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  2. A DASH FOR FREEDOM.

    "London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria " is the title of Waneton Spencer Churchill's [?]olume on his impressions and adventures [?]uring the first five months of the African ...

    Article : 3,987 words
  3. Interesting Items.

    There are 75,000 Germans in London A peer cannot resign his peerage. It is said that the best walking pace it seventy five steps per minnte. ...

    Article : 576 words
  4. Kitchen Recipes.

    QUEEN'S CAKES—Take two eggs, thein weight in castor sugar and flour, two ounces and a half of butter, one teaspoon of baking powder, a few drops of essence ...

    Article : 317 words
  5. The Best He Could Do.

    You couldn’t give the a suite of two rooms with a bath room adjoining, could you?' asked a young and [?]esthetic man of a West Hebridean inn keeper. ...

    Article : 191 words
  6. Successful Method of Ensilage.

    The Department has been advised that a large stack of ensilage which Mr. Thompson supervised the building of at Mr. William Yabsley’s Farm, Coraki, ...

    Article : 739 words
  7. A SAFE WIN.

    An elderly gentleman got into a railway carriage, and had hardly taken his se[?]t when he was surprised by the conversation of a man whose every word, was an ...

    Article : 183 words
  8. The Miser’s Mistake.

    A good story is told of an old miser who was never known to have anything in the way of new apparel but once; then he was going on a journey, and had ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. WHY HE DIDN'T TELL.

    The teacher had been explaining to the boys on two or three occasions during the week the sources of our food supply and various processes connected with the ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. Selling Sausages Yet.

    Henry Miner, a well Known rancher, was busily engaged in counting a big herd of cattle as they were driven by him, when an acquaintance, approached ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. WORKING TO MUSIC.

    A lady, who had a very slow servant; noticed that it took the girl almost half the day to scrub the kitchen, a piece of work that should have been accomplished ...

    Article : 130 words
  12. How to Raise Tomato Plants

    As early in the spring as I can get around to it, usually by the middle or last of March, I plant tomato seed in small wooden boxes that will fit upon the ...

    Article : 252 words
  13. MATERNAL ADVICE.

    'Ah, who shall; I marry, my darling mamma—The duke, the dude, or the preacher? The doctor, the jockey, the packer of ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. What it is Coming To.

    "I cannot believe it. An angry flush mounted to the young man’s forehead, and he rose impatiently from his seat and heat his walking stick ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. HE LICKED IT.

    A stupid-looking recruit halted before a blacksmith's shop, the proprietor of which was forging a shoe, and eyed the performance with much interest. ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. No Title

    Mrs. Youngling: John, do you think you can hear the baby cry from where you are if he wakes up? John (who is reading a newspaper): ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. NEVER GAVE LESS.

    A gentleman recently entered a London fashionable church, where a female pewopener expects gratuities. Twiddling a half-crown between finger ...

    Article : 286 words
  18. THE BIGGEST ENGINE IN THE WORLD.

    "It is not at all surprising to learn that the largest locomotive in the world hails, from the United States," writes Mr, Herbert Fyfe in the July number of the "Windsor ...

    Article : 358 words
  19. Bygone Days.

    Mr. Bilkins: 'Say Maria, what have yon got that old photograph of me out on the mantel for? Heavens and earth! That don’t look anything at all like me ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. An Old Friend.

    Mary Ann Was leaving her place, so she had been into the siting-room to receive her last month’s wages. When she was coming ont of the room ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. Aid.

    There was once a poor boy who, while walking along, saw a pin on the street before him. Quickly the little lad stayed his steps, and picking the pin up, ...

    Article : 177 words
  22. Thought He Understood the Procedure.

    Brown: ‘Where is that fiver I laid on the table a moment ago?’ Mrs. Brown: ‘ You never expected to see that again, did yon? ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. But He Didn’t See It.

    A[?] "I find that the house you sold me a few days ago is morgaged to the amount of £300. I should like to know why you did not tell me this when I ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. Paddy’s Explanation.

    An [?]shman having accidentally broken a pane of glass in a window was making the best of his way out of sight; but unfortunately for Pat, the proprietor stole a march ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. Afraid.

    Through [?]eary groves [?] [?]. [?] breezes fanned em; He fairly ached to kiss her—on that tandem— ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. Too Good for the Lawyer.

    Sir Frank Lockwood used to tell a good story of a witness who once scored off him:—I was defending a man at York once, who was accused of cattle ...

    Article : 163 words
  27. The Eucalyptus Tree.

    No worm is ever found upon the eucalyptus tree, or in the earth where its roots permeate, A row of these trees planted through an orchard or vineyard ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. His Lordship Got Out.

    A London lady once asked a very conceited Scotch nobleman how it happened that the Spots who came out of their own country were, generally speaking, men of greater ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. An Able Defense.

    "Why did Josephine dismiss her suit for damages?” “The man proved that he ran into her bicycle beoause he was looking at her.” ...

    Article : 26 words
  30. Saving up the Fine.

    Mrs. Brady: "Och, Missus O'Toole, yez be worrukin’ noight and day." Mrs. O’Toole: “ Yis: Oi’m under borids to kape th’ pace fur pullin' the ...

    Article : 83 words
  31. Happy Remark.

    He stramed her to his manly bosom. "Strained honey, ” said he. Meanwhile the clouds across the moon went a-scud.—Indianapolis ...

    Article : 30 words
  32. An Ingenious Defence.

    A Soldier of a cavairy reg[?]ment, during the Crimean War, was brought up for stealing his comrade's ration-beer. He was an Irishman, and his defence was unique: ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. No Title

    A cutting remark: “Baby has a tooth.” Young Physician (excitedly): ‘How did you learn about me?' ...

    Article : 31 words
  34. A Valuable Bird.

    Friend—-How was your Thanksgiving turkey? Scribbler—Final Had 27 jokea about it accepted I—Brokly[?] Life. ...

    Article : 20 words
  35. No Title

    Mary bad a spanking bike— She rode it out in "books"— The jeers she heard she didn’t like, So now she rides in frocks. ...

    Article : 28 words
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