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  2. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    A little nonsence now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. ...

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  3. RAILWAY TRIAL SURVEYS.

    IN a recent issue we suggested upon the basis of a letter from a correspondent, that the Minister should be urged to have a trial survey made of ...

    Article : 493 words
  4. THE FESTIVAL OF JANUS.

    AMONG the Romans the deity of the new year was Janus, the president of doors, gates and all new enterprises. Commonly represented with two ...

    Article : 383 words
  5. THEOSOPHY.

    MRS. ANNIE RESANT'S paper on Theosophy is prefaced by the facsimile of her note to the editor of " Cosmo," in which she requests him ...

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    ETHEL'S ALTERNATIVE.—" Father!" she said in a voice that was full of tremulous reproach, "you have allowed Hector to pursue James Gimpington clear to the outer ...

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    PRAISE INDEED.—A dignified little mamma who sometimes indulges in acrobatic feats in the privacy of her bedroom for the entertainment of her six year old daughter, took ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. An Island Community.

    ON the passage from Rarotonga to Auckland (writes the New Zealand correspondent of the Melbourne Argus) the brigantine Linda Weber ...

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    NOT UP TO DATE,—Publisher: "I have not had time to examine your manuscript yet. Does the hero of your novel get inoculated against cholera or anything?" ...

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    ONE OF THE PECULIARITIES.—The city gent with a sun blister on his nose was sitting on the bank of a stream dangling a 25dolfishing outfit in the water, when a boy with ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. Fiji v. Australian Bananas.

    THE Fiji Times writes: Bananas being to, the Australians a luxury and not a necessity, their importation was at once profoundly ...

    Article : 290 words
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    BOOK AGENT AND AUTHOR.—Book agent: " I have here, sir, one of the most valuable books of the century, entitled'" How to succeed." ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. Lucky Dave.

    ONE of the passengers by the' P. and O. Co's. steamer Australia, for the old country, is David Milne, lately a rouseabout on Manaca station, the ...

    Article : 424 words
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    A tramp rapped' at a door the other day, and asked the woman if she could spare him a piece of bread. " No, I can't," replied the woman. " And ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. Pillage and Rapine in China.

    A HIGHLY interesting and important letter from Mrs. Bishop appeared in the St. James's Gazette. It stated:— Moukden, Manchuria, Sep. 1. ...

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    Kind Mistress (to the butler, whose son is suffering from congestion of the lungs): " How is your son to-day, John?" " He is a little better, thank you, mum." ...

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  17. NEW YEAR'S EVE.

    GOOD old days-deap old days ' When my heart beat high and bold— When the things of earth seemed full of mirth ...

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    CLUBS IS THUMPS.—In a certain town in Kansas lived a good deacon of the M. E. Church, who had two sons, thirteen and fifteen respectively. Going to the barn one ...

    Article : 120 words
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    "You want to marry my daughter—eh, young man? But the question is, can you keep her?" " Oh, yes, sir, I'm sure I can." But he was wrong, for a month after marriage ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. Advertising

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  21. NEW YEAR'S ADVICE.

    PUT by the pipe, put by the bowl, Put by the word profane; The seasons in their onward roll Bring New Year's round again. ...

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    Beds are quite an innovation in Russia, and many well-to-do houses are still unprovided with them. Peasants sleep on the tops of their ovens; middle-class people and servants ...

    Article : 67 words
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