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  2. AUSTRALIA'S EMBRYONIC NAVY.

    From the heights overlooking the placid waters of Rose Bay, one may view the Australian Navy's first leviathan training ship, the H.M.A.S. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,088 words
  3. A CEMETERY APPARITION.

    The town of Beziers is immensely excited (says the Paris correspondent of the "Express") by a remarkable story which is said to have occurred in the ...

    Article : 187 words
  4. FOR WOMAN'S EYE

    The basque coat, worn with patent leather belt, is much favored by youthful and slim figures, a novel effect being gained by rounding the basque ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 743 words
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    Advertising : 625 words
  6. A FEARFUL LEAP.

    Perhaps the most extraordinary fall that a human being over survived is that descrribed by "Thormanby" in "Sporting Stories." The lucky man ...

    Article : 665 words
  7. BUTTERFLY FARMS.

    It is, perhaps, not a matter of general knowledge that in England there are at least three farms devoted entirely to the cultivation of butterflies and moths. ...

    Article : 155 words
  8. RIPE FRUIT NATURE'S BEST MEDICINE.

    If ripe fruit were used freely and wisely at meals, the mouth and digestive organs would be kept clean, and eliminative functions would be assisted, ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. A HINT TO SMOKERS.

    A physician of note asserts (says the "Family Doctor") that smoking has a worse effect on most people in winter than in summer, and he advises all ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. A WONDERFUL BELL.

    The distinguishing features of the temples at Crota, in Japan, is the great bell which swings in a monster belfry, halfway up the hillside, behind the ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. NEW POLICE WEAPON.

    Several hundred members of the police force of Philadelphia are to be equipped with electric batteries which will enable them to shock lawbreakers ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. A NEW WHITEWASH.

    In an American poultry journal the following recipe for preparing a good mixture of limewash is given, and it is claimed for it that it will stand. ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. PRUNE MOULD.

    Half a pound of prunes, two ounces of sugar, three-quarters of an ounce of leaf gelatine, a little less than one pint of water, one lemon and cochineal. ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. GOOD PASTE FOR PAPER.

    The finest paste for all purposes is made as follows:—To a teaspoonful of flour add gradually a pint of cold water, and mix quite smooth; add a pinch of ...

    Article : 160 words
  15. SHE DIDN'T FORGET.

    The Christmas season was at hand, and young Newed had received a turkey from his employer. "You are quite sure you can manage ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. DOMESTIC' MATTERS.

    Coal is a very costly item in housekeeping expenditure, and when the means are very limited any device that tends to reduce the consumption of coal ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. AN EXCELLENT LOTION FOR CHILBLAINS.

    I have given several prescriptions for the cure or alleviation of chilblains, but a specific useful in one case may fail to give relief in what may appear a ...

    Article : 99 words
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    Advertising : 120 words
  19. AN EMOLLIENT FOR CHAPPED HANDS.

    Mix well together 1 oz. of glycerine; alcohol, 3 oz.; and rose-water, 4 oz. After drying the hands, rub a little of this balm over them. It may be ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. THE DEADLY HATPIN

    In the town of Wooster, Ohio, a hatpin was pushed nthrough the nose of Alfred Canancamp, a prosperious farmer, while he was doing his Christmas ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. USEFUL HINTS.

    If soup has been made too salt, put in a very little sugar; this will counteract the effect of the salt. Never place cheese near butter, milk ...

    Article : 297 words
  22. A USEFUL HINT.

    If you heat a lemon before squeezing it, nearly double the quantity of juice will be obtained over and above that extracted when the fruit is not warmed. ...

    Article : 31 words
  23. FAMOUS CHRISTMAS TREE.

    The biggest private Christmas tree ever seen in Britain was one which the Duke of Norfolk had cut from his own estate, and conveyed with much trouble ...

    Article : 171 words
  24. EXTERNAL APPLICATION FOR SORE THROAT.

    Dissolve two and a quarter ounces of camphor and a drachm of oil of lavender in 17 fluid ounces of rectified spirits of wine then add thre ouncees of strong ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. A GOOD GARGLE FOE A SORE THROAT.

    Take four or five green sage leaves, a glass of port wine, and a glass of vinegar; boil these together for a minute or so, and, when cold, gargle the throat ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. FISH AND POTATO PIE.

    Take half a pound of cooked fish, half a pound of potatoes, one dessertspoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of flour, one gill of fresh milk. Have the ...

    Article : 119 words
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