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  2. The Last of the Pirates; OR, DOOM DRIVEN.

    'Sail ho!' The cry came from aloft, on a small schooner-of-war flying the flag of the United States. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,491 words
  3. Will the Earth Blow Up?

    The latest theory about the end of the world is that ocean water, leaking through cracks in the crust, may reach the hot interior of the globe and blow up ...

    Article : 724 words
  4. DAIRY NOTES.

    Dealing with horses, there were 510,636 in the colony on 31st December, 1896. The value of the improvement that could be brought about in these we will leave ...

    Article : 1,174 words
  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    Steel pens, when first invented, cost over 4s. a piece. A turban uses up as much as form ten to fourteen yards of cloth. ...

    Article : 1,034 words
  6. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    'I fancy, Bridget,' said Mr. Smith, holding up a glass of water before his eye, 'you forgot to filter this water.' 'Indade, sir, I filtered it as well as I ...

    Article : 127 words
  7. AN ACCIDENTAL RHYME.

    In the old days of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, an actor named Dewar went one morning to the premises of a publican named Scott, patronised by the ...

    Article : 108 words
  8. HIS CANE.

    A student in one of our universities had just darted for a stroll down town, when he remembered that his fire was very low when he left his room. ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. PAT AND HIS PIG.

    'Patrick, the Widow Maloney tells me that you stole one of her finest pigs. Is it correct?' 'Yes, your honour.' ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. SQUEEZING POINT.

    West End society is laughing over an incident which occurred at a ball last season. The night was oppressively hot, and the weather was the principal ...

    Article : 144 words
  11. HOW GEORDIE STOPPED THE ROW.

    Before the adoption of the Police Act in Perth, a worthy named Geordie B—had the surveillance of the town. An intoxicated, noisy Irishman was ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. The Quince a Valuable Fruit.

    There is evidently a profitable field open for orchardists and farmers in the growing of quinces. One thing about fruit-growing of any kind is that too ...

    Article : 438 words
  13. AN IRISH TRADE MARK.

    Two Irishmen walking along one of the principal streets in Glasgow noticed a placard in the window of a shop with the words "Butter! Butter!! ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. THE GRAVE DIGGER'S EXCUSE.

    The churchwarden of a church in West Cornwall had been informed that the gravedigger had not been digging the graves as deep as he should have ...

    Article : 108 words
  15. "BALLED."

    A cricket match was being played. One of the players, whom Nature had deprived of his hair, was defending the wickets when a ball, rising high, struck ...

    Article : 76 words
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