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  2. MURDERERS OF GORDON.

    Statin Pasha has given a most interesting and vivid account of his. wonderful adventures, which include a reference to the circumstance attending the murder of General Gordon. ...

    Article : 658 words
  3. LIKE A BABY.

    A monopoly is a good deal like a baby. man is opposed to it on general principles unit he has one of it is own. ...

    Article : 25 words
  4. LABBY AB LESSEE.

    Another politician, Mr. Labouconere, had a much more intimate connection with the stage. He was practically the first tenant of the Queen's Theatre in Long Acre, built by ...

    Article : 339 words
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  6. CREEK.

    Her Father: You have asked me for mf daughter's hand. Now, can yon keep a wife of thirty shillings a week? Cholly Good gwacious! is that all you get ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. THE SUPERIORITY OF WOMEN.

    Ada: Men are so slow! It took him near two hours to propose to me last night. Fl[?]ss: And how long did it take you to accept him, dear? Ada: Just two seconds, ...

    Article : 46 words
  8. AN EXPLANATION.

    Visitor (to attendant friar in the refectory of a convent); Are we allowed to smoke here? Friar: No, sir. Visitor: Then where do all those slumps of ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. NO HOPE LEFT.

    He: Suppose I should ask your father if I could marry you. Do you think I would stand any chance? She: No. Your case would be hopeless. ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. NO HOPE FOR HIM.

    Brooklyn Man (joyfully): I've invited Gimson to dine with us to-night, and he's coming. His Wife: But it was only last night that you said you hated him. ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. THE TENOR HIGH C.

    There is a question in music which we have heard debated often and one upon which musical people, even singers, disagree. As the question is such a fundamental one, it seems strange there ...

    Article : 403 words
  12. TOO CLOSE QUARTERS.

    Sweet Girl (in photographic gallery): I wish you wouldn't put that big camera so close to me. Photographer: Don't you want the picture cabinet size? ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. THE JOINER'S RETORT.

    Workingmen not only have the sensitiveness of other people about their personal integrity, but sometimes may have a neat way of replying to an imputation upon it. ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. TRIAL.

    "Does her love her icky darling," he queried. "'Es." "Does her love her icky darling lots?" "'Es." ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. LOST THREE CENTURIES AGO.

    One of the most romantic legends of American history is that connected with the name of 'Virginia Dare, the first white child of English descent born on American soil, and the colony ...

    Article : 330 words
  16. THE IRON CROWN.

    The mystery of the origin of the Iron Crown of Italy, the interesting history connected with it, the noble--and ignoble--heads it bas adorned, all make it an object of importance. Now, ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. WIVES 500 YEARS AGO.

    In the current number of "Lippincott's Magazine" there is a most interesting and entertain? article on two fourteenth-century books, "Le Menagier de Paris" (the ...

    Article : 388 words
  18. EATING IN OLDEN TIMES

    Few references can be round as to the manner in which meal was served and eaten during the Dark Ages. As near as we can learn, the soup was put in a big bowl with cars,called a ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. HE WANTED TO KNOW.

    "Is this the place where they answer questions? asked the rough-looking man as he entered the little back room in a newspaper office. ...

    Article : 248 words
  20. LOVERS' PRIVILEGES.

    A lover, it is only just to suppose, has many privileges. Perhaps he does not always avail himself of them as much as he might, or as his sweetheart would like; but the privileges exist ...

    Article : 327 words
  21. A MAGNIFYING SHOW WINDOW.

    One of the most, extraordinary devices for attracting custom on record was that of a fruiterer in a Midland town. Instead of the ordinary plate-glass, a large number of rough ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. A BIGOT REPROVED.

    Preaching in Westminster Abbey Canon Wilberforce told a good story of the celebrated Welsh preacher, Christmas Evans, who dared publicly to express his thankfulness for Jenny ...

    Article : 102 words
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