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  2. The South American War.

    WHILE we have been watching with much interest the various phases of one of England's "little wars" in the East, a more desperate struggle has been going on in South America almost ...

    Article : 1,765 words
  3. Adam and Eve.

    FORTUNATELY for Adam, the steps which led up to the wooden orrel or balcony—at that time a common adornment to the Polperro houses— afforded him a tolerably safe retreat; and, ...

    Article : 3,286 words
  4. Extraordinary Scene in the New Zealand Parliament.

    WE extract the following from the Otago Witness, September 4. The scene took place in the House of Representatives at Wellington on the morning of August 28:—"The House, had been ...

    Article : 975 words
  5. Sporting Gossip.

    I AM glad to find that we are to have a race meeting on the 10th December after all, and that the Q.T.C. have put forward a programme to be run on that day, so that there will be an extra ...

    Article : 1,803 words
  6. Bribing the Markers at Wimbledon.

    THE correspondent if the Standard writes as follows concerning the extraordinary scandal that has arisen in connection with the Wimbledon rifle meetings:— ...

    Article : 553 words
  7. The Coach and Buggy Manufactories or Brisbane.

    IN writing these papers it has been far from our iutention to give to any one firm more prominence than to another; we have just given the short descriptions of the various shops in the ...

    Article : 1,376 words
  8. The Murder of Madame Skobeleff and Suicide or the Assassin.

    THE assassination of Madame Skobeleff, the mother of the young Russian general who so brilliantly distinguished himself at the capture of Plevna, has created a profound sensation. It ...

    Article : 546 words
  9. The Latest Thing in Swindles.

    RECENTLY a Mr. Thomas Hollister, an ex-telegraph clerk, was arrested at San Francisco by a Chicago detective, upon the charge of having conspired with certain speculators in the Far ...

    Article : 302 words
  10. A Sapphire Mine.

    NEXT to the diamond (says the London Echo) the most highly valued stone is the sapphire, which, although of several colors, is best known as a blue gem. India, Ceylon, and the East, ...

    Article : 369 words
  11. A Flying Elephant.

    ONE of the most remarkable phenomena ever seen in the metropolis was witnessed yesterday evening (saye the Standard of July 23) by the passengers on the George Peabody, river steamer, ...

    Article : 314 words
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