There are a million children in England who do not attend school on account of the poverty of their parents. In half of these cases drink is the cause of the poverty. A strange phenomenon has been observed this winter in the neighbourhood of Langenan, in Switzerland, where a considerable tract of ground was covered at one time with black snow. It has been ascertained that this discolouration is caused by vast numbers of microscopical insects.
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Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 278, 19 June 1886, Page 2
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76Untitled Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 278, 19 June 1886, Page 2
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