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  2. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] THE MYSTERY OF ILFORD GRANGE.

    [?]ford Grange lies in an untrodden valley in the heart of England, a lovely retreat where the call of the bird has not been silcuced by the shriek of the steam whistle, ...

    Article : 2,418 words
  3. MAN AND WIFE.

    The homestead ain't ez bright and cheerful ez it used to be, The leaves ain't growin' half so green upon the maple tree: ...

    Article : 1,008 words
  4. THE BOOT PARADE.

    In the German army very roomy boots are provided for its warriors. Then is, however, a serious inconvenience attending the dis proportion between the sizes of boots and ...

    Article : 367 words
  5. HAZEL-HUTS.

    When the nuts are in season are entire social at mosphere of the village seems charged with this one thing. The nut question dominates local thought, imparts bias to ...

    Article : 691 words
  6. BUYING STAMPS IN TURKEY.

    Things are not hurried in Constantinople as they are in English cities. The Turks love ceremony, and have peculiar notions of what constitutes politeness. At an English ...

    Article : 483 words
  7. SATISFYING CONSCIENCE.

    "John." "Yes, dear." "Is that yon? You needn't take so much trouble to come in quietly; I've been awake ...

    Article : 476 words
  8. ENQUIRIES FOR THE DEAD

    The Dead Letter Office must occasionally be supposed to be a repository for the human dead, and inquiries for deceased persons are sometimes addressed to the "Dead Office." ...

    Article : 355 words
  9. FURNITURE MADE FROM HUMAN BONES.

    A Russian periodical supplies some interesting details regarding the mode of life of an eccentric member of the medical profession, whose appearance was well known ...

    Article : 369 words
  10. WHERE FREAKS ARE FOUND.

    To the class of people who patronise cheap "shows" freaks are a strong attraction, consequently the freak business its an firmly established as any ether, though it is ...

    Article : 320 words
  11. MR. GLADSTONE AT SCHOOL

    Wm. E. Gladstone was twelve years of age when he and his two elder brothers, Thomas and Robertson, gut down from the conch in 1821 at the Christopher Ion at Eton, and ...

    Article : 205 words
  12. A GOOD YARN.

    In Chicago reoently a rat, a terrier, and a small boy caused thousands of people to congregate on West Madison-street. It was at about nine o'clock at night, and it was not a ...

    Article : 321 words
  13. WOMEN MEN LIKE FOR FRIENDS.

    By careful observation of the girl we constantly meet it is not difficult to trace the distinction between the girl who has been brought up in the society of men and her ...

    Article : 206 words
  14. A LITTLE TOO QUICK

    Numerous complaints bad come before a certain public official in regard to food served to the inmates of one of the public institutions, and he determined to investigate ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. SANDY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

    A Scotchman, who had spent the greater part of his life in a secluded part of Scotland, where there were no churches, came to London. The first Sunday after his arrival be, ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. A MARTIAL GOOSE

    Most regiments like to have a pet, but no regiment has ever had a more curious pet than the Grenadier Guards—to wit, a goose called Peter, says the "Regiment." Peter ...

    Article : 221 words
  17. SOMEWHAT EXTENSIVE FEET.

    Ex-Congressman Bill Slemmon tolls of a pair of feet that must have been objects of great regard in their day. One day a party of men, including Jackson, ...

    Article : 324 words
  18. PERSUADED BY A CHILD.

    It may be news to many that the beard which President Lincoln wore for tho latter part of his life owed its origin entirely to a child. ...

    Article : 170 words
  19. A MENDACIOUS SPIRIT.

    The other night a reckless Denver secptic attended a spiritualist materialist meeting, and in the course of the evening, Mumming to be of the faithful, he Bought an interview ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. A ROUNDABOUT WITNESS.

    The roundabout method of answering a question was admirably illustrated by an Irish witness the other day. He was asked by the Judge if he could ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. A PETRIFIED INDIAN.

    A petrified Indian mounts guard on the banks of a stream in Yellowstone Park. The spot is near a pretty little cove within sight of the Lake Hotel, which in visited ...

    Article : 200 words
  22. VERY OLD DRESS.

    The oldest drees in the world is probably that described by a French traveller in Japan. It belonged to an Empress of Japan who lived in the thirteenth century, and it has ...

    Article : 200 words
  23. THE WORLD'S COSTLIEST BOOK.

    The most expensive book ever published in the world is said to be the official history of the War of Rebellion, which in now being issued by the Government of the United ...

    Article : 155 words
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