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  2. The Sketcher.

    Mr. Timothy Trimble eat in an easy hair, but his mind was far from being easy, for he could not repress the consciousness that a crisis in his life was at ...

    Article : 1,373 words
  3. Fire Eating.

    There are two professional fire — eaters who have been going the round of European places of entertainment during the past twelve months. They exert in ...

    Article : 627 words
  4. Short Story.

    She was seated on a rustic bench bench the trees, and lie paced moodily up and down before her. "I can't understand it," he said. ...

    Article : 1,132 words
  5. Household Hints

    Knives and forks after having: been used for fish should be stuck in the garden mould for ten minutes, and then ?washed in hot or cold water. ...

    Article : 65 words
  6. Cooking by Electricity.

    The most interesting development in domestic life with which women have to deal is cooking by electricity. Every woman knows that the kitchen range is ...

    Article : 244 words
  7. The Table.

    will turn into a relishing dish if prepared as follows :— Make 1/2lb. breadcrumbs, and mix them with sufficient bacon fat melted to make them look ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. "Bill Simpson's Darter."

    The following story was told by a gentleman travelling from Buffalo to New York. At Albany two lad lew, dressed in the extreme of fashion, entered the car. ...

    Article : 583 words
  9. To Keep Dishcloths Clean.

    No articles in kitchen use are so likely to be neglected and abused as the dishcloths and dish —-towels. Put a teaspoonful of ammonia into the water in ...

    Article : 78 words
  10. Sardines on Toast.

    Bone and pound In a mortar six sardines, add 11/2oz. butter, and spread on toast, previously buttered and spread with French mustard ; or lay the ...

    Article : 36 words
  11. Oinger Wine.

    To make 5 gallons dissolve 91b. of loaf sugar in 5 gallons of boiling water ; then add 50z. bruised ginger and the rind of six lemons pared thinly. Boll these ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. Borax Dentifrice.

    Four ounces of powdered precipitated chalk, 2oz. of powdered borax, loz. of powdered myrrh, loz. of powdered orrisroot, loz. of powdered cinnamon. Mix ...

    Article : 28 words
  13. Camphorated Chalk.

    Four ounces of powdered precipitated chalk, loz. of powdered camphor flowers, 3oz. of powdered orris-root, loz. of carbonate of magnesia. Mix well, and ...

    Article : 30 words
  14. Pumpkin Jam.

    To each 11b. of pumpkin allow 1lb, loaf sugar and a teacupful of lemon juice. A little of the peel may also be finely chopped. Peel, and cut the pumpkin In ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. Hints to Housekeepers.

    To Improve starch, add a tablespoonful of Epsom salts and dissolve It In. the usual way by boiling. Articles starched with this will be stiffer, and rendered, ...

    Article : 171 words
  16. lmitation Preserved Ginger.

    Feel, take out the seeds, and cut the pumpkin into small squares, place them either in cold water or a thin syrup for twelve hours, drain, and lay on dishes ...

    Article : 102 words
  17. A Typewriter which Licks Creation.

    The Ingenious artiste who wrote 500 words on a postcard and a popular song on a threepenny piece may mw take a back seat ...

    Article : 283 words
  18. Insect Pests.

    Nothing breeds cockroaches more rapidly than a wet sink, damp housecloths lying: about, and crumbs of any sort When you clean house, sprinkle ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. Haricot Mutton.

    Get about llb. of nice mutton chops, trim away most of the fat (neck chops are best, as you can get them smaller), then fry them a little until they ...

    Article : 137 words
  20. Dogs and Bicycles.

    A new form of cruelty has recently been brought to light under the action of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, consisting of ...

    Article : 247 words
  21. To Clean Glass Globes.

    Soak in warm soda water, add a few drops of ammonia, and wash with soaped flannel ; rinse in clean cold water, and dry. with a linen glasscloth. ...

    Article : 33 words
  22. To Darn Rents in Woollen Goods.

    To darn rents in woollen goods, always use ravellings of the material, even If these can only be obtained In short pieces and do the work finely, evenly, ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. A Wedding Present.

    They had all been shopping and they happened to drop in at the restaurant at the same time. "Oh. dear me'.': cried the girl in the ...

    Article : 610 words
  24. How the Years Roll On.

    He was barely 21. His moustache was merely a delicate hint —- he had been to two French balls, had a bowing acquaintance with three third-rate ...

    Article : 367 words
  25. Canaries for Convicts.

    In the United States prisoner are treated with a degree of clemency that would excite amazement in our owa convict establishments. A curious ...

    Article : 353 words
  26. Ivory Knife Handles.

    Ivory knife handles that have become yellow may be bleached by placing: them under a bell-glass In the sun. If the Ivory is carved; and the crevices have ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. Returning Good for Evil.

    Parson Whangdoodle Baxter meets Jim Webster, one of his parishioners. " I hopes dat yer am still walkln" in de narrer part, Jeems." ...

    Article : 461 words
  28. Your Troubles.

    There is nothing so certain to make you disliked as to tell your troubles to a friend. Prosperity means friendship, but once you take it into your head to ...

    Article : 239 words
  29. The Brotherhood of Man.

    A pleasing illustration of the brother-: hood of man, even as it affects the genus tramp, comes to hand from a Northern : town. ...

    Article : 217 words
  30. The Editor of London "Punch."

    That Mr. Burnand was fit for the post, lie now admirably fills was proved: :a dozen years before he had anything to do with " Punch," and some thirty years ...

    Article : 175 words
  31. The Barbary Ape.

    This creature, interesting but ugly has been known from the earliest time as one of the world's animal curiosity. The record of the Zoological ...

    Article : 349 words
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