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  2. NOMADIC NOTES.

    Eskimo widowers often marry again with-in a week after the demise of the wife. The helpmate, of the savage does most of the work, and he is almost helpless without her. ...

    Article : 87 words
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    Advertising : 117 words
  4. Crulkshank's Bank-Note.

    The most unconventional design for a bank-note was undoubtedly George Cruikshank's "Bank Note.—not to be imitated," published in 1818. It was inspired by the ...

    Article : 121 words
  5. Sacred Sheep.

    Among the native tribes of the Philip­pines one of the rudest acts, in their eyes, is to step over a person asleep on the floor. Sleeping is, with them, a very solemn ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. A German Table Delicacy.

    Wherever a German table delicacy is in demand, there is the Westphalian ham to be found. It is given its peculiar piquant taste by the use of juniper berries in smoking the ...

    Article : 180 words
  7. Primitive People.

    In the Centre of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the small group of Magdalen Islands are populated by three or four thousand lineal descendants of the Acadians under ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. Chinese Topography.

    Affairs in China are necessarily introducing into the papers names of towns, mountains, and geographical divisions, which have a precise signifocation to the Sinologist, but ...

    Article : 173 words
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    Advertising : 94 words
  10. Original Bank-Notes.

    Paul Revers was the first American bank-note artist, and from, the time of th-3 chartering of the Bank of North America under the direction of Robert Morris in 1781, up ...

    Article : 202 words
  11. Saving Life.

    An amazing announcement is made by an American lady, Mary E. Walker, M.D. She has discovered a method of reviving. those ?who suddenly suffer from heart failure, ...

    Article : 288 words
  12. Simplified Spelling.

    Mr. William Archer has given a clear and complete explanation of the aims arid objects of the Simplified Spelling Society. Mr. Archer never does things by halves. He is ...

    Article : 377 words
  13. French Convict's Escape.

    Marius Devos, the Dutch convict who escaped by climbing a steel ladder let down by unknown accomplices from the window of the prison of the Prefecture, is still at ...

    Article : 194 words
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