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  3. GLOBE CLEANINGS.

    Belfast has witnessed a novel variation of the old custom of selling a wife in open market. A laborer named O'Hara, who bad differences with his ...

    Article : 162 words
  4. PLEASANT WAYS IN SCIENCE

    Written for “The Dally Post” by “Silure.”) (Any question addressed to the author of this column. If received not later than ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. INCIDENTS OF LAST SATURDAY.

    Get a map of Tasmania, put the compass point on bonny Hobart, stretch the other leg so that it Is thirty or forty miles by scale from its ...

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  6. HONG KONG OPIUM DIVANS

    The report of the Assistant Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong sets forth that the abolition of opium divans means that in any case not more than 7232 ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. EGYPTIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF AFRICA.

    Documentary confirmation of the legendary circumnavigation of Africa by the Egyptians, the famous Periplus mentioned by Herodotus, was announced ...

    Article : 179 words
  8. A USEFUL FLY.

    The life of a caterpillar is not altogether a pleasant one. It is attacked by parasitic fungi, and , [?]on files, and devoured by birds and small ...

    Article : 312 words
  9. DEPOSITION OF ORES.

    Mr. H. W. Winch ell, In n magazine article, throws some light on the future tendencies of mining science. We may, perhaps, imagine, he says, the ...

    Article : 319 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND’S WHITE ISLAND.

    A tiny portion or the Dominion called White Island derives its name from the clouds of white steam in which it appears to be continually ...

    Article : 185 words
  11. VICTORIAN MUNICIPALITIES.

    According to the “Victorian Year Book” the total revenue of the municipalities of that State for the financial year ended in September last was ...

    Article : 210 words
  12. CEYLON’S MOSQUITO FISH.

    In the West Indies, Central America, and South America, the mosquito fish is very common, and lately it has been introduced into Ceylon. It ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. THREE MILES FOR A PENNY.

    Sir Andrew Scoble, chairman of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, in addressing the half-yearly general meeting or the stockholders, ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. SALT PRODUCTION IN INDIA.

    The total quantity of salt, produced India in 1906 was 1,157,746 tons. This was supplemented by 481.072 tons of imported salt, the total ...

    Article : 161 words
  15. 1400 CHILD VIOLINISTS.

    The rapid growth of musical taste and knowledge in England was aptly illustrated at the Alexandra Palace, London, last month, when 1400 boy and ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. MARVELLOUS SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.

    Dr. Carl Snyder has just demonstrated that the sensitiveness of all human organs seems very gross indeed, as compared with that of the ...

    Article : 319 words
  17. FEEDING HABITS OF SNAKES.

    The feeding habits of snakes In captivity are described in the Proceedings of the London Zoological Society, which have lately been issued. ...

    Article : 556 words
  18. FISHING IN NIGERIA.

    Natives of Nigeria are remarkably skilful anglers, and their manner or catching fish recommends itself alike for simplicity and success. The fisherman ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. DEAD AT THROTTLE OF FLYING TRAIN.

    With a dead man at the throttle, the Overland, Limited, the premier train of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, flew past dangerous ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. BENGAL MUD VOLCANOES.

    In the Bay of Bengal mariners have many dangers to cope with; not tho least is the mud volcano. So lately as last April, the Marine Survey of ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. ILLUSION OF BURNING SHIP.

    A curious mistake at Harwich, off the east coast of England, led to an unnecessary lifeboat journey. The sun was shining so brilliantly over the ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. WHERE GENIUS COMES IN.

    Coleridge was the last of thirteen children; Washington Irving was the last of eleven; Balzac the last of three; George Eliot the last of four; ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. A QUAINT FIJIAN PLANT.

    There is nothing under the sun quite quaint, 60 weird and so witch like the pandanus prairies of Fill. The pandanus or screw-plant, as it is ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. CHAMPION CHILD SPELLER.

    A thirteen-year-old negress was the heroine of the opening session of the conference of the National Education Association, held in Cleveland, U.S.A. ...

    Article : 196 words
  25. OUT OF DOORS IN THE BEDROOM.

    There are often practical difficulties which militate against the adoption of [?]ts or [?]ber outdoor [?] for un[?]lons patient ...

    Article : 374 words
  26. THE LATEST THING IN HATS.

    Quite a stir was caused about 9 p.m. on Saturday (says the “Age”) when two young women walked down Swanston-street wearing elaborately ...

    Article : 336 words
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  28. 340 SUMMONSES AND ONE DISMISSAL.

    At High Wycombe, England. Jacob Popp, tobacconist and newsagent, who has been continuously summoned than any other tradesman in ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. RUSSIA’S PRISONERS.

    The maintenance of 101 political exiles in the Yakutsk region costs the Russian Government 2182 roubles per month, and less than 10 roubles per ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. A SIX-YEAR-OLD ADVENTURER.

    A diminutive six-year-old boy named Hall, of Swansea, has established a record for early adventure. He was charged with making his way into the ...

    Article : 259 words
  31. ACTION OF ALCOHOL ON BACTERIA.

    E. C. Hanson, a well-known European Investigator, has tried some interesting experiments on the action of ethyl alcohol on yeasts and bacteria. ...

    Article : 240 words
  32. GRUESOME EXPERIMENT.

    A curious experiment {says the Paris correspondent or the London “Dally Telegraph” has been made on a corpse at the Mo. The ...

    Article : 208 words
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