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  2. The Termagant of Thargomindah.

    A. recent Age telegram tells how a lady with a nullah-nullah called on Mr. Russell, of the Thargomindah Herald, Queensland, and beat him fall sore because he placed another damsel as belle of a ...

    Article : 383 words
  3. Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.

    Mr. Bowser has been that way ever since we were married, and I suppose he will keep it up to the end—just like all other husbands. When he brings home half a dozen ...

    Article : 1,352 words
  4. "Next, Please!"

    A row of human forms, With faces upturned, white, Arrayed in shrouds and motionless, I saw one fateful night. ...

    Article : 105 words
  5. Long Jake's Trip Home.

    "Poor thing I" said Jake aloud, as the mare dropped into a walk at the foot of the steep winding track over Razorback. " No signs of business, as I could see. Why, the ...

    Article : 2,243 words
  6. A Colonist from 1838.

    It is not generally known, perhaps, that in the Station-master of Middle-Park, on the St. Kilda line (Mr. Alex. Cobham) we have one of the oldest inhabitants of ...

    Article : 1,149 words
  7. Coraline.

    Dark eyes and hair, Cheeks soft and fair, Fresh lilies shame, Teeth white as snow, ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. Sundry Silhouettes.

    Can anyone imagine a greater prostitution of true manhood than the fortune hunter? Can anyone imagine a more sordid mind than that which is encased in the body of a man ...

    Article : 1,158 words
  9. Here and There.

    Jeweller (writing on the slate of a gesticulating stranger).—"What can I do for you, sir ?" Stranger (writing).—" Did you advertise ...

    Article : 440 words
  10. What's in a Word.

    A New York pastor, who though a Scotchman, had lived in America over forty years, was one day taken to task by his daughter for the broadness of his accent in the ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. In The Line of Business.

    "Where did you get your dictatorial ways, anyhow ?" asked Henpeck. " From you, while I was your typewriter ,'retorted Mrs. H. ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. Needed Looking After.

    "You must look after your son, Uncle Tom; he is on the road to ruin. To-day I placed two pieces of nice gingerbread on the table, and while I was out of the room he ...

    Article : 75 words
  13. Nobody Knew

    As he stalked down the street in his ulster so fine, Proud of bearing and haughty of glance, Nobody knew that his coat was a-shine ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. The Best Plan.

    Yellowly: " You say your life is made a burden by bill collectors ?" Brownly : "It is." " Why don't you adopt my plan of getting ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. TOO MUCH TEMTATION.

    Bingly: "It was unfortunate your wife should have opened that business letter. You told me, too, that she never meddled with your mail." ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. A Hard Request.

    Little Elsie (who with the remainder of her family is dining at the Veneers)—" After dinner, Mr. Veneer, will you show me the skeleton." ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. WHEN BOOMS STOP.

    Innocent—" I understand the great land boom at Syndicate City has collapsed." First Robber—" Yes; no use keepin' it goin' any longer. All the land now is owned ...

    Article : 33 words
  18. The Extent of His Knowledge.

    "How long do you think a man can go without food, Bailey ?" "I don't really know, but once I knew an actor who was out of engagement for six ...

    Article : 304 words
  19. Facetiœ.

    Level means flat, yet the man who would feel flattered to be called level-headed would object strongly to being called flat-headed. Odd, isn't it? ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. THE PIVOT POPULATION.

    Stranger (in Geelong)—" I understand you claim 20,000 population for this town ? "Directory man—" Yes, sir. We have in the new Directory, just being finished, 4000 ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. An Object Lesson.

    Scene.—Bedroom in the Dubarry mansion —2 a.m. Mrs. Du B. (in an injured tone)—"There is no reason why you should come home at ...

    Article : 67 words
  22. ANOTHER FRAUD EXPOSED.

    The old story about the bee being such a hustler is being knocked sky-high by modern research. Investigators have discovered that the average bee works only two hours ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. A WELL-DRESSED INFANT.

    Last week an action was brought by a respectable firm of drapers of St. Kilda against a lady running a tobacconist's shop in the same locality, for the price of making a ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. Insulted.

    " Well, Charley, did the editor take your poem ?" " No, he got off a lot of stuff about metre and one thing and another, and I just tell ...

    Article : 51 words
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