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  2. An Inventive Clergyman.

    For a clergyman to give his mind to torpedoes is a little out of the ordinary course of things. A Manchester parson has invented a cigar-shaped boat to travel under water and "deliver" a torpedo ...

    Article : 394 words
  3. Pastime.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  4. Young Folks

    Toddlekins's mother always knew that she had a precious treasure in her little boy, but in Sydney at Christmas time she became more certain of it than ever. Toddlekins shone in Sydney. Outside kangaroos and snakes, horses' ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  5. Society and Personal.

    While the name of Sir Frederick Roberts is still in every one's mouth, it may be worth while to say how narrowly the country escaped losing his services in Afghanistan. When the course of the general election made it certain that ...

    Article : 725 words
  6. DIAMOND PUZZLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 words
  7. SQUARE WORDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 words
  8. HOW I BECAME A LORD MAYOR.

    When I was a youngster at Derry, I showed early signs of success. I was careful of ha'pence—yes, very; And I grew crops of mustard and cross. ...

    Article : 702 words
  9. NUMERICAL CHARADE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 words
  10. ANSWERS TO PASTIME in Sydney Mail, January 1, 1881,

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 390 words
  11. Advertising

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    Advertising : 510 words
  12. A COMPANION IN THE CARS.

    Mr. W. J. Florence, the American comedian, relates the following amusing story in the Theatre for October:—Once, during a tour in the Western States, an incident occurred in which I rather think I played the victim. We were en route from Cleveland to ...

    Article : 777 words
  13. Humour & Wit.

    The average age of a hog is only fifteen years. This always consoles us when we see a man spreading himself out over four scats in a railway car. "Do you get any holidays in your office?" asked a ...

    Article : 242 words
  14. A PARTICULAR GIRL.

    We meet with a good illustration of two methods of examining a witness, and by two eminent counsel, Francis Jeffrey and Henry Cockburn. The examination turned upon the sanity or insanity of the parties concerned, and Jeffrey and Cockburn were acting ...

    Article : 594 words
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