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  2. THE HUMOURIST.

    The amenities of parliamentary life in these degenerate days are well illustrated by the following dialogue, which recently took place in the lobby of the House between a subordinate ...

    Article : 1,779 words
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  4. Depopulation in France.

    At a recent sitting of the Academie de Medecine, Paris, M. Lageneau, the statistician, pointed out that this evil is not confined to anyone class of society in France. The actual average of children born in ...

    Article : 381 words
  5. Marriage.

    We are apt to be severe on hasty or unpromising marines that have had unfortunate issue. But we should try to be charitable; nothing merits charity more than marriage. It cannot be weighed too long or ...

    Article : 243 words
  6. The Christmas "Wassail Bowl."

    The first presentation of the wassail bowl on record is said to have been when Rowena, daughter of the Saxon King Hengist, offered the British Vortigern a bowl of some favourite liquid, welcoming him with the ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. The Origin of the Shot-Tower.

    There was once a mechanic at Bristol, England, who had a queer dream. Watts was his name, and he was by trade a shotmaker. The making of the little leaden pellets was then a slow, laborious, and ...

    Article : 357 words
  8. Lifting the Times Veil.

    Until Mr. Parnell sued Mr. John Walter in the Scotch Courts for £50,000 damages for slander alleged to be contained in the Times articles on "Parnellism and Crime," it was generally supposed that Mr. Walter ...

    Article : 713 words
  9. How the Arabs Capture Slaves.

    The tribes principally concerned in the trade are Arabs, or mixed races of Arabs, and the original inhabitants of the country. Of these the worst are the Metis, men without confidence or pity, so infamous for ...

    Article : 295 words
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