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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 461 words
  3. HUMOR.

    "By Jove, I'm awfully glad to see you here, Miss Brown! When I first came in, I felt quite nervous -- everybody looked so awfully clover." -- "Punch." ...

    Article : 118 words
  4. CHESS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 words
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    Advertising : 1,797 words
  6. RELIGIOUS.

    "Do we sleep? Do we dream? Are there visions about?" Here is a Scotch parish minister (says the London "Daily Telegraph") confessing that in Scotland the clergy have acted as ...

    Article : 1,844 words
  7. THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.

    Gainsborough's celebrated portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire, for which 10,000 guineas had been paid, and which was stolen in 1876, is now thought to have been found under ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  8. NOT MUCH CHANCE.

    Dora (to herself) -- "I am afraid I'll meet the follow I was engaged to last year; but then I don't think he'll know me -- I was a blonde then." -- "Judge." ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. "WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS."

    Tommy -- "Father, what means It 'to have indigestion?'" ...

    Article : 17 words
  10. HE DIDN'T SELL IT.

    "Here, miss, is a hammock that will hold two very comfortably." "It's too large. Haven't you something a little smaller?" -- ...

    Article : 26 words
  11. WHY HE REFUSED HIM.

    Young Poet: "Why do you refuse me as a son-in-law? Is it because I lack merit?" Paterfamilias: "Oh, no; it is simply on account of lack of space. We are really crowded for room ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. CHESS NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 805 words
  13. SUNDAY MORNING.

    Cyclist (to rural policeman): "Nice crowd out this morning!" Rural Policeman (who has received a tip): "Yes, an' yer can't do with 'em! If yer 'oilers at 'em, ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. SAVED.

    Little Tommy (sliding down the roof): "Oh, "Lord, save me! Don't let me slide Off the -- never mind, Lord; I kotched on a nail. ...

    Article : 28 words
  15. MUSIC.

    The Sydney Liedertafel will perform for the first time at their concert next Thursday "The Soldiers of Gideon," a work for double chorus and orchestra by Saint-Saens, and one of the ...

    Article : 495 words
  16. ARE WE COMING TO THIS?

    European -- "Wily is it that so many of you Americans come over to see this country before you have seen your own?" American -- "Well, the truth is, we want to ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. THE IRISH SHIP.

    "Them's foine ships!" cried an enthusiastic Irishman who was blue in the face from cheering, as the fleet passed a pier on the North River recently. "Raal fighters: and the bies all ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. A DEMONSTRATION.

    "That is a spring chicken, Mr. Fidget," said the lady of the house to the new hoarder, "and you ought to have no difficulty in carving it." "Spring chicken, eh?" returned Mr. Fidget, ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. ONE OF ARISTOCRACY'S HARDSHIPS.

    Mrs. Rumbold -- "I can't understand why you are so glad to be borne again. Didn't your daughter, the Countess, make it pleasant for you over there?" ...

    Article : 69 words
  20. HOW "BULLS" ORIGINATE.

    "Bulls" often originate in a misunderstanding of the meaning of words or terms, says a writer in the "Spectator." A lady asked a widow whether her son was still in the orphauage in ...

    Article : 223 words
  21. "SPORT IN NEW SOUTH WALES."

    In the October number of the "Badminton Magazine," a journal devoted in a great measure to sport, there is an article by Laird Hampden, Governor of this colony, on "Sport in New South ...

    Article : 778 words
  22. THE DATE CHESS MATCH.

    Sir, -- In reply to the letter from Mr. A. W. Britton, hon. secretary of the Sydney Chess Club, published in you issue of the 9th inst., I should like, in justice to the club I represent and the position it has taken upon ...

    Article : 567 words
  23. QUEEN'S JUBILEE FUND.

    The monthly meeting of the council of the Queen's Jubilee Fund was held yesterday afternoon in the Sydney Town-hall. Lady Hampden presided, and was accompanied by Lady Gerard ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday. Mr. E. Fosbery presided. Mr. Sidney, the secretary, submitted the usual accounts and a statement of the society's work for ...

    Article : 136 words
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  27. CITY RAILWAY.

    Sir, -- The Premier is to be commended for his determination to seek assistance in discovering a western route for the railway into the city. I would propose that some capable gentlemen ...

    Article : 189 words
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