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  2. HISTORICAL EVENTS,

    Five and a half centuries have elapsed since the second great battle-Polctiers-fought by the English in France in assertion of their ...

    Article : 322 words
  3. A VISIT TO A MAHOGANY CAMP.

    About twenty miles from the mouth of the Wawa river, which flows into the Caribbean Sea not far to the south of Cape Gracias a Dios, are ...

    Article : 1,537 words
  4. TEASERS.

    Make one word of the following letters-e d o r n o w ? Ans.-"One word." How many hard-boiled eggs can a ...

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  5. A "BON VOYAGE" PARTY.

    Lucy Heaton Armstrong, writes in 'The Lady's World" :-We owe the idea of a "Bon Voyage" party to America, like so many of our social ...

    Article : 500 words
  6. LONDON'S ANCIENT MONUMENT.

    In London on the embankment of the Thames, standing majestic in its great height and solidity, is that wonderful column of red granite ...

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  7. NEW LIGHT ON LIGHT.

    From the earliest times men have been trying to explain the phenomenon which • they called light and their explanations have undergone ...

    Article : 1,201 words
  8. AN EAGLE AND A DOG.

    Many of the stories of eagles we hear of eagles carrying off children, sheep, etc., will not bear close examination, but a well-authenticated ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. A TWENTY-SIX HOURS SPEECH.

    The longest speech on record was made on September 17, 1872, by Mr. De Cosmos, in the Legislature of British Columbia when a measure ...

    Article : 384 words
  10. THE GREAT DEVIL FISH.

    Among the most curious inhabitants of the sea must be reckoned the octopus and the cuttle-fish. They are very closely allied, but differ in the ...

    Article : 428 words
  11. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Japan gets 188,000 recruits yearly for her regular army. In Egypt there are 160,000 more men than women. ...

    Article : 418 words
  12. MURDERED!

    He was a theatrical lover, and she didn't like his style in the least, for he was constant in his devotion, which made matters worse, She had ...

    Article : 192 words
  13. NOT APPRECIATED.

    For the sake of amusement while living in a country village some years ago, I started a nigger minstrel troupe, and was vain enough to ...

    Article : 345 words
  14. AWKWARD FOR JONES.

    "Awfully slow, this !" remarked Jones to his wife, as they strolled round a waxwork exhibition at the watering-place where they were ...

    Article : 124 words
  15. A TERRIBLE COMMOTION.

    The Mayoress of Barchester is an economically-minded lady, and whenever the mayor gives a reception of any sort she sees to it that two ...

    Article : 198 words
  16. HIS LAST STRUGGLES.

    "I recollect," the dear old veteran continued, dreamily, "that at the battle of Alma I had a very exciting' time. Bullets were pelting upon us ...

    Article : 177 words
  17. TOO LONG ALREADY.

    An old gentleman was recently traveling to Scotland by rail, and opposite him sat a youth, with remarkably long legs, which he was ...

    Article : 97 words
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