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  2. THE MESSENGER FROM KHARTOOM

    As Mr. Grimes hands over his shoulder, he makes a discovery that forces an exclamation from his lips. Upon the floor can be seen the fragments of a ...

    Article : 3,809 words
  3. A MOUNTAIN OF FLESH.

    Daniel Lambert, the champion "fat man," was born at Leicester in 1770. His immediate ancestors in the paternal line had been r huntsman and a cock-fighter. ...

    Article : 475 words
  4. A GLASS PARTITION.

    Father, I cannot do it. "My dear Natalie, it is a case of nee. must. This, "holding out a handful of small change, " represents the extent of my petty ...

    Article : 1,870 words
  5. COULD NOT ESCAPE IT.

    There is a Cleveland man who likes to get away every spring for a brief recuperative trip. His favorite stamping ground is the northern Michigan woods. There ...

    Article : 358 words
  6. RAISING MAGICIANS.

    A school of a very curious order has just been opened in Paris. Its founders offer to initiate whoever is possessed of the necessary dose of patience, and perhaps of credulity, ...

    Article : 439 words
  7. TWO AND A TRICK.

    If people would take as much trouble on show as much ingenuity to do honest business as they do in evading the law they might be quite as rich and with, infinitely less danger. ...

    Article : 319 words
  8. Overdid It.

    "I like the building well enough," said the house hunter to the agent, who had spent half an hour showing him over the promises, "but I am not certain about the ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. Hurt.

    "I am afraid," said Senator Sorghum "that these Hawallans don't understand our political system as I would like thorn to before annexation. Did you say the ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. THE KING OF "LIVING WONDERS."

    The most remarkable man in the world is to be seen every day by travellers on the Louisville nod Nashville Railway, as the train steams into Gallatin Station. About ...

    Article : 298 words
  11. SEASONS TO ORDER.

    The Emperor of China has some strange duties. One of these is the ordering of the seasons. It is summer in this country when the sun warms the earth, and not till then, ...

    Article : 198 words
  12. The New Treatment.

    Ignoramus (at a party a few years hence) —What in the world is the matter with Miss Beauty's once lovely arms? They are full of horrid rod blotches and scratches. ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. The Proper Time.

    Dorothy—I wonder why June is the favorite month for weddings?. Ralph-I suppose as a matter of consistency. ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. Helping to Whip Spain.

    The Judge—Why did you boat this man in such an inhuman manner? Prisoner—He called me a fool. The Judge—Why did he do that? ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. AN EXTRAORDINARY BEDSTEAD.

    In February, 1883 there was exhibited for a time in Paris an extraordinary bedstead of rare costliness If not of rare value, made for an Indian Prince. The cost of its ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. Misled.

    "Before we were married you told mo you were a dreamer—an idle dreamer." "Well, what of it?" "And now I hays to sit up with you at ...

    Article : 37 words
  17. WHY HE HELPED SIR HENRY.

    Baron Brampton, when Mr. Justice Hawkins, was accosted at a railway station on one occasion by a rough fellow who seemed anxious to assist with his luggage. ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. Tit For T[?].

    First Beauty—Who [?] you the black eye, Patrick? Second Beauty—My wife. First Beauty—And what then Pat? ...

    Article : 28 words
  19. A Cure.

    Browne—I never hear that girl in the flat above you playing the plane any more, Towne—No; I recently mailed her a newspaper clipping which stated that mice ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. LOOKED SPLENDID.

    Entering a music hop, tin other day, a Durham miner, who had lately come into a considerable sum of money, asked the price of a grand piano. He was told it was £50. ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. 'Tis Ever Thus.

    "At last," murmured the suburbanite, "I can lay aside the lawn mower!" '"The snow shovel needs mending, Charles!" shouted his wife from the ...

    Article : 49 words
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