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  2. ADVENTURE WITH A BATTLE SHAKE.

    One night the son of a coloner, while sleeping in camp upon the ground next to his father was awakened by a disagreeable, cold ...

    Article : 182 words
  3. UNDER THE SEA TO THE NORTH POLE.

    Herr Anschutz-Kampte, or Vienna, has commenced his project of reaching the North Pole by means of a sub-marine boat. The promoter of ...

    Article : 486 words
  4. FIRST CROSSING OF AUSTRALIA.

    Although Portugal had discovered parts of Australia as far back as the sixteenth century, and the Dutch made further discoveries in the ...

    Article : 620 words
  5. THE BLACK DWARFS W CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Since Stanley first told vaguely of the [?]ry little dwarfs in Central Africa, the world's knowledge of those curious apelike pigmies has ...

    Article : 1,794 words
  6. WRONG IMPRESSIONS RE-CARDING THE LION.

    A lion only becomes really dangerous to human life when he has reached that age which renders him unfit for hunting. He becomes too ...

    Article : 1,127 words
  7. SINGAPORE.

    Mr. Poultney Bigelow, in his description of the marvellous progress made by the city of Singapore under English rule gives a quaint picture ...

    Article : 314 words
  8. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    In the German military movements automobiles, monocycles, and bicycles, entirely replace horses in the General Staff service. ...

    Article : 558 words
  9. A STORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.

    “Lord Wilmington. One of the best names in England, if you please Did you ever see his house in Warwickshire? Every inch of the ...

    Article : 346 words
  10. AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

    The Duke of Wellington respecting the battle of Waterloo, at Paris, July, 1815, said: “I have taken a good deal of pams with many of my ...

    Article : 217 words
  11. CHINESE SANDWICHES.

    Patrons of a certain restaurant in the city frequently call for a " Chinese sandwich,” and the order is not delayed. The prejudiced might ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. STORY OF A DOC AND A FOX.

    A gentleman who is fond of studying wild animals m their natural surroundings once, had an opportunity of seeing for himself an example ...

    Article : 244 words
  13. HE KNEW IT.

    The landlady was in a sentimental mood. "This is the anniversary of my poor dear old Uncle John," she ...

    Article : 191 words
  14. A GOOD SUBSTITUTE.

    An affected young lady stood up to sing at a small gathering, and, after making ceveral vain attempts to start, she coughed two or three ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. THE BAD EXAMPLE.

    A certain schoolmaster who was in the habit of putting his hands in his pockets was one day giving his boys a lesson In grammar, when he ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. HOW HE SCORED.

    In a small theatre an actor who was performing the “Ghost” in Hamlet, very badly was hissed. After bearing it a good time he ...

    Article : 71 words
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