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Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The most common definition of the term stimulant is "an exciting; agent;" in other words, that which compels activity for the time, always to correspondent weaken action afterward, Can we ...
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Reminiscences of the Paterson District.
The Hon. John Macintosh, M.L.C., sends as the following interesting communication:—The recent visit of his Excellency Lord Hampden to the district of the Paterson River, reminds me ...
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THE FREEDMAN GARDNER MATCH OFF.
The following from the Birmingham Weekly on the difficulties which seem to attend the arranging of big matches now-a-days, is to the point. is an evil, too, that appears to be rather on the ...
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CHESS AND DRAUGHTS.
Secretaries of clubs and others are invited to forward solutions, scores matches, names, or any Chew or Draughts matter of general interest. Address all communication to "Mercury," ...
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CHESS.
The world's a great chess board of night and days Where Destiny, with men for pieces, plays; Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, And one by one back in the cupboard lays ...
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NO. 119.—PROBLEM.
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NO OTHER KIND OF "MEN".
They don't seem to know much about the game of draughts in Borne parts of the Highlands. Two friends, putting up for the night lately in an inn, found a draught board ornamenting the dining-room. ...
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THE RAYMOND TERRACE ROAD.
SIR,—Mr. Elkin is evidently a funny specimen of the genna homo. He first asks a number of question, and invites a member of the District Council to reply ; and, whon I do so, he says I am ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
SIR,—I read a letter in last evening's Mercury about Postmen not using their whistles. I agree entirely with that part of the letter, us we miss the whistle very much in our part of the town. The whistle is ...
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A "JORDAN" GAME.
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SOLUTIONS.
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Paterson Cricket Club.
The annual meeting of the Paterson Cricket Club was held on Wednesday evening last, in the Paterson School of Arts. In the absences of the President, Mr. H. Corner, V.P., took, the chair. The minutes ...
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WOOL BOYCOTT AND MR. ABBOTT.
SIR,—In the issue of Saturday, the 8rd instant, of you widely circulating paper, there appears a letter under the heading of "The Wool Boycott and the way to meet it," from the pen ...
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Paterson Markets.
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HOW TD SOLVE PROBLEMS.—II.
All ordinary or direct mate problems may be divided into three classes. The "waiting move," or "block" problem, the imperfect or incomplete ditto, and the threat, or attacking move problem. ...
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THAT BALE OF BLANKETS.
SIR,—I have to thank Mr. Windross very much for the calculation as given in the Mercury of the 6th, about the late blanket distribution on the eve of the election in the East Maitland electorate, seeing ...
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Gresford, Vacy, and Paterson Markets.
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TWO SHORT GAMES.
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DRAUGHTS.
"To ascertain distinctly consequence in their causes, to calculate with promptitude the result of intricate variety, to elude by vigi ant caution the snares of stratagem, are lessons which the game of ...
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Water at Last.
In McChire's Magazine there is an interesting account of Dr. Sven Hedin, a young Swedish" traveller, who has been doing some remarkable work in Asia, in an attempt to cross the ...
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PROBLEM No. 110.
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Their Peculiar Style.
Round One.—As the gong sounded, M'Hugh rushed at Sullivan and landed a light, one on the Spider's chin. In return the Canuck got two on his ribs that staggered ...
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SOLUTIONS.
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