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  2. PRINCE AND THE COMEDIAN.

    The "Courrier des E[?]ats-Unis" publishes an account by an actor, Frederic Febvre of the graceful way in which King Edward VII. then Prince of Wales, once showed his ...

    Article : 342 words
  3. LATEST THEORIES.

    Recent investigations show [?]at [?]enceforth the sun must be known not only as the great light and heat giver, but also as the great electrifier. It is ...

    Article : 797 words
  4. AN ARCTIC MYSTERY.

    The announcement that a party of scientific men will leave Vancouver for Alaska next June to study the so-called “Silent City” mirage directs attention ...

    Article : 1,379 words
  5. THE DATCHET DIAMONDS. CHARTER I.

    The band struck up a waltz. It chanced to be the one which they had last danced together at the Dome. How well he had danced, and how guilty she ...

    Article : 3,165 words
  6. THE SIEGE OF PEKING.

    In “The Personal Side of the Siege of Peking.” contributed to the “New York Independent,” Mrs. S. Woodward gives some details of that long, patient, heroic waiting ...

    Article : 517 words
  7. BREVITY DESIRABLE.

    In a remote district in the north-west of Irelaud, the railway company appointed a new station master, named Flannigan. Some time after this appointment, there ocourred ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. STARTLING [?]

    A shopkeeper, the head of a large firm of drapers, one evening recently, after business hours, caused his saleswomen to be assembled before him. ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. TO AVOID TEMPTATION.

    A story is told of a man who once asked an Eastern king how to avoid temptation. The king told him to take a vessel brimful of oil, and to carry [?]t through the streets of ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. CHAPTER II.

    It was with a feeling of grim amusement that Mr. Paxton bought himself a first-class ticket. It was, probably, the last occasion on which he would ride ...

    Article : 575 words
  11. QUAINT EPITAPHS.

    The following quaint epitaphs are selected from a book recently published by Susan Darling Safford:— “John Phillips, who was accidentally shot ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. "PACE IT, SIR."

    Some years ago, in Malta, a major of a certain infantry regiment ordered a sergeant into a boat, and further ordered him to row the boat away from shore at a distance of ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. STARTLING FULFILMENT OF A CURIOUS PROPHECY.

    Here is a fresh illustration of the marvels of figures:— A French arithmetician has proved that figures can prophesy. ...

    Article : 249 words
  14. WHY HE WEPT.

    A poor old Scotsman, who could no longer earn his own living, was obliged to accept the kindly proffered hospitality of some English friends. ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. HER DEPARTMENT.

    Housekeeper (who has been describing the fire in the country house and the destruction of all the books and family pictures, etc., etc.) "Yes, my lady; every single picture burnt ...

    Article : 54 words
  16. A MARVELLOUS SHOT.

    It has been said that many stories from the war are absolutely untrue. The following beautiful concoction from the pages of an American daily possibly reaches high-water ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. CHIVALK[?].

    “John!” whispered the good woman in the dead of night, "there are burglars downstairs." "You go down, dear," replied John. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. MISAPPREHENDED.

    “I paid her,” said the imaginative young man, “the highest compliment one human being could pay to another.” “What did you say to her?” asked the ...

    Article : 116 words
  19. REBUKED.

    Barber: Bay rum, sir? Mr. Corntossel (sternly): I never drink, young feller. ...

    Article : 16 words
  20. ONE MAN’S IDEA.

    The Maid: What, in your estimation is the first step toward universal peace?" The Bachelor: The abolishment of matrimony." ...

    Article : 23 words
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