Articles from page 3: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. EXAMPLES OF DETECTIVE MAGIC.

    Magicians abound at the present day in all the great centres of civilisation-Cheiromancers, Spiritualists, Seers of the Crystal, Mahatmas, Thought Readers ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  3. SAVING THE GUN.

    An incident of the Franco-German war is graphically described by an artilleryman named Jean Antoine Tellier, whose battery took part in the defence of Paris. When the ...

    Article : 672 words
  4. THE LINE OF HEART,

    "Do you-believe it?" "don't know," he answered, doubtfully, "I never had opportunity of judging." "Then I'll read your hand." ...

    Article : 1,047 words
  5. A MILLIONAIRE'S FREAK.

    M. Blanc, the founder of the Casino at Monte Carlo—which means really Monte Carlo itself—was very eccentric. If he had ever been young there is no record of the ...

    Article : 547 words
  6. THE SIN, THE SORROW, THE CRIME.

    Hucker is to this day the least pulseful village to be found anywhere within the immediate ken of civilisation. The widow Searton's general shop, whare yon could buy ...

    Article : 1,615 words
  7. COOING COUPLES.

    I sat in the cars, while just behind Two ladies their nimble tongues combined In conversation, using phrases such As "I am so tired," and "Ever so much," ...

    Article : 202 words
  8. MORE DAUGHTERS WANTED.

    "Now that we are engaged," said Miss Pettleworth, " let me introduce you to papa." "I believe that I have met him," replied young Spickle. ...

    Article : 969 words
  9. THE SABLE HUNTER.

    It is to be wondered whether the elegant lady wrapped so snugly in her winter furs gives a thought, even a passing one, to the subject as to where that magnificent sable ...

    Article : 781 words
  10. CURES FOR INSOMNIA.

    One of the gastronomic magazines bas an article giving some comprehensive directions regarding the cure of sleeplessness. It is sensible in admitting the complexity ...

    Article : 510 words
  11. A DOLL RENAISSANCE.

    It will hardly surprise anybody to learn that there are fashions in dolls. It may have given them a slight shock to learn that there is a Baby's Club in existence, but ...

    Article : 438 words
  12. ON BUSINESS OF HIS OWN.

    "While following the life of the gentle shepherd on the plains of Montana a couple of years ago, I used," says an America writer, "to watch the wolves a great deal ...

    Article : 483 words
  13. OBESITY AN AID TO BUSINESS.

    That extreme corpulency has its business advantages it is quite impossible to deny. Like the man with the wooden leg who hired himself out to a gardener and made holes in ...

    Article : 371 words
  14. A TELEGRAPH WIRE LAID BY A RAT.

    As most people know, remarks a writer in the "Cornhill," the main telegraph wires in London run through the subways in which the gaspipes and sewers are placed. ...

    Article : 370 words
  15. THE WRETCH

    Miss Wabash: I shall never go wheeling with Mr. Calumet again, you may depend upon it. Miss Lakeside: Why, Genevieve Wabash, ...

    Article : 231 words
  16. MONEY IN CAT TAILS.

    Very few people, probably, are aware that the for, or vegetable down, of the cat-tail is a marketable article, superior to feathers or cotton for many purposes. It is not quite ...

    Article : 262 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.

$