Articles from page 3: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. THE CAPE PARLIAMENT.

    Roughly speaking, the Cape Parliament consists mainly of lawyers, doctors, and farmers, with a sprinkling of merchants, three journalists, and two or three ...

    Article : 946 words
  3. HOUSEKEEPER.

    The following recipe for a delioions summer sweet. It may be served at luncheon or at dinner. Boil a pint of cream and pour on the yolks of four eggs beaten until quite ...

    Article : 103 words
  4. POETRY.

    Cling to me close, my love, my bride, As on we gallop in reckless ride! The enemy fellows us hard behind, His bullets and [?]urses come down the wind: ...

    Article : 303 words
  5. A SEA WILL O' THE WISP.

    The curious and serie light known as 'Jack o' Lantern' or 'Will o' the Wisp' is usually seen in marshes or in graveyards as a bluish flame. This is in realtiy produced ...

    Article : 151 words
  6. CHAPTER XI.

    The next few days were spent by the two physicians almost exclusively in each other's society. They rode or drove together on the country doctor's rounds, and talked over old ...

    Article : 1,279 words
  7. THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

    Far away in the Chaldean plain there is a round hill, called 'The San of the Prince' by the Arabs, which has just been excavated by Professor Hilprecht, the eminent ...

    Article : 206 words
  8. TEMPERANCE HOT WEATHER DRINK.

    The recipe here following was published by a Church of England Temperance Society. It is a tried, wholesome and economical drink. ...

    Article : 109 words
  9. A NEW ENDING.

    Merrit: 'I had an swfully embarrassing thing happen to me this afternoon. I was walking with a girl when a sudden gust of wind blew off my hat and sent it flitting up ...

    Article : 205 words
  10. SEED LOAF.

    This is, perhaps, as great a favourite as anything Required: Half a pound of butter, six ounces of castor sugar, four eggs, half an ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. HUMOUR.

    It was in a Malaga hotel, where they had just arrived from Granada, and there were sights innnmerable on every side to allure the eye and furish an unlimited scope for ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. SCRIBBLER KNEW HIM.

    Scribbler: 'There goes the enabeditor of the 'Weekly Ha-Ha.' Dauber: 'You mean the snubeditor?' Scribbler: 'No, I don't. He is the man ...

    Article : 34 words
  13. ATHLETIC SPORES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENYURY.

    In 1569 Queen Elizabeth issued a special warrant to all mayors, 'shereffes,' magistrates, &c., in Middlesex, to see that the games organised by J. S. Powlter were ...

    Article : 209 words
  14. NOVEL.

    'You're all right now,' he informed Rutb, cheetfully. 'I will stake my professional reputation on your safety. And, by the way,' as a sudden thought came to him, ...

    Article : 626 words
  15. HE KNEW BETTER.

    'I say, there,' he asked, as he stood in the streets of New York for the first time and watched two sisters of Mercy pass along, 'what kind of wimmen is them I see go ...

    Article : 85 words
  16. GINGERBREAD.

    The following is never ont-of fashion: Required: Three-quarters of a pound of flour, three-quarters of a pound of ground ginger, half an ounoe of carbonate of soda, ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. THE ONE WHO SHOULD.

    Pat M—came home for his breakfast one morning, but instead of having it ready his wife was sitting by the fire sobbing bitterly. ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. AN ANGRY MOB OF WELSHMEN.

    An old commercial traveller, Mr Charles Cahill, tells the following story in a book of reminiscences of the road which he published a few years ago. In the old driving ...

    Article : 327 words
  19. SELF-CONVICTION.

    An old lady who was making some jam was called away by a neighbour. 'Sam, you rascal,' she said, 'you'll be eating my jam when I'm away.' ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. LUNCHEON CAKE.

    Required: Two pounds of flour, one small teaspoonful, of carbonate of soda, threequarters of a pound of butter or dripping, three-quarters of a pound of sultanas, six ...

    Article : 151 words
  21. WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO GO.

    The man who had his coffin painted a fiery red, and kept it for two whole years at his front door, had evidently a very clear idea of where he was going when he had departed ...

    Article : 155 words
  22. MILK LEMONADE.

    Required: One pint of boiling water, quarter of a pound of loaf sugar, one gill of lemon juice, four gills of cold milk. Pour the bolling water on to the sugar; ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. TRAVELLER.

    'A day or two after I started back, a mob hanged me in effigy, 22 miles out from Wyndham. I had to travel very slowly, as my pack-horses were heavily loaded, and in ...

    Article : 489 words
  24. ALLEGED CURES FOR SEASICKNESS.

    While it is doubtful which of the two— the seaside landlady ot seasickness—is the bigger bugbear of the holiday season, it is beyond dispute that one of the commonest ...

    Article : 486 words
  25. A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.

    A young Irishman once went to a kindhearted old squire for a recommendation. An elaborate one was written and read to him. He took it with thanks, but did not ...

    Article : 305 words
  26. VARIETIES.

    A rich scene occurred in an hotel recently. A traveller who had been on a spree the previous evening, arose in the morning and rung the bell violently. Boots appeared. ...

    Article : 101 words
  27. PUNKAH COOLIES.

    In the plains of India daring the summer months the soldiers' barracks are supplied with pankahs (fans), suspended from the rafters or beams of the roof, and several ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. CHAPTER X.

    The controversy anent the antiseptic practica in the columns of the THERAPEUTIC GAZETTE, to which Dr. Julian G[?] had, [?]ed, was mainly responsible for that ...

    Article : 1,646 words
  29. THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

    There is a great searcity of capable seamen for the United States fleet, no fewer than 3,000 men being needed to complete its present equipment. This is owing to the ...

    Article : 140 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.

$