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  2. Short Story.

    It was at a dinner party that Lady Caro first met Colonel F[?]zDominick. "A most interesting man," Lady Glenlyndon had said. ...

    Article : 2,848 words
  3. The Old Joke.

    Two Christy minstrels entered the green room, supporting the trembling figure of a weather-beaten Joke. "Oh, I'm here," he whispered, looking ...

    Article : 231 words
  4. Queer Diseases of Watches.

    Their Causes and Cures. The Whims and caprices of watches are to many people a deep mystery. Sometimes they go fast and sometimes ...

    Article : 769 words
  5. Comic Cuttings.

    Kneady Men—Bakers. Brow Without Wrinkles—A hill's. Very Often "Cutting" Words—Those of a tailor. ...

    Article : 892 words
  6. The Table.

    These are easily and quickly made, and are a nice change from baker's bread. Rub 2oz. of butter into 1lb. of self-raising flour, to which a ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. Pork and Beans.

    A greatly-favoured dish in America is the above. Perhaps some of our readers would like to try it for themselves. Soak l½lb. of haricot beans in cold water for ...

    Article : 149 words
  8. Sound.

    According to "Cassell's Saturday Journal," eighteen miles is the longest distance on record at which a man's voice has been heard. This occurred in ...

    Article : 250 words
  9. Dainty Mashed Baked Potatoes.

    Take a few nice large potatoes of a kind that will bake well, wash and clean them, and place in a hot oven. When thoroughly done, take the potatoes out ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. Stewed Mutton.

    Take the lean end of a scrag of mutton, put it into a saucepan with two onions halved, pepper and salt, sufficient water to cover, and two of the outside ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. Boiled Sponge and Apple Pudding.

    Ingredients: Some good cooking apples, 3oz. of flour, 2oz. of butter, ditto sugar, one egg, a. teaspoonful of baking powder. First rub the butter Into the flour, add ...

    Article : 83 words
  12. A mysterious Impulse.

    A good many years ago (says a writer in the "Weekly Scotsman") I was standing at night on the Dean Bridge along with a friend of mine who has since ...

    Article : 479 words
  13. A Curious Calculation.

    Mr. William Garrett, according to "The Pittsburg Dispatch," recently made the statement that wire nails are now sold so cheaply that if a carpenter ...

    Article : 304 words
  14. Tea.

    The question of tea and its proper use is one of importance in the household. Tea is not a food, of course, but an adjunct to it. It supplies us with a ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. An Indian Prince.

    If an expert in Indian affairs were asked to name the most Intelligent and able of the ruling princes of India of to-day, says a writer in " St. Paul's," he ...

    Article : 534 words
  16. Words from Names.

    It is curious (says "Cassell's Saturday Journal") to note how many names of things or actions in use in the English language owe their origin to the names ...

    Article : 292 words
  17. Laugh and Grow Well.

    In a singular treatise on laughter the writer gives an instance that is of itself laughable enough. A patient being very low with fever, ...

    Article : 470 words
  18. A Woman Hater.

    Probably, the most confirmed misogynist who ever lived was a wealthy old bachelor who recently died in Vienna. After his death a bundle of documents ...

    Article : 207 words
  19. Andrew Lang on "Hacks."

    The notions of Major Pendennis, who had a hack for nephew, still exist. So writes Mr. Andrew Lang. To be a hack, people think, Is to be destitute of genius ...

    Article : 356 words
  20. Names of Reigning Families

    " Old and Young" explains that Hohenzollern is not the family name of the German line that is now upon the throne. Its true name is Zollern, Thassilon, the ...

    Article : 283 words
  21. Painlessness of the New Rifle Bullets.

    Dr. Delrome, Surgeon-in-Chief of the French Army, has been-lecturing before the Paris Academy of Medicine on the new steel-coated rifle bullets, and their ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. Some Famous Sons Writers.

    "Rock me to sleep" was written by Mrs. Allen. This lady received but £l for it, the publishers gaining £800 in three years by its sale. They proffered ...

    Article : 115 words
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