A lion feeder was discovered missing one morning by his Czechoslovakian Zoo Director. Seeing two lions licking their chops and comfortably resting, the Director pondered how to retrieve what he could of the feeder's remains for burial....

The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought the master, Captain John Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0º 31' N and LON 179 30' W.  The date was 31 December 1899....