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  2. PUSHED TO THE RIGHT.

    An entertaining writer, who modestly signs himself “ Martello Tower," tells some good stories in a book just published by Mr. John Murray, with the ...

    Article : 257 words
  3. PRINTERS’ PRANKS.

    “ Speaking of [?] [?] newspaper bulls," said an old newspaper man and employing printer, “ reminds me that the average printer is a weak ...

    Article : 888 words
  4. COOD STORIES FROM IRELAND.

    An interesting article on “ Humours of Irish Life ” appears in the ex[?]ellent January number of the " Cornhill Magazine.” The writer says:— ...

    Article : 1,100 words
  5. (All RIGHTS RESKRVED.) THE MORGUE SLAB.

    She had been on the stage. You could see that at a glance. A woman may get the grease-paint from her face, but all the vaseline or coacoa-butterin the world ...

    Article : 4,354 words
  6. A PLEASANT JOURNEY.

    It was Mr. Henry Savage Landor who told this story the other day to a writer in “ Madame ” anent some of his experiences in England since his return ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. ENGLISH VILLAGE ODDITIES.

    Undoubtedly the most extraordinary township in England is that of Skiddaw, Cumberland. It contains but one house, the occupier of which is unable to ...

    Article : 312 words
  8. MATRIMONY AND THE POSTOFFICE.

    Numbers of people are densely ignorant even of the functions of the Post Office. Very often it is confounded with a registrar’s office. ...

    Article : 180 words
  9. THE YEAR’S WORK OF A LOCOMOTIVE.

    There are 19,914 locomotives at work on the railways of the United Kingdom, and each of these on an average runs 19,096 miles in a year, and earns for this ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. THE STRENUOUS LIFE.

    A small son, aged three, turned up the other afternoon with a black eye and crying piteously. "What’s the matter?" asked papa. ...

    Article : 144 words
  11. TIPPED TO HOLIER.

    At a recent public meeting the speakers and audience were much disturbed by a man who constantly called for Mr. — let us say—Smith. ...

    Article : 172 words
  12. A PIANO FINISHER.

    On board one of Her Majesty’s ships a marine, who had said he was by trade a piano finisher, was employed with the carpenter’s crew. One day the ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. THE SIZE OF THE SUN.

    The earth on which we stand is, no doubt, a mighty glebe, measuring as it does. 8,000 miles in diameter; yet what are its dimensions in comparison with ...

    Article : 253 words
  14. ROYALTY AND QUAKERS.

    When Mr. Fry was recently knighted by the Queen at Bristol it was noticed that the popular Quaker stood with his hat on before Her Majesty. It was a ...

    Article : 141 words
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    “ Sir," began young Timkins, as he entered the presence of the dear girl’s father, “ I want to marry your daughter —" Oh, don’t bother me with your ...

    Article : 191 words
  16. GOING TO HELL.

    Captain J. W. Gabriel, when a midshipman in charge of a boat belonging to the Latona frigate, was upset in a gale of wind between Portsmouth and ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. A CRUSHING REJOINDER.

    A lady doctor, one of the pioneers of her sex in medicine, heard a young physician recently deliver a fierce diatribe against opening the doors of the ...

    Article : 87 words
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    "Some people,” said the boy with the dirty face, “ never thank you. A fellow put a bent pin[?]on the teacher’s chair the other day, and when the teacher was ...

    Article : 60 words
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    Two little London girls who had been sent by the kindness of the vicar’s wife to have " a happy day in the country,” narrating their experiences on their ...

    Article : 50 words
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