Our Pleasure Resorts. Points of Interest BEAUTY.—No. XXXVI. [The editor will feel grateful for any assistance or information that will help to make these articles interesting, and assist visitors in deriving the greatest benefit from their visits.] Katoomba Falls in Flood Time
The Mountaineer · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 2
In the tranquility of tourist's weather the waters glide over the mighty battlements of rock on the Mountains in laughing limpid…
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The Mountaineer · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4
A swan, belonging to a gentleman, was sitting on her eggs on an island in a river. One morning her owner found her very busy collecting sticks and other rubbish, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 110. The Pins Tree (continued)—filling the Boxes—Duration of Yield—American Tar—The Pitch Pine—Description—Bark—Wood—Soil—The White Pine—Qualities—Leaves—Cones—Soil—Trunk—[?]isting Gales—Young stocks—Wood— Usefulness—The Cypress—The Evergreen Cypress—Varicties—Timber—Instances of Durability—For musicla instruments furniture, and general building—Life of Cypress—The White Cedar—As a Timber Tree—Arbor Vi[?]e—Description and Use—Soil—Propagation
The Mountaineer · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3
During a fortnight, which is employed in this first operation, the boxes become filled, when the contents are taken out and conveyed into cases by wooden ladies. To…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 111. Norfolk Island [?] —The Juniper—Where [?] The Wood—Bark—Berries—[?] tillation and effects on Gin—[?] berry Myrtle—The Sweet Gale—Substitute for Hops—Cones—Uses of Plant— Medicinal Uses—The Tallow Shrub— Candle-making—Soap — The
The Mountaineer · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 4
Norfolk Inland Pine: This splendid tree attains a great size, often attaining over two hundred feet high. It is a native of Australia, and presents a magnificent object…
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The Mountaineer · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2
It is a curious fact that Spanish guns, once turned against American soldiers at Santiago, are now protecting American territory from death and destruction by…
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