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  2. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    A devoted young couple got married a little time ago, and took up their abode in a dainty villa in a suburban quarter. Everything in the house was of the latest ...

    Article : 214 words
  3. BRITISH AND BOER.

    The following extract is taken from a letter addressed to the "Times" of Natal of February 1, 1901, by a Boer commandant, P. Colin Meyer. The letter is dated from ...

    Article : 273 words
  4. ANECDOTES OF WELLINGTON.

    The philosophers tell us that it is the characteristics of a great man to be able to sleep at will. The art requires a fine physique, and Wellington was a strong ...

    Article : 404 words
  5. THE AVERAGE MAN.

    His face had the grimness of granite; It was bleached and bronzed by the sun Like the coat on his poor narrow shoulders, And his hands showed the work he had ...

    Article : 294 words
  6. The Trad of the Goldseekers.

    The most hideous part of the tragedy as it appeared to the mind of Foster was the fact that Selman should have been hurried into eternity with terrible ...

    Article : 2,963 words
  7. "Squeezer, Sir!"

    A gentleman, well known in Sydney, and residing in the suburbs, finding that his otherwise well-ordered household was without that indispensable art of modern ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. Desperate Fight for Life.

    The extraordinarily hard winter which Roumania its experiencing (writes a Bucharest correspondent) has had the effect of emboldening the wolves, and many cases are ...

    Article : 197 words
  9. The Sun Cure for Cancer.

    The principle of phototherapy, or treatment by light rays, is that the germs of cancer are said to be unable to live after the onslaught of a tremendously strong light. ...

    Article : 230 words
  10. Apples for Your Brain.

    If you want brains eat the right sort of food. There is the rub! What is the right sort of food? A score or more of things have been recommended by just as ...

    Article : 157 words
  11. The Poor Postman.

    A postman was hunting along one of the streets of Sydney last Christmas Eve, when he was accosted by a lady at the door of one of the large houses. ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. Systems of Royal Succession.

    The constitutional question of succession to the throne has been a good deal discussed in connection with recent events. A glance at the systems of successions in vogue in ...

    Article : 240 words
  13. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    No less than £40,000 in pennies is kept locked up at a time in London automatic penny-in-the-slot machines, according to the computation of the Mint officials. ...

    Article : 599 words
  14. Saw Through It.

    "Parcel, sir," said the carrier, as Professor Sharp came to the door. " There is a shilling to pay on it." "Be kind enough to wait a minute," said ...

    Article : 80 words
  15. Douglas Jerrold and King Edward's Birth.

    When King Edward VII. was born, on November 9th, in the second year of the Queen's marriage, everyone at Buckingham Palace, where the happy event occurred ...

    Article : 143 words
  16. Her Turn Had Come.

    Mary had a little ring, IT was given by her bean; And everywhere that Mary went That ring was sure to go. ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. "The Burial of Lord Bute's Heart."

    A much-travelled correspondent writes to "M.A.P." with reference to the above: "Lord Bute, in leaving instructions for his heart to be buried in the Mount of Olives, ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. Lost, Lost, Lost!

    Since Kipling's poem was introduced to us, absent-mindedness seems more prevalent than over. The other day a gentleman was going ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. Is Death in War Painless?

    A Viennese authority, Professor Nothnagel, has arisen to tell us that death is in all cases painless. He tells us that man dies nearly always from the cessation of the ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. Overcoming all Difficulties.

    The other day a man called on a well-known artist, and, bringing a piece of board with him, asked him if he would paint "Lord Roberts" on it "life size." ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. Cures for "Drink " Fail.

    Dr. Crevally, of Sydney, has had an experience with anti-alcoholic serum that throws doubt on the efficacy of the serum discovered by the Paris doctors, Sapcllier, ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. The Umpire's Decision.

    At a certain cricket match a young lady and her escort were seated on a front seat of the grand-stand. The bowler at that end had delivered his last ball of the over, ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. The Great Siberian Railway.

    The special trains on the Siberian railway carry a library, piano, writing conveniences, barber's shop, gymnasium, ice-water, hot water, dials which indicate the next station ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. A Lamented Nobleman.

    The death of Lord William Beresford seems to have made the saddest impression on society, and his loss is felt as a personal sorrow by an unusual number of friends. ...

    Article : 245 words
  25. Not in the Book.

    A soldier who has just returned from South Africa tells a good story of a rather raw Tommy, whose turn it was to be cook. By some means or other, the mess to ...

    Article : 184 words
  26. Change in the King's Title.

    If, as is said to be not unlikely, some change is adopted in the King's title, it will be the sixteenth time the title has been altered. The last time, of course, was in ...

    Article : 131 words
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