_Provincial Paper_.
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A new German Opera that we look forward to seeing: _Die
Gothädummerung_.
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"A man just under military age, with seven children, is ordered to
join up."--_Weekly Dispatch_.
Such precocious parentage must be discouraged.
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"HELSINGFORS, Sept. 28.--The Governor-General of Finland has
ordered seals to be affixed to the doors of the Diet."--_Times_.
This seems superfluous. Seals have always been attached to a Fin Diet.
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"A party of the Russians in their natural costumes have come
to Portland to ply their trade as metal workers. They make a
picturesque group, which a Press writer will try to describe
to-morrow morning."--_Portland Daily Press (U.S.A.)_.
We trust that he did not dwell unduly upon the scantiness of their
attire.
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