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  2. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The eggs of a crocodile are scarcely larger than those of the goose. The invention of the typewriter has given employment to 500,000 women. ...

    Article : 890 words
  3. A BAD DAY.

    You wish to know the trade that pays, And also which is up-to-date ; A tradesman's no chance nowadays, Unless ho can aduitorate. ...

    Article : 123 words
  4. " RULE BRITANNIA."

    If one were asked to name the industry pre-eminently British, the industry that suffers least from foreign competition and in which the skill and honesty of ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    A gentleman at Edgbaston has a parrot which is preternaturally wise, and its remarks are rapidly becoming the terror of the friends of the family. The bird hangs ...

    Article : 264 words
  6. THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFES.

    Soon after the erection of the homestead, aboriginals began to make their appearance. At first they were rather shy, but being kindly treated ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,596 words
  7. CARE OF THE RAZOR.

    The razor-almost exceptionally among cutting tools-is so constructed as to facilitate the regrinding or sharpening of its blade with ...

    Article : 755 words
  8. TO THE RESCUE.

    The shop was on fire, mid at the window stood a fair and lovely creature. Frantic with horror, he pushed through the people, and called upon the fireman to save her. ...

    Article : 237 words
  9. LOOKING AFTER LI'S LIFE.

    Notwithstanding the Chinese aversion to "foreign devils," yet the greatest of the Celestials will have no one as his physician except a certain English ...

    Article : 301 words
  10. AN INDUSTRIOUS MAN.

    'The charge against this man, your worship, is drunk and disorderly,' said the arresting constable. ' I don't deny it, your worship,' said the ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. WHY HE CONSULTED HER.

    'Are you the celebrated Madame Bombastouf' he asked, after he had climbed four flights of stairs, and was admitted into a mystorioua apartment, which made the ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. TRUMBLE, THE CRICKETER.

    Hugh Trumble, who generally succeed in hiding his impressions as cleverly as be conceals his intention before be delivers the ball, said at Nottingham the ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. BAD GRAMMAR.

    The class was in the throes of English composition, and the words 'vacuum' and 'vacuous' cropped up to agitate the youthful mind. ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. HIS TURN HAD COME.

    'What means this outrage?' said the father, the other evening, when a big, fat, stout, agricultural Irish policeman, followed by a throng of excited people, burst in the ...

    Article : 245 words
  15. VIRTUE IN A SMILE.

    Who can tell the value of a smile ? It costs the giver nothing, but is beyond price to the erring and relenting, the sad and cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It ...

    Article : 100 words
  16. A RICH TRAIL.

    'Edwards is an awfully extravagant chap.' 'Yes, he is. 'Has be got very much money behind him?' ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. THE PARSON AND HIS BIKE.

    Our parson wished to learn to ride, And lately he began; And now he's qualified to preach Upon the fall of man. ...

    Article : 29 words
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