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  2. A Gambler's Reformation.

    "If you want to hear a strange story," said a gentleman to our reporter, "engage that gray-haired man in conversation and get him to tell you his history. It will repay you for ...

    Article : 930 words
  3. The Phantom Hunt.

    "I daresay you knowed Tom Mulliss down to Crosslanes—blasphemious Tom they called un—and a rare hand he was at the cussing—the wust that I ever heerd. If you didn't ...

    Article : 1,335 words
  4. My Luck in a Tunnel.

    I am an old miner. Not one of the now-a-day stripe, but an old forty-nine Californian miner. I have been engaged in all descriptions of mining transactions, except the new-fangled ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,797 words
  5. WANTED—A MINISTER.

    A correspondent of the American Congregationalist puts at the head of his article "Wanted—A Minister," and discourses thus— "A talented man—a powerful and brilliant ...

    Article : 275 words
  6. The False Banknotes.

    A French nobleman played a game at carte with a foreign count. The latter won, and the Freuchman pulled out 10,000 francs and handed them to the winner, who quietly ...

    Article : 298 words
  7. A Good Idea.

    A gang of Italian laborers were recently cut down sixpence a day. Instead of striking, they cut an inch off their shovel blades at night. They were asked what it meant ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. A Brother's Signature.

    A man from a neighboring town wished one of our banks to take his bill a shout time ago. The ,directors said they world said the bill if his brother would indorse it ...

    Article : 163 words
  9. Satisfaction.

    Ineledon, the ballad singer, was apt on some occasions to give offence by his brusque and almost rude deportment. Being called on by a person for "satisfaction" for an ...

    Article : 98 words
  10. Monthly Rhymes.

    In January I popp'd to Mary; In February, She said, "She'd see." ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. Raceline.

    We often hear of "Songa Song a Sixpence." we wonder from the opera Mari-tanner. The world is full of change. A good many wish? they could say the same of their ...

    Article : 1,722 words
  12. The Crow and the Pitcher.

    A crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with Moy to a pitcher, which he beheld at some distance, "What an opportunity to pitcher upon 1" was his gratified reflection; but, ...

    Article : 427 words
  13. AN ANTI-SHOUTIST.

    I've met a man, you know him well, At divers drinking bouts; A merry mate but truth to tell, He drinks, but never shouts; ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. Editors On Strike.

    When Alexander Dumas was the proprietor of the Mosquetaire all his editors one fine evening went away and left him in the lurch. Thus taken unawares, Dumas ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. Unique.

    She said he had a flattering tongue, As to his arms she fondly clongue, And love's sweet roundelay he sungue. For that, said he, my love, I guess ...

    Article : 56 words
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