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  2. Blight of Bolshevism

    "At the present time I would not care to go back to Russia!" This was the admission made to a representative of "The ...

    Article : 1,071 words
  3. NATURE NOTES

    Slow-worms are not well named, as they are not worms, but a remarkable family of Australian lizards, but so extremely like snakes in appearance ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,355 words
  4. "INSIDE THE WAGGON"

    Mary: Did you know I was in pictures, George? George: No. Mary. I didn't. What did you play in? Mary: "The Covered Waggon." ...

    Article : 50 words
  5. SOMETHING LAUGHABLE "THAT DREADFUL BOY."

    "Uncle Bill," said little Reginald, "did it hurt you when the men caught you with the dredge and grappling hooks?" "Why—I don't understand ...

    Article : 56 words
  6. NOT TIRED.

    A very seedy individual applied for a job to a farmer, whom he assured most emphatically that he never got tired. Later on in the day, when the ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. THE EXPERT

    An applicant for employment in a large engineering works claimed to be an expert mechanic. "Where were you last employed?" ...

    Article : 62 words
  8. BATSMAN'S HARD LUCK

    The batsman walked pompously to the wicket, surveyed the crowd loftily had the sight screen moved, patted the pitch, adjusted his cap, hitched up ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. HANDICAPPED

    Lew became involved in on altercation. The argument drew a crowd and before it was over Lew had a broken hat a broken nose, and two purple ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. HE WASN'T LUCKY

    Smithson met Brown in the street one morning. "Hallo!" said Smithson. "I hear you're, engaged. Allow me to congratulate you old man." ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. CANDID

    "I say, Mrs. Smith," said one of the letter's guests, "your husband is just coming in. My wife and I will hide behind the curtain, and you tell him ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. IN SAFE KEEPING

    A tailor called upon one of his customers with his bill. The customer was in bed. "You've brought your account have you?" He asked. "Yes, ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. DESCRIBING IT

    The professor had placed some speciment of rocks on his deek and was trying to describe them to his students. While his back was turned for a ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. AND THEN THE KISS.

    At 9 o'clock they were seated at opposite ends of the settee. At nine thirty they were slightly nearer to each other. At 10 o'clock they were ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. UNCLE'S GREAT JOY

    Charlie, and his three sisters had been to visit a relative in the country. Thought the invitation had been for a week, their stay was gradually ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. CHIPS AND CHAFF

    The Maid: "I'm going to sneeze." The Man: "At who?" "Atchoo!" "Well, Tommy, how would you like your hair cut?" "Like father's—with a ...

    Article : 383 words
  17. HE SCORED A POINT

    At a conference of negro preachers a visiting bishop was looking at the various examination papers and came upon one marked 101 per cent. ...

    Article : 80 words
  18. HIS LUGGAGE!

    He was hurrying for the train, impeded by a crate containing a couple of live hens. As he approached the gate the ticket inspector stopped him ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. THEFT OF PIPING

    Claude Stanley Bryan was charged in the Mount Morgan Police Court, with haying stolen a piece of lead pipe, a blacksmith's vice, and 100 feet of ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. A NURSE KILLED

    Miss Florence Lindsay a nurse, from a Tasmanian hospital, who was on a visit to her father, was billed last night near Ballarat. She was riding ...

    Article : 69 words
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