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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    What ships hardly ever sail out of sight?—Hardships. What are the best letters of recommendation?—£ s. d. ...

    Article : 148 words
  3. From Various Sources

    A cyclist was making his way along a dusty bush road when he came upon a horse lying prostrate in the shafts of a dray. On the dray was a big-load ...

    Article : 1,381 words
  4. WHYS WITHOUT ANSWERS.

    Dr. Donaldson Smith, who crossed Central Africa some time ago, discovered that the whole of the centre of that continent is gradually drying up. ...

    Article : 682 words
  5. The Fruit Growing Industry.

    A large quantity of fruit has been despatched from the Quantong irrigation colony this season, especially raisins, of which there was a heavy ...

    Article : 314 words
  6. The Dairying Industry

    In response to the request made by the Agricultural Department to country municipal councils outside the milk areas of Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, ...

    Article : 479 words
  7. Pastoral and Agricultural

    The splendid rains which have recently fallen, although late, will prove greatly beneficial, and it is satisfactory to find from the reports to hand ...

    Article : 670 words
  8. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The central committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund has investigated over 60 additional claims, which makes a total of upwards of 600 cases ...

    Article : 1,846 words
  9. Quite a Difference.

    "I love my love in the morning,” sang the young man, ardently. “Huh!” exclaimed her younger brother; “you hain’t seen her in the ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. Nothing More.

    Tom: What did your mother say when you told her that I was sorry that I’d made an idiot of myself last night? ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. For a Change.

    They were waltzing in the ballroom. She: Sir, you should introduce a little change in your style of dancing. He: What do you mean? ...

    Article : 46 words
  12. Of Two Evils.

    The editor of a provincial paper is a strenuous exponent of Imperialism. The Navy, the Army, and the glories of the nation form the main topics ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. The State Tobacco Farm

    Hitherto the experimental cultivation of the tobacco plant has been carried on at Edi, on a plot of land 18 acres in extent, but it has now been ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. No Difference.

    A commercial traveller got into a railway carriage, in which the only, other occupant was a venerable-looking dean. Very soon they got into a ...

    Article : 131 words
  15. Board of Health Regulations.

    Three important regulations were passed by the Central Board of Health at its last meeting. One provides that no person who sells bread or meat, ...

    Article : 219 words
  16. The Mining Royalty Question.

    The question of the “Mining Royalty Evil” was discussed at a public meeting at Ballarat, and the present system was strongly condemned by a ...

    Article : 141 words
  17. A WEIRD MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.

    A cook in a merchant’s family, where followers were forbidden, took advantage of the absence of the master to invite a young man to pay her ...

    Article : 372 words
  18. As Announced.

    In Germany all marriages have to be contracted before a registrar previous to the ceremony in the church, which is optional. ...

    Article : 109 words
  19. WHY DOGS DISLIKE CATS.

    The Koreans tell an amusing story in explanation of the enmity which prevails between cats and dogs. There was once, they say, an old ...

    Article : 293 words
  20. Brought to Light.

    "I wish to know,” said the autocratic minister the other day, “who the miscreant was who affixed to the door a colored election placard, with ...

    Article : 219 words
  21. Closer Settlement.

    An area of Crown land at Monbulk, 30 miles from Melbourne, consisting of 1200 acres, is to be sub-divided into blocks of from 10 to 46 acres, and ...

    Article : 152 words
  22. Italian Sailors.

    Two Italian sailors named respectively Scannifico Antonio and Salzanc Antonio, belonging to the ship Genista, which is berthed at the Victoria ...

    Article : 157 words
  23. AT THE LEFT LUGGAGE OFFICE.

    The old lady had lost her cloak-room receipt for her trunk, and the station officials said that she must enumerate the contents and satisfy them that it ...

    Article : 399 words
  24. Retorted.

    Two cousins, one an artist and the other a farmer, who had been successful in their careers, decided to take a long holiday on the Continent. ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. Advertising Australia.

    It appears from a recent cablegram that the Agents-General of the several Australian States in London have arranged for the delivery of a series ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. DON’T TALK ABOUT IT.

    If you are not quite up to the mark, don’t talk about it. To do so only exaggerates your feeling of physical discomfort. Also, it ...

    Article : 135 words
  27. OLIVE OIL AND ITS USES.

    One of the most wholesome and nutritious articles of diet is olive oil, and it is as beneficial for external as for internal use, the “Vegetarian” ...

    Article : 257 words
  28. Edison's Phonograph Joke.

    Mr. Edison is a lover of a good practical joke. When the phonograph was but newly invented, the great scientist placed one in the bedroom of a ...

    Article : 109 words
  29. THE FATE OF A WAR BALLOON.

    During the siege of Paris, in the Franco-German war, no less than sixty-four balloons made their ascent from the capital. Out of this number ...

    Article : 181 words
  30. WARM BED CLOTHES—WHY NEEDED.

    Why is it necessary that in order to sleep at night we require to be warmly covered? The fact that we are divested of the ...

    Article : 173 words
  31. WIND AND DRAUGHT.

    Why should one current of air be healthful and another injurious? In other words, what is the difference between a wind and a draught? ...

    Article : 146 words
  32. Trifles Make Perfection.

    The great Italian sculptor, Michael Angelo, was once visited by an acquaintance, who remarked, on entering his studio: ...

    Article : 110 words
  33. AT LAST.

    I’ve often been to call on Grayce, I took Mss Alyss flowers, I fancied Edyth’s pretty face, With Maye spent pleasant hours. ...

    Article : 95 words
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