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    The American "Bookman" contain, this story about Mrs. Craigie ("John Oliver Hobbs"), who has been visiting New York and "leaving a trail of ...

    Article : 160 words
  3. Fun.

    Mrs. Sweet—What have you put that board down so carefully for, Dick? Mr. Sweet—So, I won't clean off any of the next door people's sidewalk. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 940 words
  4. LADIES:

    In the new lingerie are shown stocks :of various colours, but these are no longer made of velvet. Ribbon fully two inches wide is used, being folded in ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. HOME.

    One absolutely essential factor in the preparation of a good beefsteak is that it must be served at once. Leather chair seats may be revived by ...

    Article : 179 words
  6. VARIETY

    From the Telephone v Telegraph trail—Learned and Solemn Judge: Would you mind, Mr Buzfuz, showing us the practical working of this ...

    Article : 102 words
  7. He Owed the Cook an Apology.

    They had not been married very long. and they had a good cook, but one evening when he came home to dinner he found that not a single thing was ...

    Article : 122 words
  8. Lace Collars.

    It is such accessories of dress as these ribbon stocks and their kind. the minor pomps and vanities dear to the feminine heart, that make up the changes in many ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. Bismarck's Coolness.

    Arrived home, Bismarck sat down and wrote a brief account of the incident to the King. and then, entering the drawing-room, greeted the several ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. Rough Hands.

    Hands which easily become rough and red are often benefited by being washed night and morning in oatmeal water Take some good oatmeal, and boil it in ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. Two Apologies.

    An American editor thus advertises his missing hat : "The gentleman who inadvertently took our new silk hat, and left an inferior article in its stead, will ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. Table Centres.

    It is a matter for congratulation that al millinery effects have disappeared from the refined dinner table. The use a satin and silk centre-pieces was in ...

    Article : 260 words
  13. Veils.

    This is clearly a lace year, for even the advent of winter has not entirely banished the warm yellow lace so much in favour during the summer. There ...

    Article : 241 words
  14. The Smallest Oxen in the World.

    One of the greatest curiosities among the domesticated animals of Ceylon is e breed of cattle known to the zoologist as the "sacred running oxen." They ...

    Article : 445 words
  15. It Makes a Difference.

    "How much did you say this was?" "Three-and-six" "That's a big price, isn't it?" "Oh, no I assure you; they drugs are ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. Arriving at an Understanding.

    "Do I understand you want to offer me this money as a bribe?' said the alderman severely to the emissary of a [?]poration seeking municipal favours. ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. The Head of the House.

    There is a man who fancies he is the head of his house. This particular man has several small children, and it pleases him to discourse a great deal on the ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. Starvation and Cannibalism.

    Then it comes to pass, when the moment of keenest agony is reached, that the starving man begins to eye his companion with the wolf-glare of a beas ...

    Article : 456 words
  19. Velvet and Its Accessories.

    In the days of our great grandmothers the dame who possessed a silk gown had but one other ambition, the culminating desire being a black Lyons velvet. ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. Not Legally Binding.

    "George" said the beautiful girl as she nestled close to him, "the last time you called you proposed." "I did, sweet one." ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. Children's Garments.

    Do not you think the present styles for little ones just perfect ? Never did the dear little faces look prettier than when quaintly surrounded by the Puritan cap ...

    Article : 337 words
  22. Some Witty Toasts.

    A rather cynical toast runs thus:— Woman—she requires no eulogy ; she speaks for herself." At the marriage supper of a deaf and dumb couple one ...

    Article : 157 words
  23. Nelson's Confidence in His Seamen.

    It is related of Nelson that when he was before Bastia, in Corsica from which General Dundas had retreated he remarked:—"What the General could ...

    Article : 215 words
  24. Danger from Diphtheria.

    Teachers in schools should be taught that infection from diphtheria may arise from the throats of children who have recovered from the disease. The germs ...

    Article : 119 words
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