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  2. 'VODKA” AND THE DEAD IN RUSSIA.

    There is a belief amongst the people in some parts of Russia that even the dead cannot do without their “vodka,” or brandy—that curse which is driving the ...

    Article : 601 words
  3. LADIES’ COLUMN.

    The Duke of Edinburgh, at a fancy dress ball in Malta, was arrayed in the full dress of a Russian boyard of the seventeenth century-sapphire blue velvet trimmed with ...

    Article : 711 words
  4. GROUPS OF ANIMALS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 words
  5. MULTUM IN PARVO

    William street M. E. Church, Delaware, O., famous for having sent out more missionaries than any other in the denomination, and also as the place where the Temperance ...

    Article : 1,443 words
  6. SELEVTED POETRY

    We often meet upon the street A face that haunts us ever; Now here, now there-or dark or fair- It can escape us never. ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. OUR AGRICULTURAL LETTER.

    The proposition, originating in Warrnambool, to form a company to utilise the potato for the distillation of spirits has not been so warinly received by those ...

    Article : 1,397 words
  8. ERSKINE AND TERRY.

    Erskine once stopped at an ion. On the window of the principal room several inscriptions were scratched. One of these, written by a great attorney named Terry, ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. THE HARE, THE WOLF, AND THE LION.

    A hare who was sitting on her form one day was pounced upon by a wolf, who was about to devour her when she demanded to be taken before the lion and have the case ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. ONLY A WOMAN.

    Only a woman ! A delicate woman ! Who starts at the sight of a mouse; Whose weight is fourscore, (Not many pounds more), ...

    Article : 240 words
  11. HOME INTERESTS.

    Beef Loaf—Chop very fine, or have your butcher mince 2 lb of coarse. Iran beef. Season spie[?]y with pepper, salt, nutmeg, summer savory, or sweet marjoram, and a ...

    Article : 519 words
  12. ALCOHOL A DESTROYER.

    Sir Andrew Clark, physician in ordinary to the Queen, in an address recently delivered, said— I call perfect health the loveliest tiling in ...

    Article : 376 words
  13. THE GHOST’S TOUCH.

    “Had she no relations in Endland?" Mr. Rayburn asked. “She was literally alone in the world, sir. When I tell you she had been brought up in ...

    Article : 3,684 words
  14. HOME FASHIONS.

    Irish poplin is certainly more worn than ever it has been in this country before; and well worth patronage it is, for it looks equal to silk, and is three times as durable. The ...

    Article : 874 words
  15. FUN AND FANCY.

    “ No," said an old maid, “ I don't miss a husband very much. I bare trained my dog to growl every time I feed him, and I have bought a tailor’s dummy that I can scold ...

    Article : 567 words
  16. HOW TO HELP YOUR TOWN.

    Talk about it. Write about it. Beautify the streets. Be friendly to everybody. Elect good men to all the offices. Keep your sidewalks in good repair. Bell all you can, and buy ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. HOW TO INJURE YOUR TOWN.

    Oppose improvements. Mistrust its public men. Run it down to strangers. Go to some other town to trade Refuse to advertise in your local paper. Do not invest a ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. WORDS OF WISDOM.

    It is better to take care of one’s health than one’s malady. A blush announces the departure as well as the arrival of shame. ...

    Article : 260 words
  19. QUITE RICHT.

    A man, sued for his newspaper subscription at Melbourne, pleaded that though he had received the paper he had never ordered it. Asked by the judge (Cope)-" If a ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. WHY MEN ARE SCARCE IN MASSA-CHUSETTS.

    Of the 76,373 “superfluous women” in Massachusetts more that S5 per cent, are widows. A Boston correspondent of the Chicago Times shows that the preponderance ...

    Article : 168 words
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