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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 43 words
  3. A Grave Subject.

    It occurred years ago and in New South Wales. At the time there was a medical school in the vicinity of Sydney, that I and a score of other "reckless and rollicky" ...

    Article : 1,988 words
  4. Raretiae

    A bent pin on a chair is an indication of an early spring. "This," said a Collins street dentist, "is my office." "And that—?" said the visitor ...

    Article : 546 words
  5. OUR NATIVE MAGPIE.

    The man who has successfully nursed and tended a magpie through its fleshy featherless chickenhood, on to a good, healthy, moral maturity may be proud of the job ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,155 words
  6. A Friendly Hint.

    A member of a large mercantile firm recently related a bit of his early experience:—I was seventeen years old when I left the ...

    Article : 401 words
  7. The Colonel's Account of it.

    The colonel is one of those men who has seen all the sights; been everywhere, known all the celebrities and so can tell a god story about, anything, that comes, up. He only ...

    Article : 1,082 words
  8. The Danger of Writing Original Poetry.

    A few days "ago, a student of men and' hinges was standing in front of the offices of Tit-Bits. In a few moments he became aware of the presence of a man whose ...

    Article : 487 words
  9. Man.

    Man that is born of women is small potatoes and few in the hill. He riseth up to day and flourisheth like a dock weed, and to-morrow or the day ...

    Article : 330 words
  10. Wedding Gift.

    A broom, with a heavy handle, was sent as a wedding gift to a bride with the following' sentiment:—This trifling gift accept from me ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. He Gave it Best.

    "Grandpapa, do hens make their own eggs?" "Yes indeed they do, Tommy." "An do they always put the yolk in the middle?" "Certainly they do Tommy." ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. A Rude Shock.

    She was a beautiful girl on a farm not a hundred miles from Ballarat. The use of the word "beautiful" in this connection is an exemplification of what ...

    Article : 519 words
  13. A Priest's Wife.

    In Russia it is a common mode of expression to say: "As happy as a priest's wife." The reason why she is so happy is because her husband's position depends upon ...

    Article : 185 words
  14. Joint Stock Enterprise.

    A flourishing joint stock company, which for the simplicity of its swindling has rarely been exceeded, was wound up in London. The company consisted of two enterprising ...

    Article : 217 words
  15. That is the Reason.

    A number of "gentlemen were discussing color blindness in front of Phair's hotel, Collins street, last week when one of them said: ...

    Article : 183 words
  16. Having the Last Word.

    Two actresses were' at loggerheads such a thing does happen now and again After a lengthy, altercation, in which the fair opponents had well-nigh exhausted the ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. Third Edition a Penny.

    The editor of a certain evening paper, within a hundred miles of Melbourne has a mania for issuing second, third and up to fifths editions if there is the least scrap of ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. Milk, oh!

    The milkman and the dancing master have much in common—they both believe in pumps. The reason we got so little cream on our ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. How Much are They.

    Two mashers were doing the block in Collins street, when a young woman from the country was heard to exclaim, "My surely to goodness! they must be some new ...

    Article : 96 words
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