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  2. LAST WORDS OF NOTABLE MEN.

    An intensely interesting volume might be made up of the dying words and speeches of men whom the world calls famous. They have all had to pass away ...

    Article : 646 words
  3. CAPTAIN KIDD.

    The name of Captain Kidd is as families as the hero of a nursery rhyme, but how few there are who know his story. He was a pirate who roamed the sea, scuttling ships, ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  4. WORKING-WOMEN IN PARIS.

    What are the wages paid to female labour in Paris, and what is the cost of living? Three or four trades or, more properly, ...

    Article : 924 words
  5. MELODRAMA IN REAL LIFE.

    A little of the romantic, Swift tells us, is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature. And in this dictum all will concur. But there is ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  6. VICTORIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

    The above association has arranged the following matches for the season:—7th August.—Footscrav v Port Melbourne P.M.C.G.; North Melbourne v Richmond ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. SUNDAY SPORTS THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

    Although sports were allowed by James I on Sunday after divine service in 1617, such as bowls, quoits, ninepins-archery, shuffle-board, &c., they seem to ...

    Article : 731 words
  8. DRIVEN ASHORE.

    Boom! It is half-past five in the morning, and the little town lies fast asleep in the darkness. All night long the wind has been ...

    Article : 1,227 words
  9. RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 294 words
  10. POST OFFICE NOTICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 words
  11. FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES ONLY.

    An old gentleman, evidently a gatherer of statistics, but with a kindly face which shaded off to a something like phianth ropy about the edges, stood outside ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. Advertising

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    Advertising : 190 words
  13. EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.

    A story of the English composer, Henry Smart, has recently been revived. He played a fine organ in a London church, and his recital after service ...

    Article : 213 words
  14. A LOVE-LETTER.

    Some of the prettiest love-letters known are those addressed by Steele, the essayist, to his wife. Here is one of them: "Madam,—It is the hardest thing in the ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. ALL OR NONE.

    Papa: "What do you want?" Suitor: "Your daughter's hand." Papa: "Can't do it. Take her as a whole or leave her. We don't do ...

    Article : 84 words
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    Better to be alone than in bad company. He who grasps too much, holds little He that feasts till he is sick, must fast ...

    Article : 50 words
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