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  2. SUNKEN TREASURE.

    There is ample material for a thrilling romance in the story of the search which is now, under the order of the Duke of Argyll, being carried ...

    Article : 386 words
  3. A FIGHT WITH AN EAGLE.

    Van will be content when he can [?]y as well as his little friend, the sparrow. But he must for ever abandon hope of emulating the eagle. ...

    Article : 542 words
  4. HOW MEASURMENTS ARE TAKEN.

    The head-length is a measurement which the prisoner cunnot vary. It is obtained by an instrument like a compass. which tells the distance ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. A MAIL COACH DRIVER'S STORY.

    " A little joke Happened at the turn back there last year," said the stage driver, as the highway made a half circle to the west. ...

    Article : 371 words
  6. FRUITS THAT MASQUERADE.

    Of fruits that resemble animals the buffal-headed n[?], [?]rapa bicornis, of China, is perhaps the most as[?]onishing. Nothing is more curious ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. TALKING THROUGH A RAY OF LIGHT.

    Professor Ernest has won national fame by sending messages for several miles over a telephone without the aid of a wire. What ...

    Article : 413 words
  8. NOT AN ENVIABLE JOB.

    At a rifle range a clerical gentleman rode up, and. addressing the sergeant in charge, complained that bullets had fallen into his garden in ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. STARS AS GUIDES.

    The stars have always been the guide-posts of the sea, but only recently has a device been invented by which they are accurately identified. ...

    Article : 358 words
  10. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.

    How non-swimmers should act in the event of their suddenly linding themselves in deep water seems simplicity itself, according to the ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Flowers are as a rule it degrees warmer than the surrounding air. Only 5½ per cent of the globe's land surface is fit for c[?]ivation. ...

    Article : 299 words
  12. HOW CRIMINALS ARE IDENTIFIED.

    The Bertillon system for the detection of criminals has often been written about though the interesting facts which we publish in this article ...

    Article : 343 words
  13. A STORY OF THE LATE SIR JOHN ASTLEY.

    As an inventor of absurd contests, the late Sir John Astley was almost as distinguished as the Marquis of Queensberry. His great forte was ...

    Article : 410 words
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