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  2. SELECT POETRY.

    BEAUTIFUL child by thy mother's knee, In thy mystic future what wilt thou be? A demon of sin, or an angel sublime— A poison Upas, or innocent thyme— ...

    Article : 397 words
  3. A Curious Advertisment.

    THE following advertisement is said to have been published in a Norfolk (England) newspaper, in 1680:— "By her majesty's letters patent, Beards taken off and Registered by Isaac Punchard, Barber, ...

    Article : 237 words
  4. USEFUL PRECEPTS.

    FIRST catch your lover. Hold him when you have him. Don't let go of him or catch hold of every new one that comes along. ...

    Article : 216 words
  5. Edison's Prophecy.

    EDISON, the inventor, indulges in the following prediction:—" As to the changes which will be effected by electricty within fifty years in the city of New York, I would say that I believe electricity will ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. The Newer Arithmetic.

    A WOMAN placed four pounds of cold meat and eight slices of bread before a tramp. At the end of twenty minutes how much was left? A young man, by swearing off on cigars, tobacco, ...

    Article : 227 words
  7. DAISY LATIMER; OR, FOR LOVE OR WEALTH.

    Two persons were walking in one of the London parks one lovely May morning. Around all was bright and gay; numbers of people, tempted forth by the fine weather, were ...

    Article : 1,521 words
  8. Some new Geography.

    OF what is the surface of the earth composed? Of corner lots, mighty poor roads, railroad tracks, and cricket-fields. What portion of the globe is water? ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. Manging v. the Guillotine

    AT last it in beginning to be recognised in Franco (the Lancet says) that the brain of the decapitated criminal lives, and consciousness is maintained, for an appreciable time, which to the victim may seem ...

    Article : 260 words
  10. What is love?

    ONE hundred letters were written to as many well known "thinkers," requesting answers to the question, What is love? The result indicates a confusing variety of opinion among the people as to what love ...

    Article : 202 words
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