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  2. SHOOTING HAIL.

    In the cable messages from London recently, it was mentioned that Mr Clement Wragge, the Government Astronomer of Queensland, who is at ...

    Article : 3,423 words
  3. MEDITERRANEAN ENGLAND

    A thickly clustered maze of narrow is streets bordered by mountains of hewn stone that look like rows of Carlton Hotels, these same streets continually ...

    Article : 1,421 words
  4. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    If true love came, You wonder if in worldiness your heart Would, scorning, bid his gentle form depart, With calm glance .wandering and pulse ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. OUR LANGUAGE.

    Tommy: Pop,: a playwright is a man who writes plays' isn't he? Tommy's Father: Yes, my son. Tommy: Then is a wheelwright a man who ...

    Article : 30 words
  6. ALWAYS.

    The finest days in all the year With strange perversity, appear Just when we have, and cannot shirk Some hideous job of indoor work. ...

    Article : 25 words
  7. TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET.

    Says an English paper:—I need not tell you that you should be neatly shod, for every self-respecting woman will take care of that, but let me ...

    Article : 289 words
  8. JUST WHAT HE WANTED.

    Grocer: So you've given up drinking, have you, Uncle Rastus? Uncle Rastus: Yes, sah. I ain't tetched a drap to weeks. ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. EXPERT TESTIMONY.

    "Your son-in-law tells me that there is a lo tof money in the business in which he is engaged." "I should say there was. I've put a lot of ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. A COMING SENSATION.

    Deacon Saintly (to wife, as congregation assembles): Where is Mrs Fashuns this morning? She is usually among the early comers. Mrs Santly: She will be late to-day. I saw ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. ABOUT BACKGROUNDS.

    Amongst the many things which it is well that we should think about in the opening days of the new year, the choice which we have made of the ...

    Article : 489 words
  12. UNANSWERABLE!

    Cholly (at the yacht club): "I say, you boys, you're quite wrong in talking about a ship as 'she.' " The Skipper: "Why so?" ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. SOUNDING HIS CUSTOMER.

    Boy (one hand behind him, the other with cigarette stump in it, to gent, with high hat): "Gisser light, guv'nor." Gent.: "I haven't got one." ...

    Article : 46 words
  14. HE PREFERRED WEEK DAYS.

    "I have here, sir, a' testimonial from our minister," said an applicant for a situation, "and I think you will find it very satisfactory." ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. SEASONABLE DISHES.

    Cro[?]te au Pot.—Required: Two quarts of good brown stock, one medium-sized carrot. one medium-sized turnip, one leek, the heart of a small cabbage, one and a ...

    Article : 593 words
  16. THE QUAKER'S ADVICE.

    A contemporary tells the following story:—An elderly gentleman, accustomed to "indulge," entered the room of a certain inn, where sat a sedate old Quaker by the fire. Lifting a pair ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. HORTICULTURAL.

    When fruit falls from the tree before It is nearly ripe, it is owing in most cases to the presence of caterpillars of the codlin moth, which eat their way into the ...

    Article : 1,453 words
  18. WIT AND HUMOR.

    He: "Flirting is dangerous business." She: "Yes; it sometimes leads to marriage." "A man ought to save money for his family." 'Yes; if his family will let him." ...

    Article : 515 words
  19. HE TOOK THE CLOCK.

    A story is told of a well-known professor who semetimes became so much interested in his lecture that, when the noon bell rang, he kept the class five or ten minutes over the hour. ...

    Article : 205 words
  20. A GAME FOR TWO.

    A beggar accosted a gentleman, and whined: "I'm paralysed In both me 'ands, mister, an' can't work, fer I can't grasp anythink with 'em. Could ye spare me a trifle, mister?" ...

    Article : 203 words
  21. USEFUL HINTS.

    Flour thrown upon burning oil will instantly extinguish it, while water only spreads the flames. When meat is being roasted and there ...

    Article : 316 words
  22. A ROYAL EXHIBITOR.

    The Queen won. her own challenge cup at the Cattle Show yesterday (says the "Daily Mail" of Dec. 13), with her roan Shorthorn heifer Cicely. The cup, worth ...

    Article : 378 words
  23. SCIENCE OF A DIRTY INKSTAND.

    When an ordinary British citizen finds the fluid coagulating off his pen, his first and most natural thought is to clean out his inkpot and fill it with a ...

    Article : 414 words
  24. A FELL PURPOSE.

    "I want to see the man who gets up the list of names of juries," he said. "Have you any business with him?" inquired the court official. ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. HEALTH HINTS.

    A cup of hot milk flavored with orange flower Water, or a little beef tea, is an excellent. "night-cap" for an invalid, causing sleep to come more quickly and ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. WORRIED.

    "Charley, dear." said young Mrs Torkins," is there any such thing as wireless telegraphy?" "Why, it hasn't been perfected yet. But I believe there is such a thing." ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. A COOL BED.

    Those who sigh for a cool bed and yet a soft one may have their wish. The plan is to place heavy white awning canvas under the sheet. Those who have ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. THE PARSON UNDERSTOOD.

    "My dear brother," said the prominent member to the pastor. "this congregation desires to present you 'this handsome watch as a token—" ...

    Article : 47 words
  29. THE OLD MAN'S CIGARS.

    "So you want to marry my daughter?" '"Y-es, sir." "Do you smoke?" "N-o, sir." ...

    Article : 42 words
  30. TO CURE CORNS.

    Corns, both hard and soft, should be soaked every night and morning in a solution of soda, the proportion being a tablespoonful of soda to a pint of hot ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. LESE MAJESTE

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" writes on 12th December:—A ten-year-old scholar of, the Koenig Wilhelm Gymnasium at Berlin has just ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. A LEARNED PROFESSION.

    The following is taken from a handbill issued by a provincial bootmaker:—"The shoemaker is a man of great learning. He is a doctor for he not only heels, but ...

    Article : 178 words
  33. HOW TO CURE CRAMP IN THE LEG.

    Generally, an attack of cramp in the leg is sudden and severe, and attacks its victim just after retiring to bed, or while undressing. When once you know how ...

    Article : 169 words
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