... age of either sex. The disparity of age has a wide range; and the returns show one instance in which a man of is married to woman of 90—95, and four in which men of 95—100 are married to women of 45—50. In one instance it appears in the tables that giil ...

... well-known pugilist. Keep a civil tongue in your head,'' was the significant reply. History Acre of Land.—ln the early days of South Australia, the land put up tor sale was sold at 12s. the acre ; and the then rules the purchaser of a town acre was entitled ...

... afternoon landed about 2,000 marines. commanded tho landing, with three cantaincs more, all which was don with little opposition. About 'lO horse came downo from ye towne, which was all, and they run away soe soon our guns began to play upon them. landed about ...

... fastnesses of the western Pyrenees. Sir John Moore, with an army of only 30,000 men, and these badly equipped and provisioned, soon discovered the necessity of a retreat; preserve his whole army from annihilation this was his only course. Loth to retire ...

... with tho country facing it. This partial investment was said to bo unavoidable, with a besieging army so inferior in numbers as those originally landed in the Crimea. Sir John Jones, in his Iliilory of Sieges, enforces, with the following excellent ...

... was now in the possession of the armies of the two most enlightened nations in the world. The heart of every Englishman thrilled with delight and gratitude, as our church bells, over the length and breadth of our land, gaily announced that Sebastopol ...

... 'HIE POWER OF MONEY. The power of money is immense. On grand scale it maintains armies, equips ileets, builds magnificent castles, and spans empire with splendid lines railway. Its influence never rests, each passing week it sets to work llie ten thousand ...

... attracted considerable attention. It is at present the head-quarters of the Turkish army in Asia; and it seems extremely probable that it will be the next place which the Russian army under Mouraviclf will attack. The city is situated in plain of great beauty ...

... their influence. The army ha; been, and generally is, the pride sovereigns and kings, and in proportion to their rising power anil consequence they have augmented and strengthened their military forces. One of the first standing armies of which we have any ...

... of France, sent a large aiinv and fleet to his assistance. This army and fleet occupied the town and' port oulon from the end of September, to tne end March And in March 1834, a French army and fleet sailed from the -me port Toulon to succour the descendant ...

... in his knapsack, it would require an army of 281,769 men. Eight hundred millions of sovereigns, piled one upon another, or formed into one close column, would extend 710 miles. this column were commenced at the Land's End and continued northward, it would ...

... living eves which might have seen Jacob, the progenitor of the Jewish nation, enter Egypt, or beheld Pharaoh, at the head of his army, en route the Bed Sea, in pursuit of the emancipated Israelites. Lord Robert Cecil on Education. —Lord Robert Cecil in addressing ...