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  2. Pouring Hot Water on the Fire.

    An elderly man knocked the ashes from his stubby day, and said with a deliberation befitting his years: "Some of us old fellows may be a little ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    [Some readers who have been kind enough to Bond in contributions- for this column evidently do not understand that only bush songs are wanted. The majority of so-called songs sent in are simply poems, often of the sender's own composition. While some ...

    Article : 355 words
  4. 'Twould Do As Well.

    They tell this story of an absent-minded university professor. He was writing at his desk one evening when one of his children entered; . ...

    Article : 77 words
  5. Extemporaneous Prayer.

    The danger of extempore prayer is that It may degenerate into the ludicrous. Take, for example, the preacher who said in his prayer: "We thank Thee, Oh! Lord, for the goodly ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. Spoilt His Chance.

    The worthy beadle in a rural district in Perthshire had become too feeble to perform his duties as minister's man and -gravedigger, and had to get an assistant. The two did not ...

    Article : 113 words
  7. Bound to Get Here.

    The Americans as a nation are noted for the coolness with which they enter upon great or unusual enterprises, but a couple of English' lads succeeded in thoroughly astonishing, the ...

    Article : 1,215 words
  8. Edison and the Cockroaches.

    When Edison was a. humble telegraph operator in the Western Union office in Boston he, was exceedingly annoyed by the aggressive tactics of a vast army of cockroaches that ...

    Article : 254 words
  9. Facts and Fancies.

    Food for reflection—the good dinner that you missed. Sam (coming' in hurriedly): "Tom, can you change £1?" Tom: " I'm so ...

    Article : 722 words
  10. SONG OF THE "BILLY."

    Over the fire, when days are dire, The bushman's billy swings; It swings and boils 'mid flaming coils, And cheer and solace brings; ...

    Article : 245 words
  11. A Backblocks Council Meeting.

    That high-class family newspaper of the "wild and woolly West," the Arizona Kicker, gives the following account of the circumstances that led to the disappearance of a ...

    Article : 574 words
  12. Deep Mourning.

    Gus De Smith: " Jones's wife died only two weeks ago, and the heartless wretch is off to Germany on a pleasure trip." Gus Snoberly: "Don't be too hasty in ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. The Sample Was All Right.

    Competition between rival steamship-owners has caused the table fare to suffer sadly. A comedian travelling down the coast seated himself at the table and called for some ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. Wanted His Head.

    The first mot of the new Czar was delivered upon the occasion of M. de Giers's official visit to the Emperor, who received him with the greatest demonstration of friendship, at the ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. An Old Dodge, But It Worked.

    At one of the theatres the other evening a dapper, well-dressed young man was seated with a couple of society girls in a front seat in the circle. As the curtain went down after the ...

    Article : 144 words
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