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AUERBACH'S VIENNA FROM LATOUR TO WINDISCHGRA.ETZ. * Timis cannot be a greater proof of the German unfitness for praotie.al affairs, especially government, than the conduct of......

What Was Staked At Rome.

IT is remarkable that pebple of all countries hate instinctively jumped to the conclusion that Rome should be spared at what- ever sacrifice of military policy ; Rome as she......

The Cloaca Maxima.

IN his plan for a great drain a hundred feet below the surface, Mr. Philips has thrown out a challenge that must be fully ac- cepted. He proposes a vast main pipe, eight feet......

" Honour" And Its Ministers.

A GOOD deal of interest has been excited by the case of Captain George Douglas, an officer of the Sixteenth Regiment, who has been sentenced to be cashiered for conduct......