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  2. MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

    It was a case of chicken stealing, and the prints, of bare feet were found in the gravel around the hen-house. The lawyer for the prosecution was one who, if he had been ...

    Article : 308 words
  3. WHY THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SHOULD BE LEARNED.

    When every progressive young German is doing his utmost to acquire a thorough knowledge of some other language than his own, it seems a waste of time for the ...

    Article : 332 words
  4. THE ROMANCE OF WAR.

    Never has the romance of war been more graphically yet unpretentiously recounted than in the “Memoir of Baron de Marbot,” a ...

    Article : 1,840 words
  5. CRAZY JANE.

    In due time Jim Thacker was married. He had fallen in love with a bright, sharp, pretty girl, the daughter of a farmer. There was ...

    Article : 1,791 words
  6. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

    Joseph Roberts was indicted for assaulting Thomas Wilson on the King’s highway, and robbing him of 3s. in silver and some halfpence. The prisoner, in his defence, ...

    Article : 812 words
  7. THE POSITION OF A QUEEN CONSORT.

    The “ Law Journal” says:—The question of the constitutional position of a Queen Consort once more becomes of interest. The status of a Queen Consort always differed ...

    Article : 229 words
  8. LONG CAN YOU FAST?

    How log can a person fast ? During a prolonged fast the loss of weight is usually rapid at [?]st, and decreases as the time goes on; earth ensues when a certain ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. VICTOR HUGO.

    The great French writer; Victor Hugo, used to ten this story about his childhood— his father be it remembered, was one of Napoleon’s Generals: When I was five ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. A DEADLY DRINK.

    According to a statement, recently made by a German physician, a new concoction in the way of drinks is beginning to find favour among certain classes in Europe. The new ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. Lost Memory Regained.

    That truth is no less strange than fiction is illustrated by a recent occurrence at a well-known hospital. Some two years ago (says “Science. Sittings”) a woman was ...

    Article : 112 words
  12. A Yaliant Street Preacher.

    In relating his experiences on starting the Church Army in London, the Rev. Wilson Carlile says :—“ But of course we were not undisturbed in our services. I have been ...

    Article : 329 words
  13. A GAS DRUNKARD.

    Some hospital physicians are studying the most remarkable drunkard that has ever come under observation; a confirmed slave to illuminating gas. The victim declares ...

    Article : 215 words
  14. Legacy to the Late Queen.

    An eccentric lawyer, some years ago, bequeathed the whole of his fortune amounting to nearly a quarter of a million sterling, to the late Queen Victoria, to whom he was ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. The Boers at St. Helena.

    The last craze among the Boer prisoners at St. Helena is hut-building, and, considering how difficult it is to get material of any sort there, the shanties they manage to erect ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. A MAN WHO MOULTS.

    A decided novelty it must be admitted, is a man who moults somewhat after the manner of birds. Just such a case is reported in the “Lancet.” The man is strong ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. Not What He Expected.

    A clergyman who was totally devoid of knowledge of seamanship was preaching to a congregation of sailors. Thinking to impress tis lesson his hearers ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. WHAT DID HE EXPECT?

    Mr. Slowpay: “ I don’t like to complain about trifles, Mrs. Sapper, but my hash appears to consist largely of fragments of deal board. ...

    Article : 49 words
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