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  2. Fish and Fishing

    The Great Barrier Beef of Australia is one of Queensland's most valuable assets. Extending for 1250 miles opposite our eastern seaboard, and consisting of but a detached chain of reefs ...

    Article : 2,598 words
  3. Retrenchment in Religious Circles.

    In one county in Kansas, says a contemporary, whore the "hard times" are very severely felt, the members of all religious denominations have " pooled their issues," and ...

    Article : 137 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    . Married in white, you have chosen all right. Married in gray, you will go far away. ' Married in black, you will wish yourself back. Married in red, you will wish yourself dead. ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. Mrs. Man-in-the-Moon.

    A correspondent of an American paper says:— " It is left to our 400th centennial to celebrate a charming discovery. It seems not to be generally known that the regal " man in the ...

    Article : 154 words
  6. The Birthday.

    Monday' 6 child is fair of face; Tuesday's child is full of grace; Wednesday's child a change shall know; Thursday's child has far to go: ...

    Article : 57 words
  7. "Saved!"

    An amusing scene was recently enacted at Lille. At the conclusion of one of his performances, Sarbacan, the conjurer, addressed the audience as follows:—" Coming to the ...

    Article : 176 words
  8. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. A schoolboy's definition of steam.— Water perspiring". ...

    Article : 948 words
  9. In the Sad September.

    Loquuntur: Two Schoolboys. "When do you go back?" "On the 12th. How long have you had?" "Seven weeks." ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. One for His Nob.

    The late Dr. Jeffrey used to be a marked figure in the streets of Glasgow. A buirdly man, with striking features and long hair that curled in ringlets to his shoulders, no one once ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. Out of Sight of the Sunday School.

    "Some years ago," said the storyteller, "I was out west on, or near, an Indian reservation. I had about forty miles to go to a ranch, and was to make the trip in a waggon, as I ...

    Article : 213 words
  12. "Scotland Yet!"

    Go where you like, you will find a Scotchman. A traveller one Sunday entered a church in an out-of-the-way village in Russia. During a procession of the Greek clergy the traveller ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. A Hint for The Hairless.

    The traditional occupant of the front seats at the theatre may be interested in the following story, which is given as a fact:—A young fellow in the diplomatic service, who for some ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. Family Government by Telephone.

    There is a household in Brisbane where the father is at present sole administrator, the mother having gone away on a visit to Sandgate. ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. "In His Gift."

    There was a young lover who was a compound very rare—of high rank and great abilities, with sweetness, great modesty, and shyness. Most noble lords know their own ...

    Article : 247 words
  16. A Game That Two Could Play At.

    A certain family on going to England for a time left their house in charge of an old man who was to look after it during the absence of th» family. They also left behind them a large ...

    Article : 218 words
  17. The Lovely Cigarette Fiend.

    When a belt-line car was coming down Virginia-avenue the other afternoon a solemn-looking young man was the sole occupant of the rear seat. Just as the Seventh-fourth ...

    Article : 325 words
  18. "One Touch of Nature."

    "We do indeed have some queer experiences," said the trained nurse, taking off her white cap and giving its dainty bow a few deft, reconstructing touches, "and many ...

    Article : 250 words
  19. Took the Credit of It.

    Three men-of-war, Dutch, French, and English, while in port, were contending with each other for the best display of seamanship, so the captain of each vessel determined to ...

    Article : 446 words
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