. ...

    Article : 317 words
  11. THE WORK-WATCHER.

    America, the home of the time-saver, has produced yet another diabolically clever machine. It is nothing less than a machine which endows one human being ...

    Article : 388 words
  12. THE SEAT OF SEA SICKNESS.

    Dr. Julius Auerbach, who has spent nine months at the University of Vienna, has repeated his belief that sea sickness is not due to the stomach, but to the ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. A POOR BAG.

    A chum of mine was responsible for a big laugh at my expense. Knowing I did not think it bad sport to shoot a rabbit standing still (because the chances were ...

    Article : 156 words
  14. THE RECONCILIATION.

    Two men who had quarrelled violently, and had not been on friendly terms for some months, met by accident one night at a social function. One of them made ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. A MISTAKE.

    The following story is attributed to the famous playwright, the late Sir W. S. Gilbert, who was also a magistrate. A motorist was charged before him with ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. No £2000 a Year Man.

    Mr. George W. Perkins, who recently resigned his partnership in the J. P. Morgan banking establishment in order that he might devote his time studying ...

    Article : 127 words
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