The cause of-the'decadence of' French' literature lies in itho-fact that, our'writers •. .attend tod many parties and dinners. Our ' hostesses:have begun the habit of offering'up a great man to their guests. The unfortunate. genius is sentenced toTie'fritty;-' every night; for at least three hours. No brain can stand ; such a strain.—"Cri do Paris." . Signor Nasi, 'the .dishonest -Italian states-' man, has been sentenced ; to eleven monthi and twenty, .days', imprisonment..for. .misap-. piopriatiqn of public funds. ...The Sentence is looked upon as-a light,, one.. ..They; might have given, him a year.—London "Eyciiiiig News. ''. . .'• Every year at ArkalguJ the locjl. god, Narasiiiimaswa'mii is- taken in, procession to ■ a building outside the town,! and there a rabbit, caught beforehand, is touched by tho .. spectators and set at liberty. - If the.rabbit turns towards the town it is-regarded as an : ; ill omen'foreboding some calamjtyi.-r-''Mail," Madras. V ...n.-yy-. .-'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 8
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141Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 8
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