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  2. THE LAND.

    THE Winefred has arrived from London. She started with four Hereford cattle—two for Muswellbrook, and two for the Clarence River. Those destined for the Clarence are dead, and one ...

    Article : 1,730 words
  3. THE QUADRILATERAL IN NORTHERN FRANCE.

    THE Staats-Anzeiger gives some interesting information as to the fortresses of Northern France:— Peronne is a fortress of the first-class, a town with 4300 inhabitants, situated on the Somme, in a ...

    Article : 780 words
  4. UNIVERSITY BUFFOONS.

    GIVING a definition by no means deficient in justice, though it requires explanatory comment, John Evelyn described a terra-filius as a university buffoon. What the court fool was in the sovereign's chamber of ...

    Article : 2,365 words
  5. THE LEAVES OF THE EUCALYPTUS.

    Our correspondent W. W. contributes the following information on this important subject:— "As some reference has recently been made to the medicinal properties of our gum leaves, it may be ...

    Article : 811 words
  6. NEW EXHIBITION RULES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 326 words
  7. THE MONT CENIS TUNNEL.

    IT is an agreeable variation to the tale of slaughter coupled with the name of kings, and the political chicanery and corruption which have formed the staple topics for public reading of late, to contemplate ...

    Article : 948 words
  8. OLIGARCHIC TENDENCIES OF ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRARY.

    WE have said that the democratic theory, as well as the aristocratic or autocratic one, is, as a theory, logically defensible, if not unassailable and obviously sound, when the main premiss is obtained. But both ...

    Article : 935 words
  9. GUNPOWDER.

    THE following is an extract from an article on our gunpowder supply recently printed in the Standard:— There is, however, another and if possible greater evil, which does not appear to have received the attention ...

    Article : 690 words
  10. COLUMBO ROOT.

    THIS plant (Cocculus patamalus) belongs to the order Menispermac[?], and has been long known and esteemed, both in the East Indies and Europe, as a valuable and excellent tonic, and is found to be of ...

    Article : 774 words
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