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  2. PLOTS, CONSPIRACIES RIOTS, & ASSASSINATIONS.

    Turning to Great Britain, there is no dearth of material when examining the history of plots having a political origin. ...

    Article : 1,719 words
  3. HOW ARE HIEROGLYPHICS DECIPHERED?

    The deciphering of inscriptions in unknown characters which have come down to up from ancient times has for the learned investigator a charm which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,557 words
  4. CUSTOM-HOUSE BRUTALITY.

    The New York correspondent of "The Times" says:—The coarse methods of the New York Custom-house have now become , those of ...

    Article : 280 words
  5. THE ESPENDOLA CHEST.

    "Tom Randoloph is such a charming fellow!" Every girl who knew him and every girl's mamma lifted up her heart and joined an the universal chorus. He was the sort ...

    Article : 2,830 words
  6. MISUNDERSTANDING.

    The Editor: 1 guess our correspondent must have been alluding to shoes. The Assistant: Why so? The Editor: He says the St. Louis ...

    Article : 30 words
  7. An Awful Reverie.

    A remarkable, case of suicide recently occurred, at the villager of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. A resident named William Thorne, ...

    Article : 229 words
  8. NOT SURE WHICH.

    "What' is your husband's favourite fiction ?" asked the inquisitive person."I can hardly say at a moment's notice," said the patient wife, "whether ...

    Article : 41 words
  9. THE TYPE TO BLAME.

    Visitor (angily): See here, sir. You called me a political jobber,in your paper this morning. Editor: Yes, but that was a, mistake. ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. TO SCARE THE DOG.

    "Now, darling, will you grant me ones favour before I go ?" "Yes, George, I will," she said cropping her eyelashes and getting her lips ...

    Article : 73 words
  11. AN INSTANCE.

    "Thomas," said the teacher of the class in physiology, can you give a familiar instance of the power of the human system to adapt itself to changed ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. The Position of France.

    According to M. Bertillon, the statistician, the position of France at the present time is to be compared with that of a man slowly dying under ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. IT MIGHT SERVE A PURPOSE.

    Sweet Girl : It's just too mean for anything ! There isn't going to be any opera. Old School Friend: Are you so fond of ...

    Article : 57 words
  14. COOL.

    A well-known detective happened once to be instructed to effect a capture in Parisian anarchist circles. 'Entering the club patronised by some of these ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. A German Version of an English Sunday.

    A clever but cynical German in describing an English Sunday, said: "As you pass down the quiet street in the evening, when the lights are ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. SAME AS BEFORE.

    Our Susan was in many respects an estimable servant, but she was not perfect. Soon after she came to live with us the census papers were sent to be filled ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. MUSICAL TEST.

    The test your musical talent: Whistle all the time. Sing the rest of the time. Hum a bar of every new opera incestantly. Drum on the table with your ...

    Article : 67 words
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