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  2. SWIMMING.

    With the advent of another summer, the most popular pastime with Australians will again hold sway along the beaches and all bathing resorts, and ...

    Article : 361 words
  3. EXTRACT FROM A MODERN NOVEL.

    "What!" thundered the beautiful girl, as sparks of fire [?]ashed from her magnificent eyes. "Would you insult a twen[?]-century, maiden by ask ...

    Article : 396 words
  4. MAKING DIAMONDS.

    The art or science of diamond making is no new thing. The man who succeeded in making a diamond as big as the C[?] would indeed create ...

    Article : 521 words
  5. WORDS.

    Words are used for various purposes —to evade issues, to put people to sleep, to break up homes, to prevent literature and to conceal ideas. Nothing succeeds ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. WISE MEN SAY—

    That youth is not always an asset. Neither is age always a liability. It all depends on the kind of person you are. If you are young, there is no reason why ...

    Article : 510 words
  7. TRICKING A FAMOUS SURGEON.

    Sir Morel Mackenzie once received a wire from Antwer[?], asking him his charges for a certain operation. He replied £500. and was told to come at ...

    Article : 255 words
  8. CONCERNING ECONOMY.

    At a time when political phrases are apt to trap the unwary, "the seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisest," discretion counsels ...

    Article : 992 words
  9. THE ONLY WAY.

    Who is it that enters in life's uphill race Whose running the world will applaud; Who keeps up his stride and is sure of ...

    Article : 210 words
  10. A RETORT TO TURNER THE ARTIST.

    Turner, happening one day to pass a print shop, noticed in the window a copy of one of the engravings from his famous "Liber Studiorum." The ...

    Article : 298 words
  11. IN THE WITNESS-BOX.

    Barrister: "Describe as nearly as you can the assault the prisoner mad on you." Witness: "He threw his arm about ...

    Article : 366 words
  12. MIGHT BE MISTAKEN.

    Mr A. Smith had been a father just five minutes. A servant entered the room where he was pacing backwards and forwards, and ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. DID YOU EVER?

    A furrier was selling a coat to a woman customer. "Yes, ma'am," he said, " I guarantee this to be genuine skunk fur, that will ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM.

    A party of visitors were being shown [?]er a large [?] lunatic asylum. The [?]ctor who acted as guide paused be [?] a cell in which a man sat. on a ...

    Article : 161 words
  15. PIGEON-WHISTLE CONCERTS.

    A traveller in Eastern lands tells as the following little story of the [?] and their most unique pigeon [?] ...

    Article : 292 words
  16. COUNTERED.

    Tommy announced his intention of going to the river for a bathe, and his mother was rather scared. But she was wise, and decided to try a new method. ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. APOLOGIES NEVER TOO LATE.

    Mrs Miggles, a nervous and inexperienced hostess, rose hurriedly as one of her guests finished the song she was singing. ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. The Cause.

    A teacher tells of an experience he had recently. He was put in charge of a lot of boys one day and was trying to make them understand that all ...

    Article : 382 words
  19. WHAT BRAND?

    It was a College town, and he was a freshman calling on a young lady he had known as a boy. The servant who admitted him asked for his name. "Say ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. TIME TO STOP.

    He: My watch has stopped. I wonder how long I've been talking ? She : You'll find a calendar in the hall. ...

    Article : 220 words
  21. A VERY HIGH PRIEST.

    "This," said the guide, who was piloting a party of tourists through Egypt, as he pointed to the mummy, "was a high priest, the wisest man of ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. Well Again.

    A Scottish tradesman stepped into a barber's shop the other day, and whilst he was being shaved, the bar her was wondering if this were a new ...

    Article : 265 words
  23. FLAXMAN, THE SCULPTOR, AND HIS WIFE.

    Flaxman, the great sculptor, married quite young before he had acquired any distinction in his art, and was merely a promising pupil. ...

    Article : 166 words
  24. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

    A fob, whose conversation was devoted entirely to himself and his clothes. had been boring a number of people with his talk for a long time, and at last he ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. UNFORTUNATE.

    Our temperance meeting did not prove The big success it oughter, The chairman tried to blow the froth From off a glass of water. ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

    He : "If you refuse me I shall blow out my brains." She : " Impossible." lie: "Perhaps you don't believe I ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. OH!

    "I heard some girls discussing you the other day," said Tattler, with a grin to the local Adonis. " What twaddle girls do talk about to be sure! M[?]is ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 315 words
  29. WHAT SHE WANTED.

    Miss Chatterbox : I must tell you the sad story of my sister some day. Poor girl, she's a widow and she's looking for a captain to steer her through ...

    Article : 55 words
  30. THE WAR-WORKER'S HOLIDAY

    The Man from Cook's (on a personally conducted tour in the Loire) : "This castle was built by Francis the First." Perspiring Tourist: "Well, why the ...

    Article : 44 words
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