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  2. VALUE FOR THE MONEY.

    "Saxtane shullun's a d[?]ay did they charge me for my room at the hotel in Lunnon!" roared Sandy indignantly on his return home from a sight-seeing expedition. "Ou, aye, ...

    Article : 92 words
  3. AIDS TO AGRICULTURE.

    "Lucerne is one of the finest things a man can introduce on to a farm." So said Mr. J. C. Wren, manager of "Towri" estate, near Wellington. It was ...

    Article : 2,147 words
  4. RAILWAY TIMETABLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 569 words
  5. A CURLER'S VOCABULARY.

    Curling, like its sister Scottish game of golf, has its own terminology, which is even more puzzling to the uninitiated. Here is a dialogue in which a Scot at the Antipodes ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. SOME GOOD STORIES.

    "Well, Kate," said the parson, "did you like my sermon this morning?" "I was a grand sermon intirely, sorr," said Kato, dropping a curtsey. ...

    Article : 153 words
  7. AT THE BACK DOOR.

    King Edward was spending the week-end at Warren House with Sir Arthur and Lady Paget. Mr. John Burns, who had been invited to join the party, arrived in a taxi, ...

    Article : 134 words
  8. TURNING THE LAUGH.

    When the sleight-of-hand artist calls one of the audience to "aid" in a trick, he genrally manages to "get the laugh" on this obliging person, but not always, as the ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. A STRANGE PRESCRIPTION.

    Doctor Baillie was a famous Scottish physician of the old school, patient and gentle as a rule, but with a large practice that sometimes made him a little testy with ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. SUNKEN MILLIONS.

    One of the most romantic and at the same time the most promising, hunts for hidden treasure, will start shortly in the Bay of Navarino, on the West coast of Greece. ...

    Article : 465 words
  11. SWEETLY SIMPLE.

    Two Highlanders in Glasgow for the first time, were taking a walk through the city. They encountered, much to their astonishment, a cart watering the street. Never having ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. THE PIG.

    In addition to a drying and preserving action upon meat, smoking imparts a relishable flavour which adds to the value of the bacon. The process of smoking preserves ...

    Article : 888 words
  13. THE DUST CURE.

    The specialist told him be needed carbohydrates, proteids, and, above all, something nitrogenious. The doctor mentioned a long list of foods for him to eat. He staggered ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. A VALUATION.

    A lazy man, regarded as the village fool, was asked to lend a hand with a piece of farm work. "What'll you pay?" he asked. "I'll pay what you're worth," answered the ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. MAITLAND COALMINES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  16. ANOTHER BILL.

    Little Nellie has opened the front door, and was accosted by a stranger. "Is your father at home?" he asked. "If so, just say his old friend Bill has come to see him." ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. THE DESPAIR OF THE TEACHER.

    She was a pretty little school-ma'am, and she was trying to impart some useful facts in nature knowledge. But the children were stodgy. She asked a question, but not a ...

    Article : 101 words
  18. DAIRYING.

    Evidences, of the value of herd testing are beginning to accumulate in this State, and it may be hoped that in a few years we will be able to note a substantial improvement on ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  19. SIR ROBERT BALL AND THE LANDLADY.

    Sir Robert Ball is still at seventy-three one of the most inven[?]e of living savants. As all who have attended his delightful lectures will remember, he dearly loves a ...

    Article : 137 words
  20. NORTH COAST LINE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  21. PUBLIC WORKS

    A number of reports or the Public Works Committee were tabled in the Assembly yesterday. The Committee recommends the ...

    Article : 252 words
  22. ANOTHER LEAF.

    The late Edward Dowden was once being discussed in Philadelphia. "Dowden's style was ponderous and sombro," said a sonnetter, "but I often met him in Dublin, and ...

    Article : 87 words
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    In "Knowledge" for May, M. Antoniadi, who has been studying the physical appearance of Mars with the aid the most p[?]ful telescope in Europe denies the existence ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. AT THE THEATRE.

    A young man one took his wife to the theatre, and being unable to leave the baby behind had to take it with them. Before long the latter commenced to cry loudly ...

    Article : 135 words
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