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  2. NOVEL MOUSETRAP ON OLD PRINCIPLE.

    A novel adaptation of an old principle is seen in the mousetrap here shown. The familiar bird and rabbit trans of youthful days are suggested in its ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 194 words
  3. THE "GALLANT 60TH."

    The British regiment with the most distinctions is according to an article by George A. Wade in "The Pall Mall Magazine" the King's Royal Rifle Corps. ...

    Article : 1,312 words
  4. PHYLLIS'S FOLLY.

    Although the stone flung at Burke by Daft Jimmie had felled him, it had not done him any serious harm, and in a few minutes he recovered and joined ...

    Article : 4,813 words
  5. TACTLESS.

    Dr. James Walker, a well-known physican of San Francisco, in discussing the necessity of tact in political life, tells the following incident:— ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. ABOUT OLD ALMANACKS.

    Some curious facts about old almanacks are to be found in a privately printed book published by Mr. Abel Heywood, of Manchester. At the beginning of the ...

    Article : 189 words
  7. DON'T TELL LIES.

    "Where have you been, Mr. Rocky?" demanded the boss. "Oh, sir!" replied Rocky, mendaciously, "my landlady is a most excellent ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. HIS SARCASM.

    "Bruddren and sistahs," sternly said good old Parson Woollimon, after the collection had been taken up upon a recent Sabbath morning before [?] ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. WHERE THE COMPASS CAME FROM.

    The earliest reference to the use of the mariner's compass are to be found in Chinese history, from which we learn how in the sixty-fourth year of the reign ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. WOULD ENJOY IT.

    "Private" John Allen, of Mississippi, has deservedly acquired and brilliantly sustained the reputation of being the wit of the House, says the St. Louis ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. WANTED TO KNOW.

    A story about Judge Wallace, of New Castle, has just percolated down to Pitts burg through the usual channels that bring a good anecdote, says the ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. A LEFT-HANDED HANDSHAKE.

    State Senator Frank W. Maynard, of New Hamptonshire, has just returned to his home in Nashua from Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended the ...

    Article : 280 words
  13. THE JUDGE WAS SILENCED.

    An eminent lawyer was arguing a case before the judge, who grew impatient, and said, "Your point is perfectly under stood by the Court; please make your ...

    Article : 235 words
  14. BOTH WERE WRONG.

    A commercial traveller had a lesson in pronunciation at Streeter's the other day. He had an argument over the proper pronunciation of the name of the ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. HIS GOOD RECORD.

    "It is not merely whether you truly love me," said the rich widow who is the' mother of six little children. "I must also have assurance that you will to a ...

    Article : 101 words
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