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  2. A HIDDEN TREASURE.

    THERE was an expression of supreme contempt on Estelle ...

    Article : 1,805 words
  3. THE STRONG MAN OF BLYTH.

    This giant blacksmith, who stood aix feet three inches, and weighed sixteen stone at sixteen, was a strange combination of Hercules, Milo, and Daniel Lambert. The last ...

    Article : 376 words
  4. OUR SOLDIERS' CLOTHES. A SMART NEWSBOY.

    It costs the British Government £1,250,000 Annually for the clothing furnished to our army nil over the world. Each of the foreign possessions, however, has to pay A banker who counts his wealth by seven figures, and an exceptionally well-known figure on the streets of, came out of his office about dusk the other evening. ...

    Article : 580 words
  5. THE RESULT OF OBEDIENCE.

    One of the busicst lawyers in the Roe building hired a new office boy a few days ago. He was in the habit of lining rather drastic remarks to his old office boy, who ...

    Article : 388 words
  6. PRE-NUPTIAL CHATTER.

    A Grocer loved A charming girl, As lovely as the day; He wondered if shed marry him, And said, " Let Soap she may." ...

    Article : 714 words
  7. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.

    Some interesting details about the blockade running during the American Civil War are given by Mr. Thomas K. Taylor. Mr. Thomas E. Taylor occupied a stool in ...

    Article : 768 words
  8. CIRCUS HORSES.

    The propritor of the modern circus has little to do nowadays with the training of the ring horses, for the rider of to-day provides his own horses. However, knowledge ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. A TERRIBLE RIDE.

    "That is one of the bravest men I over know," said the American General Rosecrans to James R. Gilmore (Edmund Kirke) as Inspector-General Ducat left the room where ...

    Article : 319 words
  10. "A LITTLE BRIEF AUTHORITY."

    A scene reported by a French paper as occurring in a camp of "reservists" indicates that the officer who is clothed "in a little brief authority" is often as absurdly ...

    Article : 239 words
  11. THE WIDOW KNEW HIM.

    The widow Teetor's husband had been lead only a few weeks when there were surface indications that she was about to marry again. ...

    Article : 257 words
  12. FIGHT WITH A DEVILFISH.

    Colonel R. T. Holloway bad a thrilling experience one afternoon while fishing off the South American coast. The bow of his boat was seized by a huge devilfish and towed ...

    Article : 260 words
  13. SOLDIERS WITH A PAST.

    The most remarkable army division in the world is, probably, the Foreign Legion of France, fully 50 per cent. of which are foreigners, adventurers and refugees. A ...

    Article : 253 words
  14. BETWEEN TWO TRAINS.

    A deed of kindness or heroism is worthy of long remembrance. Such a deed was recently chronicled by tho New York " Sun." It occurred at the mouth of a railway tunnel in ...

    Article : 345 words
  15. A LIGHTHOUSE IN A CHURCH.

    There is probably only one church in the world which can boast of having within its walls a large-sized and perfect model of a lighthouse. This is the ancient parish ...

    Article : 224 words
  16. LORD WOLSELEY AS POSTMAN.

    There is reason to believe that had Lord Wolseley entered the postal service instead of the army, he would have risen rapidly to Postmaster-General. He on one occasion at ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. A HUMAN PINCUSHION.

    I have stumbled upon some facts relating to the secretion of pins in the human body which seem to me extremely curious. The person concerned was one Kitty Hudson, a ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. NERVE GRAFTING FROM A DOG.

    A successful operation was performed in the Butterworth Hospital at Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., which is believed to be without a parallel in the history of the ...

    Article : 214 words
  19. A SEA CAPTAIN'S STRANGE STORY.

    I left Liverpool for Calcutta in 49, and when the vessel was unloaded I went to see the country. One of my friends had an invitation to visit a friend, and I went with him ...

    Article : 377 words
  20. PRINCE AND CABBY.

    Some years ago the Prince of Wales was staying at a Devonshire health resort, and one day, after strolling around the places of interest in the neighbourhood with some ...

    Article : 306 words
  21. BURIED IN STEEL.

    One of the strangest coffins ever told of is that for which the British War Department is said to bo responsible. The story in that a workman engaged in casting metal for the ...

    Article : 266 words
  22. COURTSHIP IN UTAH.

    "Well, good-night; dearest George; I hope you will reach home safely. Cannot you call again to-morrow evening ?" "No, dearest. Tomorrow evening I go to ...

    Article : 224 words
  23. PARADISE "BILED" DOWN.

    An American tourist tells how he travelled with a young couple, evidently on their honeymoon, and the passengers in that particular carriage were on the grin most of the ...

    Article : 242 words
  24. THE MODERN COACHMAN.

    "You advertised for a coachman, sir ?" said the applicant, as he stood before the man he addressed. " I did," replied the merchant. " Do you ...

    Article : 137 words
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