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  2. THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.

    The pretty incident which gave Thomas Moore the title of his immortal song, The List Rose of Summer,’ has been revived by the death of Amelis Koehler, not long ...

    Article : 293 words
  3. SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

    Flammarion says there are now about 115,000 double stars known, but that only about twenty-five of their orbits have been calculated; and it is certain that of these ...

    Article : 811 words
  4. NEW BOOKS, &c.

    "The Mutineer,” by Louis Beck and Walter Jeffrey (Messrs Angus and Robertson, Sydney). Like Miss Martinsau’s novel, “The Hour and the Man,” this admirable work ...

    Article : 412 words
  5. THE SUNSHINE HARVESTER.

    Shortly after the stripper in the drier areas, and the reaper and binder in more genial parte of the colony had superseded the old style of harvesting, and when machines ...

    Article : 1,072 words
  6. BALLARATIANS ABROAD.

    On arrival at Cologne, although Sunday night, we found the narrow streets througed with a quiet, orderly crowd, well dressed and evidently in the best of spirits. The ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  7. SELECTED POETRY.

    The daisies of the dawn In their pink apparel sing Of the bridals of the summer And the wooing of the spring, ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. WHOSO FINDETH A WIFE.

    ‘No you must not ask me, for I cannot tell you,’she faltered, after I had gravely repeated my earnest inquiry. She shrank from my embrace, and as she stood before ...

    Article : 3,444 words
  9. SILVER WEDDINGS.

    The fashion of silver weddings dates back to the reign of Hugh Capet, King of France, in 987. Once, as the king was arranging his uncle’s affairs, he found, on an estate of ...

    Article : 270 words
  10. REGENT MEETINGS.

    The members of the Black Hill Literary Association held their weekly meeting on Monday evening last. The programme was received, and final arrangements were made ...

    Article : 165 words
  11. DEAN.

    Mr J, B. Willis, for many years head teacher of the Mollongghip State school has now retired with the usual pension. Mr Willis for some time has been troubled ...

    Article : 122 words
  12. A POSTS INTELLIGENCE.

    A correspondent writes to 'Nature Notes ’ —‘The other day, when we were having lunch, we heard a strange scratching sound, and then as if someone were trying to turn ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. AN AMUSING SPEECH.

    Mr T. M'D. Rendle, in proposing the toast of ‘ The Imperial Faroes,’ at a recent Press Club dinner in London, said he understood that the principal persons in the navy ...

    Article : 510 words
  14. EXHIBITION OF PICTURES AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY.

    Once a year (writes a Melbourne correspondent) we generally bear of a rich Australian—Mr George M'Calloch—having skimmed the cream of the pictures at tha annual exhibition of ...

    Article : 391 words
  15. IN A THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE.

    Early in February of this year (1394) I was travelling in a third-class carriage in the neighborhood of Glasgow. At a station two women entered the compartment in which I ...

    Article : 779 words
  16. MR GLADSTONE BEHIND THE SCENES.

    The late Mr Gladstone was a frequent visitor to the Lyceum Theatre in London, and when his increasing deafness made it difficult for him to hear from the front of ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. FACTS AND FIGURES.

    Doctors’ prescriptions must not be written in Latin in France. Glasgow is said to be the least taxed city in Great Britain. ...

    Article : 312 words
  18. PHENOMENAL WEATHER.

    The Toowoomba correspondent of the Brisbane Courier writes, under data 23rd inst.: —“The weather to-day was the most phenomenal that has been experienced in ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

    Ninety thousand men in the British Army have good conduct badges. The total cordage required for a first-rate man-of-war weighs about 80 tons, and ...

    Article : 260 words
  20. APSORISMS.

    Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.—Rochefoucauld. Immodest words admit of no defence; for want of decency is want of ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. ROMANTIC STORY FROM MANILA.

    A romantic story is told of the marriage of Dr Rizal, who was shot last year as a rebel by the Spanish authorities at Manila. Mrs Rizal was born in Hongkong, and had ...

    Article : 287 words
  22. AN EAGLE’S COAT.

    A prospector in Klondyke has sent to England to a fortunate feminine relative a cloak made entirely from eagle feathers. From throat to ankle she is enveloped in ...

    Article : 190 words
  23. THE NAME “ YANKEE."

    Is the name ‘ Yankee’ in any way a term of reproach ? A ‘ New Yorker’ corrects the impression to that effect by a letter in the London Daily Mail, in which he says:— ...

    Article : 189 words
  24. ABOUT PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

    The President of the United States took part in the Civil War when a young man. He is said to have shown great bravery. His coolness under fire once stood him in ...

    Article : 129 words
  25. A DOG'S LEGACY.

    A most peculiar will has been filed in Montreal for probate. The late Mrs T. P. Roe bequeaths to her husband during his lifetime the interest on 12 shares of ...

    Article : 96 words
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