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  2. Young Folks

    "Cushee-cushee, cushee-cushee, cushee-cushee coo!" We gaze up above, and exclaim, "who are you?" As the sound goes over us through the air, Then comes from an old tree, tall and bare, ...

    Article : 258 words
  3. THE PARIS CHESS CONGRESS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 602 words
  4. When I was a Little Girl.

    When I was a little girl (that's a long time ago, you know), I lived near Manchester, in England, and I was always trying to do all sorts of mischievous things without being found out, and perhaps some of you "young folks" ...

    Article : 2,312 words
  5. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    W. C. K. and H. K. are thanked for their contributions. J. W.—We agree with you that problem No. 167 is "one of the best and most original two-movers that have appeared of late years." ...

    Article : 40 words
  6. Pastime.

    1. Wait—the river sighs 2. She drives wan Lorrie fast. 3. Meg, this woman's best dinner takes the f(i)ts. Three celebrated epigrams from Pope. ...

    Article : 33 words
  7. Humour & Wit.

    IN some sentimental verses the writer defines tears as the juice of sadness.—(The deuce they are.—ED. Mail.) WHAT quadrupeds are admitted to balls, operas, and dinner parties?—white kids. ...

    Article : 1,135 words
  8. MATHEMATICAL QUESTION.

    If the hands of a clock be together at 12, when will they next be together again? ...

    Article : 23 words
  9. DOUBLE ACROSTICS.

    My first is marvellous, my second is a river in South America, my third is a villain, my fourth is amusing, my fifth is a ledge, my sixth is on the decline, my seventh is trial, my eighth is to mutiny, my ninth is an instrument of war, my tenth is to cut; ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. Contributions from Johnny's Exercise Book.

    [The following are bona fide extracts, furnished by an Australian schoolmistress. Why should Australia be driven to copy American funniments? We shall be grateful for any contributions to "Little Jokes," &c, from our own readers. Children ...

    Article : 211 words
  11. HIDDEN COASTING STEAMERS.

    Charlie, what a horrible din a telephone make. We were lost in the sterile Ural Mountains. There is in Sydney a vocal harmonic society. He is rich. Monday will be his birthday. ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. DIAMOND PUZZLES.

    1. A consonant. 2. An acknowledgment of debt. 3. Not clearly. 4. Wandering. 5. The answer. 6. A command. 7. Satire. 8. Endeavour. 9. A vowel. The whole an officer well known in Sydney. ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. Little Australian Jokes.

    A schoolmaster desirous of finding out the attainments of a new scholar, a boy of 14, from the country, among other questions, asked him, "Do you know anything of mathematics?" "No, sir," was the answer, "but I knowed his ...

    Article : 133 words
  14. SQUARE WORD.

    1. Part of the arm. 2. A kind of fish. 3. To wash. 4. A pigment. 5. A revolving circle. ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. VERBAL CHARADE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  16. Chess Player.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  17. ANSWERS TO PASTIME in Sydney Mail, October 26.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 930 words
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