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  2. FUNNIOSITIES.

    “What is the price of that tea?” [?] asked of the guileless grocer. ‘One half-a-crown, marm,” was the response. ...

    Article : 47 words
  3. STORYETTES.

    In an Albany club the wine cellar was strangely depleted of its contents. Bottle after bottle of champagne disappeared, and [?] seemed no bar against the thirsty ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  4. LITTLE FOLKS.

    More than a hundred years ago an old man was writing one afternoon in a email chamber of the palace of Sa[?]s-So[?]ci, at Potsdam, near Berlin, while on the other ...

    Article : 414 words
  5. Foiling A Fiendish Plot; [?], A CRYPTOGRAM FROM DICKENS.

    I was sent at an early hour one morning down to Kew. Nothing was said of the business for which I was required, and so I neither expected anything ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,468 words
  6. AGRICULTURAL.

    What are known as “fancy points” are often far too highly valued in improved breeds of domestic animals. But things which in themselves have but little value, [?] ...

    Article : 433 words
  7. Not so Bad as it Looked.

    Magistrate (to woman): “You admit that you [?] your husband with a stove lid, and yet you claim there are extenuating circumstances governing the case.” ...

    Article : 47 words
  8. The Progress of Science.

    Jenkins: “Did you hear of the wonderful operation Dr. Sayre performed on Smithers last week?” Bilkins: No ! What was it ?” ...

    Article : 172 words
  9. Darned Poor Show for the First Story Teller.

    In the early days Kilne’[?] ranch, in South-western Colorado, was a famous stopping place for the stage coaches, and there was always a goodly (and somewhat diversified) ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. Novel System of Silage In India.

    Mr. J. L. Thompson, Principal of the Dookie Agricultural College, has in a report to the Department of Agriculture, communicated the result of an experimental ...

    Article : 707 words
  11. Hector and the Chickens.

    Here is a good story for lovers of canine sagacity. We have a big dog, which was sent to us some five or six years ago, when he was a ...

    Article : 796 words
  12. A Give-Away.

    “Hello ! you the milkman’s new boy?” “Yes.” “What became of the other one?” “Oh, he got bounced.” ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. It Could Not Be.

    He put on his hat, started slowly for the door, hesitated, came back, sighed deeply and [?] the lily white band in his own and [?] it to his lips. ...

    Article : 483 words
  14. At School.

    “H-o-p-s. What does that spell?” “Hops.” “What are hops?” “A bitter vegetable, growing on a vine like ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. He Put it Plain.

    A middle-aged, fairly-dressed stranger was routed off a bench in one of the Sydney parks the other night at midnight by a police man. He rubbed his eyes, yawned and finally ...

    Article : 389 words
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