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  2. THE JESTER.

    The more money a man has the more his relatives are willing to do for him. Bill: " Do you remember borrowing £[?] from me about a month ago?" Jill [?] ...

    Article : 468 words
  3. IPSWICH AND WEST MORETON

    No sporting fixtures took place yester-day owing to the fact that no half holiday was observed. ...

    Article : 16 words
  4. FIRESIDE FANCIES.

    "We all know," said the speaker, as he warmed to his subject, " we all know that it is better—to use a homely illustration— to push a lawn mower than to pull it." ...

    Article : 251 words
  5. THE ARMCHAIR.

    Short-nailed men never give up an argument. A keen sense of humour accompanies short nails. ...

    Article : 1,063 words
  6. THE SKETCHER.

    There is no foundation for the belief that the Paris newspaper camelot is a millionaire in disguise. If he were a millionaire he would be extremely well ...

    Article : 759 words
  7. A READY NAVY.

    Lord Charles Beresford made a remarkable speech on the state of preparedness of the navy at a dinner at the Salters' Hall last night, following his admission as ...

    Article : 1,565 words
  8. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    There had been tender passages between them in the old young days at Martin's, when he had measured yards of cheap flannelette and calico, and [?]he at the next ...

    Article : 1,403 words
  9. WARWICK AND DISTRICT.

    Caledonian Gathering Finances.—Hospital Collections.—Personal. The takings at the Caledonian gathering totalled £308 10s., or about £45 more ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. TOOWOOMBA AND DISTRICT.

    In consequence of rain yesterday's sporting fixtures were postponed. The annual prize distribution of St. James's Church of England Sunday ...

    Article : 276 words
  11. HOW THE WORLD IS TO END.

    A scientific forecast of how the end of the world might come has been given by Professor Ellard Gore. His theory is that final cataclysm may possibly be the result ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. PETTICOAT PHILOSOPHY.

    There is a treachery that is knit up— partly from warped principles, partly from motives, which, if never excusable, are always comprehensible. But there is ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. HOW TO USE PERFUMES.

    " A faint, elusive perfume is somehow [?] distinctive charm of the well-groomed woman," says a writer in " The North American," Philadelphia, " It embodies ...

    Article : 375 words
  14. BALLINA DISTRICT.

    [?] Christmas fair and cattle sale at [?] in aid of the Methodist Church [?]ilt the first day by the rain, and [?]tle arc to be sold at Bangalow. On ...

    Article : 869 words
  15. SURPRISES OF TRAVEL.

    There are no onions in Bermuda for the Visitor. They are all exported. No tobacco is grown in Egypt. The Khedive has forbidden its cultivation. ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. THEORY AND PRACTICE IN WAR.

    Peace manoeuvres are exceedingly misleading, because the moral factor is absent from them. Umpires, however skilful, must be content to give their decisions ...

    Article : 333 words
  17. WOMEN'S SPHERE.

    Professor Armstrong, of the City and Guilds of London Institute, at the British Association meeting at Leicester, delivered an interesting address on the education of ...

    Article : 514 words
  18. THE ALMEE DANCING GIRLS.

    In a [?]article on the Algerian Sahara, which appears in the " Health Resort," Mr. R. A. Bennett gives an interesting account of the desert city of Biskra. Here from all ...

    Article : 539 words
  19. MARRIAGE REFORM IN AMERICA.

    A well-known American doctor is predicting that, unless some kind of marriage reform is insisted upon, his country is bound to become in due course a nation ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. POINTED SAYINGS.

    Some actors are persons of infinite chest. The product of the still makest most actors noisy. The actor who talks the loudest does ...

    Article : 266 words
  21. INDIVIDUALITY.

    A noticeable condition of this age, when individualism is the keynote to which we tune life's daily symphony, is the total lack of individuality where the gentle arts of ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. WHY IS THE SKY BLUE?

    The midday sky to a man on the moon would look very different from the same sky as viewed from this earth. In place of a deep blue vault he would observe a ...

    Article : 178 words
  23. BALLOONS AND BALLAST.

    "The time that a balloon can remain in the air depends very much on the amount of ballast it is capable of carrying," said an aeronaut of experience ...

    Article : 159 words
  24. ABOUT THE CUCUMBER.

    I am sure that those who find cucube[?] degree would [?]gve themselves a fresh lease of cucumber if they prepared it like this: Slice it early in the day, sprinkle ...

    Article : 131 words
  25. STUDY YOUR EYESIGHT.

    The following hints from an oculist on the care of the eyesight are worthy of attention, especially by those whose world necessitates a strain on the vision. ...

    Article : 179 words
  26. AVOID GRIMACES.

    " How many women spoil their whole chance of beauty by the foolish trick of making grimaces," said a beauty doctor some time ago[?] ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. CUSHIONS AS LIFE SAVERS.

    The utility of a new life-saving apparatus has just been demonstrated before the Board of Admiralty at Portsmouth. It consists of two insubmersible cushions ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. AIR HAS WEIGHT.

    If a glass globe be weighed with air in it, and the air be then pumped out, the globe will weigh less than it did with the air in it. Air has weight just as really ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. NEW TICKET DATING MACHINE

    The North-eastern Railway Company is experimenting with a new ticket-dating machine. Instead of marking the date with ink the machine indents it in the ticket. ...

    Article : 40 words
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