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  2. Odds and Ends.

    Romance is rare in Abyssinia. When a girl has reached the discreet age of 8 or 9 she is considered to be in the matrimonial market. If she owns a few cattle or some other ...

    Article : 550 words
  3. Hungry Enough for Anything.

    "Waiter, bring me a chop please, rather well done. Look sharp; I'm in a hurry." "Very sorry, sir, but we haven't a chop in the 'ouse to-day." "Well, then, I'll have a ...

    Article : 103 words
  4. His Honor's Levee.

    "George Crofot, the charge against you is being a suspicions person." "Jedge, I nebber suspishuned nobody in my life. I kin 'splain all about it in fo' ...

    Article : 697 words
  5. People who are Left-Handed.

    "The majority of people are right-handed because they are trained to be so." This was the reply of a doctor to a reporter who interrogated him on the subject. "Several ...

    Article : 549 words
  6. Cuvier on Corsets.

    The great naturalist Cuvier, was walking one day with a young lady, who was a victim of tight lacing, in a public garden in Paris. A lovely blossom upon an elegant plant drew ...

    Article : 159 words
  7. The One Weakness.

    A curious instance of the one weakness to which the better sex is prone is reported from Detroit. A "Mikado" company occupied the theatre there; and in the middle of the ...

    Article : 199 words
  8. Some Peculiar Trees.

    Most remarkable are Borne of the features of different kinds of trees, and eccentric vegetation is confined to no topic or country, but can be met with all the world over. ...

    Article : 583 words
  9. He Wanted to Know too Muck.

    Marshal Castellane, among other singularities, had a mania for questioning his officers about their families, his invariable mode of interrogation being, "What is your father's ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. Wit and Humour.

    "There," said a 'well-known tenor as he heard a cat-fight at midnight. "There, if I could only hold that high C as long as those cats can, I could get £100 a night. ...

    Article : 1,377 words
  11. Poverty and Death.

    A man named Francois Paul has been condemned at the Assize Court, Finisterre, to perpetual imprisonment for having incited his young wife to commit suicide, and with her ...

    Article : 252 words
  12. No Need of Drowning.

    The following may be worth £61,000 to you if you remember it:—The human body weighs a pound in the water, and a chair will carry two persons—that is, it will keep the head ...

    Article : 386 words
  13. A Good Remedy.

    Hostetter McGinnis met Dr. Perkins a few days ago on Austin Avenue. "I am much obliged to you, doctor, for that tonic you gave me," said Hostetter, taking the learned ...

    Article : 148 words
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