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  2. THE GARDEN.

    In old plantations of raspberries the canes, may be topped. A good plan Is to shorten every alternate cane to within two feet of the ground. By this means ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    The sprain should be treated at once to an application of water as hot as can be borne. This may be done by showering hot water upon it, or by hot cloths ...

    Article : 458 words
  4. PARROT'S ADVENTURE.

    Poll, the famous parrot at the Old Cheshire Cheese, in Fleet street, was very repentant on August 17 His light grey eye, like burnished silver, ...

    Article : 672 words
  5. THE HUMORIST.

    "There's only one way to be sure of a good cook! " "How's that?" "Marry her." "Doctors don't bleed their patients nowadays, do they?" "Don't, eh?. I wish you could see ...

    Article : 546 words
  6. THE WIDE WORLD.

    It is surprising how frequently rudeness is mistaken for repartee. And it is to be feared that women are the worst offenders. But-while the Mrs ...

    Article : 2,983 words
  7. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    In order to secure crops of runner beans in the best possible condition, it is essential that the ground be well prepared before they are planted as few vegetables ...

    Article : 386 words
  8. THE DANGER OF CHILLS.

    In our uncertain climate, with its extraordinary changes from heat to cold, even in midsummer, there is really more risk of colds in summer than in winter. The risk is greatly ...

    Article : 155 words
  9. USEFUL HINTS.

    If palms are sponged occasionally with equal parts of milk and lukewarm water they will retain a healthy gloss. Put a teaspoonful of Scrubb's ...

    Article : 471 words
  10. FROM NAPOLEON'S GRAVE.

    According to the "Garden,' the weeping willow in New Zealand came from the willow tree that grew beside the grave of Napoleon at St. ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. NOT LATE NOW.

    The little one was persistently late for her music lesson, and every effort had been made to compel her to be in time. "I think I'll try a system of fines," said her ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    When winter-flowering begonias have had a sufficient period of rest, and begin to show signs of starting into growth, they should receive attention. They must ...

    Article : 307 words
  13. HOW TO LINE A PERAMBULATOR HOOD.

    Nobody who has never possessed a baby—and, incidentally, a perambulator— can have any idea how easily the child's pelisse becomes soiled. And it has probably never occurred to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 323 words
  14. A SOLDIER'S REVENGE.

    During the South African war the censorship of soldiers' letters home was very strict. One soldier, who always sent an account of the doings of the regiment, which account was ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. TOWERS OF SILENCE.

    Mush agitation has lately been going on among the Parsees of Bombay on account of a proposal that the famous "Towers of Silence" on Malabar Hill ...

    Article : 299 words
  16. UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR.

    Here are some tit-bits from the natural history essays written by school-children for the purpose of the competition under the auspices of the Royal Lincashire Agricultural ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. FRENCH OPINION OF LORD CURZON.

    M. Robert de Caix, in the "Debats," on August 21, wrote:—"Lord Curzon is of the race of those great administrators whom Great Britain has always found ...

    Article : 173 words
  18. THE WOMAN'S LONG GOOD-BYE.

    When a man wants to say good-bye to another man with whom he has been spending an hour or so he just grabs his hat, shakes the other fellow's hand, says "so long" or ...

    Article : 125 words
  19. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Advantage should be taken of showery weather to thin out annuals. By thinning early they escape the "weedy" and short-lived character often given them. ...

    Article : 315 words
  20. HOMELY FARE.

    Stone Cream.—Required: Three quarters of an ounce of leaf gelatine, one gill of hot water, the grated rind of one lemon, two ounces of castor sugar, either ...

    Article : 906 words
  21. FESTIVITY IN FROCKS.

    Men like simplicity in women's attire and where is simplicity to be found nowadays? It is elaboration, elaboration, and yet again elaboration. ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. SUBMARINE SIGNALLING.

    Further experiments in submarine signalling took place in the Channel on August 24th between the Trinity yacht Irene and the North Goodwin ...

    Article : 153 words
  23. BOTH HAD EXPIRED.

    The defendant, who was held on the charge of keeping a dog without a license, repeatedly tried to interrupt the evidence, but was hushed each time by the court. Finally the ...

    Article : 83 words
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    A German daily paper publishes an editorial announcement that in future two of its daily editions will be printed in ink which will not injure any meat ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. "MAN DYING OUT."

    On the 15th of August, at the annual convention of the International Association of Factory Inspectors, Mr W. L. Bodine, superintendent of compulsory ...

    Article : 289 words
  26. A SWINDLER AND A JUDGE.

    Commander Takeshita, the Japanese naval attache at Washington, at a dinner, told this story of a swindler and a Yokohama judge:— The swindler had come, footsore and weary. ...

    Article : 193 words
  27. NEW COUPLING FOR FARM TEAMS.

    New devices and improvements in existing arrangements are invariably to be found at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of English. A very ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 110 words
  28. THE KING'S HOLIDAY.

    At Marienbad King Edward's holiday cannot be all enjoyment. He has been mercilessly mobbed, and he has always to reckon with the crowd, who would ...

    Article : 186 words
  29. A PEARSON PROBLEM.

    We, "Westminster Gazette", have only just discovered that a few weeks ago Professor Karl Pearson propounded the following problem: "Supposing that a ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. FIRST LOVE MEMORIES.

    If the truth were known the pleasantest feature of first love would prove to be its memory. It must be an exquisite sensation to see the image of the woman ...

    Article : 76 words
  31. No Title

    "I do not say there are no honest men, but as a matter of business one should always look at a document before signing It," said Judge Lumley ...

    Article : 44 words
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