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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1869
Page
2
A monarch in a castle scorned by fate silences music after a minstrel and elder rival confront his cruelty. The elder curses the king and land with wrecked gardens and lost fountains, predicting doom through a doomed melody and a court forever bereft of joy.
An excerpt portrays a throne room faded to silence after a fall from grace. No life remains, no blade of green, no shadow from trees, no springs speak. The monarch’s name lacks immortal verse, consigned to blank forgetfulness as the minstrel’s curse lingers.
A historical overview traces the evolution of weapons from clubs and spears to matchlocks and cannons, then highlights newer technologies like torpedoes and underwater weapons. It notes Captain Harvey's towable torpedo concept and Lieutenant Lapis’s fish-shaped torpedo, praising ingenuity while questioning practical risks and dangers.
The narrative details deadly river species in the Orinoco region, notably the ray fish with a three inch sting, electric eels that paralyze on contact, the pavare with fangs like a rattlesnake, and the caribe whose ferocity earns it cannibal comparisons. These creatures threaten nets and swimmers, with bites capable of destroying animals and provoking fear greater than crocodiles.
A poor Macnab laird rides a wretched horse to Musselburgh races when a sharp young wit asks if it is the same horse as last year. The laird retorts with a brandished whip, claiming only the whip is the same.
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