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  2. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    If at the commencement of the Christian Era, and with no intermission through the long line of the coming centuries up to the present time, newspapers had been published, and had there ...

    Article : 1,502 words
  3. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    A freak of nature even more remarkable than that of the Siamese Twins is reported from Nadking, where a Kiansi man has two sons, aged about eight, who are joined ...

    Article : 153 words
  4. GENERAL EXTRACTS.

    Bonny Town, in the Niger districts, by the writer of "Ten Days on an Oil River," is described as an intricate collection of huts, some with wattle-and-daub walls and ...

    Article : 1,527 words
  5. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    A sad procession sought the church at noon of day. A weeping girl along the winding summer way Followed the slow-borne bier where mute her ...

    Article : 137 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    They had quarrelled, and the high-spirited girl said, as she handed him a package: "There, Mr Ferguson, are the presents you have given me. Now that all is over between ...

    Article : 186 words
  7. Home and Fireside.

    FISH CROQUETTES.—Almost any kind of cold fish may be used in making croquettes. Chop fine and fry brown half an onion in a tablespoonful of butter. Season a cup of white ...

    Article : 1,351 words
  8. Microbes on Butter.

    The latest scientific announcement is that butter is the favorite breeding-ground of the most pestiferous baccili; and the hungry citizen, ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. Fragments.

    LOVE'S MEANING.—Maud: "Aunt Marie," what does 'love' mean in lawn tennis? Marie: "Just the same as in anything else. Nothing." ...

    Article : 1,275 words
  10. The Daughter of the Regiment.

    Marie Kekaholmskala is married, says the Warsaw "Journal." On 12th January, 1877, the grenadiers of Keksholm, who had taken part in the battle of Karagatch, were passing ...

    Article : 472 words
  11. GREAT FAMILY VENDETTA.

    Mr Walter Besant in "The Voice of the Flying Day," in this week's "Queen," tells the story of a Great Family Vendetta. He says:—The prologue is in King's Bench ...

    Article : 881 words
  12. A Complicated Affair.

    A curious illustration of ignorance with regard to divorce law was shown in a case that came before the English Divorce Court. Mr Edmund Whitworth, the petitioner, a ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. The Sea Serpent.

    Professor Huxley writes to the "Times":— The sea-serpent once came in my way. But before I tell a story of what happened many years ago, I may be permitted to remark that ...

    Article : 288 words
  14. Day and Night.

    Said Day to Night, "I bring God's light' What gift have you?" Night said, "The dew." ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. Columbus Anticipated.

    According to the Copenhagen correspondent of the "Vossische Zeitung," the Flaotlook, which is to be taken to the Chicago Exhibition by an American ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. [?]nd of Women to Know.

    [?] with a loving heart is sure to look upon the bright side of life, and by her example induce others to do so. She sees a good reason for all the unwelcome ...

    Article : 219 words
  17. Happy Arkansas.

    We may expect a steady influx of aspiring politicians in the State of Arkansas (says the "St. James's Budget"). The House of Representatives there has ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. The Carrier Falcon.

    According to M. Smoiloff, a Russian military officer, the carrier pigeon is destined to be ousted by the carrier falcon for conveying despatches in time of war. M. ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. Variable Stars.

    Mrs Mina Fleming, of the Harvard College Observatory, is a woman of large scientific attainments. For the last ten years she has been engaged in examining the photographs, ...

    Article : 109 words
  20. HOW PEOPLE DIE.

    The death-rate of the world is computed about sixty-seven a minute, ninety-seven thousand seven hundred a day, and thirty-five million six hundred and thirty-nine thousand ...

    Article : 385 words
  21. A Rich Market Woman.

    A market woman in Vienna has lately died of apoplexy, and was buried without much attention being paid to her property. She is now (says a London paper) ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. They Made a Record.

    In "Sportascrapiana," is given an instance of "riding double" which we should fancy must boa record. One Farmer A. was a big man, very. He weighed as he walked 20st. Farmer ...

    Article : 266 words
  23. Peculiar Accident to a Colt.

    One of the oddest accidents over known to a colt recently happened on the railway between Mottram and Dinting, in Derbyshire, England. Three colts got upon the line, and a luggage ...

    Article : 267 words
  24. A Wife's Cloting.

    Is a wife's clothing which she has purchased with her husband's money the property of the husband or the wife? The question has been raised in the ...

    Article : 180 words
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