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  2. Light and Healthsome

    A man may be a bachelor and be good, but the chances are against him. A man who was formerly a night watch-man refers to it as his late occupation. ...

    Article : 1,227 words
  3. Always Shaved Himself.

    "Let's drop in for a shaves," said I to Tom Western the other morning as we reached the Palmer House. "I always shave myself." ...

    Article : 462 words
  4. Scored Back.

    Johnny had an uncle of a sober turn of mind; In fact, he was a parson of the most religions kind. He was horrified at cards, and at smoking ...

    Article : 389 words
  5. The Massacre of Cawnpore.

    Cawnpore is a thriving manufacturing city of some 125,000 inhabitants. In commercial importance it is only second to Calcutta and Bombay. It furnishes the railways centre ...

    Article : 700 words
  6. A Musical Box.

    For three days in succession the same advertisement appeared in a halfpenny evening paper:—A WIDOW lady in difficulties wishes to dispose ...

    Article : 3,111 words
  7. Collecting.

    The arrows of, much sarcasm are discharged at the bill collector. Surely, he is n unwelcome visitor, but deserves quite as much sympathy, as the man on whose spirits he ...

    Article : 369 words
  8. Literary Gleanings.

    Ouida says she finds her characters in the social circles she frequents. Lady Brassey is writing a book recounting the experiences of "A Tour through Egypt ...

    Article : 164 words
  9. Mark Twain's Play.

    On the production at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, of "Ah Sin, the Heathen-Chinee," the joint production of Bret Harte ...

    Article : 708 words
  10. Agricultural, &c.

    A Fresno farmer says that if ranch-owners will spray a strip a few feet wide around their tracks with kerosene the grasshoppers will not cross that line. Coal oil is death on grasshoppers. ...

    Article : 326 words
  11. Wanted

    Dear Mr. Editor, I beg You'll give me your attention, And then I'll try, as you request, At My "long-felt wants" to mention. ...

    Article : 453 words
  12. The Banker in the Cowl.

    The curiosity of the inhabitants of Albano, near Rome, was last June greatly excited by a hermit who, habited as a grey friar, had quietly taken possession of one of the ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. KEROSENE MIXTURE.

    Prof. A. J. Cook says in the New York Tribune, that ,one application of kerosene mixture is a Complete cure for lice on plants. He likes best the following mixture. One quart of soft ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. Swallowing a Needle.

    One of the fashionable restaurants in Vienna was lately the scene of a most exciting incident. A stylishly-dressed gentleman of about forty sat down in one of the ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. Prudent.

    "Why don't you go to work?" asked a gentleman of a loafer who had just begged some money to get a bed. "I am anxious and willing to work, sir." ...

    Article : 138 words
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