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  2. An American Speculator's Experience.

    SOME months ago, Mr. Joaquin Miller, the post, was stated to be "operating" in Wall-street. New York papers chronicled the fact that he was engaged in speculation and was rapidly making a ...

    Article : 922 words
  3. Obituary.

    OUR cable message last week advised us of the death of a man who has for many years occupied a prominent place in the Republic of Letters, and who, as one of the foremost men in the ...

    Article : 808 words
  4. Snaring an Alligator.

    A CORRESPONDENT, who has seen fishing in the Florida waters, tells in Forest and Stream of his adventure in snaring an alligator. "We procured." he says, "a strong seven-eighths manilla ...

    Article : 738 words
  5. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIEBAS. A COUNTER-IRRITANT is described as a woman who is forever shopping, and never finds anything ...

    Article : 1,084 words
  6. Flotsam and Jetsam.

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    Article : 606 words
  7. A Cool Detective.

    As a rule, highwaymen in the mining States seldom operate upon a stage-coach with "U.S.M." on it. They know that these initials stand for the United States Mail, and are a pledge that the ...

    Article : 397 words
  8. A Fickle Bridegroom.

    WITNESSES of a marriage ceremony are not a superfluity if the bridegroom needs watching as much as the Scotchman did who figures here at his own wedding. ...

    Article : 266 words
  9. Where He Missed It.

    A WOODWARD-A VENUE merchant, who has for two or three years past employed an ancient darkey to do odd chores about the store, was yesterday asked for a few minutes' private ...

    Article : 342 words
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