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  2. THE WIDE WORLD.

    Here is a new and characteristic story about the Queen. She commanded the young widow of n certain major of the Artillery, who had fallen in South ...

    Article : 117 words
  3. BACK FROM THE WAR.

    The troopship Orient, conveying the returning troops, reached Woolloomoloo Wharf this morning. The soldiers disembarked at midday, and were received ...

    Article : 565 words
  4. THE BOND CONGRESS.

    In connection with the recent Bond Congress, hold at Woodstock, our correspondent at Capetown, under date 14th December, writes:-- ...

    Article : 1,371 words
  5. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    The officers of the Treasury Department charged with the duty of circulating the pension application forms are working energetically, and it is sq[?]e what ...

    Article : 2,390 words
  6. THE DEPUTIES' DRINKS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" gives the following interesting description of the system under which the refreshmenting of the French Houses ...

    Article : 394 words
  7. FARM-BURNING.

    The following is from the "Spectator" of the 24th November:-- Mr Morley forwards to the "Times" (17th November) a very sad letter from ...

    Article : 351 words
  8. R.I.P.

    Rural ideas on ecclesiastical abbreviations are represented by the following colloquy between a Lincolnshire laborer and a curate of High Church ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. THE ANGLICISATION OF FRENCH.

    Academic French is becoming as Interlarded with Anglo-Saxon as colloquial French with English slang. In a clever society novel just published we ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. ORIGIN OF CURRENT PHRASES.

    The origin of certain phrases which have passed into the language is never without interest. Here are two. for instance of which the authorship has ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. HONORING SCHOOLS' DEAD.

    The Public Schools are taking steps to honor the memory of their old boy's who have fallen in the war. Wellington. which one had the late Prince Christian ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. REFORMATORY SOLDIERS.

    Most people, says London "Truth." must have been surprised to learn from the annual report recently issued that as many as 2597 old boys from reformatory ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. THE BOER LADIES.

    The writer in "Truth" of "Notes in Paris:--"I have had more than a glance at the Boer ladies of the Kruger party. They are nice, and enjoy a constant flow ...

    Article : 362 words
  14. THE GERMAN COLONIES.

    German [?] enterprise. although the world bears a good deal about it. has not been very successful [?] This, a contributor to the "Leisure Hour ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. FRANCE'S NAVAL POLICY.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" writes on 30th November:-- M. Floury Ravarin's report to the Budget Committee of the Chamber on the ...

    Article : 328 words
  16. A SEA TORCH.

    The "Daily Telegraph" gives the following description of some experiments recently undertaken by the Themes Conversancy with an ingenious marine torch ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. THE COST OF A DUKE.

    A correspondent of "M.A.P." writes: "I have lately [?]across a little story of the Duchess of Montrose, whose beauty be no less renowned than her ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. SIGNALS FROM MARS.

    The recent cable message anent supposed signals from Mars recalls an article published in 1897, some part of which we may reproduce as follows:-- ...

    Article : 616 words
  19. A PAPAL ENCYCLICAL.

    The Pope has addressed an encyclical letter to the "Patriarchs Primates. Archbishops. Bishops, and other Local Ordinaries, having peace and ...

    Article : 332 words
  20. A CHAMPION SLEEPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  21. BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT.

    The Bengal police report for 1509 mentions another of these frequent cases in India where [?]is committed under the influence of a belief in witchcraft. ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. CLAMEUR DE HARO.

    The quaint old Norman custom of proclaiming the Clamour de Haro was performed the other day by Mr H. Turner. one of the principal ratepayers of ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. AN OCEAN POST OFFICE.

    The smallest, simplest, and best-protected post office in the world is in the Straits of Magellan. It consists of a small painted [?] or [?]ask, and is chained ...

    Article : 91 words
  24. PATENTS APPLIED FOR

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 524 words
  25. INARTISTIC LIFE.

    Anglo-life in India. if the Calcutta "Englishman" is to be believed, must be getting a rather tame and selfish affair. It is quite true that in the larger towns ...

    Article : 182 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 178 words
  27. A NOVEL VICE.

    The Medical Society of Paris, has expressed the opinion that it is necessary to adopt some measures against the alarming spread of petroleum drinking. ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. CRAZE OF THE HOUR.

    There is something particularly ludicrous in the sight of a room full of, mature and. in many cases, corpulent, ladies, attired in black satin ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 55 words
  30. A CHAMPION "TILE."

    A straw hat, measuring 21ft. round the brim, over 7ft across the brim, and 3ft. round the crown, has, the "Drapers Record" states, been manufactured by a ...

    Article : 130 words
  31. MONTE CARLO MURDER.

    A dastardly highway robbery and murder was committed on 26th November near Monte Carlo in the environment of st, Roman, on the Corniche road. ...

    Article : 91 words
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