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  2. Human Life Under Water.

    THE Bendigo Advertiser tells a thrilling tale of a miner who was shut into a shaft by water, and came out alive. It appears that the escape of this man—John M'Caviston, by name—has given ...

    Article : 1,086 words
  3. The Balloon Found in Africa.

    THE curious narrative of the discovery of a French war balloon in a tree in an unfrequented district of Natal, South Africa, impels M. Wilfrid de Fonvielle, fo Paris, to supply the public ...

    Article : 1,048 words
  4. How Public Works are Carried on in Egypt.

    THE Cairo correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says:- There are no slaves in Egypt—at least so say the rulers of the country. They say so, and ...

    Article : 2,305 words
  5. Diva Worship.

    A DIVA, as our readers know, is "the leading lady" of an opera tronpe. She is called Diva because she is divine; that is to say, because she can trill out the longest and the sweetest note, and ...

    Article : 1,152 words
  6. Fashions and Fashionable Gossip.

    FROM "A Lady's Letter" in the Melbourne Argus, dated London, December 26, we quote the following extracts:- The fetes at the Presidence have been rather ...

    Article : 2,067 words
  7. A Romance of the Sea.

    THE Edend, a ship of over 500 tons burden, sailed form London on 15th October last, bound for Valparaise. She was loaded with 150 tons of gunpowder, and—following the statement of ...

    Article : 1,101 words
  8. The Russian Relatives of Prince Alfred.

    BY the time this letter reaches Melbourne a prince of the Royal English House will have entered, by the gate of matrimony, into a foreign reigning family. The other day, while I ...

    Article : 1,087 words
  9. Mark Twain and the Ladies.

    AT the recent anniversary festival of the Scottish Corporation of London, in response to the toast of "The Ladies,"— Mark Twain replied. He said:—"I am proud, ...

    Article : 1,110 words
  10. Company in Sport.

    THE good sportsman is a sociable animal. No doubt some of our mighty hunters who seek pleasure in the pathless woods, and reputation even in the lion's mouth, often prefer to be ...

    Article : 1,139 words
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