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  2. LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD.

    IT is said that the nations of the earth speak about ninety different dialects. But these dialects can be traced to a much smaller number of languages. ...

    Article : 458 words
  3. LOVE AND SELFISHNESS NEARLY AKIN.

    "'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." I HAVE often wondered if the author of the lines quoted above really meant ...

    Article : 378 words
  4. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT SEA.

    ADOLPHBS HAAS, ship's carpenter; John Andrew Somerindyke, seaman; and Gorgen Madse Jorgenson, ship's cook, were indicted at the Exeter ...

    Article : 562 words
  5. A NAUTICAL BREACH OF PROMISE.

    MISS ELIZABETH ALLEN, residing at Plaistow, and for some time a stewardess on board different ships, has just brought an action to recover damages, ...

    Article : 656 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    BONNETS made of small white natural flowers, and 'good for one occasion only,' are in high vogue for bridesmaid's wear. ...

    Article : 642 words
  7. GOLD UNDER THE CITY.

    THE death of Peter Whyte recalls, a strange story. In an Australian mining camp at one of the tents sat four men—June 10, 1858—talking earnestly of ...

    Article : 320 words
  8. Miscellaneous News.

    IN the despatches from Suakim there occurs a passage which cannot be read without emotion by any who recognise the performance of deeds of charity ...

    Article : 759 words
  9. SOMETHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CHEWING AND SMOKING.

    CIGARS were not known until about 1815. Previous to that time pipes were used exclusively. Chewing had been in vogue to a ...

    Article : 366 words
  10. EXPLODING A PIG.

    "TALK about dynamite," said a tall fellow, in the lobby of the Sturlevant House the other day. "I can tell you a true story of what nitro-glycerine ...

    Article : 191 words
  11. A PUGILIST ON THE RAMPAGE.

    A BOSTON, Mass., despatch, says:—Champion John L. Sullivan enlivened last Sunday by narrowly escaping death himself and by assaulting a woman. ...

    Article : 320 words
  12. WHAT ARE YOU AIMING AT?

    THE sin and misery of half of the world is that they live from hand to mouth, knowing why they do each single action at the moment, but never looking ...

    Article : 236 words
  13. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.

    ACCORDING to Mr. Broadhurst's letter in the Times of April 13 (says the Pall Mall Gazette), one of the first things which Dr Barry has done on getting ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. ATTRACTIVE GIRLS.

    "CLARA BELLE," in the Cincinnati Enquirer, says:—There is nothing more cheerful in the sight of a tired person than a soft clean couch— ...

    Article : 185 words
  15. A GIPSY MUSICIAN.

    THE recent funeral of an eminent gipsy musician, as reported by the Pesther Lloyd, seems to have had the importance of a national ceremony. Paul Racz, ...

    Article : 266 words
  16. SOME FAMOUS OLD MAIDS.

    LOOK at the list. Elizabeth of England, one of the most illustrious of modern sovereigns. Her rule over Great Britain certainly comprised the most brilliant ...

    Article : 233 words
  17. THE WAY THE RUSSIANS DO IT.

    THE Russian plan of procedure in its march upon India is peculiar, [?]ut it never changes. They mass an army at some base, and, when asked what it ...

    Article : 239 words
  18. SUICIDE OF A BRIDE AT MONTE CARLO.

    THE death of another victim of Monte Carlo is recorded. A clerk in a large counting-house in Germany was spending his honeymoon in Italy, and receive ...

    Article : 197 words
  19. A MIDNIGHT RIDE.

    Two troopers of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) were recently tried by district court-martial at Aldershot for an escapade of a remarkable ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. A CELEBRATED GAME OF CARDS.

    THE death of Prince Paul Demidoff, who was at one time very fond of gambling has revived the recollection of a celebrated match at ecarte with ...

    Article : 152 words
  21. AMERICAN LITERARY MEN.

    AMERICAN literature must be chiefly considered, and is mainly interesting, from the dollar side. Therefore are we always ready to read, if not what ...

    Article : 150 words
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