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  2. COOING COUPLES.

    She's stylist, and pri[?] and passably witty, And wise, I am told, as a sage; She's bright and viva[?] extremely sagacious, And not of an u[?]tain age. ...

    Article : 1,117 words
  3. BURGLARS' SPIES.

    To the uninitiated the knowledge of the whereabouts in a house of jewellery and plate displayed by burglars, as revealed by newspaper accounts, is almost marvellous. ...

    Article : 840 words
  4. THE GHOST THAT MADE THE BOOK SELL.

    An adventurous bookseller had ventured te print a considerable edition of Dretincourt's "Book of Consolation against the Fears of Death." translated by M. ...

    Article : 395 words
  5. HOW DIFFERENT.

    The locomotive of 1837 was only about 15 te to 19 feet long over all, with a waggon for coal behind. The "Dunslastair" is 53 feet 4 inches, including the tender. The ...

    Article : 710 words
  6. AN EXPLOSIVE INDUSTRY.

    The peach-canning industry was once attempted upon a large scale in Atlanta. It was during the hot summer of 1666 that several enterprising Northern men combined their ...

    Article : 530 words
  7. A PAYING GUEST.

    A LADY, having a larger house than she needs, would be glad to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,567 words
  8. HINDOO JUGGLERS RIVALLED.

    The Navajo Indians are wonderfully adroit in jugglery, and some times perform feats quite as wonderful as those of the famous Hiadoo magicians. Civilised man may observe and ...

    Article : 312 words
  9. AFTER YEARS.

    She'd been up in the attic, This little wife of mine, A rummaging and tumbling, For what, I can't divine. ...

    Article : 180 words
  10. A MILLIONAIRE LEARNING TO WRITE.

    Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt lost his ability to write when he was stricken with paralysis. For several months he gave no attention whatever to business matters. ...

    Article : 443 words
  11. THE ORIGINAL JACK HORNER.

    Jade Horner, of the Christmas pie really existed, though whether be deserved the title of "good bey" is exceedingly doubtful. He be never, was a fortunate rogue. ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. A LESSON FOR HARKINS.

    Harkins is one af those genial souls who likes to be polite to everybody, aud the other day when be sat down by a gentlemanly-looking old man in the street car, Harkins said :-- ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. AIR THAT KILLS.

    One of the surgeon's greatest horrors is so operation among the great blood-vessels of the neck, for the strange reason that these veins, bring so near to the heart, have a great ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. STOOD TO REASON.

    The grant criminal lawyer was defending a man indicted for larceny. An old fend existed between the lawyer and the prosecuting attorney, and they neglected no opportunity to hit ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. ACTORS' SLANG.

    A well-known member of the Green Boom dab has been justifying stage slang. Some people have said unkind things about it. They think that "cracking a wheeze" is no ...

    Article : 209 words
  16. THE FIRST OMNIBUSES IN PARIS AND LONDON.

    The first omnibuses were started in Paris in 1782, by three nobles to whom the king granted a special license. The ides is said to have originated with the great astronomer Pascal. ...

    Article : 177 words
  17. A GRUESOME PRICE CURRENT.

    The following ghastly record, to be found in the archives ef Old Paris, throws a certain gruesome light upon the capital penalties of former days. It is the executioner's price list, ...

    Article : 255 words
  18. HOW JUDGES PUNISH.

    If any reader designs to become a habitual criminal it will interest him to know what punishment he may expect to have meted cut to him as he progresses from crime to crime. ...

    Article : 272 words
  19. TO COLOUR A CLAY PIPE.

    There is a certain fascination to some smokers in colouring a clay or meerschaum. This is the method of procedure of a men woo has made clay-celouring an art, and who has won ...

    Article : 175 words
  20. SALUTING APPLE-TREES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

    It is net generally known that in some parte of England the [?]ions custom is observed of saluting apple-trees on Christmas morning. The [?]bitants of a village around which there ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. HOW TO TRACK DEBTORS.

    The leading paper in a French provincial town recently published the following matrimonial advertisement: "A young lady of[?]mous wealth. who is prepared to pay off all the ...

    Article : 148 words
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