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  2. FROM VARIOUS SQUROES

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

    Article : 361 words
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  4. THE DINIKUM 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 : 419 words
  5. 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 : 68 words
  6. 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 : 172 words
  7. 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 : 238 words
  8. COMPLIMENTARY.

    Maud: Miss Oldun thinks that hotel clerk just lovely. Ethel: Why so? Maud: He wrote opposite her name ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. GEOGRAPHY.

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

    Article : 186 words
  10. ALL ABOUT EGGS.

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

    Article : 177 words
  11. A GOOD HAND.

    One of our company—a station overseer—bought a pack of cards at Ballarat to relieve the tedium of travel. Just before the train started ...

    Article : 427 words
  12. 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 : 189 words
  13. FORGOTTEN MONEY.

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

    Article : 197 words
  14. NO CATCH.

    First Angler: All, my boy, the only way to keep your wife from running through your pockets is to follow my Second Angler: What’s that? ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. 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 : 256 words
  16. ARE YOU OVERWORKED?

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

    Article : 293 words
  17. 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 : 261 words
  18. 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 : 345 words
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