News m a Nutshell.
Perhaps no nun was ever more di«« tqrbed by a trifle than tha; reporter who, . concerning )he appearance of the belle qf a town at a picnic, intended* to say, ''she looked au fait," and found the types had it ?• she looked all feet." ' When are You gqing to make cub tha£ pair of bpote f ordered "}' asked Gas d.9 Smith of his shoemaker, i WheQ iyou « pay me for , the last pair ".. $ made you,'! • Whew! I can't wait bo long as that,' Arabi P.ajha, who is now ip. esile,itt._ Ceylon, receives and allowance of £f>o a month from the . English Government. Madame Arabi is not with her husband, aa Bhe prefers to live m Egyjii. l - ' tt is very desirable toibea gopd reader; A clergyman is.said to have once read tlje following passage from., the Bible, wi£h< . the, emphasis thus: * And the old nj«i l said unto his sons/saddle me the ass > a^d they saddled himT • : > l'\. A smokeless locpmoH^e ftngjne. 'I*lfV uses erode naptha for fuel i»> running 'ex-'---perimeqtally on the iEaf tern railroad bi«itw^en J^o^p andrtL Poand f " . . ' -,> A -v.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 109, 3 April 1884, Page 2
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187News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 109, 3 April 1884, Page 2
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