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    Past and present—what the 'Varsity boats looked like in 1829, the year of the first race. The "cox," it will be noticed, wore a '"chimney pot" hat. Selwyn, afterwards famous as Bishop of New Zealand, was in the Cambridge boat with Merivale, future Dean of Ely. Four Oxford men in the race also reached high positions In the Church. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  3. FIRESIDE FANCIES.

    Throughout the whole of the Turkish dominions there is but one influence to which every official, civil and military, and, it is said by some, religious, too, from the ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. A LESSON OF THE 'FRISCO DISASTER.

    THE DOOM OF THE SKYSCRAPER. These steel-frame buildings, with their immense panels filled in with pressed brick, leaned over till the brick-skin peeled off, when the bare skeletons regained the perpendicular. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  5. THE JESTER.

    He: "Did you know I had become an actor?" She: "No. All I heard was that you had gone on the stage." Mr. Grough went to a masquerade the ...

    Article : 516 words
  6. WHEN A BEARD SAVED EUROPE.

    The most striking case in history of the importance of trifles is furnished by the story of Musa, the leader of the Modem lost which won from Christendom in ...

    Article : 212 words
  7. WHEN BRITAIN RAN LOTTERIES.

    Lotteries were common in ancient Rome, and during the Middle Ages lotteries were utilised by the Italian merchants for the disposal of their goods. Some of the ...

    Article : 196 words
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    The above are photos, of two of the officers who have been penalised in connection with the recent "ragging" case in the 1st Battalion Scots Guards. Surgeon-major P. N. Whiston has been informed of the displeasure of the Army Council at his action in the matter. Colonel A. J. Outhbert has been placed on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. CHURCH-BELL CASTING.

    The accurate casting of a large church bell is an operation of great nicety. The first step is to plan it out carefully on paper, and from the designs made, two ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 308 words
  10. CHARACTER BY THE FACE.

    According to physionomists the type of face winch exhibits the noblest character is the one most worthy of admiration. A face denoting strength of purpose, truth ...

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  11. THE FIRST MOTION.

    The "Tale of Two Brothers," written 3200 years ago by the Theban scribe, Ennana, Librarian of the Palace to Kins Merenptah, the supposed Pharaoh of the ...

    Article : 160 words
  12. THROWING FIRE AT SOLDIERS.

    Greek fire, which had several other names—wild fire, liquid fire, wet fire, and fire rain—was the most destructive war material used before the introduction of ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. Real Deadwood Dicks.

    When I entered the grammar and elementary schoolboys' camp in the midst of the Bisley prairie, I was accosted by a very small boy with a very real-looking ...

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  14. "SALUTE AT ONCE."

    The Grand Duchess Olga, the eldest of the Czar's four daughters, is described as an imperious little lady with a great idea of what is due to her rank. ...

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  15. FROM A TRADE POINT.

    A benevolent old bookseller in a provincial town had added to his stock some remarkably fine views of various Continental towns and cities, together ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. ENGLAND AS A SLAVE MARKET.

    In 1772 slavery was declared by the Judges to be contrary to the law of England, but, during Hie years immediately preceding this date, slaves were commonly ...

    Article : 205 words
  17. DOG VERSUS SEA GULL.

    An amusing sight was witnessed, says the "King," from the Maryport golf links. A guillemot swimming close in shore was chased by an Airedale terrier. Quietly ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. TO[?]TOES AND TOP NOTES.

    By ordering his patients to eat heartily of cer[?]ts and forbidding them to touch [?] at all, Dr. Nadal, a foremost scientist, is meeting the throats of the ...

    Article : 391 words
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