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  2. THE AMERICA.

    In view of the interest 'aroused by the recurrent contests for the America Cup, it may be interesting to many to learn that the original winner, the gallant old schooner yacht ...

    Article : 465 words
  3. FEDERAL CAPITALSITE

    Ballarat, the golden, has been named, as many persons are aware, as an ideal site for the Federal capital, notwithstanding that it was constitutionally debarred. ...

    Article : 669 words
  4. FIENDISH ATROCITIES.

    A European merchant who left Monastir on September 7 has arrived at Sofia, and has given an account of the terrible conditions prevailing in the Vilayet of Monastir. ...

    Article : 388 words
  5. FOUR ENTHUSIASTS.

    There are enthusiasts in all walks of life, but none can surpass the sporting enthusiast. I happened to board a tram on Saturday afternoon in which were a cricket ...

    Article : 883 words
  6. A FIRST APPEARANCE

    Miss Marie Lloyd, of whom Sydney theairegoers have a kindly recollection, has been telling, through the columns of "Men and Women," of her first appearance. ...

    Article : 706 words
  7. BUSH SURGERY.

    The remarkable success achieved in a Melbourne hospital recently in grafting a large piece of kid's skin on to the head or a girl who had her scalp torn off by her hair being ...

    Article : 624 words
  8. A BAD OLD MAN.

    Since Wyalt Earp, once famous as a gun fighter in Arizona and California, went up into the Klondike very little had been heard of him by the outside world. ...

    Article : 1,022 words
  9. NORTH SYDNEY TEAM.

    Winners of the Dawson Whisky trophy at the National Rifle Association's meeting last week. The names are (reading from left to right):--Back row: J. Orr, J. Mathison, J. R. Whinfield, J. Campbell (secretory). R. C. Broomham. Front row: J. J. Broomham, J. D. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  10. PARRAMATTA TEAM.

    Winners of Nicholson trophies at the National Rifle Association's meeting last week. The names are (reading from left to right):--Back row: Mr. H. E. Mills (vice-president), Mr. E. J. Brown (president), T. L. Westbrook, R. Arblaster. Front row: Earp, R. M'Cook, C. Tayler. Messrs. Dart and Brown did not compete. (Photo by "Sun" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  11. FRENCHMEN'S DRINK BILL.

    Frenchmen imbibe annually per head 18.21 litres of alcohol according to a medical statistician, Dr. Daremberg, as against the Englishman's 3.91 litres. ...

    Article : 308 words
  12. A SURPRISED BURGLAR.

    A lady writer sends the following to an English exchange:--Resident in a small villa situated in a Glasgow suburb, I occasilonally spent the summer ...

    Article : 343 words
  13. SAHARA EMPIRE.

    To the roll of drums and the fanfare of his own trumpet, behold Jacques I., ex-flaneur and boulevardier, scion of the House of Le-baudy, and incidentally millionaire, who ...

    Article : 379 words
  14. M.C.C. EXCLUSIVENESS.

    The difficulty of getting enrolled in the Marylebone membership is touched upon in "Annals of Lord's and History of the M.C.C.," written by Mr. Alfred D. Taylor, which has ...

    Article : 251 words
  15. WOMAN'S POWER.

    When 80 years of age woman is most fascinating. All the women famous for power over the hearts of men from Cleopatra and Helen down were nearer to 40 than 20 when ...

    Article : 447 words
  16. IN A SUBMARINE.

    Miss Alice Roosevelt made a trip in a submarine vessel recently, and went down to the bottom of Narragansett Bay in the Holland boat Mocassin. ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. DUTCH POLITENESS.

    The Dutch are a very polite notion, and none the less so because of that simplicity of character which is their especially attractive trait. ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. THE POPE'S DOCTOR.

    Dr. Lapponi, who has Just been reappointed Papal physician by Plus the Tenth, was almost a stranger in Rome when he entered on his duties at the Vatican. ...

    Article : 343 words
  19. WHO'S AFRAID?

    (Would she let me, do you s'pose, Press a kiss upon her lips--Sweeter than the sweet wild rose, Where the bee its nectar sips? ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. A MODERN SOLOMON.

    Years ago, in a small village, two men quarreled about a £5-note, which one (John Smith) had lent to the other (John Brown). The latter declared that he had ...

    Article : 190 words
  21. THE DEADLY LIQUEUR.

    Fashionable women's clubs in the West End of London are very much exercised Just now over a subject one of the newspapers has labelled "The Deadly Liqueur." ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. ATTACKED BY WASPS.

    'A young lady who was visiting the grave of her betrothed, who had died recently at Berlin, was basy watering the flowers when she stepped on a wasps' nest. ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. ANCIENT HISTORY.

    While examining a class in Bible history in an Edinburgh school recently, the Inspector put tho following question: "Now can any of you boys tell me why the men of those ...

    Article : 85 words
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