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  2. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    Thackeray makes a sentimental French cook in "Pendennis" woo his lady love through the medium of dainty dishes. I have recently seen some dishes, produced by ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  3. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    Joanna, daughter of King John, was a peacemaker. Sweet title, is is not! The people called her Joan Makepeace. She was married when only eleven years old to ...

    Article : 1,396 words
  4. AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

    Real wintry weather has been experienced during the past ten days. High winds, accompanied with cold showers, have prevailed, and there Is at present very little ...

    Article : 1,260 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Counsel: Married! Witness : No. Conn. Single? Witness: No. Counsel": Ah—widow! Witness: No, Counsel: But, my dear madam surely you must be one ...

    Article : 38 words
  6. DREAMS.

    A writer in the newly-established " Hour Glass" asks. " When do we dream ?' what hoar of the night is more especially the period of vision? He loves it an open ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  7. INSOMNIA.

    One of the chief maladies of the age is Insomnia, and from this terrible nerve disturbance spring the most painful and hopeless diseases. "If I sleep to-night I will ...

    Article : 518 words
  8. FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS.

    Fubaby : A—everybody's getting too clever nowadays. I assure you, my chief object in society is to conceal my ignorance, and pre. vent people from finding one what an abject ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. THE YANKEE AND THE BOWLING ALLEY.

    A good story is told of a Yankee who went for toe first time to a bowling alley, and kept tiring away at the pine to the imminent peril of the boy, who, so far from having anything ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. MIKE'S WATCH.

    "Paddy, honey will ye buy my watch?" What's the price ?' 'Ten shillings, and a mutchin of the crater." " Is the watch a decent one "Share, and I've had it ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. HERMAN THE CONJUROR.

    By the death of Garrick it was said, I perhaps a little hyperbolically, that the gaiety of nations had been eclipsed. With stricter accuracy it may be recorded that at ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  12. A PREVENTIVE OF CHOLERA.

    "Do you think the cholera will reach us here summer, Mr. Jones?" she mumured, as she brushed a microbe of dandruff off his shoulder, where her head had lately ...

    Article : 140 words
  13. WAIT UNTIL THE "RAIN" STOPS.

    Those persons who take a mischievous delight in altering the notices in railway carriage are sometimes reponsible for not a little inconvenience and a good deal of ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. THE GHOUL OF ISPAHAN.

    Ameen Beg, an important of Ispahan, noted for the craftiness of its natives, having heard many stories of the ghoul which haunt the dreaded valley of the Angel of ...

    Article : 1,013 words
  15. FRAGMENTS OF FUN.

    THE wearing of the green-a game of bilhards. " Two heads are better than one." observed the hairdresser. ...

    Article : 579 words
  16. SOME STILL WILDER REMINISCENCES.

    You have asked me if I cannot add to that history of marvellous, superhuman, and heroic exploit which characterices the whole stretch and sweep of mr Transatlantic career, ...

    Article : 882 words
  17. CHIT CHAT.

    One of the prettiest dresses worn at the fancy-dress ball of the Medical Students' Society, on the 15th July, was that of Miss Allen. This young lady appeared as ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. A Helron Abducted.

    All Paris (says the London "Daily Telegraph') is talking about the most extraordinary thing in the way of abductions that has taken place for many s long day. You may ...

    Article : 360 words
  19. The Glorious First of June.

    Referring to the interesting article on "The Glorious First of June," in a contemporary, a correspondent relates the following story, which is worth reproducing :—" Lord Howe' ...

    Article : 327 words
  20. Name! Name!

    "Fustian," writing in the "Sydney Echo,' Says:—" It is strange no one has yet guessed the right same for the colony. I have known it all along, but should not have ventured to ...

    Article : 183 words
  21. Accident at at the "Far West"

    Back Taylor, "King of the Cowboys,' met with a serious accident during the mounted quadrille performance at the " Wild West" Show on 1st June He was ...

    Article : 152 words
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