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  2. OUR MELBOURNE LETTER.

    The second reading of the Voting by Post Bill was secured by such a narrow majority-- to wit, 1-- that it is very doubtful whether the Premier will care to go ...

    Article : 2,269 words
  3. No Carriage.

    One of the most, amusing instances of misunderstanding a word is told of an old church warden of Wallingford, England. At one time the bishop of Oxford sent ...

    Article : 95 words
  4. THE PULPIT.

    (Being notes of an address given by the Rev. A. Rivett in the Beechworth Independent Church on Sunday last.) " The eyes of the Lord run to and fro ...

    Article : 2,402 words
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  6. OUR YOUNG FOLKS

    One would hardly expect that so huge an animal as the hippopotamus, accustomed to an abundance of space, water and food, could be made so contented as the one here ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 378 words
  7. Pessimism.

    Adolphus (dejectedly)-- Eighteen, and not a gray hair yet! Reginald (sympathetically)-- Ah, college life is not what it used to be, -- Truth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  8. Well Prepared.

    During a little pedestrian trip a gentleman came unexpectedly upon a country race course, and on one portion of the ground found a thimblerig establishment ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. A New Place.

    There is one lawyer in the city who will never again make use of Latin phrases in writing business letters. A short time ago he had to write a letter to a silent of his in ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. A Chat About Dwarfs.

    Long ago it used to be a fashion in the east and in many European countries to keep as attendants in courts and in the houses of the great those curious little ...

    Article : 345 words
  11. Not Fitted For It.

    The boy who was destined to become the father of his country met the baleful glance of his old man with composure. George Washington felt that it was a ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. A Bad Slip.

    Dora-- And so your engagement with Mr. Hardhead is off? Clara-- Yes, I sent him flying. Dora-- Mercy! What did he do? ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. Nothing Lost.

    "Talking about the utilization of force," said Bunting, "I saw something last summer which beats anything I ever heard of before." ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. The Model of an Ancient Craft.

    Here is a picture of the Viking ship sent from Norway for exhibition at Chicago. It is an exact counterpart of an Ancient vessel exhumed some years ago in southern ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 125 words
  15. Modern.

    Rounder-- These fin de siecle times are too much for me. I used to think it bad enough when I caught my little brother smoking my cigarettes. ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. None Better.

    First Friend-- Do you have good police protection out your way? Second Friend-- Do we? Well, I should say so. We have the prettiest servant girl ...

    Article : 34 words
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  18. Improvement.

    Mile. S. (to riding master)-- Well, sir, do you think I have made any progress? Riding Master-- Certainly. You fall now much more gracefully than you used to do. ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. Head Over Heels.

    She-- Your friend looks very much embarrassed. He-- He is, poor fellow; he owes pretty nearly everybody in town.--Detroit Free ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. By the Light of the Moon.

    There is still a widespread belief in the south that the meat of hogs killed during the decrease of the moon will shrink in the cooking more than the meat of animals ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. Only at One Time.

    Figg-- You have seen Jones' wife. What [?] she like? Should you call her pretty? Fogg-- I might if I was talking to Jo --Boston Transcript. ...

    Article : 30 words
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