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  2. Telling the Time by Oil.

    Do you know that every miner when descending into the pit to work takes with him a couple of clocks ? These are not ordinary timepieces, for they have neither whee a ...

    Article : 243 words
  3. Early Kilmore.

    Some time ago we undertook the somewhat interesting and rather pathetic task of giving in these columns, from old files, reminiscences of early history of Kilmore and ...

    Article : 1,839 words
  4. Moral Reflections.

    Silence is the fence round wisdom. When a liar speaks the truth be finds his punishment in the general disbelief. How many could be made happy with ...

    Article : 288 words
  5. Bad Company.

    A lawyer, driving along a country road, asked a youth who was walking in, the same direction which way be had to turn to reach B— . The youth instructed him, and ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. Fasting and Health.

    ' The practice of fasting' (states a medical man) ' is, when wisely followed, most beneficial I am convinced that many people never feel the sensation of natural hunger; ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. Eleven Soldier Sons.

    To give eleven sons to the Empire's cause is surely a record sacrifice for any mother. Yet it has been cheerfully made by Mrs Leane, of Rose street, Prospect, Adelaide. ...

    Article : 348 words
  8. Translated.

    At a concert held in a certain town a soldier of the Black Watch occupied a seat in front of a private of an Irish regiment and his sweetheart. The latter was very much ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. His Fancy Dress Suit.

    A recruiting officer in a Lancashire district tells the following veracious story :— He served in the Royal Artillery in the South African war, and when the war was ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. Snakes in Motion.

    A snake moves along the ground by contracting the ribs on one side of its body and separating those on the other side. This forms one curve. Another contraction takes ...

    Article : 175 words
  11. Willing to Oblige.

    A lady warned her new gardener shat her husband had an irritating habit of disparaging everything in the greenhouse, and of ordering in a reckless manner new plants to ...

    Article : 130 words
  12. Heligoland's Lighthouse.

    The Heligoland lighthouse is an electric one and the most powerful in Germany, and is claimed by Germany to be the most powerful light in existence. " The light consists of ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. The War and Copper.

    Since the commencement of the twentieth century nearly eight million tons of copper have been, extracted from their ores, and have been consumed in the chief ...

    Article : 165 words
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    Advertising : 1,509 words
  15. The Homing Instinct.

    The story of the Airedale that tramped back home 125 miles is only one of many such instances. It did the journey in twenty days. Another dog was taken a hundred ...

    Article : 224 words
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