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  2. ITALY'S DICK TURPIN.

    Italy mourns at the present moment the death of the meet celebrated brigand chief of the present century, whose name had become surrounded by such a bale of romance that he was ...

    Article : 907 words
  3. AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.

    HAVE known John Forsyth from the time when she were her hair about her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,113 words
  4. CLOSE QUARTERS.

    An English resident of India relates that he once had occasion to make a short journey by rail in June, and was invited by a friend, who was in the railway company's service, to ride ...

    Article : 448 words
  5. AFTER BEING HANGED.

    In the " good old days " people sentenced to death occasionally, either by accident or by collusion on the part of the authorities. succeeded in cheating the gallows even after ...

    Article : 408 words
  6. THE "0. P." RIOTS.

    On December 16th, 1809, the " O. P.," or " Old Price Riots'," the most remarkable manifestation of the popular will ever displayed at any of our places of amusement, terminated, ...

    Article : 528 words
  7. UNDER AN AVALANCHE.

    In August, 1887, two Germans, Lanmer and Lorria by name, undertook the ascent of the Matterhorn by the Western flank, a route which had only once been followed by Mr. ...

    Article : 596 words
  8. WHY HE COULD NOT SIT.

    A police-court, even in Paris, is a prosaic place so far as scenery is concerned; but a great deal of colour was observable the other day in the witness- box, is it may be called, of the ...

    Article : 338 words
  9. CHASED BY A SHARK.

    Deputy Surgeon-General Paske, in his "R[?] respect of Life and Travel in Lower Barasah,"' describes a visit which he and a brother doctor paid to a sea- side resort, and an adventure that ...

    Article : 383 words
  10. EARN £35,000 A MONTH.

    Few folks have an idea of the cost of running one of the finest Cunarders, and the income derived. The crew numbers from forty-five to fifty, including captain and four officers ; 150 ...

    Article : 314 words
  11. A WOMAN WITH A HISTORY.

    A well-dressed and sharp-faced woman passed into the lawyer's office and very shortly was standing by his desk, "I beg your pardon," she said, " but can you spare a few moments ...

    Article : 276 words
  12. HAD A DOZEN WIVES.

    The matrimonial carter of Abraham Rhimes of Fulton County, Indiana, is believed, in the pointe number of wives, to be without parallel in the United States. Rhimes is 75 years of ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. A KING ON A CIRCUS HORSE.

    When Francis Joseph II. Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, was crowned be had to undergo a much more perilous coronation ceremony this Queen Victoria. In the middle of ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. SHE EXPLAINED.

    Defending Lawyer (to witness): Did you see the prisoner clearly at the window ? " Yes ; it was a moonlight night." " Was your husband awake at the time ?" ...

    Article : 160 words
  15. AN ARTIST'S JOKE.

    A feat attributed to many eminent artists of painting on a plain surface a fly or bee so illusively true to nature that the innocent observer would attempt to brush it away, is not ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. A READY SALE.

    In a small Midland town an innkeeper, to get rid of a book pedlar's importunities, bought an alm[?]c from him, and, putting it into his pocket, left the ins his wife just than coming ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. A PRIVATE MARRIAGE.

    Towards the end of the last century there lived a butcher at Gloucester named Cale, with three daughters, said to have been the loveliest girls of their period. The Earl of Berkeley-- ...

    Article : 222 words
  18. AN IRISHMAN'S APPETITE.

    Pat had been in the i[?]mary for a week through an accident. The doctor, in going his rounds, came to his beside and asked: " Well, my mas, and how do you feel this ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. JAVA'S ISLAND OF FIRE.

    The greatest natural wonder in Java, if not in the entire world, is the justly celebrated " Cheko Kandka Gumko," or " Home of the Hot Devils," known to the world as " The ...

    Article : 236 words
  20. THE GAOL-KEEPER'S " DAUGHTER."

    A curious story, was that of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough, who had originally been a ballet dancer at Florence, and who was reputedly the daughter of one Chiappini, the ...

    Article : 137 words
  21. THE BROTHER FROM THE COUNTRY

    It is a serious offence for a German soldier to appear in public except in uniform. Even when he is on furlough be must always went it. A certain Lieutenant Ritter, who was ...

    Article : 169 words
  22. BROKE UP THE BAND.

    A German band of four pieces started to play " Annie Roosey." A crowd of [?]rchias, attracted by the music, soon gathered around. Then a mischievous- looking boy appeared on ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. MARRIAGEABLE AGE.

    In Austria a " men" and " woman " are supposed lo be capable ef conducting a home of their own from the ages of 14. In Germany the man must be at least 18 ...

    Article : 212 words
  24. HE HAD HIM THERE.

    Scene: Down a Yorkshire coal mine. Deputy (to lad who has placed his lamp on the ground contrary to rules of colliery): Nab. lad, what's thy name ? Ah shall hav to report thee for ...

    Article : 173 words
  25. A CHEERFUL CENTENARIAN.

    A gentleman from London visiting Scotland, hiving heard that a man residing in the district where he had put up had just completed the 100th year of his age, and being anxious to ...

    Article : 151 words
  26. GIRLS KEPT IN CAGES.

    The inhabitants of New Britain, it is said by Wallace, have a peculiar custom of conning their girls in cages until they are old enough to be married. This custom is said to be peculiar ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. NO MORE COAL BILLS.

    A well-known scientist calls attention to the foot that, after the supply of coal on earth is exhausted, the heat of the interior of our globe may be used as a source of power. ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. PLEASED HIS DYING UNCLE.

    " Charles Henderson is smart". "How? "Why, just before his rich uncle died he called the young fellow to him end told him ...

    Article : 78 words
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