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  2. DOOLEY AND HENNESSY.

    "Ye've, tol' me who ye ar're with I'r pr[?]." said Mr. Hennessy. "But who ar-reye goin' to vote[?] vice-prieidint?" "I havent ned up me mind," said ...

    Article : 2,115 words
  3. WAR ITEMS.

    The following extract from the diary of Mr. Nemirovitch Wanchenko, dealing with the fiercely-contested battle of Wafang-kau, ahows how the Japanese shot and shell broke ...

    Article : 688 words
  4. WIPED OUT.

    The destruction of a Russian battery in one of the recent engagements is thus described by M. Nemirrovitch Wanchenko, the special correspondent of the "Russkyi ...

    Article : 610 words
  5. THE FIRST NICHOLAS.

    In reviewing the first of my sojourns in Russia (writes Andrew D. White ("Russia in War Time") in the August "Century") my thoughts naturally dwell upon the two ...

    Article : 599 words
  6. VIRTUE OF THE STAGE

    "Why are English actresses more virtuous than French?" bodily asks the "Figaro." The question is all the more delicate because of the form in which it is put. There is much ...

    Article : 922 words
  7. A ROMANTIC SPOT.

    In a beautiful and romantic location four miles south of the city of Bedford, Indiana. (U.S.), there is a tract of 782 acres that la the only piece of neutral ground on the American ...

    Article : 674 words
  8. PUBLIC POST-BAG.

    One of the most remarkable features of the British Postmaster-General's report for last year is the testimony it supplies to the virulence with which the picture-card mania is ...

    Article : 472 words
  9. AN ARTIST'S STORY.

    Henry de Groux, an artist of great though somewhat eccentric talent, and an interesting, if peculiar, personality, tells an extraordinary story of his having been kidnapped ...

    Article : 313 words
  10. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE STRUGGLE.

    General Stoessel. the gallant defender of Part Arthur. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  11. PAINLESS DENTISTRY.

    Ever since 184-1, when Dr. "Horace Wells, of Hertford, Connecticut, had some of hla teeth painlessly removed while under the influence of nitrous oxide or laughing gas, ...

    Article : 303 words
  12. RIOTOUS BRIDAL PARTY.

    There was an unpleasant but, not an unusual ending to a wedding which to a taken place in Paris. Bride, bridegroom, and guests had to be locked up owing to their ...

    Article : 282 words
  13. A BIT TOO SMART.

    One day not long age a man entered a furniture dealer's shop and asked to see a certain piece of furniture which was priced at 10s 6d. ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. TURN OF THE HANDLE.

    A beef ox stood at the stockyard gate. Moo, moo! In Chi-ca-go. A-lookin' just as happy as a new tin plate, ...

    Article : 288 words
  15. IN HOLY LHASSA.

    "A British force," says the London "Daily Telegraph," "has marched where the foot of no living white man had over trod, and has seen what no European eye for several ...

    Article : 194 words
  16. THE WRONG WOMAN.

    Jealous ladies when shooting at fickle lovers generally hit the wrong man. A suspicious husband one night recently blackened the eye of the wrong woman in Paris. ...

    Article : 258 words
  17. A CHILD'S SUGGESTION.

    'A well-known lecturer was once invited to tea at a certain house. Immediately on being seated at the table a little daughter of the house said to the guest abruptly-- ...

    Article : 246 words
  18. KRUGER'B LAST RESTING-PLACE.

    Kruger's a family grave at Pretoria. Here will probably be laid the remains of the ex-President of the Transvaal Republic. Mrs. Kruger is burled beneath the stone on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  19. SUFFICIENT REASON.

    In his early struggling days, to before he sustained fame and fortune, a well-known public man once found himself in a small country place. Wondering idly round the ...

    Article : 204 words
  20. THE " BLACK HAND " GANG.

    The police at New York have captured a member of the notorious "Black Hand" gang, which exists by kidnapping and blackmailing. A pathetic letter has been received by ...

    Article : 105 words
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