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  2. Small Accidents That Sink Big Ships.

    The insurance of ships and their cargoes against the "perils, losses, and misfortunes of the sea, men-of-war, fire, enemies, pirates. jettisons," etc., etc.—as runs the quaint old ...

    Article : 1,227 words
  3. A GREAT WRONG: OR, THE MYSTERY OF BLACK HOLLOW GRANGE.

    Maud Melville, flying homeward from the Gerhart cottage, almost stumbled over him, as he lay like a log across the moorland path. She stood still, with a ...

    Article : 3,838 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Sure the boys were all crazy afther Kathleen O'Kelly, it's like her shadow they wore, the spalpeens. There was little Tim Cregan and big Mike Daly, and ...

    Article : 765 words
  5. FROM HOVEL TO PALACE.

    The Remarkable Career of Martha Rabe, who became Empress Catharine I.—How the Swedish Peasant Captured the Heart of Peter the Great. ...

    Article : 2,020 words
  6. Early Mention of Tobacco.

    The first account in which the tobacco plant was minutely described was sent from Hayti to Peter Martyr in the year 1496—400 years ago exactly—that by ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. TWO LET.

    Everybody who passed by smiled at the orthography, but it was three or four days before the owner ventured to ask of a neighbour: ...

    Article : 99 words
  8. Tips for Cyclists.

    An eminent surgeon gives the following excellent rules for bicycle riding:—1. Never ride within half an hour of a meal, which means either before or after. ...

    Article : 175 words
  9. TO WRENT.

    THE QUAKER'S PUZZLING QUESTION. A sceptical young collegian confronted an old Quaker with the statement that he did net believe in the Bible. ...

    Article : 207 words
  10. Torture By Drops of Water.

    One of the Chinese modes of punishment, especially when a confession is wanted from a criminal, is to place him where a drop of water will fall upon one certain ...

    Article : 220 words
  11. His Complaint was Eternal

    Quite recently when the father of a family in somewhat humble circumstances, was seized with an illness beyond the powders and mixtures of the "gudewife," a doctor was called in ...

    Article : 169 words
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