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  2. THE SALAGRAMA, OR HOLYSTONE.

    An an illustration of folk lore which strangely connects Indian and European traditions, I call your attention to the Salagrama. There are found, according to a number of learned ...

    Article : 1,354 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Seven weeks ago an accident happened at Tyson's Reel mine, when,owing in the first place to the smashing up of the winches and the subsequent breaking of the ropes, a pump slung in ...

    Article : 391 words
  4. "CITIZEN JACQUOT."

    It was a hot summer day and in a dingy shop on the Rue Pascaria, Paris, a boy was mending shoes. Everything about him betokened poverty, and some of his clothes seemed to hang ...

    Article : 2,717 words
  5. TWO EXPERIENCES WITH WARRIOR ANTS.

    It was in Honduras, near the Caribbean coast, while on a Government survey, that I first saw the warrior ants—these strange insects which march through the tropical forest in ...

    Article : 1,918 words
  6. BENDIGO EASTER FAIR.

    The Easter Monday holiday has been thoroughly enjoyed here, the weather, contrary to all indications, proving delightfully fine, being cool yet bright and sunny. Rain ...

    Article : 447 words
  7. QUEENSCLIFF REGATTA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  8. CURIOSITIES OF MARRIAGE.

    The great discrepancies and inequalities in the marriage laws in this country are too well known for anyone to need reminding about them, save in the constant hope of their reform, ...

    Article : 1,570 words
  9. MOB RULE IN AMERICA.

    The recent atrocious lynchings in Texas have excited a strong feeling of indignation in some of the older States in America. The St. Louis Republic writes:—"Of the nearly 7000 ...

    Article : 917 words
  10. SORRENTO REGATTA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  11. MALMSBURY MINERS' SPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 words
  12. THE NEW SCIENCE OF CRIME.

    Within the past two or three years, the methods of crime in America have greatly changed. The cracksman is a criminal of the past. Bank burglary is almost unknown. In ...

    Article : 2,234 words
  13. THE RAILWAY RETURNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 464 words
  14. POE'S LAST DAYS.

    It was at the period of the transfer of Burton's Magazine to Graham that I first met Poe, already of much fame as a poet. He became one of my dearest friends. His memory I ...

    Article : 969 words
  15. THE ATLANTIC SEA BED.

    Proceeding westward from the Irish coast the ocean bed (says the Nautical Magazine) deepens very gradually; in fact, for the first 230 miles the ...

    Article : 500 words
  16. MINING NOTES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 508 words
  17. THE HOLIDAY IN SYDNEY.

    The races and the agricultural show were two main attractions offered to holiday makers to–day. The gloomy nature of the morning prevented many excursions that had been arranged, ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. THE HOLIDAY IN TASMANIA.

    The fire brigades' demonstration was held to–day in Launceston teams contested, and Ballarat won three–fourths of the events. A fair amount of ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. THE HOLIDAY IN THE COUNTRY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,642 words
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