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  2. PRINCESS CONVICTED.

    The sentencing, at Cape Town, of Princess Radziwill to two years imprisonment for forging the name of the late Cecil Rhodes to bills ...

    Article : 1,255 words
  3. RARE METALS £200 PER POUND.

    One of the most curious of the rare metals is Vanadium, which melts at 2.000 degrees Fahrenheit, and is not attacked by either muriatic acid or ...

    Article : 152 words
  4. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    There are 320,000 maidservants in London. Jews are not permitted to buy land in Russia. ...

    Article : 807 words
  5. ROMANTIC DEATH OF A SLAVE-DEALER.

    More than 30 years have passed since Captain Gordon, a native of Main, was hanged in New York for smuggling slaves into the United ...

    Article : 690 words
  6. FIGHTING WOMEN.

    Real fighting women are not rare in Dahomey and various other savage countries—indeed, an old chief of Tonga found no difficulty in ...

    Article : 537 words
  7. SEVENTEEN YEARS ON A DESERT ISLE.

    A correspondent from Honolulu states that news of a, veritable Robinson Crusoe has been brought up by the steamship, China, which has ...

    Article : 501 words
  8. PULLING AN ELEPHANT'S TUSK.

    "I think the most novel thing I ever saw was the pulling of an Elephant's tusk," said a travelling showman to a writer in the ...

    Article : 490 words
  9. THE THUMB AS AN INDEX OF CHARACTER.

    The thumb proclaims the man: no man is clever enough to deceive his thumb. By those who believe this statement the thumb has been ...

    Article : 471 words
  10. MARVELLOUS MEMORIES.

    Many of the greatest men have had phenomenal memories. Caesar knew the names of thousands of soldiers in his legions. ...

    Article : 213 words
  11. FALSE TEETH AND COTTON WOOL SANDWICHES.

    A young man, aged 20 years. whilst swimming in the open sea, was struck in the face by a wave. He immediately felt a choking ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. PALMISTRY.

    Hands are divided into three different kinds: those with round-pointed fingers, those with square tips, and those that are ...

    Article : 302 words
  13. SOME FUNNY DUCKS.

    A big feature in Hankow, China, is the "duck farms. There are a great many of them, and they are Hankow is built along the river, ...

    Article : 253 words
  14. JOHN BULL'S FARM.

    Britain may be viewed as one farm extending from I county to county, interrupted by towns, it is true, but surrounding then like the ocean ...

    Article : 190 words
  15. A DOCTOR SCENTS DEATH 48 HOURS OFF.

    A physician whose large practice is proof of successful treatment claims possession of a sense of smell which detects an effluvium from the ...

    Article : 173 words
  16. STORY OF LORD BURTON'S DAUGHTER.

    A" pretty little story ( says " The Week-End ") leaked out during the King's recent visit to Rangemore. Lord Burton, has only one child, ...

    Article : 106 words
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