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  2. “DECAMERON NIGHTS”

    Towards the close of the last century there was much reading of Boccaccio’s immortal “Decameron.” I remember this reading well, since it took place in the ...

    Article : 830 words
  3. A POISON ROMANCE

    The story of Madame Lafarge, who was tried in France for the murder of her husband in 1840, is a strangely romantic one. Marie Fortune Cappelle was the daughter ...

    Article : 1,566 words
  4. HOW ANIMALS SLEEP

    The different positions in which animals and birds rest has been lately made a subject of obs[?]vation by a student of natural history. The animals considered ...

    Article : 626 words
  5. A NUTSHELL NOVEL.

    By “M.A.,” in The London Mail. Horrors! the spiked ceiling was descending. No sound broke the silence cave the throbbing of the fiendish machinery that ...

    Article : 609 words
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    “Ah! my poor man, I suppose poverty brought you to this?” “On the contrary gav[?]nor. I was simply coining money!” ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  7. LAUDER’S “LAST LAUGH.”

    “If Englishmen have laughed at me, by gosh, I have made them pay for it,” said Sir Harry Lander when accorded a civic reception by Dimlop Town Council. ...

    Article : 242 words
  8. BANK OF ENGLAND ALE.

    The wine privileges of Oxford and St. Albans, recently withdrawn by a special Act of Parliament, remind an English correspondent of a similar privilege ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. ENTERTAINMENT TAX EVADED.

    A novel way of getting round the Entertainment Tax is being tried in Hull (England) at a email variety theatre. The lessee and manager has decided to make ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. TRUE SNAKE STORY.

    While returning from work along a narrow bush track, carrying an axe, I came across a large black snake. I did not ston to argue the point, but dropped the axe ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. FAMOUS BULL TERRIER.

    Champion Haymarket Faultless, six years old, regarded by critics as the greatest hull terrier of all time has died in Toronto, Canada. Haymarket Faultless ...

    Article : 104 words
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