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  2. The FAMILY

    Only the Proud Mother of a Loveable Lad Will Fully Understand, Though Its Subtle Thought May Indefinably Thrill Us All. ...

    Article : 2,142 words
  3. The STORYTELLER.

    By the death in Philadelphia, of Captain John G.Bourke, 3rd United States Cavalry, the army, according to the “New York Weekly Times,” has lost its best-known ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  4. He Couldn’t Be Fooled.

    "The man in number 14 left an order for an early call," said the nihgt clerk of the hotel to the hell boy. “Ring him up; it’s over his time now.” ...

    Article : 279 words
  5. TAPPING THE PATER.

    The old house was almost deserted. A football game was in progress, and half the town was lending its aid to the distant shout which came faintly up the bill; the other half was ...

    Article : 1,579 words
  6. CHARLES MATHEWS’S INCOME TAX.

    Charles Mathews had some experience of the Income Tax Commissioners during his early career at York, and devised a comic expedient to obtain for himself a ...

    Article : 248 words
  7. King Made of a Diamond.

    A ring recently exhibited at Antwero was the admiration of diamond cutters and merchants, because it was the first successful attempt; to cut a ring out of ...

    Article : 141 words
  8. RECOMMENDED.

    A Boston lady who had been recommended to go west on account of the ill-health of herself and family wrote to the postmaster of a small town asking for information of various ...

    Article : 235 words
  9. Sings of Long Life.

    “The first conditions of longevity," says a writer on health and hygiene, “are that the heart, the lungs, digestive organs and the brain should be large, says ...

    Article : 242 words
  10. RUNS UPON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

    There is an abundance of interest in the chronicles of the runs upon the Bank, and the expedients by which it has been saved —in 1745, for instance, by the corporation ...

    Article : 425 words
  11. A SWELL DENTIST.

    It is a well-known fact that dentistry is an important profession in America, but it is not so generally known that it is one of the most profitable of callings, writes the "Daily ...

    Article : 301 words
  12. BY RAIL IN RUSSIA.

    With the single exception of the mail train between St. Petersburg and Moscow, which, by the way, only carries first-class passengers, the average rate of travelling is something under ...

    Article : 323 words
  13. Dropping the “H."

    The fine old English custom of discarding the initial "h” is said to be going out of use. Some writers are indulging in reminiscences of men to ...

    Article : 252 words
  14. A SIBERIAN INQUEST.

    Generally weeks overdue, the coroner arrives accompanied by his corps of dirty [?] and the surgeon. Then a roaring fire is built up in the centre of the death building, and as the ...

    Article : 546 words
  15. TWO ROGUES.

    A somewhat amusing incident is told of a woman whoso husband, a wealthy man, died suddenly, without leaving any will, The widow, desirous of securing the whole ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. Six Miles of Elk.

    Wyoming's game warden is credited with the statement that the number of elk wintering in the Jackson Hole country is greater than for many ...

    Article : 301 words
  17. WALKING FISH.

    It may seem absurd to speak of fishes as walking. The flying-fish is well known, but its flight looks much like swimming in the air. We naturally think of fishes as living always in ...

    Article : 283 words
  18. POLITE CORRECTION.

    Sir Robert Graham, upon one occasion, when passing sentence upon a batch of convicted criminals, is said by accident to have pronounced sentence of ...

    Article : 88 words
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