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  2. About Alligators.

    The passenger, who was going down the big river for the first time in his life, secured permission to climb up beside the pilot, a grim old greyback, who never told a lie in his ...

    Article : 563 words
  3. Light and healthsome

    Hard pressed—Bricks. Women's rights—Children. A single instance—A bachelor. Rifle practice—Pocket picking. ...

    Article : 1,220 words
  4. Poor Oscar.

    Oscar Wilde, who was married a spell ago to a dreamy-eyed, soulful creature, who seemed to worship Oscar and to live only to do his will, was rudely shocked the other ...

    Article : 366 words
  5. Bungtown Amateurs.

    They produced their piece de resistance the other evening at the Mechanics' Institute. At one time amateurs thought the house would not hold the people. Before ...

    Article : 621 words
  6. My Coal-Black Beard.

    The very first thing I would do would be to see the manager, Mr. Haslang, a civil enough German, and lay the whole case before him. The familiar waiter should be ...

    Article : 2,653 words
  7. The Dentist.

    The dentist is probably the most feared of any man in the community, and numbers of men who would boldly face the mouth of a cannon (in a drill-room) would not have ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  8. A Friend in Need.

    Our reporter came into the office the other day swearing and sweating like a profane engine-stoker. After he had let off about a hundred and twenty-five pounds of ...

    Article : 259 words
  9. A New Arithmetic.

    A man trades a £5 watch for a 30s. shotgun; pays 3s. for repairs, and then exchanges it for a 15s. horse, which kicks a 20s. cow to death, and then dies of a broken heart. How ...

    Article : 363 words
  10. Ye Traveller and his Dorg.

    'Twas only a common traveler, with a hungry-looking dog—I met him this side of the station, camped by the hollow-log. ...

    Article : 524 words
  11. Didn't Vote for Him.

    At one of the recent municipal elections, a defeated candidate met an acquaintance who had promised to vote for him, and thus accosted him: ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. Agricultural, &c.

    The trouble with most persons who keep horses, no matter whether on the farm for farm work or for driving purposes, is they feed too much hay; and to this cause can be attributed the general ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. In Parenthesis.

    "My darling, listen well to me, I love you to distraction" (It's not the girl I care about, Her money's the attraction). ...

    Article : 138 words
  14. How Rhodope, became Queen of Egypt.

    In the British Museum is a fine collection of Egyptian sandals, many of them of tasteful. workmanship. Such were the wear of Rhodope, the Cinderella of Old Nile. ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. TREE SURGERY.

    H. P. Hubbard, of New Haven county, Conn., has a favorite horse chestnut tree, which, having received some injury when young, had begun to decay. A portion of the Trunk had rotted away ...

    Article : 175 words
  16. Settling a Lawsuit.

    A young man and young woman were contesting possession of a piece of property, the one claiming under an old lease, the other under an old will. "It strikes me," ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. BEE PESTS.

    There are quite a number of insects that cause trouble to the lawful occupants of the hive. Among these are wasps, hornets, wood lice and ants. Prof A. J. Cook, of the Michigan ...

    Article : 165 words
  18. Fast Time.

    There has been some fast time accomplished by cyclists in Victoria, but we saw the fastest time on record done the other day by a wheelman out Northcote way. He was coming ...

    Article : 135 words
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