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  2. MEAT SUBSTITUTES.

    Most of us are in the habit of thinking that meat is necessary to our health and general well-being, and that we require it at least once a day ...

    Article : 512 words
  3. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    The "show flower," so named because it blooms only in the depth of icy winters, is to be found growing on Siberian soll. When it opens it is seen ...

    Article : 874 words
  4. NELSON LOSES HIS ARM.

    It was in the abortive fight at Santa Cruz, in the early morning of July 25, 1797, that Admiral Nelson lost [?] right arm, during an attack made by ...

    Article : 382 words
  5. Preference to Soldiers

    In December last each member of the State Parliament was circularised by the Returned Soldiers and asked whether he was prepared to ...

    Article : 168 words
  6. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    Only nine per cent. of cases of amputation are fatal. Pigeons were first used as carriers of messages 700 years ago. ...

    Article : 713 words
  7. New Prohibition Move

    The London "Daily Telegraph's" New York correspondent in the issue of 26th December writes as follows: "A message to the New York World ...

    Article : 171 words
  8. DRY DOCKING A WARSHIP.

    One of the operations a naval officer dislikes more than anything else is docking a big warship to undergo repairs. It is one of the most ...

    Article : 227 words
  9. Gunnedah Horse Sale

    J. H. King and Co., horse salesmen, Gunnedah, report having yarded 335 horses on 8th and 9th February, and disposed of 256 at an average of ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. NO TROUBLE AT ALL.

    John Carpetbags was one of the most successful travellers on the road. On one occasion he was sent out by his people to try to get an order from ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. SAT UPON.

    A late police-magistrate was a most painstaking judge in all his cases, and in important ones it was his custom to defer summing up until the ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. MARRIED MONEY.

    "Glad to see you looking so well, old man," said the friend of a newly-made Benedict. "This is the first opportunity I have had of offering my ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 847 words
  14. ALLIGATOR FARMING.

    There is much money to be made in [?]tor farming, it is said. The demand for alligators is large, constant, [?]d rapidly increasing; the supply is ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. AIMED AT HIM.

    A gentleman who was buying a turkey from old Uncle Ephraim asked him, in making the purchase, if it was a tame turkey. ...

    Article : 165 words
  16. WHO WROTE "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD?"

    Probably very few people could say who wrote the famous "Old Mother Hubbard" lines, and fewer still know where the writer is buried. The author ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. ABOUT TIDES.

    The tides are due to the attraction of the heavenly bodies, chiefly the moon. There are two floods and two ebbs every twenty-four hours ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. CHALKING UP A RACE.

    Two Irishmen were about to run a race to a certain tree by different [?]outes. Suddenly Mike slapped Pat[?] the back and asked how they were ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. HE WOULD.

    "When they take woman away from the co-educational college," said the speaker, "what will follow?" "I will!" cried a voice from the ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. NEVER AGAIN.

    "And you are the same man who ate my mince-pie last week?" "No, mum. I'll never bo [?] same man again!" ...

    Article : 32 words
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