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  2. SELECTED POETRY.

    Sweet song of the angels, once radiantly choiring A bove the night shepherds on Bethlehem’s plains, ...

    Article : 500 words
  3. GURLS’ GOSSIP.

    DEAREST AMY,—We era beginning to envy you because yon are in the country in this lovely time of roses.” Town is hot, dusty, and very full; yet, vary probably, you are ...

    Article : 1,933 words
  4. WEEKLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

    “Plonghboy" writes:-I have a fine young colt that has been lame in the near stifle joint since harvest, I have blistered it with one of James' blisters, which seems to have done no ...

    Article : 190 words
  5. TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.

    The benefit of the invention of printing is still considered an open question by the pastor and congregation of a church in a neighbouring city. The pastor, who is an elderly gentleman ...

    Article : 200 words
  6. COUNSEL AND CLIENT.

    Among the many subjects stirred to the surface by the new-born activity of the junior bar is the question whether a barrister can receive instructions from a client and take a fee ...

    Article : 212 words
  7. OLIVE TERES.

    The Garden and the Field states that olive trees in some localities make a capital sheltering boundary, and wires can be fixed by staples to the trunks when they are big ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. CLASSIC SPOTS IN EDIN-BURGH.

    Little remains of Libberton’s Wynd. in which stood the farourite "honff" of Robert Burns, where Johnnie Dowie drew the ale immortalised by the poet, and whore Christopher ...

    Article : 321 words
  9. SORE TEATS IN COWS.

    "Milkman" writes;—One or two of my cows have sore teats. Please give me a good remedy for it. Sore and chapped teats are best treated by ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. A HINT TO YOUNG AUTHORS.

    Straggling young authors, who are apt to grumble over the hardship of a literary life, would do well to bear of mind certain passages in the career of the late Dr. William Cham. ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. A TOO FUNNY BOY.

    Benny Brewster, the son of the Attorney-General, is a very lively boy According all reports; The other day he infuriated all of the staff of the Attorney-General to a pitch of ...

    Article : 191 words
  12. CATARACT IN HORSE’S EYE.

    "Q.W.," Strath Taicri, writes;—Some months ago I had a Valuable draught filly suffering from inflammation of the right eye caused probably by some accident. This gradually got ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. NAVAL AND MILITARY ITEMS.

    There are few, perhaps we may almost say none, of those who knew him who will not sincerely regret the loss of Lord Rokeby, who has died at a ripe old age, having preserved ...

    Article : 1,111 words
  14. MEDICINAL FOOD.

    A good deal of discussion baa been awakened in medical circles about the uses of vegetables and fruits as curative agencies; for instance, some claim that if a man sick with a fever be ...

    Article : 365 words
  15. CHOKING IN CATTLE.

    "Farmer,” Brace, write):—I lent a good cow the other day by choking. She had a large piece of turnip stuck in her throat not far down, and although I tried everything to ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. TRIBAL RELATIONS OF THE APACHE- INDIANS.

    The Apaches do not appear to possess a tribe organisation. It Is only in war that they select leaders, like Victorio and his son "Na-ne” and the invulnerable “Ju” of our day. The ...

    Article : 473 words
  17. GAMBETTA AS A JOURNALIST.

    Gambetta was not a brilliant writer, and ha never knew when to (top. It is related that ho would enter his editorial room, say, “I shall want about half a column to-night,” and ...

    Article : 281 words
  18. JASON’S WIDOW.

    'Yes,’ said Mrs Clickson, nodding her head, ‘Clara has married rich at last, it seems.’ ‘It can’t be possible,’ said Miss ...

    Article : 2,172 words
  19. ORIGINAL POETRY.

    Auld Scotland! how often thy rivers I’ve netted, For salmon, the prince of river and sea; How oft I was chased-can I ever forget it, By the auld laird’s keeper o’er muir and lea. ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. A LADY ANGLER.

    One of the best salmon that has been billed on the Dee this, season was taken the other day by Lady Mainwaring, who was staying at Glentanar Lodge with Mr and Mrs Cunliffe ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. A MULTIPLICITY OF GUIDES

    “ We hope we don't intrude, but we thought we would come In and ask if it would be any trouble to let us see the inride of a newspaper office.” ...

    Article : 522 words
  22. VIOLETS.

    Violets, violets, dark bine violets, Give early warning of spring, To those drooping tops and leaves What lovely perfumes cling. ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. THE SCHOOLMASTER AT HOME.

    The Inspector-General puts forth an annual jeremiad over the backwardness and stupidity of candidates for a teacher's certificate in Class E, the lowest rung of the State school ...

    Article : 371 words
  24. AN ORIGINAL EDITORIAL SALUTATORY.

    An Arkansas journalist, In assuming control of the local columns of a weekly,paper says;—The proprietors of the Skillet have deemed it advisable for me to lend my ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. BROTHER GARDNER.

    "Gem’ Len, I has a painful bit o' news to spread befo’ de meetin'.” began the old man as he motioned to Elder Toots to put down the alley window. Nicodemus Pembroke Scott, ...

    Article : 611 words
  26. THE OLD MAID.

    You ask me why she is an old maid ? Really girls I cannot the reason tell. And would not pain her dear old heart To ask her the secret she boars so well. ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. FIVE POINTS OF BEAUTY

    One of the largest fortunes ever realised In America wee made by the owner of an old fashioned crisping pin which a lady bad patented in Washingson. The woman who can ...

    Article : 266 words
  28. FULL OF H'S.

    An old story used to go the rounds with an “S” as the initial lotter of each word. Here is an extract that will carry terror into every Englishman’s heart:-Humphrey Hubbard had ...

    Article : 202 words
  29. SAYINGS OF THE WISE.

    Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for tho very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a ...

    Article : 289 words
  30. THE WIDOW OR EPHESUS.

    Jeremy Taylor is of ell the old divines one of the most devout and sober-minded, yet there is a vein of humour in him that breaks out most quaintly even in his Holy Living and ...

    Article : 353 words
  31. HOW GOLDS ABE TAKEN.

    A person In good health, with fair play (says the Lancet) easily resiats cold. But when the health dags a little, and liberties are taken with the stomach or the nervous ayetom, a chill is ...

    Article : 351 words
  32. A WALTZING MATCH

    A waltzing match took place recently at the Foresters' Hall Tory Street, Wellington, N Z, between Messrs Devine and.Crockett, their respective partners being Misses C. ...

    Article : 188 words
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