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  2. DEACON BRODIE, THE PIOUS BURGLAR,

    In the Lawnmarket, on the loft-hand ide looking towards the Castle, there is gloomy 'cul de sac,' anciently called Lord Callen's Close, but more recently ...

    Article : 4,051 words
  3. A Code of Morals.

    Temperance—Eat not to fulness; Irink not to elevation. Silence—Speak not but what benefits others or yourself; avoid trifling ...

    Article : 138 words
  4. For the Old and Young.

    A ship put out to sea with a crew consisting of thirty men (one half Lascars, the other half Europeans), besides the captain and his wife. Owing to contrary winds, ...

    Article : 137 words
  5. The Brahmin and the Thief

    The person who related this story to the writer had charge, some years ago, of a postal division on the western coast of India,parts of which ...

    Article : 565 words
  6. CONUNDRUMS.

    (1) What island is nearest heaven? (2) What island is the land of wrath? (3) What island it most like snow? (4) What islands are the best singers? ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. The Professor's Sligh[?] Mistake.

    An amusing story is told about a Professor. The learned gentleman has wife and family, but, Professor-like, his thoughts are always with his books. ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. RIDDLE.

    I am a word of letters five, [?]ft used in various senses; By master, servant, old and young, On spots, but not offences. ...

    Article : 74 words
  9. TRANSPOSITION.

    La lies, when yos my whole unfold, Transposed should I appear. 'Twould urge a frown, perhaps a scowl, And make you rather queer, ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. CONUNDRUM.

    What weapon is that which makes a good fish, May kill you in battle, or make a good dish? ANSWER;—A pike. ...

    Article : 24 words
  11. A Woman's Bast Friend.

    'Woman's best weapon is her tongue,' says an old philosopher. Not at all. She has a far better one, and the wisest women is she who, in wifehood, has ...

    Article : 155 words
  12. ENIGMA.

    On the wild desert's bright but dreary plain, Hungury and worn, end far from help of men The fainting pilgrim seeks my generous aid. Nor hopes for less than sustenance and ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. CHARADE.

    While with my first I spoke the other day, 'Twas with amusment that I heard him say, "To-morrow is my second I must start For foreign climes—and then, Kate, we ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. ENGLISH TOWNS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.

    (1) A tree—a joint of meat. (2) A fruit—a preposition. (3) An implement for cultivating land. (4) A graceful bird a piece of water. ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. Home-made Albums.

    A[?]ong the things that a clever young girl can easily make with her own hands [?]re albums. These objects may be tured out in almost endless ...

    Article : 398 words
  16. DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

    A great general of modern [?]imes, and the greatest-defeat he experienced. These may he as[?]rtained by solving the follwing, the initial forming the name of the general and ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. RIDDLE.

    This word of two syllables you easily may Apply is more senses than one in a day Tne M.P. who wishes a seat to obtain, Must actively try it, or seek it in vain; ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. A Glass And Taper Experiment.

    Some of you were perhaps at the la[?]t Edinburgh Exhibition will remember the remarkable sliding railway, which was one of the attractions of the great ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. CHARADE.

    My first a little creature i[?], [?]ith a sort coat and warm, Ans, though it never goes to school, It sits upon a form.' ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. An Easily-made Magnet

    Place a knife flat on the back of an iron tire shovel end stroke it with the tongs held upright, always in the same direction—namely, from the ...

    Article : 69 words
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