"The advantages of sending cable-messages by the code system are so numerous," observed the political economist, "and so obvious, that the method is now largely ...
Article : 1,425 wordsWe were at war a hundred years back, and thousands of young men were being sent out to fight the French for King George upon his throne; but who cared, ...
Article : 774 wordsIn his collection of theatrical sketches newly-published, under the title "Without the Limelight," Mr. G. R. Sims tells many true stories of the ups and downs of stage ...
Article : 735 words"I told you so," was the remark of the armchair strategists directly Lord Roberts's remarks on certain of his subordinates were published. "British officers ...
Article : 628 wordsFew empresses have such a romantic history as the present Dowager-Empress[?] of China. Born about 50 years ago in the town of ...
Article : 2,031 wordsEvery man thinks that he can solve the great servant problem, which, like the poor, is always with us. One of the lords of creation has put forward a set of rules ...
Article : 1,874 wordsSince his arrival in Melbourne three weeks ago Mr. Peter Barr, V.M.H., F.R.H.S., M.R.A.S., known in England as "the Daffodil King," has been steadily ...
Article : 1,651 wordsThe idea of a heap of dead bodies lying in a town for seven or eight months is not a pleasant thing, but it has to be put up with when it can't be helped. It has been ...
Article : 2,267 wordsUnder the fantastic title of "Three Men on the Bummel," Mr. Jerome K. Jerome has published a volume of notes of travel in Europe. "Bummel," it seems, means a ...
Article : 1,503 wordsWhen the abolition of promotion in the army was under consideration, the strongest argument in favour of doing away with the long-established system was that it ...
Article : 747 wordsMr. T. P. O'Connor writing of the Paris Exhibition, describes in the "Daily Mail" what is called the "Trottoir roulant." It is certainly an extraordinary thing—this ...
Article : 393 words"A Word of Warning to Young Actresses" is uttered in the May "Century" by Clara Morris, one of the most successful actresses America has produced, and author ...
Article : 834 wordsThe big steel buildings of America (writes a correspondent of "The Times") have been to often written about to make any detailed description of them necessary ...
Article : 587 wordsThe "coloured" people originate in Cape Colony, and are the descendants of the old union of the white man with his slaves. Nowadays they come up to the Transvaul in ...
Article : 523 wordsAn interesting example of the adaptation of animals to their surroundings is furnished by a New York paper, which s[?]tes that the effect of cold upon the capillary ...
Article : 354 wordsSir,—Now that the dancing season has come round again, may I ask for the aid of your valuable pen to try and prevent an old grievance in the bailroom. ...
Article : 144 wordsThe completion of the telegraph from the Indian Ocean to Victoria Nyanza puts the world in communication with the sources of the Nile. The telegraph line has been ...
Article : 223 wordsThe concluding journey of the Automobile Club's 1,000-mile trial was to end on May 12 with the arrival of the "fittest" in London. The trial journey (says the ...
Article : 140 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 40 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 16 Jun 1900, Page 6
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: