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  2. MR. DARWIN ON THE DESCENT OF MAN.

    THE nearest approach to reasoning which Mr. Darwin can adduce is furnished in two analogous stones respecting dogs. "Mr. Colquhoun winged two wild ducks, which fell on the opposite side of a stream, his ...

    Article : 3,556 words
  3. THE GERMAN MILITARY SYSTEM.

    AN anonymons pamphlet attributed to the Emperor Napoleon has just been published at Wilhelmshohe. It bears the title,"Note sur [?] rganisation M[?]taire de la Confederation de [?] Allemagne du Nord, Janvier, ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  4. ERRORS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE HORSE.

    IN the midst of change, improvement, reform, says the Philadelphia Ledger, quite a number of questionable old notions continue to be followed, even now when the very erroncous character of some of them has been ...

    Article : 3,325 words
  5. A STRANGE AND TROUBLESOME TRIBE.

    THE [?]ooshais or Kukis are a tribe of diminutive savages, said in the book published by Mr. Kaye to be about 6 feet 1 inch in height, to go nearly naked, and to be armed with spears. They inhabit the hills and ...

    Article : 471 words
  6. THE OPENING OF THE SPANISH CORTES.

    A CORRESPONDENT of the Times gives the subjoined spirited account of the opening of the Cortes at Madrid, by the new King of Spain, on the 3rd of April:—The Spanish Cortes of 1871 were opened this afternoon by ...

    Article : 1,611 words
  7. FOOLS.

    THERE are so many fools in the world that we hardly know which class to begin with. There is the objectionable fool. He is often young and an apprentice. He loves to shirk his work, to sneak off during the ...

    Article : 1,048 words
  8. ACCLIMATISATION.

    OUR friends in Victoria, as appears by the last report of their Acclimatisation Society, are gradually introducing into Australia some very useful species of animals and vegetables. In reference to the latter, Dr.F.Von Mueller ...

    Article : 1,175 words
  9. TOWN GARDENS.

    IN gardening, as in every other pursuit, there is often a great deal of misdirected effort, and the results obtained bear no reasonable proportion to the labour expended. There is hardly a more prevalent error, ...

    Article : 1,289 words
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