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  3. RE-CAPTURE OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.

    Some forty years ago an attempt to escape from Dartmoor was nearly successful. A prisoner succeeded in creeping along one of the beams sustaining ...

    Article : 461 words
  4. A CASE AT CARLTON.

    The particular sword of Damocles, which once hung over Mrs. Ada Porter, of No.7 High-street, Carlton, was a complication of internal disorders which ...

    Article : 914 words
  5. A NOVELIST AND HIS PUBLIC.

    Probably one of the most amusing—or, I might say, horrifying—things that ever happened to me (writes Mr. Tom Gallon), grew out of the ...

    Article : 452 words
  6. EDISON AND HIS MOTHER.

    The following delightful little story deals with Edison's regard for his mother :— "I was always a careless boy," says ...

    Article : 352 words
  7. LIFE'S HANDICAPS.

    It is a terrible thing to go through life with chained ability, conscious of powers that cannot be used to advantage. ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. HANDS DENOTE THE AGE.

    You may talk about wrinkles on the face, but a person's age can be ascertained from the marks on his or her hands. Hands show the ravages ...

    Article : 168 words
  9. Music—or Matrimony.

    Felix Weingartner, who was one of Liszt's pupils, is responsible for circulating this incident. "A pretty young lady," he relates, ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. A Woman's Wile.

    The conductor said there was room for a few more inside, but when the tram reached a busy thoroughfare, a large—too large—contingent of ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. First-Hand Knowledge.

    A young farm laborer called one market day at the registrar's office to record his father's death. The registrar asked the date of death. ...

    Article : 170 words
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