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  2. HOMOROUS COLUMN. Both Splendid Liars.

    Here is a story of Patrick Doolan, a private in the regulars. Not long ago he went to the colonel, who was a severe disciplinarian, for a two weeks’ leave of ...

    Article : 264 words
  3. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.

    Very little is actually known about the private life and personal habits of Czar Nicholas of Russia. Nicholas, we are told, is one of the ...

    Article : 618 words
  4. OLD SOLDIER’S “GROUSE.”

    I. Young men, when you go to enlist They ask your age, and measure your chest, ...

    Article : 272 words
  5. THE FATAL LILIES,

    When the song came to an end, here was silence for a few seconds-the greatest praise a singer can receive. ...

    Article : 2,387 words
  6. GENERAL INFORMATION. Mrs. Langtry’s Husband.

    Mr. Hugo Gerald de Bathe, whose marriage to Mrs, Langtry took place in 1899, was, at the time of their marriage, twenty-eight years of age, tall and slim, ...

    Article : 107 words
  7. The Right Hon. George Reid.

    The Right Hon. George Houston Reid, ex-Prime Minister of N.S.W., is a man possessing many of the qualities of the highest statesmanship. He was born in ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. An Old Chinese Prophecy.

    It is said that there is an old Ohinese prophecy to the effect that "rats will one day take possession of the world and expel men.” It seems curious that such ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. Very Funny.

    I have read somewhere of a little girl who on being shown the-sea for the first time, inquired: ‘Where are the tinnamies?’ ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. Mr. Ceoll Rhodes..

    Olive Schreiner says of Cecil Rhodes— “He is Napoleon over again, but Napoleon in a financial, industrial, and political world. What Napoleon did ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. The Late General Joubert.

    A brave soldier, a born general, and an honest man. That is not too favourable a description of the wily old Boer who had given us so much trouble in ...

    Article : 565 words
  12. A Moving Street.

    A moving street is one of the novel features of the Paris Exhibition. It consists of an endless belt in perpetual motion, upon which it is only ...

    Article : 64 words
  13. CHAPTER IV.

    On Christmas morning Sir Austen, his wife, son and guests all walked through the snow to the Church at Larchtori; and after the service the ...

    Article : 499 words
  14. Fresh From the Country.

    They had been married and had come to Sydney to spend the honeymoon. And it seemed to William to be the right thing to pat up at the Hotel Australia. ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. Science Again.

    The cat has served to teach mankind an all-important lesson concerning the working of the stomach. The X-rays directed upon a cat’s stomach have ...

    Article : 41 words
  16. A Corean Marriage.

    During the first day of her married life a Corean bride must not speak, even to her husband. It is considered a very reprehensible breach of etiquette. But ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. Early Days of Rome.

    In the early days of Some the ladies of that city wore such heavy earrings that they made the ears sore, and sometimes tore the lobes. There were ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. General Lord Methuen.

    “Paul” Methuen (writes a military correspondent of the "M.A.P.") is a man of great personal energy and physical strength. He was famous in ...

    Article : 328 words
  19. The Bridal Birds.

    ‘We tried to keep the railway carriage to ourselves from Kiama to Sydney,' writes a girl who can appreciate a joke on herself, even while on her wedding ...

    Article : 175 words
  20. No Title

    Indignant Woman: ‘This dog I bought of you came near eating my little girl the other day.’ Dealer: ‘Well, you said you wanted a ...

    Article : 322 words
  21. What He Thought of Heaven.

    Some time ago an old English soldier who was stationed in India entered into conversation with a native. During a somewhat lengthy discussion reference ...

    Article : 94 words
  22. A NEW WAY TO ADVERTISE.

    Realising that the average circular is usually consigned to the waste-paper basket without perusal, an enterprising firm, writes an American contemporary, ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. His Aim-able Wife.

    ‘Jane,' called out the hueband, wildly, ‘I wish you would stop throwing things at me. That last kettle you slung hit me straight in the eye.’ ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. Inventor.

    'I’ve hit a money-making thing at last. The preachers will go wild over it, and it will sell like hot cakes. It is a church contribution box.' ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. He Knew.

    A school inspector in the North of Ireland was once examining a geography class and asked the question: ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. Reading Faces.

    Passenger (alighting from cab): 'What is the fare?' Cabby: ‘One shilling.’ Passenger: 'Well, that is reasonable ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. Had His Share.

    'Yes,' remarked the globe-trotter. ‘I have been everywhere, seen many queer sights, and had lots of fun, but I have also been in a good many tight places.’ ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. At the Play.

    Man (rising wearily to let late-comer pass to bis seat in the theatre): 'This eternal getting up is very annoying.' Late-comer: 'I know it is; that is ...

    Article : 48 words
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