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  2. Dame Durden's Tost Office.

    Everyone under 18 is invited to write letters here. The best will be published, and perhaps, win a prize; and even the worst will be read with interest. Writers may choose any member of the Court they please to ...

    Article : 1,363 words
  3. PASTIMES.

    WHAT PROVERB IS THIS? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
  4. IN LIGHTER VEIN. He Couldn't Plough.

    A certain incident connected with the great Napoleon, while he was in exile at Elba, is commemorated in the island to this hour by an inscription affixed to the wall pf a peasant's house. ...

    Article : 138 words
  5. Miscellaneous.

    Art Note.—Bystander: "Should you say that picture was taken from life?" Critic: "I don't know; but the world wouldn't suffer if the artist was." ...

    Article : 575 words
  6. When Thackeray Went to Ireland.

    The irresponsible sense, of humor which characterises the Irish people leads them to the perpetration of amusing, practical jokes on unwary visitors. There is nothing more laughable than ...

    Article : 241 words
  7. 174. CONUNDRUM.

    Why are fowls not immortal? What key is that which can never be broken? What tree is that which is always surrounded by olive branches? ...

    Article : 36 words
  8. 175. NUMERICAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 words
  9. SQUARE WORDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  10. Mr. Hatte's Contribution to the Parade at the Recent Royal Agricultural Show.

    At the recent Royal Agricultural Show in Sydney, Mr. C. G. Hatte, the well-known draper of Newtown, had a very comprehensive exhibit, which attracted much attention. A notable feature of the show-ring was Mr. Hatte's contribution, which consisted of two donkey turnouts. These were very effective in attracting the notice of the huge crowds. Mr. Hatte's donkeys are well-known about Sydney, and have drawn ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  11. 179. CHARADE.

    I tried a short cut t'other day, But made a first way round. A second put me on the way To the place where I was bound. ...

    Article : 60 words
  12. 180. ENIGMA.

    You're light and as unstable as the air; Fashion's own child, as changeable as she; You are not spotless though considered fair, And oft deceive and deal in flattery. ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. 181. HOMONYM.

    (First and second are words which sound the same, but are spelled differently, and have different meanings.) A thousand dancing ripples on the bay; ...

    Article : 154 words
  14. At a Menagerie.

    An elephant once played an amusing trick upon a camel which was its neighbor in a menagerie. One of the workmen (says the "Penny Magazine") had been engaged in painting, a portion of ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES OF MAY 5.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 257 words
  16. Science Refuted.

    Before marriage she was a school-teacher, and it took a good deal of masculine tact to wean her from the idea of making a scientific career without the interference of a husband. But now she ...

    Article : 276 words
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