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  2. A Dinner Invitation.

    Witherby: "I've invited a fellow here to dinner to-morrow night." Mrs. Witherby: "Oh, my dear, what did you do that for? Why, the ...

    Article : 317 words
  3. He Got a Seat.

    A well-known actor tells an amusing story of a man who entered the bar parlour of a country inn on a cold day. A group of loungers were huddled ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. Heidelberg Shire Council.

    Present—Cr. Lugton (president), and Crs. Matthews, Davey, Ryan, Waddell, Ward, Brewer, Adams, Peers and Mitchell. ...

    Article : 3,487 words
  5. Northern Suburbs Railway

    On Wednesday last the chairman and a majority of the members of the Railways Standing Committee visited Anderson's Creek and the whole of the ...

    Article : 552 words
  6. Fires in Fitzroy.

    Messrs. C. Dunn and Co's concentrated milk depot, Young-street, Fitzroy, went into a blaze on Saturday morning when eight horses were ...

    Article : 334 words
  7. He Didn't Do It Again.

    A gentleman, while walking with two ladies through one of the principal streets of London, saw a beggar approach. One of the ladies, who had ...

    Article : 176 words
  8. How It Feels To Be Shot.

    One of the veterans in Chelsea Hospital, who had been several times wounded in action, was asked how it felt to be shot down. He replied that ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. A New Way To Spell Turner.

    English spelling is remarkable for its indefinite variety. As long as "tisis" is spelled "phthisis," the voice of the spelling reformer should be heard in ...

    Article : 266 words
  10. Women's Christian Temperance Union.

    The usual business meeting took place on the 6th inst. in the Wesleyan Vestry, Brunswick-street, Mrs. Swan presiding. After the minutes and ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. The Bill was Paid.

    As a gas bill of a "portable" theatre showing in a provincial town for a month had not been paid at the week's end (when it became due), a man ...

    Article : 179 words
  12. An Acute Old Man.

    "Tickets, please, gentlemen," said the collector at Vauxhall, and they were all produced, save that of a poor, feeble old gentleman, who searched all ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. Nansen's Lucky 13.

    Nansen has found 13 a lucky number. Speaking at the Geographical Society's banquet in Edinburgh the other night Professor Geakie said Dr. ...

    Article : 143 words
  14. Eighteen Minutes Past Eight.

    Outside the store of every New York jeweller there hangs, as a sign, an immense imitation watch. Everybody notices that fact, few probably notice ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. A WORD TO MOTHERS.

    "The nursing mother who drinks spirituous liquors, directly transmits to her child the taste for alcohol, as if she were teaching it to drink in the ...

    Article : 301 words
  16. Mamma's Opinion.

    The two girls were walking along a suburban avenue, talking about their best young men, of course. At least, one of them was. ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. What It Will Come To.

    The investigators whose names appear in the newspapers in connection with Rontgen ray experiments are a good deal bothered by ...

    Article : 272 words
  18. Another Man's Sack.

    "Will you be kind enough to take that sack off. the seat?" said a gentle man who got into a train. "No, sir, I don't propose to do ...

    Article : 209 words
  19. A Profitable Joke.

    A poor man suddenly became stone deaf, and thus lost his means of livelihood. Some charitable people therefore subscribed, and—not without a ...

    Article : 144 words
  20. But None of Them Were.

    A clergyman was called suddenly to preach before the students of a college. He hurriedly chose out of his "barrel" a sermon of general character, ...

    Article : 106 words
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