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Between the Louvre and the Place de la Republique lie the great grimy sheds of the Halles Centrales, the central markets of Paris. Tourists returning from the theatres pass long lines of high-wheeled wagons, piled high with cabbages. Few ever notice the long rows of stalls outside the market...
Captain Turner "almost busted a boiler," steamed up the river at 20 m. p. h. People writhed on the deck, lay panting below, gasping, retching, vomiting. Captain Turner steered close to the dock at Alexandria, six miles from Washington, shouted his news as he went by. Alexandrians called the Washington...
For 51 weeks of the year the capital of Navarra is a sleepy little Spanish city where half-naked children play in the narrow streets and café waiters doze under the arcades of the broad, quiet Plaza de la Constitucíon. But in the second week of July...
"The seals travel in their regular wagons which are loaded on the flat care and moved from stop to stop. This does not disturb the animals at all and they continue their daily swims and usual diet.
"While the seals splashed joyously in their pool nearby, Mr. Tiebor told of the time necessary to dismantle the entire circus. "All of the wagons which fill 40 flat cars can be loaded in one and one half hours. This will have to be done next week when we open...