A woman at Baltimore, U. 8., has finger nails two inches long. ■ ... Queen Victoria has had a residence built for John Brown within the grounds of Balmoral. It is a spacious and somewhat plain, square mansion, occupying a pleasant situ* tion in the centre of a lawa-like expanse of the royal demesne, with a carriage-drive leading to it from one of the avenues. J-Bro-n has not yet taken possession ot me now residence. .. • Nature reports that a telegraphic experiment of a singular description was trlea about the middle of August at It consists merely in the reading of tog silvered lino letters, up ***** “JgJ fired on a blackened board, by refracting tdeseones. This method has succeeded very to reading messages at a distance of 60 miles under favourable circumstances.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6489, 14 December 1881, Page 3
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129Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6489, 14 December 1881, Page 3
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