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  2. HUMOROUS COLUMN. Too Smart for Anything.

    A devoted young couple got married tittle time ago, and took up their abode in A dainty villa in a suburban quarter. Everything in the house was of the latest ...

    Article : 208 words
  3. A Lamented Nobleman.

    The death of Lord William Beresford seems to have made the saddest impression on society, and his loss is felt as a personal sorrow by an unusual number of friends. ...

    Article : 244 words
  4. BRITISH AND BOER.

    The following extract is taken from a letter addressed to the "Times" of Natal of Februaty 1,1901, by a Boer commandant, P. Colin Meyer. The letter is dated from ...

    Article : 272 words
  5. THE AVERAGE MAN.

    His face had the grimness of granite; It was bleached and bronzed by the sun Like the coat on his poor narrow shoulders, And his hands showed the work he had ...

    Article : 240 words
  6. ANECDOTES OF WELLINGTON.

    The philosophers tell us that it is the characteristics of a great man to be able to sleep at will. The art requires a fine physique, and Wellington was a strong ...

    Article : 401 words
  7. "Squeezer, Sir!"

    A gentleman, well known in Sydney, and residing in the suburbs, finding that his otherwise well-ordered household was without that indispensable art of modern ...

    Article : 142 words
  8. The Great Siberian Railway.

    The special trains on the Siberian railway carry a library, piano, writing conveniences, barber's shop, gymnasium, ice-water, hot water, dials which indicate the next station ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. Desperate Fight for Life. Soldiers Devoured by Wolves.

    The extraordinarily hard winter which Roumania is experiencing (writes a Bucharest correspondent) has had the effect of emboldening the wolves, and many cases are ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. The Sun Cure for Cancer.

    The principle of phototherapy, or treatment by light rays, is that the germs of cancer are said to be unable to live after the onslaught of a tremendously strong light. ...

    Article : 230 words
  11. Change in the King's Title.

    If, as is said to be not unlikely, some change is adopted in the King's title, it will be the sixteenth time the title has been altered. The last time, of course, was in ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. Apples for Your Brain.

    If you want brains cat the right sort of food. There is the rub! What is the right sort of food? A score or more of things have been recommended by just as ...

    Article : 155 words
  13. The Poor Postman.

    A postman was hurrying along one of the streets of Sydney last Christmas Eve, when he was accosted by a lady at the door of one of the large houses. ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. The Umpire's Decision.

    At a certain cricket match a young lady and her escort were seated on a front seat of the grand-stand. The bowler at that end had delivered his last ball of the over, ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. Systems of Royal Succession,

    The constitutional question of succession to the throne has been a good deal discussed in connection with recent events. A glance at the systems of successions in vogue in ...

    Article : 235 words
  16. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    No less than £40,000 in pennies is kept locked up at a time in London automatic penny-in-the-slot machines, according to the computation of the Mint officials. ...

    Article : 430 words
  17. Saw Through It.

    " Parcel, sir," said the carrier, as Professor Sharp came to the door. " There is a shilling to pay on it." " Be kind enough to wait a minute," said ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. Douglas Jerrold and King Edward's Birth.

    When King Edward VII. was born, on November 9th, in the second year of the Queen's marriage, everyone at Buckingham Palace, where the happy event occurred ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. Not in the Book.

    A soldier who has just returned from South Africa tells a good story of a rather raw Tommy, whose turn it was to be cook. By some means or other, the mess to ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. Her Turn Had Come.

    Mary had a little ring, 'Twas given by her beau; And everywhere that Mary went That ring was sure to go. ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. "The Burial of Lord Bute's Heart."

    A much-travelled correspondent writes to "M.A.P." with reference to the above: "Lord Bute, in leaving instructions for his heart to be buried in the Mount of Olives, ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. Lost, Lost, Lost!

    Since Kipling's poem was introduced to us, absent-mindedness seems more prevalent than ever. The other day a gentleman was going ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. Is Death In War Painless?

    A Viennese authority, Professor Nothnagel, has arisen to tell us that death is in all cases painless. He tells us that man dies nearly always from the cessation of the ...

    Article : 319 words
  24. MIKE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

    Two Irish reserve men, who went into a hatter's to buy a hat, were delighted with the sample shown them, inside the crown of which was inserted ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. Overcoming all Difficulties.

    The other day a man willed on a well-known artist, and, bringing a piece of board with him, asked him if he would paint " Lord Roberts " on it " life size." ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. Cures for "Drink" Fail.

    Dr. Crevally, of Sydney, has had an experience with anti-alcoholic serum that throws doubt on the efficacy of the serum discovered by the Paris doctors, Sapellier, ...

    Article : 120 words
  27. A LONG WAY OFF.

    A Salvation Army captain walked up to a militiaman in Burnley, and, taking him affectionately by the belt, said: 'Young man. I likewise am a soldier ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. At the Docks.

    A starved and ragged lad wandered for hours about the London Docks in search of work. He had not tasted food since morning. ...

    Article : 142 words
  29. ALL NEW.

    One day a lawyer was walking through a street with his large bag full of briefs, when he was impudently accosted by a boy, who asked him if he was a dealer ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. ANOTHER ANIMAL!

    Now, take the cat, for instance,' said the teacher; 'do any of yon children know of any other animal that has whiskers?' ...

    Article : 56 words
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