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  2. A NIGHT WITH JUDGE LYNCH.

    "There's an outfit starting for Denver tomorrow; guess that will about suit yer?" exclaimed the host of the Diggers' Retreat, a log shanty, in a small town about a ...

    Article : 2,511 words
  3. THE CHIMNEY BOYS.

    William Price, who died at the age of 72, in Shoreditch, London, some time ago, was said to be the last of the "chimney boys." Any careful reader of Dickens known of the ...

    Article : 1,008 words
  4. SCANDINAVIAN GIRLS.

    The brilliant fetes at Sweden, in honour of the King's Jubilee, have formed an engrossing topic, and apropos of the intercut centred in that country just now, the ...

    Article : 843 words
  5. PICTURES IN BUTTER.

    Statues have been made out of various substances besides marble, which is the material most suitable for the purpose. Coal, cheese, paraffin, and soap have each in ...

    Article : 551 words
  6. THE CITY IN ARMS.

    In the year 1312, during the apprehension consequent on the quarrels between this King and the Barons, the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London supported the King's ...

    Article : 477 words
  7. PRETTY SOULS.

    We met one lovely summer eve, The western sky was bright. And all the hill-tops were aflame With gold and crimson light. ...

    Article : 210 words
  8. HAD TO HAVE A COTTAGE.

    She put her arm around his neck and looked up into his eyes. "Yes," she said, "I believe in love in a cottage. I know that I could find happiness ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. QUITS.

    When Dr. Young, an officer belonging to the Woolwich Garrison, was escorting a party of ladies up the Thames many years ago, he played them some tunes on a flute. Behind ...

    Article : 540 words
  10. ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

    Her cheeks are flushed, her eyes are wet, She heaves a gentle sigh; Her hair is mussed, she scarce knows yet What's best to laugh or cry. ...

    Article : 696 words
  11. A FUNNY TRICK.

    If you want to have some fun, take a spool of white basting cotton. Drop it into your inside coat pocket, and, threading a needle with it, pass it up through the shoulder of ...

    Article : 477 words
  12. THE EMPEROR'S TERRIBLE ORDER.

    On one occasion, during a parade of his Horse Guards, the Emperor Paul of Russia was extremely dissatisfied with the manner in which the troops performed their evolutions. ...

    Article : 234 words
  13. THE ORIGINAL JACK HORNER.

    Jack Homer of the Christmas pi[?]ally existed, though whether he deserved the title of "good boy" is exceedingly doubtful. He was, however, a fortunato rogue. ...

    Article : 288 words
  14. IT'S HIS CUSTOMER.

    A New York merchant called to a little bootblack to give him a shine. The little fellow came rather slowly for one of that guild, and planted his box down under the ...

    Article : 451 words
  15. DISPOSING OF A DIFFICULTY.

    Judge Kent, the well-known American jurist, once in a very sensible and summary fashion disposed of a quibble, such as lawyers so often set up in defence of their clients. ...

    Article : 363 words
  16. FRUITS THAT CROW AMID ICE AND SNOW.

    In spite of the latitude and the Arctic current, Labrador, that almost uninhabitable strip of territory which lies to tho N.E. of British North America, is the home of ...

    Article : 298 words
  17. ERASED BY LIGHTNING.

    To the many uses to which electricity is now put we may soon be able to add that of an ink eraser—provided the following story be true. Some time since a certain building ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. GLASS UMBRELLAS.

    It is rumoured that before long glass umbrellas will be in general use, that is, umbrellas covered with, the new spun glass cloth. These, of course, will afford no pro ...

    Article : 150 words
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