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  2. Notes and Queries.

    It was a common belief in the middle ages that the corpse of a murdered person would bleed if touched by the murderer. I met with a very curious belief in corpso-bleeding in a book " Of Religion, ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. TASMANIA.

    GOLD.—Excellent specimens were obtained from the Loviatlian Company. The chairman of directors, Mr. John Diprose, estates that the specimons were better than anything previously soon in the mine. ...

    Article : 590 words
  4. Scientific and Useful.

    ALTHOUGH anything but an inviting subject to deal with, either in writing or roading, yet it is thought in view of the frequency of questions from subscribers ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 653 words
  5. A TELEPHONIC HOAX.

    Among the regular press dospatohos from London, on the day of the bombardment of Alexandria, was one purporting to come from Malta, the cable station nearest the seat of war, stating that the firing ...

    Article : 198 words
  6. "AULD ROBIN GRAY."

    My attention having recently been called to a discussion in "N. and Q.," in the course of which a paper in "Temple Bar" for February has received some severe though vague criticism, may I be allowed ...

    Article : 571 words
  7. TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.

    The "Medical Press" says that Dr. Denker, who, during 24 years of very extehsive practice in the Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, has treated upward of two thousand oases of diphtheria, and tried ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. The Naturalist.

    I was reading in an old issue of your paper (September 16) an article on "the mode of birth of the kangaroo," a subject in which I have taken great interest, and have had very good opportunities for ...

    Article : 755 words
  9. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    By telegraph we loa[?] that rich specimens of coppor have been shown at Port Augusta, obtained from a lode 10ft straight down in the Victory mine. ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND.

    THAMES.—RoportB up to the 14th are published in the "Auckland News," from which we summarisa:—The cleaning up for the usual monthly crushing at the Adelaid[?] resulted in the capital ...

    Article : 726 words
  11. A MIXED METAPHOR.

    Said " General" Booth to his army at York ("York Herald," July 10,1882) "Every one of yon can be happy as an angel, and ever [?]o much happier, you will then be living torpedoes, ...

    Article : 567 words
  12. A SIMPLE METHOD OF REMOVING SAND BARS.

    If the magnates of our Harbours and Rivers Department are not too wise to learn anything, it is possible that by the following process some of our sandbound river entrances might be kept open.A ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. ANOTHER GREAT LIGHT.

    " Hardly have we recognisod the electric light as an accomplished fact," says the "Engineer," "before we are startled by the invention of yet another great light. An eminent analytical chemist in ...

    Article : 405 words
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