Word: european
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rendered in preserving for posterity the features of our first President. "The Acquisition of Florida," a contribution from Hon, J. L. M. Curry, Minister to Spain, is a historical sketch of the troubles between the United States and Spain during the first years of the republic, and of the European complications which finally ended in the cession of Florida by Spain to the United States. This article is followed by a graphic description of the early methods of transportations and travel "Between Albany and Buffalo" in the days when railroads and canals were unknown, when roads were wretched and passable...
...that makes our products cost more than those of foreigners. If labor were to be regarded as a commodity to be bought and sold in the cheapest market, by all means let us have free trade that our wages may fall to the level of those received by the European. But in a country where the government is in the hands of the people, no such attitude is possible. It is of vital importance to the life of the Repulic that any device be used to raise wages. This may be accomplished by what Clay calls "the American system...
...Essay: "Faith and Conduct." Nichol: "Tables of European History...
...flourished greatly in their reign. It was only seventy-seven years ago when the last of the Mamelukes were destroyed by an act of treachery. The traveler on his arrival is struck by sights common in Modern Europe, and in fact Modern Cairo is nothing more than the European quarter of the city. The streets are broad and the houses and grounds beautiful in this new part. The best view is obtained from the citadel which overhangs the city on the south. From here can be seen the far stretching plains, the Nile and the desert, with the pyramids beyond...
...corner in charge of boys. The population of the city is about 400,000, and the native part is made up of Moslems and Coptic Christians who claim to be the descendants of the ancient Egyptians. The Moslems are very bigoted and distrust foreigners, but are slowly improving under European influence...