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  2. THE PURSE-TRICK SWINDLER.

    The following from an English paper is amusing, and the tricks detailed are by no means unknown in the colony :— Returning from Newmarket last week, I ...

    Article : 1,784 words
  3. THE AGRICULTURIST.

    Many a farm machine rusts out before it rube out with fair work. Sun, wind and rain are amongst the best friends of the implement dealers ; they keep ...

    Article : 112 words
  4. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    SPONGE PUDDINGS.—Take the weight of one egg in butter, sugar, and flour, beat the butter to a cream with a wooden spoon, add the sugar, and beat until the gritty sound ...

    Article : 453 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Star—" Your play won't do, It's too bright, too witty, too full of literary excellence." Dramatist—" Is that an objection ?" Star—" Certainly. Do you suppose I want ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. A LADY IN BLACK

    Mabin trudged along the dry, ohalky road in the fast-gathering darkness, oppressed by fears. What if Rudolph should not be in time? Now it seemed clear to the girl that ...

    Article : 3,404 words
  7. Ploughing Matches.

    The old time ploughing match, which was such an important event in country life, seems to[?] have become almost a thing of the past. No doubt, agricultural depression ...

    Article : 383 words
  8. Willie Goes to Church.

    Willie (in a whisper, after two consecutive minutes of laborious sitting)—" Mamma, what kind of flowers has that lady in her bonnet ?" ...

    Article : 312 words
  9. ASSAULT AND VICTORY.

    Among the passengers on a city car a few days ago were a lady and her daughter, the latter a small maid apparently between four and five years old. When the conductor ...

    Article : 482 words
  10. Four Useful Cordials.

    GINGER CORDIAL.—TO every pint of essence, of ginger add half a gallon of pure spirit, and half a gallon of white sugar syrup. ...

    Article : 187 words
  11. The Two Bushel Bag.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 576 words
  12. SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

    A Two STORIED BICYCLE.—Judging by the report in an English contemporary of a [?]le tour undertaken by Brown and Oxborrow on an " Eiffel "machine it is not ...

    Article : 831 words
  13. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    A report comes from Paris of English capitalists who have just completed the trial of a new rifle, the invention of a French officer. The weapon weighs only 7½lbs., ...

    Article : 391 words
  14. A DOCTOR'S CALLING.

    The rate of mortality among medical men is becoming seriously high. Dr. Kortright has made an analysis of the ages and causes of death of 450 medical men who ...

    Article : 277 words
  15. A THRILLING EVENT.

    The negroes in the West Indies look back to the 1st of August, 1834, as the birthday of their race. The Emancipation Act which that day came into force spoke ...

    Article : 614 words
  16. THE LEAD LINING OF A TEA CHEST.

    It is often said that tea chests are lined with tinfoil, but just as there is no lead in a lead pencil so there is no tin in this tinfoil. The thin lining consists of lead, and ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. A VISION OF THE SEA.

    A friend of Arthur Hugh Clough once told me that on one occasion on which the poet was visiting him in Wales he took him for a walk, and conducted him to a ...

    Article : 351 words
  18. ON POOR RICH MEN.

    Of all the ends that mankind pursue, the one that is sought by the greatest number, and by them with a fervour far exceeding that of the devotees of most other cults, is ...

    Article : 351 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 60 words
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