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  2. The Tale of a Telephone

    A correspondent upon whom we can place reliance sends us the following :— “I was once prosperous and happy, but at an evil moment I placed a telephone in my ...

    Article : 256 words
  3. Agricultural, & I.

    W. Saunders, formerly a resident of Tehama county, but not at Saunders, Fresco county, sends the following to the Chico Enterprise:—“An enthusiastic Fresnoan ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. A Lecture to Boys in General.

    “Well, you have been a good boy !” “Oh, yes.” Now, boy, that is not right. Or, if it is, why do yon hang your head and color so ...

    Article : 816 words
  5. Barbarous Puns.

    “O, Barbara,” the barber sighed, “This scissor time to speak ; If you won’t be my hone true bride, I’ll dye without a squeak.” ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. How [?] Became a Professional Beauty.

    I am a poor miserable woman, and I have by my own foolishness and vanity brought all my trouble on my own head. I know it now that it is too late, and I write this confession so that ...

    Article : 932 words
  7. For Women Only.

    A captain who attempted teaching nauticalism to a party of ladies on a steamer, not lone since, fared as follows: Lady No. 1—“Now, captain, what is a ...

    Article : 513 words
  8. Ye Juke and Ye Time Payment.

    The Juke of Buffingham was seated in an apartment of one of his large and select assortment of castles. Beside him was a table covered with high-priced refreshments, yet ...

    Article : 742 words
  9. Actresses Make-Up.

    “Nothing is so exaggerated or mysterious to the outside world as the ‘make-up’ process of actors,” said a prominent member of the profession to us the other day. ...

    Article : 375 words
  10. POULTRY RAISING.

    A lady correspondent, who is an extensive and successful poultry-raiser, sends the following in relation to feeding young chickens, the most difficult part of the ...

    Article : 365 words
  11. How Did He Know.

    Two public men of Adelaide were having an argument on the relative merits of Protection and Free Trade, in a club room the other day. A number of mutual friends ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. Joy Might Kill Him.

    “Joy never kills,” remarked Dobb[?] mother-in-law to him the other morning at breakfast. “Possibly not,” he replied, quietly, that ...

    Article : 2 words
  13. Tough on Tommy.

    Father :“Tommy you should try an the a better boy. You are our only child, and we expect you to be good.” Tommy : “It ain’t my fault that I am ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. [?] and humur

    We love justice greatly and just men but little. The latest malady is tea-lirium tremens, Speculations are usually followed by ...

    Article : 540 words
  15. Using a Whole Egg.

    The wife of a working man being in delicate health, it was resolved that a girl should be procured to do the housework, that the lady might have an opportunity to ...

    Article : 237 words
  16. The Deceiving Hammock.

    “I’ve been a fool!“ growled Harper, yesterday, as he untied a parcel in his front yard and shook out a new hanmock. “Here I’ve been hopping around all through this ...

    Article : 321 words
  17. An Awful Sell.

    A Commercial traveller in the employ of a big firm writes:— I was travelling by a night express train from Melbourne to a northern town. I had ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. In Her Sleep.

    One of the familiar effects of other is to make the patient talk rambliagly of whatever may be passing in the mind. Charley Smith has a dear little girl, whom he thinks ...

    Article : 223 words
  19. The Completed Epitaph.

    Our comic poet, while stopping one eight at a country house, was continually troubled by the landlady with a request that he should write her an obituary ...

    Article : 152 words
  20. What He Would Do.

    “Isaac, my honest own, what would you do if I should die ?” asked a loving wife of her husband, as she laid her fair, white arms around his neck. ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. Why She Asked.

    A young lady belonging to one of our first C.M.G. families returned from a walk. Her mother, who is very strict with her, asked —“Where have you been ?” ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. She Hardly Knew What to Say.

    “Will you favor me with your hand ?” he said softly. “Oh, George ?” she exclaimed, blushing becomingly; “this is so sudden. Really I ...

    Article : 40 words
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