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  2. Topham, and other Strong Men,

    Every one has heard of Thomas Topham the “Strong Mao,” as he was usually called. Topbam was born in London about the year 1710. He was bred to the trade of a ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  3. Brown’s Poetical Wife.

    She spreads an intellectual feast, While Brown’s own hunger goes increased Her lines have reached from pole to pole— Her clothes-lines somehow don’t unroll. ...

    Article : 79 words
  4. Hug the Ladies

    A pious old lady recently sent as wedding presents a pair of [?]irons, a rolling-pin and a motto worked on card-board, reading “Fight on”. ...

    Article : 339 words
  5. The Mysterious Rendezvous.

    When the words were pronounced which made ns man and wife I thought that my happiness was sealed. Very soon we were installed in our new home which Celestine ...

    Article : 1,490 words
  6. Her Remedy.

    “How burnt your face and lips are by the sun”, said young Crimson beak to Miss Fussan-feather the other evening while calling. “Yes, I am frightfully burnt, What can ...

    Article : 82 words
  7. CERTAIN LECTURES.

    [?], Tim, it won‘t do. What do I know about your Tridents, or you either You’re everlastingly betting on something, and yon know about as much concerning horses as ...

    Article : 720 words
  8. The Contradictory Couple.

    “I do believe,” be says, taking the spoon out of his glass, and tossing it on the table. “that of all the obstinate, positive, wrongheaded creatures that ever were born, you ...

    Article : 435 words
  9. Woman’s Best Friend.

    A hairpin is a woman’s best friend. It fits a multiplicity of uses, and she is never without one. If her hair is short you can, depend upon it that in a recess of her purse or a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 271 words
  10. THE SOLEMN HALF-HOUR.

    There are a number of men prowling about the suburbs of our beautiful metropolis, who are likelier to be killed with a shot-gun than to come into a fortune before summer. They ...

    Article : 767 words
  11. Hints for a Dictionary for Good Society.

    Uninteresting.—What we arc to everyone but ourselves. Vulgar.—What we all are, and flatter our-selves we are not. ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. They Loved One Another.

    On Monday morning a young man and woman stood in front of the Life office viewing the illustrations. To protect his companion from the jostling crowd, the man held his strong ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. Some Singular Wagers.

    Amongst the curious wagers at home and abroad may be mentioned the following ; Englishmen have staked money on a rainy day as to which drop on a window falls the ...

    Article : 182 words
  14. Quite as Dangerous,

    He was making his first call, and all the formalities of the season were in full blast she toyed with her fan as she convened about the [?] of the winter time, Leisurely ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. Proverbs About Noses.

    We have no fewer than fourteen English proverbs relating to this important feature of the human face divine: He would bite his own nose off to spite ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. They Prove It.

    A husband reading, while his wife near him sat embroidering a pair of slippers, remarked “What surprises there are in statistics. A German physician affirms and ...

    Article : 65 words
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