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  2. A Curious Mistake.

    A few years ago, having come into a good deal of property by the death of a rich old uncle in Devonshire, I thought I would go home, or rather to England, as Victoria is ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  3. Contrariety.

    Oh, maiden, thou art passing fair; No charms with thine are worth comparing. I love thee, yes, I vow, I swear !— Said she, "I much object to swearing." ...

    Article : 108 words
  4. History Revised.

    James I., King of Scots, was Elizabeth's successor. He established episcopacy, and so, as soon as he leaned towards any religious sect, all the others got up on high horses and ...

    Article : 1,430 words
  5. Agricultural, &c.

    Maj. Henry E. Alvord, writing to the New England Homestead, says that soft butter it a very common thing everywhere in what we know as dog-day weather, and by no ...

    Article : 252 words
  6. Confession of a Bank Robber.

    Many years ago, when I was younger than I am now, my father kept a shop in one of the suburbs, and did a flourishing business as a grocer. His name was well known, and ...

    Article : 1,504 words
  7. Wit and humor

    The order of the day—"Get [?] fast's ready." Why is a husband like dough? [?] woman needs (kne[?]ds) it. ...

    Article : 1,196 words
  8. Human Tails.

    The tail of an animal, as every one knows, is merely the end of its spine or vertebral column. The spine of man consists of thirty-three bones called vertebra; and it is the last ...

    Article : 1,009 words
  9. Hints for Our Mashers.

    A very witty and intelligent Parisienne, of high social rank, has recently declared as follows:— "Gentlemen should always bow first to ladies, nurses and priests. A true ...

    Article : 890 words
  10. DISHORNING CATTLE.

    Dr. P. B. Clarke, in the Rural New Yorker, speaking of the practice of dishorning cattle, says that in the genus Bos the [?]orn proper is a hollow appendage of the ...

    Article : 368 words
  11. The Fastest Time.

    Recently, in the rotunda of an American hotel, a party of men were speaking of fast railway travel. One man said: "I was once a conductor of a train on a Western ...

    Article : 486 words
  12. The Professor's Revenge.

    Professor Bruner lives in a recherche, may say appropriately, in a high-toned neighborhood. His nerves are easily unstrung ; therefore, ...

    Article : 354 words
  13. Tobacco as a Medicine.

    "We incline to think," says a high medical authority, "that tobacco may be found to have as yet unsuspected value therapeutically, of we can only arrive at a correct notion ...

    Article : 245 words
  14. Some Millionaires.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  15. Wives and Pheasants in English Courts.

    Here is a case of English justice: John Reardan, cattle salesman, was lately proved before the Newport magistrates to have knocked his wife down and held her ...

    Article : 143 words
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