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  2. The Blue Fox Cloak.

    The family of Assistant Chancellor Sergius Ivnnovitch Worobej was most respectable. In their elegant house there were unmistakable signs ol wealth', everywhere, and ...

    Article : 913 words
  3. One Man in a Thousand.

    To this day, Theodore Dodd doesn't Quits understand how it was that his romance turned out as it did—or, to be more exact, did not turn out at all, but exploded into ...

    Article : 978 words
  4. The Psalmist's Street.

    Visitors to Jerusalem are much struck by the numerous streets and buildings winch bear well-known Bible names due to their historical association with Old and New ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 199 words
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    Some sixty languages are spoken in the dominions of the Czar. The revenue of Russia is greater than that of any other nation in the ...

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  7. Who Wore the First Top Hat?

    There is an account in the " Times " of January 16th, 1797, of the man who first tried the expuriment of wearing a silk: hat. "John Hetherington, halierdiuher, of the Strand," ...

    Article : 154 words
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  9. The Origin of Heraldry?

    It is not possible to assign any period for the fist use of heraldry, or to trace its origin. The hereditary arms of England date back; to the Norman Kings, but their use was ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. Britain's Oldest Post Office.

    The striking and quaint building soon in the picture is neither a church nor a school, though at first sight such an idea is undoubtedly suggested. It is the oldest post office in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
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  13. A Dangerous Pool.

    The moon has a curious trick of changing objects into something Quite anlike themselves in appearance. In one instance suoh a transformation nearly cost the life of a ...

    Article : 313 words
  14. In the Land of Ah-Singr..

    In the Celestial Empire, curious customs exist literally by tho thousand. On every side strange usages abound, and hero may be noted one very peculiar little ceremony. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 137 words
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    An old bachelor was introduced to a beautiful widow of the same name as himself. The introduction was in this Wise—"Mr. Evans, permit me ...

    Article : 54 words
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  17. The Curse of the. Sultans Rug'.

    Only one person outside the Royal house. hold can answer this question, and that person is the chief of police of Russia. It is a question which not even the hardiest Reussian ...

    Article : 971 words
  18. Japanese Farmers are Always Busy.

    One of the secrets of the prosperity of Jnpanese farmers is that the diversitied character of their crops enables them to keep busy throughout tim year. when not in the ...

    Article : 250 words
  19. The Three-Deoker Pulpit.

    The term " three-deeker " is derived from the warships of that type. All the same there have been many " three-decker " in[?]ions and there are not a few now, the term ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 163 words
  20. How They Show Their Approval.

    The Japanese theatre-goors have a very original way of showing their approval of a paritienarly fine performance. They shriek and whoop with delight, and when the ...

    Article : 317 words
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    "Isabella colour " has been described as a dingy whitish-yellow. The origin of the terms is certainly an odd one, it chitar ot the generally given explanations is correct. Ac. ...

    Article : 141 words
  22. Big Pay Fof English Judges.

    It is considered an essential condition of the English court system that the judges shall be absolutely independent financially; that their salaries shall be so large and ...

    Article : 118 words
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  24. A Famous Holly Hedgo.

    When peter the Great went to England In1689, William III. hired Sayes Court. the Manor house of Deptford, for uso as his. Court and palace, near the King's dockyard, ...

    Article : 105 words
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    A vomarkable speelemen of carnation has been oultivated Los Angeles by a gentleman whose experiments extend over six years. The petals of the flower are will to upon a ...

    Article : 127 words
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    There are over five thousand employees enrolled in the co-partnership scheme of the London South Metropolitan Gas Company, and they have no loss than £230,000 Invoested ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. Tombstones.

    Many have been the tombstones erected to the memory of a favourite dog, horse, or cat, but lt may be doubted whether a memorial stone has ever before been placed over the ...

    Article : 79 words
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    A ton of oil has been obtained from the tontine of a single whale. Some statistie[?]an has discovered that the average woman curriea forty, ...

    Article : 65 words
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    American negrces have written 300 books, produced 500 physicians, run three banks, as many magazines, and 400 newspapers, Last years returns show that there are Beveral ...

    Article : 38 words
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