Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. AMBUSHED AND OVERPOWERED.

    We were going steadily ahead—a long, straggling, clumsy, slow procession. Forty of the fifty miles had been covered, and already, from ...

    Article : 728 words
  3. DR. ANIMAL, M. D.

    With animals the simple remedies of Nature generally suffice for their ailments, and they are guided to them by instinct. The mongoose ...

    Article : 129 words
  4. MOOSE HUNTING.

    Moose are fairly numerous in Nova Scotia, but by no means common. They frequent the depths of the forests remote from railways or ...

    Article : 1,390 words
  5. SLEEP.

    Shakespeare has said the most beautiful words that have ever been [?]ttered about sleep, and that be- cause he knew what it was to seek ...

    Article : 205 words
  6. THROWING AWAY THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR.

    Society people are often accused of not knowing what to do with their time. It might also be said that many of them do not know ...

    Article : 810 words
  7. Sporting Gossip from the City.

    When the entries were made known for the Tattersall's meeting next Saturday (September 25) Medaglia appeared in the long race of the day and ...

    Article : 823 words
  8. AFTER MANY YEARS.

    During the hottest of the Boer War, a small detachment of British mounted infantry were surrounded by a strong force of Boers. ...

    Article : 775 words
  9. WARRANTED TO STRIKE ONLY ON THE BOX.

    It isn't often a traveller gets ahead of the Pullman car porter, but it does happen occasionally. Senator Wilson, of Washington, did ...

    Article : 428 words
  10. ANOTHER UNSOLVED MYSTERY.

    Mr. J. W. Bell, Herberton, North Queensland, sends us the following interesting sensational experience- Reading an article entitled "The ...

    Article : 1,174 words
  11. TO THE POLE BY AIRSHIP.

    Undeterred by his abortive attempt two years ago, and in spite of the fate of the Andre expedition, Mr. Wellman, the well known aeronaut, ...

    Article : 408 words
  12. COMEDY IN A TRAMCAR.

    The tramcar was full when the two men entered. Both were tired, and the passengers on one side crowded up and made room for one, and the ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. FEASTS THAT LASTED HOURS.

    Sir Robert Hart, the veteran inspector-general of the Chinese customs, speaking at a dinner in London recently, said that he once in ...

    Article : 337 words
  14. LIGHTNING'S MARKS.

    There are several well-attested cases of death by lightning in which certain marks are reported to have been seen on the bodies of then ...

    Article : 357 words
  15. NAMING RACEHORSES.

    This is the time of the year when owners are busy naming their racers. Sometimes the appellations are happy, but most times they are not. A Welsh ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. GOING ABOUT IN CHINA.

    There are but two ways to go about the Chinese city—on foot or in a sedan chair. The streets are from four to eight feet wide, the average ...

    Article : 286 words
  17. HIS TURN FOR LUXURY.

    It was one of those palpably coldham-and-pickle inns; but the motor wouldn't go, so Jones and Jenkins had to make the best of a bad ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. Homing.

    The No. 1 Nhill Race of the Nor-Western Homing Society was, at the second attempt, flown on the 2nd ult. The birds were sent the previous week ...

    Article : 285 words
  19. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 92 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.

$