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  2. Spray.

    A well-known Bishop tells the following story:— A country curate, calling on the great lady of the village, introduced his newly-married ...

    Article : 59 words
  3. A Tale of the Sea.

    THE steamer St. Mary has arrived at Fremantle. She reported having met a disabled ship about 600 miles west of Fremantle on the 11th March. The vessel proved to be the ...

    Article : 176 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2,013 words
  5. The Governor-General's Resignation.

    THE Hon. H. Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, in the course of an interview, to-day, regarding the resignation of the Earl of Hopetoun, Governor-General of the ...

    Article : 185 words
  6. Men of Distinction.

    Professor Axenfeld, of Perugla, has discovered that three-fifths of all mon of distinction are first-born children; the other two-fifths are either second or third children, ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. Federal Parliament.

    IN the Senate, this morning, the first business was to vote the return of a certainamount of money—a somewhat unusual proceeding, as things go. It was resolved to return to H. J. ...

    Article : 692 words
  8. Not His Choice.

    A pious Churchwoman took her son at a very early age to church. On the first occasion the little fellow was very restless, and it was only when his mother warned him to ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. Plague News.

    YET another case of plague came to light on Thursday (says yesterday's "Observer"), the patient being a Mrs. Bridget Harding, residing at Windmill-street, Fortitude Valley, ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. Luck and Industry.

    I never had any faith in luck at all, except that I believe good luck will carry a man over a ditch if he lumps well and will put a piece of bacon into his pot if he looks ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. PRESS COMMENTS.

    The London "Times," in an article this morning, expresses the hope that some means will be found to retain Lord Hopetoun in the position which he now occupies. It states ...

    Article : 175 words
  12. Detrimental.

    At a golf match on the St. Andrews Links a competitor appeared one morning in a new suit Of a most decided pattern. He played much below his usual form, missing several ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. (By Telegraph from Our Correspondents.)

    Another case of plague occurred to-night, the victim being a man named Furlong. He has been removed to the hospital. SYDNEY, May 16. ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. As to Finger-nalls.

    In the healthy adult the average growth of the finger-nails is one thirty-second part of an inch per week. They grow faster in health than in sickness, in summer than in ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. Weather Forecasts.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  16. In His Pocket.

    An anecdote is related illustrative of the slyness of the Bohemians compared with the simple honesty of the Germans and the unscrupulonsness of the Hungarians. In ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. Inter-State News.

    THE schooner Essington has arrived at Port Darwin. "She brought a Malay, who states that he, with 11 others on a prow, landed on the Australian coast at a point supposed to be ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. Not Possible.

    An author offered a new comedy for sale to a theatrical manager. "What is it?" asked the manager. "'The Silent Woman,'" said the author. ...

    Article : 25 words
  19. For the Funeral.

    A certain Cheshire village is somewhat notorious for the many stories that are told of the doings of its inhabitants, some of the [?]ories being decidedly at the ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. Mount Morgan Water Supply.

    THE townspeople are very much agitated over the close approach of the closure of the mine, and great efforts are being made to bring about relief by securing a supply of water. ...

    Article : 410 words
  21. FRIDAY.

    Queensland: North, Central, and South.—Still generally fine and dry, with areas of cloud, Frosts over the Downs, and, foggy in low lying planes. South-easterly to variable ...

    Article : 27 words
  22. The Derelict Boveric.

    WHEN the Boveric left Australia for South Africa nothing unusual happened to her until the time when the mishap occurred, 1000 miles west of Fremantle. It was, of course, ...

    Article : 494 words
  23. Changed His Mind.

    Grumpy Husband: "You women have no sent of humour, (Savagely) What're you laughing at?" Wire: "Nothing; just the way you put ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. He Saved Mickie.

    Some of the British troops in the Irish rebellion did not fight particularly well. A certain general, at a lord-lieutenant's party in Dublin, was admonishing a begging ...

    Article : 134 words
  25. The Wrong Card.

    People should be careful how they carry visiting cards about their persons. The ether night, according to the "Liverpool Post," a gentleman found himself in the ...

    Article : 127 words
  26. Rifle-Shooting.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  27. Incredible.

    "My wife," said the young man in earnest tones, "is a Jewel." "They all say that," said the elderly man, speaking apparently to the wall. ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. The Beauties of Nature.

    Not long since a gentleman was spending a day's holiday in the vicinity of Bolton Abbey, the property of the Duke of Devon-shire. Noticing an elderly couple at some ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. High and Mighty.

    Bloggs: "Isn't Puffer stuck up?" Woggs: "Yes; one might think that he owned all this world, and the greater part of the next." ...

    Article : 30 words
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