Articles from page 2: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 571 words
  3. Items of Interest.

    General Sir George Younghusband is as good at story-telling as he is at fighting, which is saying a great deal. One auecdote he is fond of relating ...

    Article : 231 words
  4. Correcting the Time.

    This is the way accurate time is maintained in a garrison town in France, where they still fire a gun every day at noon. One day the commandant of the garrison ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. Why We Get Seasick.

    Sea-sickness, says a writer in a London paper, is a disturbance of balance, and the seat of balance lies in the car, which is the most complicated organ of the body, even ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. Caruso's Salary.

    Signor Caruso has just signed a contract to sing in Buenos Ayres next summer for two months; for each performance receiving £1,250. ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. Fresh Eggs.

    A remarkable discovery has been made (says a London paper) by Dr. Riddle, of the Carnegie Institution. After four years' experimenting he has succeeded in making ...

    Article : 192 words
  8. Nasty Wills.

    By the will of a North of England man proved recently his wife was cut off with the proverbial shilling. The same sum of money was left his wife ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. A Clock Made from Straw.

    An ingenious mechanic has made a clock entirely of straw. The clock is 6 ft. high and 2 ft. square, but no cardboard or glue has been used in its construction. ...

    Article : 132 words
  10. Russian Women Engineers.

    For many years the women of Russia have bad full access to the medical and legal professions, and the Russian woman lawyer end woman doctor held high ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. Lord Devonport.

    The son of an Uxbridge carpenter, Lord Devonport has the reputation of being one of the shrewdest and most capable men in the City of London. At fourteen he ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. The Sense of Smell.

    Some time ago a mud-stained Tommy put his head out of a railway carriage window, sniffed hard, and exclaimed, "There ain't nothing in the world to beat the smell o' ...

    Article : 237 words
  13. Chemists Track Murderers.

    The modern detective when out on investigation of a murder finds it almost imperative to have a chemist close at hand, ready to analyse bloodstains ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. No Second House.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton, although a Scotsman to the backbone, is not averse, from poking a little mild tun at his compatriots. One good story he tells concerns ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. Famous Pantomime Clown.

    It may not be generally in known (says a writer in a London paper) that the majority of our pantomime characters were originally borrowed from the Italians. The ...

    Article : 150 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.

$