The following is a Californian account of an attempted suicide : weak woman, laudnum; Sunday, doctor, stomach, life again.” In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the hands of seventy clocks, scattered all over the city, are all moved by one set of works, the motive power being communicated by electricity. Tight lacing is reckoned among the blessings to mankind by an lowa doctor, Its tendency is to kill off the foolish girls, the wiser abstainers being allowed to grow into women. A Life of Washington, in Japanese, consisting of forty-four volumes, illustrated, has been published in Yeddo. Washington is represented in the costume of the present time, with a moustache, a cane, and a skye terrier. A truly historical elephant was Lord Northbrook's steed during his recent visit to Agra. This animal has been in the service since 1795 ; carried Sir John Shore to Lucknow when. Kuzeer Ali was deposed; and at different times has borne Wellesley, Cornwallis, Minto, Hastings, Arahois't, Bentinck, Auckland, EUenborough, DalIwusio, and Canning.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 622, 20 March 1874, Page 3
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