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  2. How Gamblers Cheat.

    Wherever you find the gambler, there also will be the sharper, and below are a few of the common devices employed by him. A coin which is. frequently used for the ...

    Article : 488 words
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  4. The Loving Cup.

    Most of us are acquainted with the peculiar drinking vessel called the loving cup, and. perhaps. wondered why it generally, pose sesses three. handle., when two would be ...

    Article : 319 words
  5. Law to Check Fire Foe.

    Recently, in England, there came into force one of the most beneficent Act. ever passed by Parliament. By the Fabrics (Misdescription), Act a stern check will be ...

    Article : 203 words
  6. There Was None.

    A very well-known leader in former days of the North-Eastern Circuit, used. to tell this story against himself He was instructed for the plaintiff in a libel ...

    Article : 189 words
  7. The Best Dream

    An Irishman and a Scotsman were travelling across a, Western prairie. It happened that one afternoon they shot a single quail, which would serve for breakfast for one of ...

    Article : 139 words
  8. Lord Nelson and his Valet.

    The great Nelson's sovereignity was confined to the seas; on land his valet, old Tom, ruled him completely. He was no hero to Tom, but a boy to be governed, ...

    Article : 253 words
  9. Actress's 89th Birthday.

    Yesterday that fine actress, Mrs John Billington, entered her 90th year (says the 'Daily Telegraph' of January 5) and her many friends in and outside the profession ...

    Article : 174 words
  10. Taught a Lesson.

    It happened at a public hall. He was a man of serious intentions, and she was rich and weddable. They sat in the hall under the stairway. It was a nook for lovers. ...

    Article : 211 words
  11. Prompt Measures.

    It was in the police court of a country market place. The prisoner, a red-nosed-bleary-eyed individual, beating the signs of conflict, was charged with being drunk and ...

    Article : 211 words
  12. Then he Flew.

    A gentleman who was anxious to catch, a certain train hailed a hansom, gave instructions as to the station to be driven to, and jumped, in, but the horse made very slow ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. Eccentric Wager.

    For an eccentric wager, the strangest was one laid at the beginning of the present century. The sum staked was only five shillings, but the interest was very great when. ...

    Article : 217 words
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