Recent Ceylon papers contain accounts of a remarkable ceremony which took place recently in Colombo. This was the reception of a gentleman from America, who lately ...
Article : 468 wordsThe evening before the day on which John Marson was going to leave Paris for London, after a long visit to the exhibition, having nothing better to do, he went up to Montmartre ...
Article : 1,303 wordsSteve Brodie, the "Bridge Jumper," as he is called in America, the only person who ever went over Niagara Falls alive, is (writes a correspondent) a quiet, self-contained young man ...
Article : 794 wordsAt the trial of Father O'Dwyer, C.C., Castlelyon, and nine other defendants, under the Crimes Act, for conspiracy to intimidate, resumed at the Court-house, Fermoy, ...
Article : 363 wordsAfter a short and troubled sleep at his hotel Marson rose and dressed, and went back to the Exhibition. 'What is there I haven't seen?' he asked himself as he strolled down the ...
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Article : 1,201 wordsTell you a story? My gracious sakes! Ther's nothing literary 'Bout me, I guess. I couldn't invent Any yarn that wud be wuth a cent; ...
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Article : 146 wordsYou in New Zealand will be familiar with the story of the Madagascar, which was supposed to have gone down on the coast of your colony in 1853 with a large quantity of bullion. ...
Article : 787 wordsAn extraordinary sight was witnessed recently at the hospital for sick children in Rue de Sevres. Several persons rang at the gate and demanded the immediate admission to the ...
Article : 314 wordsThe commissaire was in his office when they reached the police-station, and into his august presence the prisoners were ushered forthwith. The old gentleman looked very much surprised ...
Article : 575 wordsThe window was garnished with a basket of dirty eggs mixed with discoloured chunks of bacon, and sweets, and bread, an article like saveloy run to seed, and the many odds and ends ...
Article : 657 wordsGradually the day stealing up reveals the sallow pallors of the attending crowd. The guillotine has now been in place a long while. Every now and then the hangman tries the fall ...
Article : 549 wordsAcross the fields as we idly strolled, In the cloudless summer day, The winds were wafting the rare perfume From the meadows of new-mown hay, ...
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Advertising : 493 wordsAfter the prisoner had been asked his name, age, and address, the magistrate cleared his throat, and fixing his spectacled eyes full on John's face, began: "Whether all you have ...
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