A man who was very much annoyed bm frequent callers, finally exclaimed, "Then is no minute in the day that I caa have * quiet half-hour to mjielf,"
The Sta'isMcal Legist, r of Victoria says, under t'je headiu^ «'t- '" Melbourne Public Library," that Ibe building for that splendid institution cost £111.603 for its erection ; that the amount of aid from the Government prior to 1881 wa* £313,192, md during 1881. £16,541. The estimated value of the private aonitions was £13.020 grior to 1881 The. number of volumes, pamphlets, and parts in tbe library was 117,857, and the number of visits to the library duiing 1881 was 258612.
One of the pillars of a Wisconzin Baptist church hes been tried on ti>c charge of irreligious conduct in attending a negro minstrel performance. He was let off with a reprimand, as he started for a temperance lecture, got into the wrong hall, and his carnal delight overcome his moral scruples.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4485, 21 May 1883, Page 2
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157Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4485, 21 May 1883, Page 2
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