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  2. TRAMP'S ESCAPE.

    John Smith, a well-known Illinois Central passenger engineer, relates a remarkable story about a man whom he found asleep on the ties of a ...

    Article : 266 words
  3. A WOMAN'S IDEA OF CONVENTIONAL KISSING.

    Persons who are decidedly averse to formal kissing are more apt to carry it to extremes than those who are not. They have so worked up their minds 'to the highest pitch ...

    Article : 366 words
  4. DOLLARS IN ODD SHAPES.

    Under the law, a silver dollar may be a grain and a half over weight, and this "limit of tolerance" applies to all of our silver coins. In other words, ...

    Article : 306 words
  5. YANKEE YARNS.

    Somehow I can seldom hit things with Ferguson. He has three or four other names—Bartholomew Erastus Philander, or something of that sort—but I always ...

    Article : 1,106 words
  6. L'HOMME QUI RIT.

    The man who laughs is not always such an amiable creature. "Laugh and grow fat," they say, yet I have known a good many thin' folk laugh very' heartily. To ...

    Article : 826 words
  7. CAN'T USE THEM.

    All Americans who have lived in London will have noticed the curious facility with which Englishmen contrive to neutralize American ...

    Article : 260 words
  8. CRISP AND CASUAL.

    "William S[?]goon, the able and famous electrician, rose from a cobbler's bench." We saw a man try to do the same thing once but he was prevented by a chunk of shoe ...

    Article : 579 words
  9. PRAISE YOUR WIFE.

    Praise your wife, man; for pity's sake, give her a little encouragement—it won't hurt her. She made your home comfortable, your hearth bright and shining, food ...

    Article : 438 words
  10. CANNOT DROWN FIRES.

    Fighting fires deep down in coast mines is a task to put the heroism of the bravest to the test. In an interesting article on the subject in Frank ...

    Article : 286 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN NICKNAMES.

    Although the Australian colonies have now been linked together in a commonwealth, it is not probable that the nickname bestowed, by one ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. DONE BY POST OFFICE WOMAN.

    There is a woman on the Chicago post office force who is doing what no other woman in the city can do. and very few men, says an exchange ...

    Article : 239 words
  13. A SLEEPWALKER'S FEAT.

    "An interesting case of somnambulism is reported by M. Badaire, director of the normal school at Blois, France. It is accredited by Dr. Dufay and ...

    Article : 243 words
  14. THE FOUR FRIENDS.

    "Lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided:" This sentiment from David s lament over Saul and Jonathan, might have been appropriately ...

    Article : 259 words
  15. We Now Grow Giant Bats.

    With the Philippines we have acquired quite a remarkable addition to our zoology in a giant bat that far exceeds in size his cousins on this ...

    Article : 178 words
  16. WASTE OF GOLD IS HEAVY.

    It is fortunate for the world that new gold mines are being developed at s rapid rate; otherwise there would soon be a famine in the precious ...

    Article : 234 words
  17. WILD AND WOOLLY.

    At Calgary, the metropolis of the northwest, just within sight of the crystal and pearl peaks of the Rocky mountains, in Alberta, there are odd people enough to stock ...

    Article : 280 words
  18. IT HAD STRUCK THEM.

    A girl had dislocated her jaw and was taken to the doctor, who quickly reduced the dislocation and applied a bandage to keep the jaw in position. The doctor was a ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. Seven Denominations in Wedding.

    "The college roommate of a friend of mine was engaged to a lady in New York." writes Rev. D. M. Steele in his article on "Some People I Have ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. HEART'S-EASE.

    There is a flower I sought for years, Heart's-ease and rest from care, For my heart was crushed by pain and tears, ...

    Article : 242 words
  21. SENDS HIS BILLS TO THE MEN.

    There is a man in so [?] who does a large bu[?] in babies dress and clothing for very young children, writen Edward Bok, in ...

    Article : 165 words
  22. Too Many Doctors.

    Statistics of the country relating to physicians indicate the -possibility, if not the actuality, of overcrowding in the medical profession. It was found ...

    Article : 85 words
  23. Women in Holland.

    A. great change has come over publie feeling in Holland as to girls in the upper classes earning their own livelihood. The prejudice against ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. ON HIS DIGNITY.

    Jack—"Is it true, Harry. that you have given up all thoughts of making Maud your wife?" Harry—"Well. I should say so." Jack—" That's strange; I thought you were ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. THIRSTY FOR KNOWLEDGE.

    Cite Bells—" I hope your stay in our city will not be short, Mr. De Science." Mr. Do Science (member of the American Ornithologists' Union)— "Thank you, but my ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. New York a Century Age.

    An old copy of the New York Speetator shows that the population, of New York city just 100 years ago this. May was 60,483. Philadelphia then ...

    Article : 35 words
  27. A COSTLY CHEAT.

    "Oh, grandma!" cried a mischievous [?]ttle urchin, "I cheated the hens so [?]icely just now; I threw them your gold cads, and they though they [?] ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. Cheotant Growing is Graces.

    In no part of the world does the business of growing chestnuts receive so much attention and involve. the outlay of so much capital as in ...

    Article : 52 words
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