Is there anything in the world can beat a good wife? Yes, a bad husband. A man who spits in a railroad car cannot expec-to-rate as a gentleman.
A salt mine at Bochina in Austria has been the scene of a great conflagration, caused by an inexperienced assistant engineer who, while cleaning the engine, allowed the hemp he was using to catch fire at a naked light. Eight lives were lost, six persons being killed in attempting to save others. The Count of Punorostro is now in Paris (the Home News states) arranging for the return of Queen Isabella. In this King Alfonso acts in opposition to the will of his Ministry, and defies them, declaring that they may resign, but that his mother must have an asylum in Spain. Her place of residence will, it is said, be at Valladolid, within easy reach of Madrid. It is believed that the issue is forced on Alfonso by his mother. The results will be most disastrous : the army will be divided at once if she takes any part in state affairs. The proposition is creating immense excitement in Spain,
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Globe, Volume V, Issue 551, 24 March 1876, Page 2
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188Untitled Globe, Volume V, Issue 551, 24 March 1876, Page 2
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