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  2. ABORIGINAL ASTRONOMY.

    From a time too remote to be known the heavens have been divided into fabulous groups of stars recording the laws, religious symbols, and passions of the peoples who ...

    Article : 1,416 words
  3. IS IT MOONSHINE?

    A couple of years ago an Englishwoman, Miss Elizabeth S. Semmens, was told by an old gardener that seeds planted in the first quarter of the moon germinated better than ...

    Article : 1,301 words
  4. CENTENARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE MURRAY RIVER.

    THE TREE ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER NEAR ALBURY, WHICH WAS MARKED BY THE HUME-HOVELL EXPEDITION 100 YEARS AGO. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 46 words
  5. TRAVELLING TO MEXICO.

    To my friends in California it seemed a wild whim when I declared my intention of visiting Mexico City. Most Americans think it enough to have crossed the border. ...

    Article : 1,660 words
  6. PEASANT AND NOVELIST.

    Not many people would have been able to claim acquaintance with the recipient when they read the "Herald" cable message the other day announcing the award of the Nobel ...

    Article : 1,592 words
  7. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Cotton is gaining upon its rivals by aid of the chemist. Silk, the aristocrat of textiles, gets the gloss that is the envy of the rival fibres from being forced out in a viscous form ...

    Article : 1,056 words
  8. MURRAY RIVER.

    The celebrations at Albury in connection with the centenary of the discovery by the Hume and Hovell expedition of the River Murray, which conclude to-day, have directed ...

    Article : 383 words
  9. FIRST ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The first All English Cricket Eleven to visit Australia left Liverpool in the Great Britain on October 20, 1861, and reached Port Phillip Heads on December 23. Some interesting ...

    Article : 1,129 words
  10. THE CONVICT CELL.

    Not more than a hundred yards from where the endless stream of motor traffic rushes madly and insistently on its way to and from the Blue Mountains, and less than 50 miles ...

    Article : 496 words
  11. TASTE IN THE DRAMA.

    Sir,—I have read with great interest the thoughtful leader in your issue of Saturday last upon "Taste in the Drama." With you I feel that lt would amount almost to an ...

    Article : 453 words
  12. PEARLS IN COCOANUTS.

    A botanist, Dr. F. W. T. Huenge[?] Amsterdam, has made an impossible-so[?] discovery. He has found pearls in cocoanuts. The gems are round, perfect in form, ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. THE BLUE HILLS.

    My own blue hills! When morning's mist, Arising slowly, melts away, And they are faintly amethyst And softly grey. ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. THE PLUM TREE.

    I saw her in the orchard, A-blossoming, Expectantly awaiting Her lover, Spring. ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. THE EXCHANGE.

    When I can cease from futile strife Against the faultiness of life, And learn that, past the darkness lies The gentle light of compromise, ...

    Article : 57 words
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