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  2. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

    If three little houses stood in a row, With never a fence to divide, And if each little house had three little maids At play in the garden wide, ...

    Article : 125 words
  3. The White Scar.

    "It was mustering time; and all the men on the station had been very busy gathering the cattle to be counted, branded, and otherwise attended to. When the chief part of the mustering was over ...

    Article : 799 words
  4. In the Soudan.

    "Dulce et decorum eat pro patria mori." "They say that we shall go into action to-morrow; and so I take up this dear little book which you gave me when I saw you last to say ...

    Article : 1,045 words
  5. Recreative Science.

    Take a soup plate, with a convex bottom if possible; and place in it a tin plate rather smaller than the inside of the soup plate. With a slight impetus the tin plate should turn round ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 347 words
  6. The Goat.

    Col. Daniel, of Talbotton (U.S.A.), says that goats are spunky animals. He asserts that his father had a flock of goats, and that the goats, while grazing, came to a pond of clear water. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 284 words
  7. Right and Wrong.

    Teacher: "Do you know the difference between right and wrong?" Boy: "Naw." "If you were to take your little brother's cake from him, what would you do?" "Eat it up." ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. Found Drowned.

    MORPETH, June 28.—An old resident of Dunmore, on the Paterson River, named Hayes, has just been found drowned at the foot of a jetty on the Morpeth side of Hinton ferry. He had not ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. Not a Bad Reason.

    "Mother," said a boy, "aren't you going to buy a new hatchet?" "What is the use?"cried the indignant mother, bereft, alas! of hatchets and temper. "You have ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. Coolaman to Hillston.

    A deputation of residents of the Coolaman and Whitton districts, accompanied by Messrs, Dibbs, and Gormly, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Works last week, to request that in ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. Circumstances Alter Cases.

    Papa (chaffingly to Bobby, who is down for dessert): "Have an orange, Bobby?" Bobby (knowing he is not allowed to eat fruit at night, makes a virtue of necessity): "No." Old Mr. ...

    Article : 90 words
  12. Shocking Mining Fatality

    MELBOURNE, June 27.—Andrew Fife, the underground manager of the Crown Cross Gold Mine, at Rushworth, met with a fatal accident on Tuesday night. At about 11 o'clock on the night ...

    Article : 193 words
  13. Sweet!

    "I had my picture taken to-day," said little Christine. "I crossed my arms, and leaned on a chair; and the picture man put my head in some tongs." "Why, you must have looked like a ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. A Feeling Reply.

    "What building is that?" asked a stranger of a boy, pointing to the school. "That!" said the boy; "why, that's a tannery." And he feelingly rubbed his back, and passed on. ...

    Article : 39 words
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