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  3. A BULLY AND A COWARD.

    On the island of Jamaica there was once a moating between a Scotch captain and a noted Creole duellist, named Henri Egville. The captain had gone ashore and was ...

    Article : 527 words
  4. A SAVIOUR SOLD.

    A queer story is told of a Liverpool bank official, who received a private letter from his friend,a member of a London banking firm, to the effect that one of their employers, ...

    Article : 624 words
  5. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.

    A little rain, A sky of gold, The sun again, The story old. A shadow ; A lover. A summer day, ...

    Article : 1,031 words
  6. " IT IS ALL RIGHT."

    It was the second time he had accompanied the young lady home from one of those little social parties which are got up to bring fond hearts a step nearer to each other. ...

    Article : 586 words
  7. HOW IT FEELS TO WRITE A COMIC OPERA.

    It ib this way. You are getting along nicely as a journalist, or a hod carrier's clerk or in some other kindred pursuit when something strikes your mind as a good title ...

    Article : 974 words
  8. A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE IN SEARCH OF GOLD.

    IT is thirty-five years ago now that, strong, hale, and hearty with plenty ...

    Article : 2,214 words
  9. RIVAL EDITORS.

    According to a story told in the West of England, a gruesome and troublesome find full tot be editor of a weekly paper known as The Courant," published every Saturday, ...

    Article : 314 words
  10. ANECDOTE OF BEAU NASH.

    The Bath General Hospital was organised by Bean Hash, in 1738. There is a presence about the building which always strikes the stranger in his ramble about the city. ...

    Article : 522 words
  11. FIERCE AMAZONS IN AFRICA.

    Ono of the most picturesque of the African institutions which are disappearing as England,-Germany, and other Earopean .nations take possession of .the continent, is tire ...

    Article : 277 words
  12. CHARACTER FROM HANDSHAKES.

    Let me shake hands with a man and I will tell you something about his character, ays a [?]hyscian. The firm, hearty handsl[?] of a sincere man may be rather rough, bat ...

    Article : 189 words
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  14. MR. TOOLE'S JOKE.

    Once when at Lucerne, in Switzerland, Mr. Toole gave full play to his habit of practical joking. The fun was to take the steamer down the lake and agitato the ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. A SELF-MADE MAN.

    Ellis Hoary Roberta, the now United States treasurer, began life as a compositor in the office of a country newspaper. The various steps which lie took upward from. ...

    Article : 225 words
  16. LAUGHTER AND WRINKLES.

    Nine persons out of ten, if asked to give what they consider the cause of wrinkles, would probably reply that it was worry and care. This, however, is by no means always ...

    Article : 344 words
  17. A WAY OUT--AND IN.

    It is pretty well known that a number of people do not understand the meaning of the term "crossed cheques." The following incident is vouched for as having occurred in ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. A NEW HANDSHAKE.

    The newest handshake, is called the " double twist." Concerted action is necessary to shake a successful and artistic " double twist." Two [?] meet, and ...

    Article : 247 words
  19. THE BITER BITTEN.

    The Russian marshal Suvaroff was famous as a jester, and was fond of confusing the men under his command by asking them an expected and absurd questions. But ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. THE NATIONAL DEBT.

    The notional debt during the lost five years in England shows an average daily decrease of £19,488. During the same period the national debt of the United States shows an ...

    Article : 77 words
  21. A MODEL OF STYLE.

    On the question of style. Mr. Stevenson explained teat his "special distaste is the use of foreign words:--"What sort of English word I use is a matter of the very ...

    Article : 158 words
  22. DETERMINED TO ADVANCE.

    "I hope," said the elderly gentleman who patronized arts, "that you will not allow yourself to be content with slight results." " No, indeed, replied the promising prima ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. A SMART DODGE.

    Mother; You say your husband no longer spends his evenings at the club? Daughter: I soon broke him off that. Mother: How did you manage it! ...

    Article : 59 words
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