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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 : 935 words
  3. 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. It have been engaged in all descriptions of mining transactions, except the new-fangled ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,814 words
  4. The False Banknotes.

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

    Article : 296 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 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 wast that I ever heerd. If you didn't ...

    Article : 1,424 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 above blades at night. They were asked what it meant ...

    Article : 274 words
  8. A Brother's Signature.

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

    Article : 165 words
  9. Satisfaction.

    lncledon, 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 : 96 words
  10. Monthly Rhymes.

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

    Article : 104 words
  11. Hacqtine

    We often hear of "Sing a Song a Sixpence." We wonder if it is from the opera Mari-tanner. The World is full of change. A good many wish they could say the same of their ...

    Article : 1,753 words
  12. The Crow and the Pitcher.

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

    Article : 435 words
  13. Editors On Strike.

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

    Article : 117 words
  14. 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 : 64 words
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