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  3. A ROMANCE OF ALMANACS.

    The importance of the almanac from a commercial point of view originally occurred to James I. He granted a monopoly of these publications to the Stationers' Company and ...

    Article : 1,372 words
  4. Staking a Life on a Card.

    The long and prosperous career of Flotow, the celebrated composer of Martha, was temporarily clouded in 1864 by the death of his younger brother, which took place under ...

    Article : 290 words
  5. AMONG THE ADVERTISERS.

    An Italian, speaking French well and a little English, with who "wage is no object," advertising in a London paper for an engagement as an indoor servant, puts down his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,291 words
  6. OUR ILLUSTRATION.

    At the close of the last century Ramsgate was a mere fishing village, but is now one of the most fashionable, popular and cheerful of English watering places, its constant stir ...

    Article : 395 words
  7. Ingenuity of Fraud.

    "In 1780, a, gentleman of eminence in the mercantile world was grieved by the contents of a letter which received from a correspondent at Hamburg, the post-mark of ...

    Article : 422 words
  8. THE LEAP AT BAYOU CARR.

    It was long before the dawning, while as yet the camp was still, Our colonel, keeping anxious watch, said, "Call me Texas Bill." ...

    Article : 502 words
  9. A New Version of Enoch Arden.

    When Enoch Arden came home after that memorable and disastrous voyage, which ship-wrecked him and his hopes, he crept up the street to his old home, as Tennyson informs ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. MARGATE.

    Cockney's: Paradise," and often taken by satirical writers as the scene where they draw .their vulgar: character in 'holiday ...

    Article : 303 words
  11. Diplomacy at Berlin, according to "Monsieur."

    The French Figaro publishes the following amusing incident, which is said to have taken place during one of the State dinners at Berlin, and at which the late Lord Beaconsfield ...

    Article : 548 words
  12. THE MUSE OF PARODY.

    The late Mr. J. R. Planche, whose innumerable fairy extravaganzas were so full of fun and humor, was also an expert in parody. We give the first verse of a ...

    Article : 667 words
  13. WATER AS A THIRST QUENCHER

    "Did you ever suffer extreme hunger or thirst?" was asked of a Kentucky Colonel, who had been relating some solid stories about himself. ...

    Article : 406 words
  14. "Making Light" of Men and Women."

    Every man has 240 bones; except the minstrel corner-men, who have 244 each. The lungs contain one hundred and seventy-five million cells. This is what makes man a ...

    Article : 281 words
  15. He Didn't See Him.

    "Didn't you see your girl last night?" asked a friend of a young fellow who had been out the evening before where the, old folks didn't like him. ...

    Article : 230 words
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