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  2. "CUTTING THE PAINTER."

    Every now and again we hear threats that the Colonies will cut the painter if England refuses to do something they desire, or persists in ...

    Article : 1,366 words
  3. THIEF V. DETECTIVE.

    Thieves give themselves away, and they give each other away, because it is their nature to; they can't help it, said the most experienced ...

    Article : 545 words
  4. THE WOMAN WITH THE WONDERFUL EYES.

    Senorita Amada Diaz de la Torre, the eldest daughter of the President of the Republic of Mexico, is known widely in that nation as "The ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. GIVES AMAY £250,000 A YEAR.

    Day in and day out she sits and knits and knits and knits, with a steadfastness of purpose that ruled the fingers of Madame Jacobin. But ...

    Article : 282 words
  6. FATAL FORTUHE TELLERS.

    In a law case which was tried recently it was mentioned, incidentally, that one of the parties concerned had become seriously ill through ...

    Article : 339 words
  7. A LOST CREW.

    On September 18, 1860 Commander Hunt, of the United States navy, with 95 officers and men, sailed from the Hawaiian Islands, bound for ...

    Article : 724 words
  8. TIME AND THE TELEPHONE.

    A recent proposal to construct a telephone line between New York and San Francisco has called forth an interesting criticism, which shows ...

    Article : 122 words
  9. WAS ADAM 125 FEET HIGH.

    According to the Rabbinical writ­ings Adam was of gigantic structure before the Fall, but afterwards shrunk to the present ordinary ...

    Article : 426 words
  10. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Signatures in lead-pencil have been held good in law. About 20C tons of refuse is swept oil London steets daily. ...

    Article : 640 words
  11. IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

    Captain Robert Faulknor, a com­mander in the British Navy in 1794, was a man of unusual courage. During an encounter close under the ...

    Article : 387 words
  12. LIQUID AM AT LAST.

    We are now really promised liquid air on commercial terms. It is to be tinned out hy thousands of gallons per diem at one-sixth the ...

    Article : 251 words
  13. A STORY FROM IRELAND.

    "The poor Saxon 'towrist'—what he may suffer in the Emerald Isle! There is a story on record of three Irishmen rushing away from the ...

    Article : 246 words
  14. TRUE STORY OF A SHETLAND PONY.

    A well-authenticated and extraor­dinary case of the sagacity of the Shetland pony has just come under our notice. A year or two ago Mr. ...

    Article : 319 words
  15. AUTOMATIC CYCLE PUMP.

    Many attempts have been made to devise some plan that would obviate the hand pump for [?] cycle tyres, but the perfect ...

    Article : 375 words
  16. "HEIGHT" FRIGHT.

    A curious disease is 'elevation fright," about which very little is known. Dr. R. Ten Eyck Webster, an American doctor, says:— ...

    Article : 341 words
  17. TEACHER AND JOHNIE.

    Teacher: "What three words did Adam use when he introduced himself to Eve which road backwards and forwards tlic same?" ...

    Article : 265 words
  18. SELF-MADE WOMEN.

    Are men bigger braggarts than women 1 If not, why is it that wo arc always hearing about "self-made men" and never about self-made ...

    Article : 274 words
  19. MASTER AND WORKMAN.

    Tho proprietor of the engineering works was casting his eagle eye round, and alack! it fell upon an unhappy apprentice who was using ...

    Article : 160 words
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