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  2. Music.

    AN Act has recently (10th August last) been passed in England to amend the law of copyright relating to musical compositions, and to protect the public from vexatious ...

    Article : 1,092 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    "THEM certainly is big ones," said what I took for an Arkansas citizen as he looked at the snakes in a side show out at the fair. A well-dressed, dignified, James G. Blaine ...

    Article : 762 words
  4. An Unsatisfactory Picnic.

    "WE ain't having any more picnics, that is, not church picnics, in our section now," sighed a Suffolk farmer, as the cashier made out his bill for advertising his seed potatoes and handed ...

    Article : 1,450 words
  5. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. THE Bachelors' Mutual Protective Association of Knoxville, Tenn., insures against matrimony. ...

    Article : 988 words
  6. "Think of the Dog."

    AT Cassville, Ga., we had just taken seats on the veranda for the usual smoke and talk when up came two coloured men who were evidently greatly agitated. One of them made inquiries ...

    Article : 330 words
  7. The Colonel and the Cat.

    COLONEL TOM CLARK, of Brooklyn, once owned a cat on which he showered all the affection of his bachelor heart. And the shower took the shape of a pound of mincemeat ...

    Article : 198 words
  8. From King to Patriarch.

    WHEN a man begins to get along in years he gradually changed from being a king in his family to a patriarch. He is more tender and kind to his offspring, and, instead of ruling ...

    Article : 813 words
  9. Dr. Tanner's Vagaries.

    DR. TANNER and his famous forty days' fasting experiment are now almost forgotten. It appears, however, according to a French contemporary, that he still believes himself to ...

    Article : 460 words
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