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  2. Professor Francis Rouleaux.

    THE subject of our sketch, Doctor Francis Rouleaux, was specially selected, from his great experience in Exhibitions, to represent the German Empire at the Sydney International of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 444 words
  3. Edmund Galley.

    WE present our readers with, the portrait of Edmund Galley (now a resident of the Yass district, N.S.W.), whose remarkable case excited so much attention in England during the past few months. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,754 words
  4. Notes and Queries.

    Sir,—One of your corrospondonts has given a list of odd Russian names; but he has omitted the most singularly appropriate one—that of Admiral Popoff —who invented the circular monitor. See Leisure ...

    Article : 63 words
  5. AUTHOR'S NAME WANTED.

    Sir,—Kindly give me the name and some particulars of the author of the touching old song, the first lines of which are— Pity the sorrows of a poor old man! ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. APPROPRIATE NAMES IN SYDNEY.

    Mrs. Pegg, a washerwoman. Miss Pattern, a dressmaker. C. Shore, a fishmonger and oysterman. Mr. Wigzell, a hairdresser and seller of wigs. Mrs. Lodge, a boarding house keeper. Mr. Cutter, a ...

    Article : 49 words
  7. AUTHOR'S NAME WANTED.

    Sir,—The poem, about which "Mignonette" inquires, is called "The Rainy Day," and is by Longfellow. ...

    Article : 29 words
  8. CURIOUS SURNAMES.

    Sir,—I was amused at some curions surnames published in your "Notes and Queries" column, and as you invite additions I send you a few. In Hill End there was a Mr. Pig, while on the opposite side of the ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. THE PAST AND PRESENT CENTURIES.

    Sir,—It appears to me that your correspondent, "Melmoth Hall," reasons very strangely when he states that the year 1 commenced at the 1st January, 0, or nothing. I would ask, how can nothing have ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. WERE THERE EVER FIVE CHILDREN AT A BIRTH?

    Sir,—Is there any authentic record of five childen at one birth? The Yankees, of course, whip all creation in these things as in everything else, if one could but rely upon their veracity. Turning over the ...

    Article : 517 words
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