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  2. " LOAFERS."—THE MISSISSIPPI.

    No one can travel on the Mississippi without hearing strange stories of the knavish tricks, which rarely happen now, but which formerly were very frequent ...

    Article : 779 words
  3. MAGNETIC WIRE.

    Is it possible to connect the New World, with the Old by means of a magnetic wire? This question is now occupying many minds in Paris, London, and New York. Every ...

    Article : 529 words
  4. SCIENCE VERSUS CRIME.

    Science seems to set itself dead against crime and criminals. Railways give a death-blow to the romantic calling of the highway robber. How is a ruffian to cry ...

    Article : 439 words
  5. A NEW MOTIVE POWER.

    Under this title the following is given in an American paper:—"A new motive power, applicable to all engines now in use in steam ships or on the land, has just been discovered ...

    Article : 269 words
  6. THE JUNIUS CONTROVERSEY.

    Time strengthens the interest which attaches to the yet undiscovered author of "Junius'a Letters." The literary enigma remains unsolved; it apparently defies the ...

    Article : 563 words
  7. MESMERISM.

    As might be expected, the announcement of this new and marvellous agent excited violent controversy. With few exceptions, all the physicians and men of science in ...

    Article : 425 words
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