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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    THE Piute Indians have this legend, as reported by a California paper:—"The sun is the father and ruler of the heavens. He is the big chief. The moon is his wife, and his ...

    Article : 565 words
  3. A North Carolina Coon Story.

    IT wasn't many Saturdays ago that a number of gentlemen standing on the streets at Greensboro discussed fox hunting, bird hunting, and kindred sports. Each one had told a ...

    Article : 373 words
  4. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.-HUDI[?]RAS. AN Indiana editor declares that times are so hard that he can't even collect his thoughts. ...

    Article : 952 words
  5. Nautical Outbreak in Connecticut.

    JOB SHUTTLE keeps up with the times, and what he doesn't know about yacht racing and "balloon jibs" and gaff topsails hasn't yet appeared in the papers. Of course, he was ...

    Article : 135 words
  6. A Justice Who Caved.

    AS we rode out from a town in Mississippi to view a plantation a commercial traveller for a New York house expressed a desire to go along. He procured a horse and joined the ...

    Article : 785 words
  7. Untimely Curiosity.

    A TRAVELLER stopped at a toll gate and asked the keeper if he had any good cool water. "John," said the keeper, turning to his son, "fetch me the gun—the one loaded with ...

    Article : 239 words
  8. Bill Nye on Play Writing.

    THE following letter was written in reply to Mr. Scott Marble, author of "State's Attorney," "Black Diamond," "Over the Garden Wall." &c., who proposed the matter ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  9. Bismarck's Ride in Russia.

    IN 1862 Prince Bismarck, then Ambassador of Prussia at the Court of St. Petersburg, was invited to the imperial hunt. Being an enthusiastic hunter, he went to the designated place ...

    Article : 462 words
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