Turning to Great Britain, there is no dearth of material when examining the history of plots having a political origin. ...
Article : 1,671 words"Tom Randolph is such a chaining fallow!" Every girl who know him and every girl's mamma lifted up her heart and joined in the universal chorus. He was the sort ...
Article : 2,868 wordsThe New York correspondent of "The Time*" says:—The coarse methods of the New York Customhouse have now become those of ...
Article : 283 wordsThe deciphering of inscriptions in unknown characters which have come down to us from ancient times has for the learned investigator a charm which ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,573 wordsThe Editor: I-guess our correspondent must have been alluding to shoes. The Assistant: Why so? The Editor: He says the St. Louis ...
Article : 34 wordsA remarkable case of suicide recently occurred at the village of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. A resident named William Thorne, ...
Article : 226 words"What is vour husband's favourite fiction?" asked the inquisitive person. "I can hardly say at a moment's notice," said the patient wife, "whether ...
Article : 46 wordsVisitor (angily): See here, sir. You called me a political jobber in your paper this morning. Editor: Yes, but that was a mistake. ...
Article : 46 words"Now, darling, will you grant me one favour before I go?" "Yes, George, I will," she said, dropping her eyelashes and getting her lips ...
Article : 72 words"Thomas," said the teacher of the class in physiology, "can yon give a familiar instance of the power of the human system to adaptitself to changed ...
Article : 64 wordsAccording to M. Bertillon, the statistician, the position of France at the present time is to be compared with that of a man slowly dying under ...
Article : 165 wordsSweet Girl: It's just too mean for anything! There isn't going to be any opera. Old School Friend: Are you so fond of ...
Article : 65 wordsA well-known detective happened once to be instructed to effect a capture in Parisian anarchist circles. Entering the club patronised by some of these ...
Article : 100 wordsA clever but cynical German in describing an English Sunday, said: "As you pass down the quiet street in the evening, when the lights are ...
Article : 149 wordsOur Susan was in many respects an estimable servant, but she wag not perfect. Soon after she came to live with us the census papers were sent to be filled ...
Article : 93 wordsTo test your musical talent: Whistle all the time. Sing the rest of the time. Hum a bar of every new opera incessantly. Drum on the table with your ...
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