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  2. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    The train was very full, and into a railway carriage occupied by four gentleman, each of whom was smoking, stopped a woman with a basket. Take care,'said she in a whisper: 'I ...

    Article : 132 words
  3. THE YELLOW BLIGHT OF POTATOES.

    The Congested Districts Board for Ireland have prepared information, for the use of their agricultural inspectors and instructors, concerning the stalk ...

    Article : 516 words
  4. EXCELSIOR.

    The shades of night were falling fast As through a Sydney suburb passed A youth who scorched by tram and bus, But though they tried to stop the cuss, ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    Nelson never received a war medal. The New South Wales Lancers hold the tent-pegging record. The good conduct medal was granted ...

    Article : 818 words
  6. THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFFS.

    So far as Allan Fitzgerald's resolve of making his home 'beyant the mountains' was concerned it did not greatly trouble Captain Barrass under ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,397 words
  7. WOULD MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER.

    'I remember,' said a Leeds boy to his Sunday-School teacher, 'you told me always to stop and count one hundred when I was angry.' ...

    Article : 129 words
  8. ANOTHER OPINION OF LORD KITCHENER.

    Perhaps no one is better able to speak of Lord Kitchener than his warm admirer, the Rev. Dr. McArthur, a pastor of the Baptist Church. He was in Egypt four years ago ...

    Article : 370 words
  9. WHAT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE?

    'So you say you were chased by the Boors?' said Ethelinda to her bashful lover Jim, who has just been invalided home from South Africa. ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. THEN THE CONVERSATION FLAGGED.

    The following dialogue recently took place between a Queen's Counsel and a witness (a former client): 'This is not the first action you have had, I think ?' ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. A TOMATO-POTATO PLANT.

    Years ago, when people went shopping, they found it necessary to visit a different establishment for every fresh variety of article they desired to purchase; but ...

    Article : 256 words
  12. IN AN OFF-HAND WAY.

    'Dan,' said a contractor to one of his trusted employees, 'when you are seeing about that lime this morning, I wish you'd mention to Dempsey that I should like to ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. QUEER-LOOKING FISH.

    A strange-looking fish is fonnd in tropical waters, with a mouth opening directly upwards, instead of being placed where the respectable fish is accustomed ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. HE TOOK HER AT LAST.

    I took her in a picture hat, She scolded me about the pose; I took her sitting on a mat, I took her smelling at a rose— ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. FRANK CHUCKED A FAINT.

    'Do you know,' said an extremely vivacious young lady to her excessively bashful suitor—'do you know, Frank, that young ladies like to be told they are pretty and ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. FIGHT BETWEEN AN EAGLE AND DOG.

    An extraordinary fight between an eagle and a cattle dog took place about three miles from Dandenong, near Molbourne, recently. The dog was crossing a paddock when a ...

    Article : 238 words
  17. STRAWBERRIES ON TREES.

    At last M. Baltet, the great French specialist, has been enabled to grow strawberries on plants of a decidedly free like nature.' The method is simplicity itself. The runners are ...

    Article : 174 words
  18. HER LAST REQUEST.

    'Good-bye,' he said, brokenly, and his frame shook with emotion. Good-bye, and may Heaven bless you! Remember, Miss Smith, that although I cannot win ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. A CAPE DUTCH CONFESSION.

    Than the Dutch there are fow people more litigious and fond of disputation. On the other hand, no one can surpass them in the strength and completeness of their apologies. ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. HOW HE COMPROMISED WITH CONSCIENCE.

    A thing whom it were base flattery to call a man, went into the office of a daily paper the other day, and offered the following advertisement for publication: ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

    Her Majesty the Queen frequently visits her tenantry on the Balmoral estates, and little book could be written about the romantic meetings of Queen ...

    Article : 149 words
  22. WEALTH OF THE SOUDAN.

    It is thought likely that once peace is restored in the Soudan, trade in gum-arabic may be recommonced with no small results; and agricultural enterprise will be extended, ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. TO AVOID SUSPICION.

    Jones : 'I suppose Brown and his wife attracted the attention that newly-married couples do? 'Bones: 'Oh, no ! Brown married ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. ROUGH ON AUNTIE.

    Auntie : 'You must run in, Alice; It is bedtime. Alice: 'But why don't you go to bed, too, auntie, if it's bedtime?' ...

    Article : 59 words
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