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  2. Back from the Dead.

    The body of a guide, perfectly preserved, has been yielded up by one of the Swiss glaciers after a period of twenty-three years. In 1888 the guide fell into a. crevasse. His ...

    Article : 235 words
  3. Police Force.

    In London the police retire at 45 years of age on pension, and old men are not tolerated in the force. Canada and New Zealand make liberal provision for the old age of ...

    Article : 449 words
  4. The Minister's Wooing.

    It was Evening in the manse. Æneas Cameron, elder and session—clerk, had just t left. The minister sat like one dazed, his head pillowed in his bands, the unfinished ...

    Article : 1,330 words
  5. Sowing Boiled Beans.

    An auther writing on life amoung the Moors, tells the following little anecdote:—When Addel Hakk was poor, as he was one day travelling across a weary plain, he ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. For an Ancient Crime.

    Seven hundred years ago some shepherds' of the valley of Roncal,. in Navarre, were murdered by shepherds of the valley of Bareton, in Bearn, the crime taking place on ...

    Article : 235 words
  7. Their Fears Confirmed.

    Has the knife-thrower, who used to provide one of the most thrilling items on the programms of the itinerant circus altogether disappeared? He was a deft blade-flinger, ...

    Article : 138 words
  8. Powerful Bulls.

    During the debate upon the second reading of the Irish Land Bill in 1896 Lord Londonderry concluded a period with. This is the keystone of the bill ; are you ...

    Article : 339 words
  9. Proof Against Cold.

    A hedgehog picked up in the curious torpid state Which we call " hibernation " has been immersed in water for twenty minutes with. out being any the worse, and a hibernating ...

    Article : 391 words
  10. Country Life.

    Not long ago a pair -of rooks built their nest in one of a cluster of trees in a gentleman's grounds. The owner, was delighted at the prospect ...

    Article : 574 words
  11. Football.

    Dates of Assumption College A team football matches:— June 24th—Clifton Hill Juniors, at Melbourne. July 1st—Melbourne Combined State schools, at ...

    Article : 313 words
  12. Water Drinking.

    I am decidedly opposed to the indiscrinate drinking of cold water in large quantities," says a doctor. " It dilutes the blood, it lowers the temperature, and ...

    Article : 236 words
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