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  2. MOLLY ASTHORE.

    Angel of brightness, spirit of lightness, Maiden bewitching beyond all compere Type of true beauty, model of duty, Sunbeam of gladness, sweet essence of ...

    Article : 125 words
  3. GLEANINGS FROM THE POETS (?)

    Tis now the witching hour of night, When other lips and other hearts Let dogs delight to bark and bite, And cats to sing in various parts. ...

    Article : 165 words
  4. ROUND THE WORLD.

    The natural colour of water is pore Heather grown In many parts of South Africa. There are two thousand miles of ...

    Article : 883 words
  5. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    This plague whereof Glasgow has had a visitation is called "bubonic plague," because one of its marked features is the swelling of the lymphatic glands of ...

    Article : 635 words
  6. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    Scene: Monday night in a Sydney theatre. The auditorium packed with a hot, uncomfortable crowd. Upon the stage, which is in darkneaa, a ...

    Article : 121 words
  7. The Person and "Jump-Shorts."

    A clergyman in Norfolk entered a parishioner's cottage the other "noon time," and was invited to partake of some "jump-short" pie, on which the ...

    Article : 175 words
  8. Khaki as a Life Preserver.

    In the December "Century," under the title of "With the Peking Relief Column," are printed b correspondent's notes of the fighting in China, by ...

    Article : 362 words
  9. THE CONFIDENCE TRICK.

    IT was a perfect day, but sweltering hot. His Serene Highness the Sun was reigning triumphantly in the heavens, gloating over the many ...

    Article : 2,603 words
  10. The Remedies.

    A handsome young widow applied to a physician to relieve her of two very distressing complaints with which she was afflicted. ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. Courting in Glasgow.

    A Glasgow servant-girl went home a few evenings ago with her head wrapped up in a shawl. Her young mistress asked her what ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. Must Have Been Bad Cigars.

    'I wish 1 knew whether Charley really loved me or not? said the dear girl, as she toyed with the engagement ring. ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. Cigarette-Smoke Inhalers.

    A few days since an inquest was held at Lambeth on the extraordinary cause of Charles E. Satchell's death. We report the ease since, although the ...

    Article : 291 words
  14. Voting By Machinery.

    The occurrence of a General Election attracts attention to an invention patented by Mr. W. H. Howe, which is now exhibited in London. This (writes ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. Upside Down.

    In the course of the fearful march of the Irish Fusiliers from Dundee to Ladysmith, the men were much fatigued owing to the rough ground. One man ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. Wasn't Having Any.

    'I shall feel so lonely, dearest, when yon are gone, said a young husband, as he put his wife in a railway carriage for the seaside, and, clinging to her fondly, ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. Chinese Remedy for Baldness.

    A Chinese gentleman advocates the use of the rat as an article of diet, and makes the following remarks on its properties as a hair restorer: "What ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. The Coal Output of Scotland.

    The duration of the Scotch output was computed in 1871 as likely to last 820 years, on the assumption that the annual output would not exceed 12,000,000 tons. ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. How Did She Know!

    They were out with a party yachting. Conversation flagging, he remarked, twisting his labial urnament: I declare the briny breeze has made ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. What the Porter Thought.

    'Why can't you sing out the name of the stations clearly? said an irate railway passanger to a Southern porter, who had just delivered himself of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. Too Much of a Gentleman.

    Clerk: 'Please, sir, may I have my next month's salary in advance?' Employer: 'That would be very unbusinesslike. How do I know that ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. He Chanced One Eye.

    "'Tis passign strange," the parson said, "I've never seen the like," As up the street the maiden aped ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. Wanted: An Errand Boy.

    Shopkeeper: 'Want a situation as errand boy, do you? Well, can you tell me how far the moon is from the earth, eh?' ...

    Article : 52 words
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