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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,567 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    The enthusiast, is a man who feels perfectly sure of a good many things that he is mistaken about, A Geneva watchmaker has invented a ...

    Article : 185 words
  4. LADIES' FASHION LETTER.

    The coming of the Duchess of York, dressed in half-mourning, is putting all Melbourne into its prettiest and smartest costumes, in black, white, and all shades ...

    Article : 898 words
  5. WEAVING A WEB.

    I am weaving a web from day to-day That shall never waste nor tear, That I in the world everlasting many I have a garment fit to wear. ...

    Article : 323 words
  6. HIS ACCOMPLICES.

    The patient was very ill. He was contemplating death with equanimity not to say satisfaction, as a happy release from his sufferings. His medical man was the ...

    Article : 93 words
  7. OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 words
  8. KEEP KICKING.

    Once upon a time two frogs that had been living in comfort and ease in a cool pool of water were accidentally scooped up by a milkman in a bucket of water ...

    Article : 357 words
  9. AWKWARDLY PUT.

    Some time ago the vicar of a certain country parish, which had changed hands pretty frequently, resigned the living on coming into a fortune. Meeting a farmer ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. CHARITY BUTTONS.

    The daughter of a vicar of a rural parish not very far from London has collected all the buttons placed in the church offertory plates for the past 12 months, ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. A TRUE STORY BY A LITTLE GIRL.

    Neighbour M—was here the other evening and told us about a dog of his, a pointer, named Jewel. He was hunting ducks and about to start for home. The ...

    Article : 265 words
  12. THE ART OF SEEING.

    One may have the most perfect physical sight and yet be mentally blind. How often do we find this in walking with a town companion along a country road. ...

    Article : 242 words
  13. HE LEFT IT.

    They told Lord Erskine that a certain man was " dead, and that he had left £200,000)." His lordship replied, "That's a poor ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. HEADS AND TAILS.

    Mrs Wickwire : " Henry, I want you to got a cat as soon as you can." Mr Wickwire: " What's the. matter with it mouse trap ?" ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. NO TIME LOST.

    Prominent men are continually importuned to read and comment on new books, It is not every victim that can bring as much tact and wit to his rescue as the one ...

    Article : 133 words
  16. GAUTIER'S CAT AND PARROT.

    Gautier, the French writer, had a cat which slept on his bed at nights, on the arm of his chair in the daytime, followed him when he walked, and always kept ...

    Article : 223 words
  17. A VERMONT SHEEP-DOG.

    Here is a true story of a Vermont sheep-dog which Scotchmen will find it hard to match:—" Captain C—, of Bradford, Vt., had a " shepherd-dog " ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. WHAT CONSTITUTES A MILKER.

    It is becoming clearer every day that milking makes milkers. We do not mean to be understood as placing little value on breeding. One could not expect to take ...

    Article : 231 words
  19. GRANDPA FLY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 words
  20. EXCITING HIDE AND SEEK.

    An unpleasant experience with a lion in Cape Colony is narrated by Alice B. Balfour, who travelled many miles there. The horse of a certain post-rider had ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    TOMATO SOUP.—To one quart of canned tomatoes add two quarts of boiling water. Let them boil, then add one teaspoonful of soda, It will then foam; then put in ...

    Article : 384 words
  22. Oil Engines.

    Oil Engines are coming much into favor in the colonies for places where fuel is scarce and the work light. One of the best kinds introduced into the market is ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

    A gentleman in a country town, says an exchange, recently became conscious of most suspicious glances cast upon him by his neighbors and acquaintances. Then he ...

    Article : 284 words
  24. GARDENING AS A DIVERSION.

    One of the great advantages of a love of gardening is the break it makes on the continuous strain of business thought. No real lover and possessor of a garden ...

    Article : 237 words
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