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  2. FIGHTING "MAC."

    General Hector Macdonald, who went to the front to succeed Major-General Wauchope in the command of the Highland Brigade at the Transvaal, is perhaps ...

    Article : 527 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Prussian workman is compelled by law to insure his life. The camphor-tree takes several hundred years to attain its full size. ...

    Article : 1,005 words
  4. THE FATAL LILIES, OR The Lady of Larchton Mere.

    Something of defiance shone over Lady Cumnor's face. 'No, there is no other way out of the difficulty but to fell those ...

    Article : 2,336 words
  5. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    'Yes,' said she to the man at her side, 'when we were courting you used to hold the umbrella all over the, and if I said anything about your getting wet ...

    Article : 234 words
  6. "THE UNFINISHED SONG."

    'The Unfinished Song' is the title of one of the best of Miss Helen Marion Burrside's lyrics. It appears to have been suggested by a song of Miss ...

    Article : 203 words
  7. Nothing Wonderful in That.

    We never hear an American boasting of his country's greatness without thinking of the Irishman at the Falls of Niagara. ...

    Article : 116 words
  8. Rotating Manures in Gardens.

    A writer in the 'American Cultivator' draws attention to the necessity for maintaining the balance of fertility in vegetable gardens. It is pointed out ...

    Article : 636 words
  9. Of Neglected Education.

    Our soldiers like a joke at the expense of their superiore. The following was copied from a sentry-box on Royal Infirmary guard, Dublin:-- ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. Let Off With a Caution.

    Scene: Down a Yorkshire coal-mine. Deputy (to lad, who has placed his lamp on tho ground, contrary to rules of colliery: 'Nah, lad! What's thy name? ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. He Proved the Argument.

    A smart man slapped down a five-shilling piece upon the counter of a restaurant in Sydney, the other day as if he were angry. ...

    Article : 203 words
  12. What She Called It.

    A lady hailed a hansom cab one morning at the Sydney Railway Station, and told cabby to drive her to Circular Quay. Mr. Cabby had taken full measure, so ...

    Article : 141 words
  13. A Curious Bird.

    The rosy gull is a rare bird that inhabits the frozen regions surrounding the North Pole. Its colour is a lovely red rose, and the size somewhat ...

    Article : 100 words
  14. An American Journalist on Newspaper Editing.

    Editing a paper is a nice business, says an American journal. If we publish a joke, people say we are rattle-headed. If we don't we are an old fossil. If we ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. Not Good for His Trade.

    Mick O'Flannigan is an Irish gentleman who pursues the humble but useful occupation of an old-clothes man; though at one time he served Her ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. Hair v. Brains.

    A young man of ability, but of meek and mild appearance, applied for a position as clerk in a Sydney clothing department, and the salary he asked was ...

    Article : 104 words
  17. A Double-Barreled Cannon.

    A curious cannon and the only double-barreled one of the kind in the world, is to be found in Athens, Ga. (U.S.A.) It embodies an idea of considerable ...

    Article : 162 words
  18. The Situation in South Africa.

    'What a pity these soldiers in South-Africa drink so heavily,' sighed Mrs. Stewart, laying down the "Sydney Morning Herald" with a wise air as she ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. Horses and Cattle that Live Without Water.

    There are hundreds of horses and thousands of cattle in the Hawaiian Islands which never take a drink of water throughout the whole course of ...

    Article : 126 words
  20. The Wild Moutons.

    Some time ago a certain foreign count was staying at Dunrobin Castle, the home of the Duke of Sutherland. He was sent out deer-stalking by ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. Mike Was No Fool.

    'Have you lobsters like this in Ireland, Mike?' 'Is it lobsters?' replied Mike, contemptuously. 'Why, I've seen the say ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. He Didn't Get It.

    Lord Wolseley tells this story of a certain battle. The road in the rear of the position was full of fugitives. Many had lost not only their heads, but their ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. A Crusher.

    During a ward meeting one of the speakers gave as his opinion that the death-rate for the current quarter would prove an exceptionally high one. ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. Couldn't Get the Gaps Out.

    Carpenter: 'Have you ground all the tools right, as I told you when I went away this morning?' New Apprentice: 'All but this one.' ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. He Didn't Care.

    'Tommy,' said a teacher to a grocer's six-year-old son, 'a lie can be acted as well as told. Now, if your father were to put sand in his sugar and sell it, he ...

    Article : 60 words
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