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  2. My Queer Friend.

    THE good ship s.s. Artacan was ploughing the Bay of Bengal on a voyage between Akyab and Penang. It was an ideal afternoon at sea ; even the most ...

    Article : 1,640 words
  3. Life in London and Thereabout.

    On Monday afternoon Lord Rosebery returned from a Channel cruise in the Admiralty yacht Enchantress. It was undertaken by direction of his doctor, ...

    Article : 1,970 words
  4. THE LOTT-TOOLE BURGLAR, ALARM.

    Mr. Howson Lott, and his neighbor. Mr. Gardner Toole, connect their houses by a wire, so that either can call the other, in case of burglars. The same evening, Mr. Toole while explaining the idea ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 100 words
  5. WIT HUMOR WISDOM

    The school examinations closed recently and some remarkable answers were gathered in by the teachers in the primary departments. One teacher reports the following:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 173 words
  6. A CAKE OF HAD TO.

    "I had a funny experience in a little town on the lower Mississippi," said R.C. Blackley, a travelling man. "The place had but one hotel, the landlord of which conducted everything expect the cooking and house-cleaning, which ...

    Article : 899 words
  7. JUDGE AND JURY.

    Some good stories are going the rounds concerning Sir Matthew Begble, chief justice of British Columbia, who died the other day. Here is one of them: In 1883 a man was charged in Victoria with having killed another man ...

    Article : 159 words
  8. The Sensitiveness of Great Orators.

    SOME of the greatest orators have been disconcerted by very trivial circumstances. Daniel Webster, rising to speak at a poultry show, was unable to continue in ...

    Article : 369 words
  9. A Lost Hope.

    'IT'S a shame!' said Betty, the boarding-house maid-of-all-work. 'Buttons off his shirt, his stockings a perfect sieve, and not a string where it ought to be!' ...

    Article : 1,099 words
  10. Cheap Railway Construction.

    THE S.M. Herald announces that the lowest tender received for the construction of the extension from Narrabri to Moree, a distance of sixty-three miles, ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. Honeymooning in Queensland.

    I FELL in with an old gentleman from Queensland the other day who is paying a visit to Victoria (says "Woomera," in the Australasian). He explained how it ...

    Article : 224 words
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