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    Here is an essay composed by a boy of nine on Cromwell: "Cromwell was a wicked man, and killed lots of men. He had a nose of copper hew, under which dwelt a truly ...

    Article : 42 words
  3. Important Business.

    One of John Quincy Adams's clients, whose case was to be tried on a certain morning, found that he could not get his counsel to leave his fishing-boat except long ...

    Article : 90 words
  4. The Biter Bitten.

    Dr. Wekerle, Hungarian Minister of Finance, had a country seat at Pilis, near Buda Pesth, where he was in the habit of spending his Sundays. His only piece of luggage on ...

    Article : 302 words
  5. Archbishop's Only Chance.

    Monsignor Donner, Archbishop of B deaux, was taken to task for his friendly intercourse with the Protestant : in soon in that city. The very tolerant Prince of the ...

    Article : 69 words
  6. Quite Simple.

    A famous Chicago lawyer once had a singular case to settle. A physician came to him in great distress. Two sisters, living in the same house, had babies of equal age, ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. An Honest Candidate.

    One of the curiosities of the House of Commons, very rarely seen, was Erle Drax, for many years member for a Dorsetshire borough. Once, at a general election, on the ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. Still There.

    After a dinner given by Stephen Price, of Drury Lane Theatre, all the guests but Theodore. Hook and the Rev. Edward Cannon retired. Price was suffering from gout, ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. An Expensive Conviction.

    Roscoe Conkling came into Charles O'Connor's office one day in quite a nervous state. "You seem to be very much excited, Mr. Conkling," said Mr. O'Connor, as Roscoe ...

    Article : 188 words
  10. Surgical Finance.

    A little boy swallowed a coin, and his frantic mother immediately called the family doctor. When he arrived the mother was in hysterics, thinking her son was about to die. ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. Knew Politics.

    Lord Dufferin delivered an address before the Greek class of the M'Gill University, Canada, about which a reporter wrote: "His lordship spoke to the class in the purest ...

    Article : 86 words
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