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  2. OUT OF THE FIRE.

    The little town of Graham was thrown into considerable excitement when it was reported that George Stapleton, one of its leading citizens and most prominent business men, had ...

    Article : 2,536 words
  3. THE RETIRED BURGLAR.

    One night late," said the retired burglar, "I went into a house in a village in Western Connecticut, entering by a cellar window, as I usually did when I was late, so as not to ...

    Article : 1,244 words
  4. CARLYLE AND THE QUEEN.

    A hitherto unpublished letter written by Thomas Carlyle to his sister, Jean Aitken, in 1862, describing his interview with the Queen, at Her Majesty's request, at Dean ...

    Article : 594 words
  5. SAVING THE COLOURS.

    In the journal of the Royal United Service Institution Major R. Holden, of the Worcestershire Regiment, has commenced a series of articles on this subject. After pointing out that ...

    Article : 1,398 words
  6. THE SLAYING OF EMIN.

    In the "Century" this month is the story of the death of Emin Pasha, which has never been told in print till now, and which is sent by Mr. R. D. Orsey Mohun, the United States agent ...

    Article : 769 words
  7. THE LITTLE GIRL IN GERMANTOWN.

    "Then," said Chris Blake'ey, "then I'll marry the l[?]ttle girl in Germantown." He said it first when the ferry-boat from Jersey City came yawning and stretching ...

    Article : 1,646 words
  8. HUSBANDS AND WIVES.

    Mr. V. Najam Aiya, a native official of Travancore, is a cultured man of wide reading who somewhat rashly takes his ideas of English life from Miss Braddon's pictures thereof. He ...

    Article : 502 words
  9. BEGGING WEDDING PRESENTS.

    Wending presents have of late years become (says a writer in the "World") a sort of poll lax, and society is sadly in need of a modern Wat Tyler or Lady Godiva to bring matters to ...

    Article : 520 words
  10. A HALF-PINT OF PORTER.

    Mr. Sala tells, in his reminiscences, an amusing story of how his mother, after a wearying afternoon in giving lessons to the children of the Marqeuss of Westminster, was tempted one ...

    Article : 314 words
  11. PHOTOGRAPHING A HAREM.

    The modern Turk has, in a quiet way, grown prodigiously fond of photography, said a lady who acts as the manageress of one of the greatest photographic establishments in London. I ...

    Article : 219 words
  12. CALLED TO A FIRE.

    An odd incident is reported to have occurred at a public entertainment. On the programme a certain gentleman was down to sing "The Miner's Dream of ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. WHAT HE WAS DRIVING AT.

    One morning a young man who was engaged in the office of a very wealthy merchant sought an interview with his principal, and, after presenting his case in ...

    Article : 355 words
  14. A GRATEFUL NEWSBOY.

    A condition of moral degeneracy is commonly attributed to newsboys, but there are exceptions. A physician recently took an evening paper ...

    Article : 341 words
  15. FREEZING BETTER THAN ROASTING.

    It was two o'clock in the morning and colder than four kinds of charity, when the policeman saw the man standing on the t[?]reet corner shivering until his heels ...

    Article : 231 words
  16. A FAIR PROPOSITION.

    There was a large and enthusiastic attendance at the Austin, Texas, Blue Light Tabernacle. After the principal gymnastic exercises were over, and the benediction ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. A CLERICAL ERROR.

    Scene: Country church on winter's evening. Congregation, with the Old Hundredth ready for the parson to give out some dismissal words. Good old parson, not at all ...

    Article : 223 words
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