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  2. Light and Healthsome

    Overheard at the Club.—"Do you know Mr. D.?" Oh, very well." What sort of a man is he?" "Perfectly honest and trustworthy since he has retired from ...

    Article : 1,254 words
  3. The Largest Bet on Record.

    A great many astonishing tales have been told about the large amount of money which has been staked upon the turn of a card. ...

    Article : 333 words
  4. Annabel Montaire.

    Here name was Annabel Montaire, According to the bill, And she was most surpassing fair ...

    Article : 340 words
  5. The Swimmer.

    When General Kirke was vacillating about sending relief to the sorely pressed garrison of Derry, in June, 1689, he wished to dispatch a letter to the governor of the town ...

    Article : 995 words
  6. Russian Justice.

    The following circumstance was related by a Russian gentleman, who was at St. Petersburg at the time it occurred. There is, as all travellers are aware, a large and ...

    Article : 546 words
  7. Little Carrotson's Holiday.

    Mr. Cutbill was a busy lawyer, a bachelor, and not very fond of children, so that his married sister, who lived in the country, made a mistake when she wrote to beg that he ...

    Article : 2,389 words
  8. Anything She Might Name.

    It is hardly, credible that), the, United! States Supreme Court Justice, Stanley Matthews, at the bidding of a prima donna once turned a somersault in a parlour in the ...

    Article : 321 words
  9. A Discontented Lodger.

    Mrs Middlecrust had a big house, and administered to the wants of three lodgers with a most maternal care. She always bought good butter—in fact, she was ...

    Article : 413 words
  10. He Remembered.

    A man never feels more lonesome and forgotten anywhere on the face of this big earth than in the land of his boyhood, after an absence of fifteen or twenty years. He goes. ...

    Article : 701 words
  11. Russian Tallow Manufacture.

    Towards the end of the summer the herd, which have been fattening on the steppes, if the weather has not been too dry, are driven to the tallow-boiling houses. There are ...

    Article : 317 words
  12. Little Jonah.

    Mr. Essendon came home from a meeting of the Blue Ribbon Army in the best of spirits, or at least that best that money could buy. He went to the bed, piled himself ...

    Article : 353 words
  13. Only a Pin.

    Only a pin? And it calmly lay In the sunshine light of a bright noonday. ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. A Barberous Joke.

    The chairman is carving a hare and isn't making much progress. Every few second he mops his forehead with a highly perfumed handkerchief. ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. What's in a Name.

    Some of the curiosties of [?] are most remarkable. For example—black lead is not lead at all, but a compound of carbon and a small quantity of iron. Brazilian ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. Atheism.

    1st Old lady—I was hearing the meeneester, an he disna believe in a personal deevil they say. 2nd Old Lady—What ! Nae deevil ! that'll ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. Some Signs of the Times.

    "In court," said the card on the lawyers door. "Back in ten minutes." on many more. "Gone to the hospital," on the doctor's slate ...

    Article : 105 words
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