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  2. THE TWO GREATEST STORMS ON RECORD.

    The most terrible storm which has, perhaps, ever occurred is that which has been called the Great Storm. It occurred, or rather its worse effects ...

    Article : 646 words
  3. A FEW WORDS ABOUT ALMANACS.

    The name "almanac" is Eastern. The first syllable of the name, as in the words al-gebra, al-cove, al-chemy, and some others, is equivalent to the ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  4. THE MAHOMMEDANS IN HERZEGOVINA.

    A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, in writing from Ragusa, says:—The Mahommedan population of Herzegovina are becoming more ...

    Article : 215 words
  5. TRIALS OF SPEED AND STRUGGLE.

    On the afternoon of Saturday, March 25, a most amusing programme was carried out at Lillie Bridge, in which bipeds and quadrupeds distinguished ...

    Article : 410 words
  6. MARRIED IN GAOL.

    It is not often (observes the Yass Courier) that the marriage ceremony is available as an "open sesame" to the portals of a gaol, but on last ...

    Article : 328 words
  7. THE POWER OF BLUE LIGHT.

    "Blue light baths" are now extensively used on the Pacific slope in the treatment of rheumatic affections. Great care is, however necessary in the ...

    Article : 249 words
  8. THE GOSSIP OF HISTORY.

    It is part of the ill-natured gossip of history that Nelson's last signal was not "England" but "Nelson expects every man to do his duty," and that ...

    Article : 808 words
  9. A "BLACKFELLOW FIGHT."

    An aboriginal "passage of arms" is thus described by the Maryborough Chronicle:—The Tiaro blacks, it seems, had congregated for a friendly ...

    Article : 399 words
  10. UNCLE TOM'S INTERVIEW WITH QUEEN VICTORIA.

    A London paper has the following interesting report of Mr. Hanson's remarks upon the interview with the Queen:—The Rev. Josiah Henson ...

    Article : 455 words
  11. THE STORY OF THREE SHIPWRECKED SAILORS.

    Three shipwrecked mariners arrived at Melbourne from Java, by the barque Ellen. They have landed here penniless, and with only what clothes they ...

    Article : 978 words
  12. A PICTURE OF SPUEGEON.

    Mr. Spurgeon is a very hard-working man, his time being spent in moving quickly to and from the Tabernacle, the Pastors' College, the ...

    Article : 324 words
  13. AN INHUMAN PARENT.

    A dreadful case of cruelty to a child has just come before the assizes of the [?]ndre-et-Loire. The prisoner was the child's own mother, a young woman ...

    Article : 540 words
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