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Curious Wagers.
Thinking he had thrown sufficient money away , the baronet disputed further payment . The recipient , unwilling to lose so rich an annuity , brought an action , which , after lengthy litigation , was decided in favour of Sir Mark . Vieuxtemps . —This well-known violinist used to tell a strange story of a wager whioh he said he had really witnessed whilst on a visit to London . One day as he was walking across London Bridge , a man jumped up on the parapet and leapt down into the river . There was at once a rush of eager spectators , and a voice shouted , " I'll bet he drowns 1 " " Two to one he'll
swim ashore I" " Done ! " Vieuxtemps hastened to get a boat , and was rowing with a waterman to the rescue of the unhappy creature , who was floundering about , and just managing to keep himself afloat . As they reached him , and were preparing to pull him into the boat , there was a roar from the Bridge : — " Leave him alone , there ' s a bet on I" The waterman , says the narrative , immediately lay on bis oars , refusing to make any further attempt to save the drowning man , and Vieuxtemps saw him sink before his very eyes .
Ugliness Matched . —It is said that a bet was once made in relation to Heidegger , Master of the Revels to George II ., whose ugliness it was alleged impossible to surpass . The slums of London were ransacked from one end to the other , and at last , in St . Giles's , an old woman was found , who it was thought would rival this Thersites of the eighteenth century . On being confronted with Heidegger , the judges maintained that the latter , who made himself a party to the dispute with the greatest good-humour , had now fairly
met wifch his match , when it was suggested that he should put on the old woman ' s bonnet . The additional hideousness thus imparted was such thafc Heidegger was unanimously declared as the holder of the championship of ugliness . It was Heidegger who claimed to be the most ingenious man in Europe , for , said he , " I was born a Swiss , and came to England without a farthing , but I have found means to gain £ 5 , 000 a year and to spend it . Now I defy the most able Englishman to go to Switzerland , and either to gain that income , or to spend it there . " He died in 1749 , aged ninety years . ( To be continued ) . " The Book of Rarities , " by Bro . Edward Roberts , P . M .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Adelphi . —Twice Daily , Dick Whittington . Avenue . —8 , Constancy . 8-40 , Lord and Lady Algy . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 Comedy . —8-15 , Milord Sir Smith . Matinee , Thursday and Saturday , 2-30 . Criterion . —8-15 , Nicolete . 8-45 , My " Soldier " Boy . Matinee , Saturday . Daly ' s . —8-15 , A Greek Slave . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Drury Lane . —Twice Daily , The Forty Thieves . Duke of York ' s . —8 , Red Roses . 8-45 , The Adventure of Lady Ursula . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8-15 , A Bunaway Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrlok . —8 , The Three Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , Ji * ± Ut
Globe . —8-15 , School . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Haymarket . —8-10 , A Golden Wedding . 9 , The Manoeuvres of Jane . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-15 . Her Majesty ' s—8-15 , The Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-15 . Lyceum . —8 , Carl Bosa Opera Company . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Lyric—8 , Little Miss Nobody . 9-30 , La Loie Fuller . Matinee , Thursday
and Saturday , 2-30 . Olympic—8 , East Lynne . Opera Comique . — -Twice Daily , Alice in Wonderland . Prince of Walea ' s . —8-15 , La PoupAe . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Princess . —8 , The Crystal Globe . Matinee , Wednesday 2 .
Royalty . —8-15 , Confederates . 9 , A Little Bay of Sunshine . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Savoy . —8-15 , The Lucky Star . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Shaftesbury . —8 , The Belle of New York . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 . St . James . —8-80 , The Ambassador . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday ,
Strand . —8-15 , An Empty Stocking . 9 , What happened to Jones . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Terry ' s . —8 , The Lady Bookie . 8 ' 45 , The Brixton Burglary . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Vaudeville . —8 , A Bad Penny . 9 , On and Off . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Alexandra . —7 . 30 , Cinderella . Saturday , 1-30 also .
Dalston . —7-30 , Aladdin . Thursday , 2 also . Grand . —7-30 , Babes in the Wood . Monday , Wednesday and Saturday , 1-30 . Parkhurst . —7-45 , Aladdin . Wednesday and Saturday , 2 also . Queen ' s Opera House , Crouch End . —7-45 , Cinderella . Next week , Lord and Lady Algy . Alhambra . —7 . 45 , Variety Entertainment . Jack Ashore , Seo . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily , Pantomime , Santa Glaus . Aquarium . —Varieties , Minting , Paula , The Great Dive , 10 , 2 and 7 .
Empire . —7-60 , Variety Entertainment . New Ballet Alaska , & c . Egyotian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne ' s entertainment . London Pavilion . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Olympia . —Barnum and Bailey ' s Show . Oxford . —Variety Entertainment . Palace . —7 - 45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & o . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Tivoli . —7 " 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also .
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Curious Wagers.
Thinking he had thrown sufficient money away , the baronet disputed further payment . The recipient , unwilling to lose so rich an annuity , brought an action , which , after lengthy litigation , was decided in favour of Sir Mark . Vieuxtemps . —This well-known violinist used to tell a strange story of a wager whioh he said he had really witnessed whilst on a visit to London . One day as he was walking across London Bridge , a man jumped up on the parapet and leapt down into the river . There was at once a rush of eager spectators , and a voice shouted , " I'll bet he drowns 1 " " Two to one he'll
swim ashore I" " Done ! " Vieuxtemps hastened to get a boat , and was rowing with a waterman to the rescue of the unhappy creature , who was floundering about , and just managing to keep himself afloat . As they reached him , and were preparing to pull him into the boat , there was a roar from the Bridge : — " Leave him alone , there ' s a bet on I" The waterman , says the narrative , immediately lay on bis oars , refusing to make any further attempt to save the drowning man , and Vieuxtemps saw him sink before his very eyes .
