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  2. A LONG SLEEP.

    EARLY in February last a young man, a stranger, was discovered in what seemed to be profound sleep in the sitting room of a country tavern near Allentown, Pa. He could not be roused, and was ...

    Article : 612 words
  3. A FEW CUP DRESSES.

    THE following from the pen of " Humming Bee," in the Australasian, will no doubt be read with much interest by our fair readers : -- Busy fingers are now fashioning the designs wrought ...

    Article : 1,412 words
  4. A REMARKABLE EXPLOSION AND FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.

    THE city of St. Louis, Mo., has an almost world-wide reputation for the excellence of its flour. The other day (August 12) one of its large flour mills, which was also one of the ...

    Article : 303 words
  5. WONDERFUL THINGS.

    ON Thursday, the 9th of February, 1815, the following advertisement appeared in the Times : -- " A young gentlemen having heard of an advertisement for a Person to undertake the care ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  6. GREAT SWIMMING FEAT.

    ANOTHER candidate for the honours awarded so liberally to champion swimmers appears in the person of the eldest son of Lord Dufferin. To the celebrated names of Leander, Lord Byron, ...

    Article : 295 words
  7. "THOUGHT-READING."

    A CORRESPONDENT says, writing to the editor of the Daily News: -- " I think I may fairly claim to have made a more remarkable discovery than that with which Mr. Bishop perplexed ...

    Article : 326 words
  8. LONG SWIMS BY ANIMALS.

    REFERRING to the wonderful feats of swimming performed by Webb, the opinion is expressed in Nature that men and animals would sustain themselves for long distances in water ...

    Article : 359 words
  9. Miscellaneous.

    THE Government of Victoria Lave presented to the Legislature of that colony a report on the cost of diamond drills now in use. The drills have cost about £7,000, and the boring has ...

    Article : 1,129 words
  10. A REMARKABLE CAT.

    MR. R. F. LITTLEDALE, writing to the Spectator (London), says : -- "I knew a cat -- a black Tom -- with two qualities very strongly marked -- love fot music and affectionateness. He knew ...

    Article : 235 words
  11. A BIG BANK ROBBERY.

    GREAT astonishment was expressed in the city (says the Melbourne Argus) on Tuesday on the announcement being made that another extensive robbery had been brought to light at the Bank of ...

    Article : 846 words
  12. STATE OF IRELAND.

    THE London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writing under date September 9th says : -- The most startling fact from Ireland -- for ...

    Article : 849 words
  13. THE MODERN GARDEN PARTY.

    TEN years ago, croquet was in full favour, but limited chiefly to ladies. It was a game in which considerable proficiency could be acquired, and this very fact tended to lessen its popularity as an ...

    Article : 661 words
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