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  2. Municipal.

    "The country is lyric—the town dramatic. When mingled they make the most perfect musical drama." ...

    Article : 19 words
  3. A Great Snowman.

    Phineas Taylor Barnum, "the world's greatest showman," as he has been called, was born in Danbury, Connectiout, U.S.A., on July 5,1810. He was of good New England ancestry, which want back to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 984 words
  4. The Sydney University.

    Following is the prize list: University Prize of £10 for general proficlency.— Arthur H. Garnsey (Sydney Grammar School), Prox. ann., George E. Dennis (Brisbane Grammer School). ...

    Article : 291 words
  5. The Mayor of Gosford (N.S.W.).

    MR. HENRY CHARLES WHEELER, Mayor of Gosford, was born in New South Wales in 1861, and is, therefore, 27 years of age. He is one of the youngest mayors in the colony. He was educated ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 114 words
  6. An Improved Tobacco Pipe.

    We illustrate a pipe which has a chamber to receive the moisture and oil precipitated in smoking, and in which a eigar-holder may be substituted for the bowl; while it is so conatructed that the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 267 words
  7. Maclean Boundaries.

    In the Maclean Council it was decided that, until Borne definite information was received Mich regard to the boundaries, matters should be allowed to go on in the usual way. One ratepayer ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. Noteworthy Sayings.

    Take down a rogue from the gallows, and he will hang you up.—French proverb. Reconciled friendship is a wound ill-salved.— French proverb. ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. Gleanings.

    A counter petition signed by sixty-two persons who object to the incorporation of Wingham has been gazetted. The Glen Innes Council has voted £10 toward ...

    Article : 819 words
  10. A Destructive Wave.

    An enormous wave is reported to have struck the beach at Baragoa, in Caba, recently, and flowed inland for a distance of 400ft before it retired. It destroyed in its course nearly 300 huts and houses ...

    Article : 358 words
  11. "Nisi Dominus Frustra."

    One of the masters of the old High School of Edinburgh, toward the end of the last century, had the reputation of being a bit of a "toady." One of his pupils, the son of a batcher, once made so very poor ...

    Article : 267 words
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