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  2. COST OF LONDON GOVERNMENT.

    The gross cost of London government every year is calculated at £13,391,379, but to this enormous figure must be added a sum of £2,611,494, which gives a total of ...

    Article : 430 words
  3. MILL DISASTER.

    An appalling disaster occurred in Belfast, Ireland, on Monday, January 20, the central portions of one of its leading spinning and weaving factories totally collapsing, and ...

    Article : 1,958 words
  4. SCOLDED BY THE KAISER.

    The Kaiser, according to a German officer who recently arrived in London, issued some decisive orders on January 1 to the officers of the Imperial army. ...

    Article : 169 words
  5. WHISKY AT 2s. A BOTTLE.

    Professor Hewitt, in a lecture recently to the Chemical Society at Burlington House, London, claimed to have discovered a new process by which whisky can be distilled ...

    Article : 516 words
  6. NEW YORK REFORM.

    A great gathering assembled at the City Hall, New York, on New Year's Day, to witness the swearing-in of the Mayor (Mr. Low), and of the other officials. Despite ...

    Article : 226 words
  7. HOW A BARGAIN WAS MADE.

    Not long ago there was an exciting cricket match played between two country clubs. The finish was exceedingly close, and when Farmer Orroroo went in as last ...

    Article : 177 words
  8. STAG HUNT TRAGEDY.

    A most remarkable tragedy occurred in England on Friday morning, January 3, in the course of a run with the South Coast staghounds ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. SMARTLY DONE.

    A youth, rushing along in quest of a seat in a crowded train, spied one next to a stout passenger. But, no! it was occupied by a black bag. Turning to the stout ...

    Article : 165 words
  10. TO LEGALISE POISONING

    A remarkable petition was addressed to the Second Chamber of the Saxon Parliament last December. It begs that a law be passed giving a ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. "LET HER GO."

    When ex-Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, was miming for the United States Congress, he happened once to be at a hanging. After the sheriff had adjusted the rope ...

    Article : 194 words
  12. TO FOIL ANARCHISTS.

    According to the Paris "Presse" of January 9 M. Szepanek, the inventor of a bullet-proof silk material, has been received by the Czar of Russia, who was so struck with ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. A ROYAL GIFT.

    "Right away!" shouted the stationmaster, just as a man dashed up to him from the ticket-office. "Too late, sir. Stand back!" he added, a moment later. ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. A WESLEYAN PREACHER'S STORIES.

    One of the best-known and most popular of present-day Wesleyan ministers is the Rev. W. L. Watkinson. Some stories concerning him are told in the "Young Man" ...

    Article : 197 words
  15. "WATER OF DEATH."

    A number of officers in the German Guards had sat long over their wine after a dinner party among themselves at Potsdam, when one of them for a wager drank ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. A THOUGHTFUL WIFE.

    The young physician was tired when he returned from his evening's calls, but as he settled back in his easy chair, and his pretty wife of only a month or two took ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. SUICIDE AT NINETY.

    Joseph Van der Woodt was 90 years of age, and an inmate of the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor at South Lambeth. ...

    Article : 140 words
  18. ADVERTISEMENTS THAT CHEER.

    If ever the white cliffs of England are placed at the disposal of the advertiser the home-coming wayfarer and the benighted mariner will scan them with peculiar ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. FOR A £200,000 WAGER.

    A doctor of medicine from Bucharest, M. Georges[?], arrived in Cracow in January, in fulfilment of a bet of £200,000, which he has made with Prince Michael ...

    Article : 141 words
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