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Article : 269 wordsQueen Alexandra, although as unfamiliar to French society as King Edward is familiar, has many admirers (the Paris correspondent of the "Daily News" says ...
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Article : 355 wordsIn the Cromwellian period, when the ferment at once so subtle and so tumultuous had begun to clear, it was found that, though by no direct and far-sighted counsel ...
Article : 260 wordsMr. R. Davey, writing to the "Morning Post," says:"It may be of interest at a time when a necessary change in the word-ing of our National Anthem is about to take ...
Article : 310 wordsMiss Alta Rockefeller, daughter of the richest man in America, if not in the world (he is reported to have made £30,000,000 last year), and Mr. Pannalee Prentice, a ...
Article : 201 wordsAmong the many reasons which might induce the King of the Belgians to reside in Paris there is one which is not the least of all—that of economy, for, if in Belgium he ...
Article : 139 wordsWhat the bamboo is to China the Caranaiba, or Carnahuba, Palm is to Brazil in the way of being useful for a variety of purposes. On the under side of its leaves are ...
Article : 231 wordsAt a recent meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians it was stated that several amputated limbs had been buried in the workhouse grounds, others had been interred ...
Article : 121 wordsThose people who believe that England is exempt from earthquake will be surprised to hear that in the time of Horace Walpole London received a shock of what that witty ...
Article : 193 wordsThe most extraordinary precautions are taken in Spain to provide for the safety of the Sovereign at night. His slumbers are watched throughout the night by the ...
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Article : 117 wordsRailroading in the Straits Settlement must be lively. Not long ago a freigh train was lumbering along, when a big elephant came out of the woods and ...
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Article : 185 wordsIn connection with a smart ride after party of rebels, on the eventful march to Cawnpore, during the Indian Mutiny, Lord Roberts chronicles good-humouredly a mot ...
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Article : 85 words"A certain hotel-keeper in a village near Glasgow has lately made his name notorious through selling bad liquor, and so strongly have the villagers resented this treatment ...
Article : 116 wordsThere was some sense in the remark of a Sootchman, who, on reading the saying of Solomon, 'Snow is beautiful in its season,' exclaimed—'Aye, nae doot it was beautiful ...
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