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  2. OUR SERIAL STORY

    The house was situated on the outskirts of one of those towns or villages that impinge upon Epping Forest. It was a small villa of the style that obtained in the earlier decades of ...

    Article : 3,289 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 223 words
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    THE WAY WE TREAT THE DEPOSED OWNERS OF AUSTRALIA. —For letterpress see Page 4 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 14 words
  5. A SMOKER'S HINT.

    To prevent packing tobacco too tightly in the bowl of a pipe, the following idea is worth noting. Place an ordinary wooden match at the side of the bowl before loading the pipe, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 89 words
  6. PARS FROM ALL PARTS

    The British Treasury pays to Irish old-age pensioners nearly £3,000,000 a year. Mr. C. E. Hobhouse, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, says it is roughly estimated that on the ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. BOOKMAKERS' STAMPS.

    One of the strongest reasons advanced against the proposed Dutch measure which will banish English bookmakers from Flushing Middelburg, and Goes is that they buy from the Dutch ...

    Article : 39 words
  8. EYE PIERCED BY HAT PIN.

    An award of 7/6 a week during incapacity for the loss of an eye destroyed by a hatpin was made by the Liverpool County Court Judge, Under the Compensation Act. ...

    Article : 128 words
  9. HEARTBEATS.

    A curious fact has come to light with regard to the heartbeats of various animals. It would seem that the larger the animal is the slower are its heartbeats. ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. COSTLY HISTORY OF A WAR.

    The second report of the Committee on Public Accounts (London), states that the official history of the South African War is now finished at a total net cost of £34,706/18/10, of ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. CHURCH BUILT BY ONE MAN.

    One often speaks of a church or some other like edifice built by one man but the impression meant to be conveyed is usually that, one man provided the funds for the structure. In ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 125 words
  12. A SEASIDE TOWNSHIP.

    The pleasant little seaside town of Ardglass, co. Down, Ireland is shortly to be sold by auction. The sale is the outcome of legal proceedings in the High Court. It Is famous for ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. PREYING ON THE PHILANTHROPIC.

    The practice of begging letter-writing is fast developing into a fine art, says "M.A.P.," London. Unscrupulous individuals now go to the length of taking an office where they spend ...

    Article : 254 words
  14. THE BATTLESHIP COLOSSUS.

    The new battleship Colossus, built at Greenoak, which is now undergoing her trails, previous to acceptance by the Admiralty, has been the subject of a series of experiments in the ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. HIGH PRICES FOR OLD SILVER.

    High prices were realised at Messrs. Chris[?]te's rooms, London, for old silver, four pieces producing just £4000. A Charles II. porringer, Priez, in weight, went for £2000, and another, ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. FLIES AS GERM CARRIERS.

    Mr. W. E. Collinge at the conference of the Association of Economic Biologists at Birmingham University, said that the belief that flies were capable of carrying germs of infectious ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. SEASON TICKETS FOR DOGS.

    Season tickets for dogs travelling on the London Metropolitan Railway may now be Purchased. Several such tickets have already been issued ...

    Article : 74 words
  18. CHINESE JEWELLERY MADE IN GERMANY.

    The power of German imitation is strikingly exemplified in a recent creation of jewellery embossed with Chinese characters signifying "longevity" and "good luck," heretofore exclusively ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. THE DEMAND FOR FURS.

    It is surprising to read the following list of animals killed in a single year for use in Great Britain only. North America sent 128,000 foxes, £100 wolverines, 82,000 beavers, 15,500 otters, ...

    Article : 154 words
  20. IRELAND'S TRADE MARK.

    Mr. John Redmond addressed a letter to the President of the United States on March 11 asking him to use his influence in order that a special Act of Congress mig[?] be passed ...

    Article : 93 words
  21. "COME HOME TO DIE."

    "Mother, I've come home to die," were the words of a young woman named Lily Gertrude Peaney, as she entered her parents' residence in Castle-road, Chatham, England, after three ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. DEAD MAN'S ILLUSIONS.

    A curious will case, arising out of the estate of the late Mr. Edgar Swan, of Colchester, who left about £17,500, came before Sir Samuel Evens in the Probate Court, London. ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. BRAND FOR CONVICTED ALIENS.

    "It would be a good thing if some mark could be put on an undesirable alien who had once been deported," was an observation made by Judge Rentoul, the High Commissioner, during ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. KILLING OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT.

    They are getting alarmed in Paris over the threatened extinction of the elephant in the French Congo. Ten years more, says on authority, the animal will be as scarce as the ...

    Article : 234 words
  25. £200,000 FOR OFFICERS' CLUB.

    Major the Hon. H. Lorton Bourke, uncle of the present Earl of Mayo, whose will has been proved, left £527,797. On the death of his wife he bequeathed ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. HOW BRITAIN'S NAVY ESTIMATES HAVE GROWN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  27. TRAIN SAVED BY A HEROIC BOY.

    Whilst riding on a tricycle belonging to a railway company at Merritt, British Columbia, last month, William Lea, 17 years of age, was horrified to see an immense rock slide coming ...

    Article : 158 words
  28. MORGANATIC MARRIAGE STORY.

    Claiming to be a great-granddaughter of Princes Augusta by a secret morganatic marriage to an Equerry to King George III., Miss Helena H[?]lstead, who gave no address, was charged at ...

    Article : 126 words
  29. CANADA'S FIRST NAVAL WORKS.

    An important step towards the establishment of naval works in Canada has, it is stated, been taken by the conclusion of a contract between the Montreal Harbor Commissioners and the ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. SOME QUEER DISHES.

    In some parts of the world people eat seaweed, in others, birds' nests are a delicacy. Hunters of big game enjoy a meal of elephant's foot. Ordinary people, however, content ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. 7,000,000,000 CALLS A YEAR.

    The annual reports of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company show the rapid growth of the Bell telephone system in the United States. There is now one telephone ...

    Article : 91 words
  32. THE TOOTHBRUSH PLANT.

    Another vegetable curiosity is reported from Jamaica. This is the toothbrush plant, portions of the stem of which the natives convert into rough but serviceable toothbrushes, by fraying ...

    Article : 24 words
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