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    One of the most successful counterfeiters in this country up to the spring of 1864, when he was nabbed and placed behind the bars for a long time, was a former employe of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing ...

    Article : 669 words
  3. THE GREAT GLACIER OF ALASKA.

    It is said that the great glacier of Alaska is moving at the rate of a quarter of a mile per annum toward the sea. The front presents a wall of ice some five hundred feet in thickness, its breadth varies from three to ten miles, and it is about 150 ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. THE THINNEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.

    Instances of remarkably thin men are not uncommon; but Claude Ambroise Seurat, who was in England in 1825, was such an extraordinary personage that during the time he was exhibited at the "Chinese Saloon" in Pall Mall, no fewer ...

    Article : 369 words
  5. THE STATUE OF A BOXER.

    In the palmy days of the ring the noble patrons of the manly art were styled Corinthians, because prize-fighting had found the most liberal support in Corinth during its palmy days. There was no doubt as to the antiquity of this almost ...

    Article : 265 words
  6. PLANTS THAT EAT.

    Among the many rare and interesting plants forming the collection in the Botanical Garden here, there has recently been got together an almost complete set of insectivorous plants, so called from their being so ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  7. THE MODERN JOURNALIST.

    The successful journalist of to-day is the man who can supply any department of his paper, were he called upon to do it. This may grate upon the ears of the young man who has cherished such noble ideas of his chosen profession; but ...

    Article : 311 words
  8. TO YOUNG MEN WHO WANT TO MARRY.

    Select the girl. Agree with the girl's father in politics and with her mother in religion. If you have a rival, keep an eye on him; if he is a widower, keep two eyes on him. Do not assure the girl that you have no bad habits. It ...

    Article : 440 words
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