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    "What's the extreme penalty for sign my!" asked a man of an old judge, who an swered— "Two mothers-in-law." The meanest villains in the cast ...

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  3. Agricultural [?]

    London purple is another arsenical compound. It is the residue from the manufacture of aniline dyes, and contains lime, arsenious acid and carbonaceous matter it is more ...

    Article : 769 words
  4. A Market Morning.

    Cathedral-Gloom Smith and myself went out to see McGinnis, of the Press Bureau, on Friday night. M'Ginnis lives in South Melbourne. I may say here that ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  5. A Miser's Warm Spot.

    Once upon a time there lived in Melbourne two gentlemen who were partners in a rag and bottle business, and who were named respectively Ah ling and Ah Hat. The ...

    Article : 530 words
  6. A Fatal Shot.

    In the beginning of 1852, a mate of mine and I were camped at a place called Sawpit Golly, a few miles from the Meant Alexander .diggings, as they were then called. There ...

    Article : 2,229 words
  7. She Dosen't Mean It.

    Tis woman's right And chief delight To change her mind whene'er she chooses: "Yes, yes, yes!" and "No, no, no!" ...

    Article : 282 words
  8. Journalistic Courtesies.

    The editor of an Adelaide journal adopted a novel plan to keep himself cool last summer, if we may believe his statement, in the following words, printed some time ...

    Article : 278 words
  9. Excuses.

    (All married men end all contemplating matrimony will find it to their advantage to carefully memorize the following list of plausible excuses for coming home at 2 ...

    Article : 406 words
  10. Commercial Morality.

    We have often thought that the man who educates his son with high principles of honor and honesty, and then sets him adrift on the sea of commercial life to push his ...

    Article : 713 words
  11. Waiting for the Train.

    Gentle reader, did you ever notice the man who is waiting for the train! He walks into the station, and after wandering round and gazing at all the time-tables, he sits ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. Testing Her Affections.

    Mr. Archibald Stanhope—a groggy, sentimental old buffer—conceived the narrowing suspicion that his wife was not as passionately fond of him as a lady of good taste ...

    Article : 640 words
  13. Patting Him in a Corner.

    "How dare yez come on parade," remarked an Irish drill-sergeant to a military man the other day, "before a rispictable man loike meself, smothered from bid to fat in grease ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. Wanted the Other Sausage.

    " You would be astonished to see and bear the queer people who sometimes come to oar place," said the keeper of a very cheap restaurant. "The other day a man came in ...

    Article : 256 words
  15. Big Words Only.

    Doctor: " Your heart is in a normal condition." Nervous Old Maid: "Goodness! And is it fatal?" ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. His One Condition.

    Old Doctor: "So you think my daughter's happiness would be safe in your hands, eh ?" Young Doctor: "I know she loves me, and do not see how I could live without ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. Didn't Give 'Em a Chance.

    Jupkins, Sr.: "Well, Jack, you look hearty, and I'm glad to see yon safe mud Bound; those New South Welshmen are rough fellows, I hear." ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. Naturally Nervous.

    Papa (naturally nervous): "W-what is it, and Where did it come from?" Kathleen: "It's a new lizard, papa; and Cousin Jack brought it to me from ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. The Other Member.

    Child at Sydney: "Who are all those men lounging around outside the House of Parliament! Parent: "They are Members of Parliament, my child." ...

    Article : 47 words
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