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  2. THE GROAN OF THE GUSHLESS.

    ["What is described as an 'Anti-Gush Society has, according to a Pittsburg paper, been formed in New York, its object being to check the growing tendency, especially ...

    Article : 417 words
  3. IN LOTUS LAND.

    Forget the world and come with me. I will transport you to a country where you will find a bitter-sweet fruit growing,. and, having eaten of it, every care will fall off. ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  4. The Farm.

    While Mexico is generally reputed to be one of the richest, it is in reality one of the poorest agricultural countries on the American continent. It produces ...

    Article : 882 words
  5. NOT A LEGAL TENDER.

    The other day a sharp-looking youth walked up quickly to the counter of the post-office in a town not a hundred miles from Melbourne, and, emptying a bag of coppers ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,210 words
  7. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.

    By Americans the memory of Farragut is cherished with a pride akin to that of Nelson in England. He was to them not only the naval hero, but the ...

    Article : 837 words
  8. THOUGHT.

    Among the many mysteries physical and metaphysical, that surround our everyday life few are so puzzling as the "power to think." ...

    Article : 1,030 words
  9. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  10. THE LAST STRAW.

    Colonial readers only partially understand the height of culture which has been reached in Boston—Bawston, to quote the correct local pronunciation. The following ...

    Article : 507 words
  11. MANUFACTURE OF TURKEY CARPETS.

    A correspondent of the Levant Herald de scribes in a recent communication the mode of producing so-called Turkey carpets. They are, he says, principaly made in the towns ...

    Article : 462 words
  12. A TWENTY YEARS' KISSING ACCOUNT.

    A Frenchman recently died who, it is stated, on his wedding-day, some twenty years ago, took the original—perhaps it may be said rather ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. SHE HIT UPON A NOVEL PLAN.

    A pretty little lady residing in the east pert of Bloomington suspected her derelict husband and his clandestine manœnvres. She felt morally certain that he had a post ...

    Article : 234 words
  14. THE GRAPE AND THE TOMATO.

    The Western Mail is responsible for the following strange story:—"A most singular growth has taken place this season in a small conservatory attached to Portcarreg Cottage, ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. THE TRUTH.

    Little by little must we receive the truth. The moral progress of mankind and the advancement of each individual depend on this. No ideal of perfection ...

    Article : 184 words
  16. GENERAL ITEMS.

    New Zealand flax is being successfully grown on the Azores. One out of every seven landowners in England is a woman. ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. WENT WITH THE BREAD AND CHEESE.

    A minister's wife once asked the late Dr Eadie of Glasgow, in company, how he became attached to the Secession Church when his father was a member of the Relief. "Oh," ...

    Article : 117 words
  18. PATRIOTISM.

    Mr. Artemus Ward, speaking of the American civil war, declared that it was a time when "every man should show his patriotism. Every man should make sacrifices ...

    Article : 98 words
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