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  2. Royal Palace "Burglars."

    The escapade of the adventurous Londoner who achieved notoriety recently by scaling the garden wall and entering Buckingham Palace by ...

    Article : 362 words
  3. Record in Deep-sea Diving.

    The Italian ironclad Reins Margherita lost an anchor and chain near the Isle of Scarpanto. in the Aegean Sea. The depsh here was ...

    Article : 267 words
  4. Painting Under the Sea.

    What are undoubtedly the most unique pictures in the world were, a short time ago, exhibited in a special salon in Chicago. These ...

    Article : 692 words
  5. Mysterious Telegraph Between Hand and Brain.

    A mosquito stings you in the dark—how do you know exactly where the sting has taken place and where to bring down your ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 661 words
  6. Criminals' Secret Slang.

    That the modern "crook" is a post-master in the art of slang, and can carry on a conversation with his confederates which would puzzle ...

    Article : 450 words
  7. PEN PICTURES OF THE PAST.

    The selection of Baron Haussmann as Prefect of the Seine (a post analogous to that of the chairman of the London County ...

    Article : 290 words
  8. AN EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IMPOSTOR.

    On June 23, 1703, William Fuller, "Cheat-master General of England," received a severe sentence, after one of the most ...

    Article : 244 words
  9. The Ways of Society.

    A new book to which the "London Evening News" draws attention is "The Ways of Society," by Mrs. Danvers Delano (Werner Laurie ...

    Article : 342 words
  10. THE "FIRST GENTLEMAN'S" LAST DAY.

    The death of George IV. at Windsor, June 26, 1830, was neither an event of much national importance nor a cause of great national ...

    Article : 251 words
  11. Lock for Door Key.

    A recently invented American device for locking a door key in the lock so that it will be proof against the burglar's nippers used ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 83 words
  12. Floral Islands.

    Miss Jessie Mothersole, in her book on "Seilly"—has, of course (says the "Westminster Gazette") a good deal to say about the floral ...

    Article : 322 words
  13. Bank-notes in Wrecks.

    Although the chances of being able to do so are considered doubtful, since she lies in seventeen fathoms of water, the ...

    Article : 412 words
  14. A MUSICAL FOUNDLING.

    The man to whom Great Britain is said to owe her National Anthem was a foundling. There is a story which says he was the son ...

    Article : 289 words
  15. Hand-washing Extraordinary.

    Most people attribute the immensely decreased rate of mortality in case of severe surgical operations to the increased skill of the ...

    Article : 325 words
  16. Disenchantment.

    Sir Robert Ball, the famous astronomer, whose death occurred recently, used to tell a little story of an experience that he had when ...

    Article : 134 words
  17. LAW AND JUSTICE.

    Bert Brown was a bricklayer whose even life had gone on uneventfully until one sad day he fell off a high scaffolding, and had to ...

    Article : 219 words
  18. HOW TO CUT GLASS.

    There is a method of cutting glass without the aid of a diamond which is very little known. Take a piece of common string and ...

    Article : 232 words
  19. REALLY RATHER DIFFICULT.

    "Well, old man, called out the bachelor friend, as he hastened towards the station, "and bowls the family?" ...

    Article : 139 words
  20. TO CLEAN SINKS AND BATHTUBS.

    Permangamate of potash salts thrown in sinks and bath tubs will deodorise all stagnant water and destroy all vermin that may have ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. CAPTAIN BAKER.

    Sir Samuel White Baker, the distinguished African traveller, who died in 1893, had a noteworthy ancestor in his grandfather, Valentine ...

    Article : 293 words
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