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  2. Keeping a Diary.

    She: "I have commenced keeping a diary." He: "I have been keeping one for ten years." She: " Oh, how lovely. Do you write ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    I kissed her (almost) as we sold " Good-bye" in the hall last night; I kissed her (almost), oh, faint heart There wasn't a soul in sight ...

    Article : 85 words
  4. A Much-Needed Article.

    The young man was sitting at the club window cogitating. " Hallo," said his friend, coming in, "what are you thinking about?" ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. "Mixed Minister*."

    As this, the closing decade of the century, Is pre-eminently an era of revivals, not merely of old modes and fashions but of old superstitions likewise, there seems no good reason ...

    Article : 289 words
  6. Facts and Fancies.

    A Black Friday—Robinson Crusoe's. Why is a lover like a gas jet ? Because he burns to meter. He: "If you were not so tall Id-propose to ...

    Article : 977 words
  7. Experimental Science.

    " Gentlemen, you do not use your faculties of observation," said an old professor, addressing his class. Here he pushed forward a gallipot containing a chemical of exceedingly ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. Only Copper Gill.

    I hope that the revelation I am about to make may be considered as strictly confidential (writes Walter Besant in the Queen). It must not be told across the Atlantic It is one of those ...

    Article : 262 words
  9. "The Octopus" Trunk.

    Some years ago a celebrated and popular conjuror and magician—who had been giving entertainments in one of the Melbourne theatres which excited the wonder of the juvenile ...

    Article : 1,389 words
  10. An Unlucky Quotation.

    Walter Besant tells the following story in the Queen:—-He was a very solemn person; a clergyman of pronounced views; a man .of wealth and position; he was naturally invited ...

    Article : 622 words
  11. The Archduke and the Hen.

    It is not often nowadays that a personage born in the purple has an- opportunity of earning an " honest penny" by rendering service, to his fellow-man of low degree. Royalty is so ...

    Article : 361 words
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