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  2. A BRAVE ATTACK BY A RUSSIAN MERCHANTMAN.

    The memorable encounter between a Bussian merchantman and a Turkish ironclad, is the theme of the following official report of Captain Earanoff, the commander of the Vesta, which accomplished the ...

    Article : 1,396 words
  3. HOW TO WRITE AIN AGREEABLE STYLE.

    Dryden found himself one day after a dinner party in company with the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Rochester, and Lord Dorset. The conversation turned upon the English language, on the ...

    Article : 264 words
  4. LATEST GERMAN NEWS.

    Berlin, August 11.—The explanations given by Lord Beaconsfield on Thursday night have caused very general satisfaction here, as they are considered to prove the existence of an understanding between ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. COURTSHIP OF KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN.

    It is no longer a secret that the King is engaged to his cousin Dona Mercedes de Montpensier Borbon. He is resolved to carry out a plan which he had formed when, leaving his cousin in Paris, ...

    Article : 589 words
  6. THE HOME RULERS.

    The Home Rulers in the House of Commons are in a bad way. It is understood that the King-street meeting has left behind much dissatisfaction; that the hard words which were freely exchanged have ...

    Article : 245 words
  7. A DOG AT ITS DEAD MISTRESS'S GRAVE.

    We are reliably informed of a remarkable incident connected with the death of a lady of this city during the past week. She owned a valuable dog. The animal had never been in the habit of ...

    Article : 255 words
  8. THE CONFESSIONAL IN AN ENGLISH CHURCH

    A very singular case of misguided religious zeal has been tried at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Commissioner Kerr. It seems that amongst the many vagaries committed at Hatcham by the Rev. ...

    Article : 327 words
  9. A GLIMPSE AT A VETERAN.

    While I waited at the Plojesti Station (writes a correspondent of the London News) there came from the waiting-room to a carriage of a train bound east an old General, somewhat feeble of step, yet of ...

    Article : 670 words
  10. A BRAVE CAPTAIN.

    A good story of Prince Pasklevitch: During the war of Warsaw he had ordered a certain Polish battery to be silenced by his own artillery, and became perfectly wild with rage on observing ...

    Article : 215 words
  11. TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF THE INDIAN FAMINE

    In the midst of a famine so terrible as this is, one cannot help writing on the subject which is every one's thoughts. Things are now even worse than at the date of my last letter, and, in fact, they must ...

    Article : 334 words
  12. ANOTHER RUSSIAN REPULSE.

    Paris, August 11.—A telegram from Shumla asserts that the Russians made an attack on Plevna in great force on Thursday morning. The right wing was composed of Roumanian troops. The centre ...

    Article : 207 words
  13. AMONG THE ARMENIAN WOMEN.

    A war correspondent, describing his journey, from Trebizond to Erzeroum, says:—"Thousands of small yellow ferrets dart to and fro across the road, and run to shelter in their burrows as we ...

    Article : 234 words
  14. MORE FROLICS OF WOMANKIND.

    The marriage of a young lady (a Miss C.) with her riding-master, which took place at Christ Church, Clifton, England, just recently, is the subject of very active gossip in that pleasant ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. SERVIA REMAINS QUIET.

    The NORTH GERMAN GAZETTE of the 11th August says that the assertions in regard to Servia, winch have lately been revived, are totally unfounded. The GAZETTE continues:—"The question of extending ...

    Article : 182 words
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