Among the Hindoos a man does not choose a partner for himself, nor do they see each other before marriage. After the Hindoo girls are married, they are not permitted to speak or live with their husband till they reach maturity. ...
Article : 649 wordsThe following from Burritt's Christian Citizen, bears a res. unblance to Southey's "Little Withelmine:"—CHILD. What have they done. those Mexican ...
Article : 176 wordsThe Pittsburgh Journal has examined an invention made by Mr Lilley, of that city, in connexion with Dr Colton, which seems to challenge attention, not only for the ingenuity which it displays, but the useful results which it ...
Article : 217 wordsMake her work harder, she is but a milliner; How can she complain bard work is killing her? Aged seventeen, and in a consumption. Some law should be made to punish presumption. ...
Article : 243 wordsI had no proof that the Papuan's are cannibals; but I had occular demonstration to tell me the Horaforas are, men, women, and children. The latter have a horrible custom, I believe peculiar to themselves. A young man, ...
Article : 321 wordsA new ma[?] of which a gentleman of Worcester, Massachusetts, is the inventor, designed for lifting heavy articles from the bottom of deep water, is thus described:—A large vessel containing materials for generating gas is let ...
Article : 101 wordsAmatus Lusitanus relates the case of a monk who fainted when he beheld a rose, and never quitted his cell while that flower was blooming. Orfila (a less questionable authority) gives the account of the painter Vincent, who was seized ...
Article : 323 wordsA patent has been taken out in America for dispensing with sowing in the manufacture of shirts, collars, and linen articles, by fastening together the pieces with indissoluble glue. ...
Article : 33 wordsFires in chimneys in France have been prevented by placing three frames of wire-work, one foot above each other, near the base of the chimney; no flame will past through them, while the draught of the chimney will not ...
Article : 56 wordsI went one day to the Recoleta, and just as I got there the little hearse drove up to the gate. The man who had charge of the burial-place received from the driver a ticket, which he read and put into his pocket. The driver then got ...
Article : 573 wordsIt is death in Lapland to marry a maid without her parents' consent; wherefore if one bear an affection for a maid, upon the breaking thereof to her friends, the fashion is that a day is appointed for her friends to behold the two ...
Article : 212 wordsA line large house has just been built on the corner of the yard of Columbia College, at the junction of Church and Murrays-streets. In digging for the foundation the earth proved to be mere quicksand, with no cohesion at all ...
Article : 171 wordsIn commencing a negociation for marriage amongst the Indians, the custom is reversed from that which obtains in civilised society; and, instead of asking how much the lady will bring towards making the pot boil, yon ask how much ...
Article : 446 wordsThe Moon rose high in her majesty, Over glittering earth, and through deep blue sky, Reigning in bright tranquility.. One soft beam looked on a woodland glade— ...
Article : 232 wordsA correspondent of the Builder says—I have often thought how easily all new-built dwelling-houses might be ventilated, were the necessity of it more felt by those engaged in building occupations. The plan I would suggest is, to ...
Article : 229 wordsA wedding among the Nestorians occupies two or three hours. When matters are all arranged, the principal officiator, assisted by various other priests and deacons, reads the prayers and long portions of Scripture,—such as the ...
Article : 257 wordsA newly constructed steam apparatus, by Christie and Co, of London, is now working upon the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, between Runcorn and Preston Brook. It consists, first of all of a simple barge, which carries the engine, but of ...
Article : 266 wordsIn Shoa, a girl is reckoned according to the value of her property; and the heiress to a house, a held, and a bedstead, is certain to add a husband to her list before many summers have shewn over head. Marriage is generally concluded by ...
Article : 240 wordsWhen a child is born, what an event is It in the education of the whole household! According to the use made of it is a pure blessing, or a cause of pain and sin to some concerned. If it he the first child, there is danger lest it be ...
Article : 582 wordsGo, Fancy, and dire in the fathomless deep, Where the fierce breakers foam, and the wares dash and sweap; Where nothing is seen but the billow-rock'd ball, And nothing is heard but the cry cf the gull. ...
Article : 231 wordsWe were informed that the bride was safely boxed in the vehicle carried in the midst of her friends; but, that in order to manifest a due reluctance to quit the virgin state, if teas requisite she should be forcibly carried off by her ...
Article : 160 wordsIt is often forgotten by smiths, that iron when heated, may be put into a vice, and the ends may be readily split by a suitable saw. A saw fir for this purpose should be thicket at the edge than at the back, and with uniform teeth, ...
Article : 100 words"The harbour at Hongkong was generally very crowded with Chinese native craft. The gayest and most highly decorated boats which arrived at our port were those which brought from Canton a mercantile commodity very ...
Article : 348 wordsIn Maharattaa woman is considered the honour of the family. She is the life and soul of her husband, his second self his best friend, and the source of all his happiness. Woman, with her amiable converge, is the companion of ...
Article : 296 wordsFew men love to be beaten at cards, backgammon, or chess. Sidonius, however, relates of Theoderic, that, when engaged at dice, he alternately displayed his eagerness, his skill, his patience, and his cheerfulness of temper. If he ...
Article : 638 wordsDr Jager, a German, has obtained patents for an improved method of igniting the charge in fire-arms, and has exhibited at 21, Norfolk-street, Strand, some very beautiful fowlingpieces manufactured at Vienna, to which the invention is ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Buffalo Journal describes a valuable cement, which Was first discovered in Sharon, Medina county, Ohio, and after undergoing the most thorough test, has been pronounced of great value for cementing roots of buildings, steam-boat ...
Article : 252 wordsWeep not for me, my dearest bride, Let hope thy solace be,—Twere better far that now I die Weep not, weep not for me! ...
Article : 129 wordsOf all their peculiar traits there is none more strange than the passion they seem to indulge for collecting human heads. These are necessary accompaniments in many transactions of their lives, particularly in their marriages, and no one can ...
Article : 382 wordsIn the district of Bemin Soar, a mountainous country inhabited entirely by Berber tribes of Morocco, there is one place, where, during the fair, a barter of a curious kind takes place. This fair is held only once a year, and is chiefly ...
Article : 392 wordsMrs Grant of Laggan has made the circumstances connected with the downfall of a generation of the house of Cluny the subject of a ballad. The grandfather of the present chief of Clan Vourich was a close adherent to the house ...
Article : 408 wordsAn ingenious and inexpensive little instrument for fitting saws has been lately patented, and will be found very useful. —The Builder An American baa just taken out a patent for a bee-hive, ...
Article : 179 wordsThe Courier of Constantinope contains a long deseriptien of the ceremory of the bethorthal of mohemot Ali Pasha with the Sultana Adile, the youngest sister of the Sultan. The enumeration of the presents sent by the Pasha to his ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 27 May 1848, Page 4
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