Articles from page 2: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

    A keen Continental observer of international affairs made in the following remarks an interesting comparison of British and Russian methods:— ...

    Article : 216 words
  3. Stories About Ministers.

    In rebuking his parishioners for drunkenness, an Irish priest exclaims: “What is it makes, you forsake the house of God? What is it makes you ...

    Article : 358 words
  4. Being Late at Meal-Times

    Few men understand why it is that their women folk are so upset when the man-of-the-house is late for meals. Considerate husbands there are, indeed. ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. Good Eyesight.

    So indifferent do many of us become to the common blessings of life that excellent eyesight, perhaps, may not be called always a source of ...

    Article : 211 words
  6. The Duties of a King

    Oh! bright occasions of dispensing good, How seldom used, how little understood; To poor in Virtue’s lap her just ...

    Article : 132 words
  7. FRUIT COLOURING.

    Some soils, according to the “ Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Trades’ Journal,” greatly influence the colour of the crops grown upon them, and for some years ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. MY LIFE-GUARDSMAN.

    I was very unhappy when my stepmother took me with her to Oswald Grange, for I knew that she had set her heart upon marrying me to the master. ...

    Article : 2,049 words
  9. ALPINE GAME.

    The steadily growing familiarity of Europe and America with the Alps has at least one regrettable feature. It is accompanied by the equally steady ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. WHERE THE SPANISH KING WORSHIPS.

    Spain has few churches of any grandeur, but one of these few is continuously deemed, architecturally speaking, among the finest in Europe. It is the ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. B A R G A I N S .

    This is surely an age of bargains! The world is running over with them, and still they multiply and flourish, We take up the morning paper, and . ...

    Article : 651 words
  12. THE STARS.

    Why is it that we cannot see the stars in the day time? As a matter of fact, tho stars could be seen if we employed any effective ...

    Article : 200 words
  13. AMUSING A KING.

    One would think it odd, to say the least, if, on visiting the Court of a civilised country, lie were called upon to show his prounciency in swimming ...

    Article : 233 words
  14. A NOTABLE DENTIST.

    There has been much weeping and wailing in Rome over the death of a dentist, but there are dentists and dentists, and this one was a Roman favorite. ...

    Article : 241 words
  15. AN OCEAN MYSTERY.

    The most remarkable ocean mystery is that which enshrouds the fate of the crew of the Marie Celeste, an American can merchant vessel, which sailed ...

    Article : 258 words
  16. CHEERING THE INVALID.

    Mrs. Barr, an elderly Scotchwoman, had been seriously ill for weeks, during which time even the members of her immediate family had been electroded ...

    Article : 221 words
  17. WE CANNOT TELL.

    A song we have sung with a happy heart. Though unheeded at the time. May be on some tablet of memory writ ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD.

    “There are some people so afraid of fresh air,” laughed an old sea-captain, “that they seem to think that they can ventilate their rooms by opening their ...

    Article : 168 words
  19. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    The railway van with mails for America, running between Paris and Havre, was entered by robbers, who rifles ninety-one bags and got cleat away ...

    Article : 644 words
  20. HE WORE TIGHT BOOTS.

    People who are hearing tight new [?] are [?] to [?] queer things to [?] during and [?] ...

    Article : 330 words
  21. RULES WORTH KEEPING.

    Doctor West, who lived half a century ago, left the following rules as general way-marks in the journey through life:— ...

    Article : 233 words
  22. THE STORY OF THE DUNLOP TYRE

    The patent taken out fourteen years ago by Mr. C. K. Welcb, which has made the Dunlop-Welch pneumatic tyre famous throughout the world,has ...

    Article : 633 words
  23. HOLSTEIN AND AYRSHIRE.

    In a Canadian discussion as to which breed of dairy cow the Holstem or Ayrshire, is best and handicap one correspondent [?] gives the ...

    Article : 605 words
  24. THE COLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

    The coldest city in the world is Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia, in the empire of the Czar and the Russians. It is the great commercial emporium of East ...

    Article : 169 words
  25. THE RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN.

    We had a rather vivid illustration of the power and patriotism of the British when a few ill-advised words, spoken not very long ago, by one who ought, ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. THE WORLD WOULD BE THE BETTER.

    If men oared less for wealth and fams And less for battlefields and glory; If writ in human hearts a Dame Seemed better than in song or story; ...

    Article : 357 words
  27. THE SECRET OF HEALTH.

    The true secret of health and long life lies in simple things: — Don’t worry. Don’t hurry. “Too swift arrives as ...

    Article : 162 words
  28. THE WONDERS OF CREATION.

    Either the number of species of the animal world must have increased enormously since the days of Noah or the Ark must have been somewhat ...

    Article : 118 words
  29. THE DUTCHMAN’S SOLILOQUY.

    A Dutchman was overheard moralising over his dog as follows: “You was only a dog, but I vish I vas you. When you go to your bed you shuts turn ...

    Article : 177 words
  30. MUKDEN-A CITY OF TOMBS.

    The great storm centre of the Russo. Japanese war for a time was Mukden. As a city Mukden only dates back some 260 years. Within its palace are ...

    Article : 184 words
  31. PROOF WANTED.

    Counsel, to witness: “How can you prove that tho prisoner stolo six of your handkerchiefs?” Witness: “Why because they were ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. READY WITTED.

    A certain gentleman was once made the subject of a little pleasantry between Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo, in the latter’s younger days. ...

    Article : 149 words
  33. FOR HER SAKE.

    “ If you want anything to oat hero,” she said, “you will have to work for it.” “Modern,” replied the tramp, who ...

    Article : 72 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$