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  2. HIS OWN EXECUTIONER.

    On the last day of October, 1761, at an carly hour, a reckless, dissipated young merchant squireon, named McNaghten, persuaded the ...

    Article : 239 words
  3. SUPERIOR BRAINS FOR CHILDREN.

    The plant life of the Arctic Circle and the plant life of the tropics differ greatly. The principal cause of this variation is the difference in ...

    Article : 1,244 words
  4. THE CHARTIST AGITATION.

    The Chartists, headed by Frost, Joncs, and Williams, entered into a conspiracy to take possession of the town of Newport at midnight on ...

    Article : 303 words
  5. A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

    "I am a quiet, unostentatious[?] man, and never harm nobody," said the intruder, moistening the palms of his hands, and taking a firmer grip of ...

    Article : 279 words
  6. WONDERS OF ENGINEERING.

    Great though the success of the marine steam turbine has been, it is still far from perfection. As the President of the Institute of Marine ...

    Article : 1,068 words
  7. TIGER SHOOTING.

    Now and then a soldier has been found knceling on the battlefield as if about, to lake aim at the enemy, but stone dead. A bullet in the ...

    Article : 230 words
  8. AT THE BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE.

    In "Harper's," William Galdncr, a survivor of the battle of Gravelotte, the most hard-fought victory of the Franco-Prusian war, tells ...

    Article : 1,092 words
  9. SHOULD SAVE THE CALVES.

    One of the largest problems which now presents itself to farmers in essentially dairy sections is keeping up the supply of really meritorious cows. ...

    Article : 991 words
  10. A USE AT LAST.

    "This would he the very book to read to your wife," urged the bookagent. "I don't read, and I haven't any ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE.

    In the North of England it is consid[?]ed unlucky for a bride to dress in green, or even for her maids to don that colour. In Lancashire and ...

    Article : 635 words
  12. WOLFFE’S GREAT SWIM.

    Jabcz Wolffe swam under Shakespeare’s Cliff at Dover to within a quarter of a mile of Calais Pier. and was then forced to give up, though ...

    Article : 762 words
  13. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Russian bluejackets in winter do a good deal of mast drill on shore. Denmark can boast of having the oldest national flag, its use dating ...

    Article : 721 words
  14. AT THE FOOTBALL MATCH.

    An Englishman and Scotchman chanced to meet at a football match, the Englishman, contrary to tradition, possessing the "bottle." ...

    Article : 225 words
  15. IN SCHOOL.

    The teacher was expounding to the best of his abilities the difference between an atom and a molecule. "An atom," he explained, "is the smallest ...

    Article : 68 words
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