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  2. ACK'S HAMPER.

    Jack Wood was a lad of the commonest sort, His brain power was scanty, his stature was short; He was neither good- matured nor clever. ...

    Article : 402 words
  3. Puzzles of the Marriage Laws.

    The responsibilities which people assume on entering the marriage stale are so grave that it is extraordinary so much ignorance should exist upon ...

    Article : 1,212 words
  4. PEWS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES.

    Most things go upwards with civilization, but pews act on the rule of contrary, and go downwards. From being " small parlours," they have been cut down to conform with ...

    Article : 795 words
  5. THE ROMANCE OUR FIRST CENTURY.

    The coal mines, some distance from the settlement, were worked by convicts under circumstance of hardship and suffering. Galleries were driven for long distance; but ...

    Article : 3,638 words
  6. THE RACES OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    The term " Kaffirs," which we have come to apply generically to certain tribes on the south- eastern coast of Africa, is not the national name, but one of reproach imposed on ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. COMMON SENSE.

    A man possessing common sense knows how to govern his tongue and let his acts speak instead of words. The most profuse talkers are generally those possessing the ...

    Article : 122 words
  8. BECOMING RICH IN A DAY.

    The advice of a shrewd business man is sometimes of more value, even in a financial sense, than direct aid. It proved so in the case of a drayman, who was employed by ...

    Article : 446 words
  9. THE FAR-SIGHTED MAN.

    Bill Barnes was a stubborn old fellow, reates an American writer, and no argument could change his opinions. If any one attempted to dispute his assertions or ridicule ...

    Article : 516 words
  10. A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE WITH A PANTHER

    Singapore papers report an extraordinary encounter at Perak between a Pathan watchman and a panther. The latter had got into a large fowlhouse, enclosed by wire netting, ...

    Article : 284 words
  11. A HEN REVENGED.

    A man killed a hen that belonged to a neighbour because flew into his yard. The neighbour, says the Danbury Newsman no demonstration. But he went [?] ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. FUN AND FANCY.

    Whenever you find a man who is a failure, you will find also a patient little woman who makes his excuses to the world. ...

    Article : 326 words
  13. THE FAVOURITE FIGURE OF SPEECH.

    Probably there is nothing under the sun which is the basis of so large a number of figures of speech as water. A poor argument 'won't hold water; a babbler ...

    Article : 192 words
  14. A STRANGE INCIDENT.

    A curious incident is reported from [?], on the Northern Railway of [?]. A drunken man named Leferbrre contrived, unobserved, to mount upon a locomotive, left ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. A PLAUSIBLE THEORY.

    Wife :"I think, my dear, that we had setter name the baby 'Bill,'" Husband: "Bill!' What do you want to call him that name for?" Wife: "So that he will be ...

    Article : 46 words
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