"From Switzerland comes a report of a noiseless machine gun, operated by electricity."—Yorkshire Evening Post.

Another invention gone wrong.


New Lights on Ancient History.

"Senor Aladro Castriota, the wealthy wine merchant of Xerxes."—Daily News.

Herodotus omits this detail.


"Mrs. —— thoroughly recommends her Russian Nursery Governess; speaks fluent French, German; will answer any question."—Daily Paper.

There are a lot of questions we should like to ask her about Russia.