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  2. From Various Sources

    There was tremendous confusion on the wharf. Somebody had fallen into the river. A crowd collected in a few seconds; men were running about ...

    Article : 1,200 words
  3. CONQUERING FAILURE.

    Ordinary men use their successes, extraordinary men their failures, as stepping-stones to higher things. M. Thiers began his career in a military ...

    Article : 676 words
  4. Gippsland Coal Mines.

    The old laying that it is “an ill wind that blows nobody any good” is applicable to the Gippsland colleries just now. The stopping of coal supplies ...

    Article : 103 words
  5. Farm and Field.

    Subscriptions are being raised in the Camperdown district towards a fund for the establishment of an agricultural high school. ...

    Article : 370 words
  6. Closer Settlement.

    The Minister of Agriculture proposes to utilise the reservoir at Ballance to irrigate a considerable portion of the Werribee estate, which was ...

    Article : 377 words
  7. The Dairying Industry

    A Butter Factory Company is in the course of formation at Wahgunyah. The capital is to be £500 in £1 shares. The Camperdown Cheese and ...

    Article : 546 words
  8. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Over 100,000 signatures were appended to the petitions from the people of the several States of the Commonwealth, which were presented to ...

    Article : 939 words
  9. WE’VE GOT THE MORTGAGE PAID.

    We’ve done a lot of scrimpin’ an’ livin’ hand-to-mouth, We’ve dreaded, too, wet weather, an’ we’ve worried over drouth. ...

    Article : 279 words
  10. SOME CURIOUS IDEAS ABOUT THE TIDE.

    What did our ancestors think of the tide? They had many explanations of it, but perhaps the most interesting are those which various people thought ...

    Article : 654 words
  11. HUSTLE.

    This is a word that has come into very general use of late, and is used to express vigorous, earnest effort to accomplish a definite purpose. It is ...

    Article : 318 words
  12. Federal Elections.

    Under existing arrangements the dates of Federal general elections are very inconvenient to farmers and others in country districts who desire to ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. Axemen’s Carnival.

    An axemen’s carnival has been held in Melbourne, and it was attended by a large number of city people, who, for the first time in their lives, were ...

    Article : 255 words
  14. THE FRENCH KILLING MACHINE.

    The machine employed in French public executions has the reputation of being the invention of Dr. Guillotin, but the machine was used long ...

    Article : 186 words
  15. The Fruit Trade.

    The fruit exhibit from Victoria, at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, which was awarded the gold medal of the society, was ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. A Novel Proposal.

    Mr. Carruthers, the Premier of New South Wales, has submitted to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, and to the Premiers of the several ...

    Article : 276 words
  17. THE ART OF THINKING.

    To think clearly is among the first requirements of all great men. This faculty, like all other faculties of the mind and body, must be improved. ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. SOME EVIL EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT.

    It is a common belief, well supported by fact, says an American journal, that light is a powerful agent in the cure of many diseases and in the ...

    Article : 365 words
  19. THE NUTMEG.

    The nutmeg is the kernel of the fruit of several species of trees growing wild in Asia, Africa, and America. The cultivated nutmeg tree is from ...

    Article : 210 words
  20. Three Horrible Murders

    News has reached us of a horrible series of brutal murders committed at German Creek, near Ballina, N.S.W., by a youth, aged 19 years, named Jack ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. Victoria’s Gold Yield.

    During the past half-year the yield of gold in Victoria was the greatest on record for this period of any year since 1876. It amounted to 412.242oz. ...

    Article : 221 words
  22. WHAT PETER COOPER DID.

    Peter Cooper, who founded the Cooper Institute, in New York City, had a hard struggle. As a boy his health was of the frailest. He went ...

    Article : 192 words
  23. A Responsive Soul.

    He was nothing if not poetical, and when he was introduced to the young and lovely Miss Vernon, a week or two ago, “his soul immediately went out ...

    Article : 203 words
  24. Australian Wines.

    The Federal Government, after having had a test made by experts of a number of samples of various kinds of Australian wine, has sent them to ...

    Article : 176 words
  25. The Unemployed.

    The experiences of the Government labor Bureau in Melbourne illustrates the fact that a large number of the supposed unemployed are exceedingly ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. Broke His Record.

    A cricket match was played last summer between two village teams, and the umpire appointed was rather young. During the course of the ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. JAPANESE BIRTHDAYS.

    Japan is the land of topsy-turvy, and so, perhaps, it is only to be expected that individual birthdays—with the exception of that of the Emperor—are ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. She Recognised Him.

    "This,” remarked a rather foolish young man, "is my photograph with my two French poodles. You recesnise me, eh?” ...

    Article : 91 words
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