... of Mr. Swinburne, a possible successor to Lord Tennyson in the Poet Laureateship. The Sultan Turkey has 300 wives, the Persian Shah 400, the King 600, and the King of Ashantee 3,000. The Cambrian railways have notified the abolition of second class carriages ...

... Europe the social status of a man may be guessed by his.dress or his equipage,' in Persia it is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or nrince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold and silver and incrusted with gems, such as rubies ...

... doctor. “ It’s use, responded the patient ; “no tongue can tell how 1 feel.” Among tha things ordered recently in Paris the Persian Shah are organ and garden boae. is true Eastern luxury. It is only such monarch who can afford to play organ grinder. With us ...

... richest to tbe poorest. m Europe tbe social status of a man may guessed by hisldress or his Persia is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or prince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold silver and inerusted with gems, such rubies, pearls ...

... the first ten months of the carrent financial year show a deficiency of £70,000. The Saltan of Torkey has 300 wives, the Persian Shah 400. the King of Siam 600, and the King of Asbantae 8,000. James Daniel, veteran eoldier, died on Tuesday Llaocaiob, in ...

... derived from Shah, and bore reference to the king or chief piece, whose checkmate is merely an English version of tbe Persian Shah-mat that is, the king is dead. This etymology shows that the game is, like the name, of Eastern origin. But no more ...