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  2. THE DINKUM DIGGER

    Perhaps Australians on furlough do not present such a variety of types to the eye as average troops do nowadays under similar circumstances, but still, ...

    Article : 410 words
  3. BLOWN UP BY TREACLE.

    There was a startling and terrible tragedy at Boston a week or two ago. A fire broke out on a wharf, and suddenly there was a terrific explosion. ...

    Article : 338 words
  4. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    [?] John Redingote was newly married. loved his wife [?] dearly. He agreed [?] whatever she asked, and did as he [?] whereas most well-bred ...

    Article : 306 words
  5. THE MATES WE LEAVE BEHIND.

    The war is over. The hour to return home has arrived. Our days of test and suffering are at an end and we are alive to feel the joy of it ...

    Article : 441 words
  6. DO WE ALWAYS SET WHAT WE DESERVE?

    Do we always get what we deserve? Ask the boy who has eaten sour, unripe apples. Ask the man who, knowing curried ...

    Article : 620 words
  7. An Unfortunate Reminder.

    “Miss Black, I saved that rose you gave me last week,” a gentleman confided to a lady, no longer young, whom he admired, “for although it is ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. SHIRTS AND SAND-BAGS.

    The customer was examining some four or five-dollar shirts. He was doing quite a thorough job of it, and was unmindful of the tall, erect ...

    Article : 159 words
  9. THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.

    I know that I am Impudent and pert, I know that I am frivolous and silly: I know I love to carry on and flirt With every rich Eugene and wealthy ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. GEOGRAPHY.

    If I’d been born across the seas—In in a little house of clean bamboo, Among the flowering cherry trees—If if I’d been fed on fish and rice, ...

    Article : 186 words
  11. COMPLIMENTARY.

    [?] Miss Oldun thinks that hotel [?] just lovely. [?] Why so? [?] He wrote opposite her name ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. AN ODE TO OCR DOCTORS.

    Their dignity, their motor cars, their ease And well-earned fees, (Those comfortable fees, ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. NO MACHINERY FOR ANCHORS.

    Strange though it may seem, anchors are made by men and not by machines. At one time Germany seemed anxious to capture our anchor ...

    Article : 293 words
  14. HOW TO BREATHE.

    Correct breathing is one of the most necessary things of everyday life. People do not realise that it is chiefly due to incorrect breathing that so many ...

    Article : 192 words
  15. ALL ABOUT EGGS.

    In a hen’s egg only one-fifth of the substance is nutritious. One-ninth is refuse, and the greater portion, about two-thirds, is water. ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. A GOOD HAND.

    [?] of our company—a station [?] bought a pack of cards at to relieve the tedium of [?] before the train started ...

    Article : 381 words
  17. NO CATCH.

    First Angler: Ah, my boy, the only way to keep your wife from running through your pockets is to follow my plan! ...

    Article : 41 words
  18. THE BORESOME AUTOBIOGRAPHY

    We do not growl and voice a howl Because a man grows famous. But speak we must Our ire is just, And surely none will blame us. ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. FORGOTTEN MONEY.

    Strange though it may seen to some, there are many thousands of pounds lying unclaimed in hanks. In some countries it is compulsory for bankers ...

    Article : 173 words
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    The famous chef at London’s exclusive hotel, the Carlton, M. Escoffier, is credited with inventing the popular dessert dish, “Peche Melba.” He ...

    Article : 273 words
  21. ARE YOU OVERWORKED?

    Many people, influenced by a desire for wealth and wisdom, continue with their work long after it has ceased to he healthy for either brain or ...

    Article : 240 words
  22. BARE-BACK FASHIONS.

    Dear ladies, when at dinner or the dance I witness, from behind, your broad expanse ...

    Article : 236 words
  23. THE CHINESE HEAVEN.

    The Chinese believe that in the Paradise to which their dead are borne there is a pagoda 33 storeys in height, and in the highest Buddha dwells, ...

    Article : 330 words
  24. LINEN PLANT TAGS.

    Linen cloth is now being used to some extent, for tagging plants. Writing on wooden tags soon becomes ineligible, while copper tags are not only ...

    Article : 183 words
  25. RIDING BUCKJUMPERS.

    When Martini was travelling W. Q. with Dargan’s Grey and other “outlaws,” he used a saddle so wide that few could sit in it. This is one of the ...

    Article : 223 words
  26. A Nasty Smack.

    The ever-popular Miss “Vi” Lorraine fired off a good story the other day. It concerned two sister “professionals,” whose real names we will ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. NOT USED TO IT.

    A squatter, whose banking account is almost as big as his sheep run, made history in New York some time ago when he went abroad. ...

    Article : 342 words
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    Pocatello (Idaho) hits been dry, or supposedly so, for a number of years, says the “San Francisco Bulletin.” The Police Court record shows, however, ...

    Article : 165 words
  29. Quite Immaterial.

    There was nobody who could play the violin like Shelderton—at least so he thought—and be was delighted when he was asked to play at a local ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 90 words
  31. LIFE HUNG BY A THREAD.

    Spillikins: I see young Jones’s life was saved by the bullet hitting a button. Rather a remarkable escape for a married man, eh? ...

    Article : 71 words
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