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  2. FIRST REBELLION AGAINST THE BOERS.

    In the light of events of the past ten years, it is interesting to trace the career of the Dutch people in South Africa. ...

    Article : 926 words
  3. THE OLDEST LIVING ANIMALS ON EARTH.

    Oakland, a little town in far-away California, has suddenly sprung into fame (says a writer in the "New Penny .Magazine"). ...

    Article : 274 words
  4. A ROMANCE OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

    Perhaps the most romantic history attaching to the Bank of England. note is the one now in the possession of a famous collector of ...

    Article : 550 words
  5. THE CROCODILE WHO SWAM NIAGARA FALLS.

    Only two living creatures have ever passed over the Falls of Niagara and have been known to come out alive-a crocodile and a woman. ...

    Article : 681 words
  6. A PLEADER IN AN INDIAN COURT.

    My learned friend with mere wind from a teapot thinks to browbeat me from my" legs. But this is mere gorilla warfare. I stand under the ...

    Article : 376 words
  7. A BOER TRAIN-WRECKER.

    They caught-him in the kloof. His pony's pastern had been smashed by a bullet and so he could not get away. He was a mean type of ...

    Article : 630 words
  8. A FORGOTTEN FIGHT.

    On January 12, 1617 occurred are of the most notable naval actions in our records : remarkable also as being the only such conflict during the ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. THROUGH HIM.

    An Irishman was walking down one of the streets of a wild American town, when a man rushed out of a house and shot at him. The ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. AN INCH OF RAIN ON THE ATLANTIC.

    Lieutenant Maury has computed the following effect of a single inch of rain falling upon the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Includes an ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. AMONG THE BOER PRISONERS IN CEYLON.

    A correspondent who has visited the Boer prisoner's camp at Diyatalawa. in Ceylon. says the prisoners themselves are accommodated in ...

    Article : 245 words
  12. WAYLAID BY FOOTPADS.

    A well-known author relates the following personal adventure, which reveals the possession of considerable presence of mind. He was ...

    Article : 283 words
  13. A WONDERFUL PAGAN TEMPLE.

    There are now being conducted at Alexandria, Egypt what promise to lie sonic of the most important excavations of modern times. A ...

    Article : 379 words
  14. AS GOOD AS NEW.

    One of our leading generals on his return from South Africa. brought with him a flag all tattered and torn and riddled with bullets which ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. APPRECIATED HIS COURAGE.

    The late Li Hung Chang (says the "Shanghai Mercury " ) was very apt to revile in the lowest Billingsgate if any one offended him. Once a district magistrate incurred his ...

    Article : 322 words
  16. A STRANGE GAME FROM SWITZERLAND.

    The mountaineers of Switzerland are fond of outdoor sports-competitive tests of strength and agility. Among these sports that of ...

    Article : 347 words
  17. OTHER LANDS.

    A French farmer has made experiments which show that caterpillars avoid black objects but are attracted in numbers by white. ...

    Article : 278 words
  18. MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE.

    A Texas judge had before him a prisoner. "What are you here for ?" "Picking pockets, your honour." ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. VERY STRIKING.

    An elderly lady, who is rather proud of her classic features. went to have her photograph taken. " Now, then. " she said to the ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. OPINIONS DIFFER.

    She had been having fun with Dudekins a long time and he made up what mind he had to get even It took the form of a brilliant and ...

    Article : 151 words
  21. TOO MUCH OF IT.

    Medium : I can tell you about a buried treasure. Patron Please don't ! My husband is always tooting that into my ...

    Article : 103 words
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