Ugliness Matched . —It is said that a bet was once made in relation to Heidegger , Master of the Revels to George II ., whose ugliness it was alleged impossible to surpass . The slums of London were ransacked from one end to the other , and at last , in St . Giles's , an old woman was found , who it was thought would rival this Thersites of the eighteenth century . On being confronted with Heidegger , the judges maintained that the latter , who made himself a party to the dispute with the greatest good-humour , had now fairly
met wifch his match , when it was suggested that he should put on the old woman ' s bonnet . The additional hideousness thus imparted was such thafc Heidegger was unanimously declared as the holder of the championship of ugliness . It was Heidegger who claimed to be the most ingenious man in Europe , for , said he , " I was born a Swiss , and came to England without a farthing , but I have found means to gain £ 5 , 000 a year and to spend it . Now I defy the most able Englishman to go to Switzerland , and either to gain that income , or to spend it there . " He died in 1749 , aged ninety years . ( To be continued ) . " The Book of Rarities , " by Bro . Edward Roberts , P . M .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Adelphi . —Twice Daily , Dick Whittington . Avenue . —8 , Constancy . 8-40 , Lord and Lady Algy . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 Comedy . —8-15 , Milord Sir Smith . Matinee , Thursday and Saturday , 2-30 . Criterion . —8-15 , Nicolete . 8-45 , My " Soldier " Boy . Matinee , Saturday . Daly ' s . —8-15 , A Greek Slave . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Drury Lane . —Twice Daily , The Forty Thieves . Duke of York ' s . —8 , Red Roses . 8-45 , The Adventure of Lady Ursula . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8-15 , A Bunaway Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrlok . —8 , The Three Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , Ji * ± Ut
Globe . —8-15 , School . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Haymarket . —8-10 , A Golden Wedding . 9 , The Manoeuvres of Jane . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-15 . Her Majesty ' s—8-15 , The Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-15 . Lyceum . —8 , Carl Bosa Opera Company . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Lyric—8 , Little Miss Nobody . 9-30 , La Loie Fuller . Matinee , Thursday
and Saturday , 2-30 . Olympic—8 , East Lynne . Opera Comique . — -Twice Daily , Alice in Wonderland . Prince of Walea ' s . —8-15 , La PoupAe . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Princess . —8 , The Crystal Globe . Matinee , Wednesday 2 .
Royalty . —8-15 , Confederates . 9 , A Little Bay of Sunshine . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Savoy . —8-15 , The Lucky Star . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Shaftesbury . —8 , The Belle of New York . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 . St . James . —8-80 , The Ambassador . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday ,
Strand . —8-15 , An Empty Stocking . 9 , What happened to Jones . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Terry ' s . —8 , The Lady Bookie . 8 ' 45 , The Brixton Burglary . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Vaudeville . —8 , A Bad Penny . 9 , On and Off . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Alexandra . —7 . 30 , Cinderella . Saturday , 1-30 also .
Dalston . —7-30 , Aladdin . Thursday , 2 also . Grand . —7-30 , Babes in the Wood . Monday , Wednesday and Saturday , 1-30 . Parkhurst . —7-45 , Aladdin . Wednesday and Saturday , 2 also . Queen ' s Opera House , Crouch End . —7-45 , Cinderella . Next week , Lord and Lady Algy . Alhambra . —7 . 45 , Variety Entertainment . Jack Ashore , Seo . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily , Pantomime , Santa Glaus . Aquarium . —Varieties , Minting , Paula , The Great Dive , 10 , 2 and 7 .
Empire . —7-60 , Variety Entertainment . New Ballet Alaska , & c . Egyotian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne ' s entertainment . London Pavilion . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Olympia . —Barnum and Bailey ' s Show . Oxford . —Variety Entertainment . Palace . —7 - 45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & o . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Tivoli . —7 " 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also .
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EADE'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . The SAFEST and most EFFECTUAL CUBE for GOUT , BHEUMATISM , and all PAINS in the HEAD , FACE , and LIMBS . Would not be without tfrem for all tbe World . They are a most Wonderful Medicine . fi OUT . 15 Sunbeam Terrace , Beeston Hill , VJT Leeds , Yorkshire , 24 th Jan . 1898 . RHEUMATISM . Dear Mr . Eade , —I feel it my duty to acknowledge the great good your pills have done me . I have been fi OUT . a great sufierer with Eheumatic Gout , but for tht \ JT last three years , having taken your pills , I have RHEUMATISM , always been free from it , and am never withoue them in the house . I can highly recommend them GOUT . to all people suSering with Bheumatism as a safe and sure cure . I have often given one or two awae RHEUMATISM , to friends for a trial , and , like me , they would not by without them for all the world , THEY AEE A MOST WONDEEEUL MEDICINE , EADE'S PILLS , and may your name be praised all over the whole world . You may make use of this letter if you think EADE'S PILLS , proper . Yours truly , HENBY THOMAS LANGLEY . Eade ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills AEE PEEPABED ONLY BY GEORGE EADE , 72 GOSWELL ROAD , LONDON , And sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors , IN BOTTLES , at Is ljd and 2 s 9 d each .
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