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  2. Vanity Fair.

    'Madame est servie' Such is the invariable phrase with which the dinner is announced in a French house in which there is even one servant. It is a preliminary ...

    Article : 1,208 words
  3. POETRY. A LITTLE WAY.

    A little way to walk with you my own—Only a little way! Then one of us must weep and walk alone Until God's day. ...

    Article : 90 words
  4. FANNY KEMBLE AND THE SHOPMAN.

    I once went out shopping with her one spring morning when she thought her room would look the brighter for muslin curtains to admit the light. She carried a long purse ...

    Article : 225 words
  5. BAYONET AND SWORD.

    The sabre used by the United States cavalry is copied from the scimiter of the Saracens, which was the most effective sword for cutting purposes ever devised. It ...

    Article : 282 words
  6. THE POST-OFFICE IN 1635.

    In 1635, Thomas Witherings, who three years before had obtained an assignment of the King's patent of the postmastership for foreign parts, was commissioned by Charles ...

    Article : 245 words
  7. LE[?] US FORGET.

    The memories that bind us fast To our mistakes, outgrown and past; The trust betrayed, the tarnished name, The look of scorn, the blush of shame, ...

    Article : 138 words
  8. BURNE-JONES, WATTS, AND LEIGHTON.

    Burne-Jones, Watts, and Leighton give examples of idealism grafted on to realism, each in his own manner. In the works of the first master the realistic ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. Far and Near. GRIM HUMOR OF A SUICIDE.

    A peddler and hermit of Orono, Maine, blew the top of his head off. Left the following letter: 'To the Curious—3.15 P.M. February 17. ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. ORIGINAL NOVEL. (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) CURLEW, OR In Days Gone By.

    Reflecting as he rode in what manner he had better commence, he thought of the blacks, and the assistance a tracker would be to him if he could only get one to return ...

    Article : 2,209 words
  11. CATCHING A HINDOO THIEF.

    Some years ago I had charge of a postal division on the western coast, parts of which had seldom, if ever, been visited by a Euro pean officer. The people were for the most ...

    Article : 708 words
  12. DEEP-SEA COOLED CHAMPAGNE.

    'Speaking of chilling champagnes,' said the captain of the United States survey steamer Albatross, 'I had an expedience at sea one Christmas which was not only ...

    Article : 355 words
  13. EGYPTIAN POSES.

    The first thing that a Western observer remarks in the pose of Egyptian drawings of the human figure is that it is an impossible combination according to our ideas. We ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. Housewife's Column. NECKTIE SACHET.

    A piece of satin or silk nine inches long and twelve inches wide. Line with quilted silk, or, if desired, with plain China silk. If the latter is used place a layer of cotton ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. A PRETTY WALL POCKET.

    Take a common palm leaf fan, cover it with cretonne or other material, sew a straight piece of the same, half the diameter of the fan in width, to the ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. A TREAT FOR TOPERS.

    A recent number gives an interesting analysis of beer nearly a century old. The beverage in question was brewed and bottled by the well-known firm of Worthington & ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. Notabilities. ABSENCE OF MIND.

    The celebrated Leasing was remarkable for frequent absence of mind. Having missed money at different times without being able to discover who took it, he determined to ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. SHOE CASE.

    Take a piece of brown linen threequarters of a yard long and ten inches wide. Fold a little over half the length of a shoe. Divide the pockets by stitching through the ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. LAUNDRY BAG.

    Take a piece of bed ticking the desired raze, feather-stitch the white stripes with gay colored silk and line with cretonne or any cotton material. ...

    Article : 27 words
  20. THE TRANSPLANTING OF PESTS.

    'Volumes tare been written concerning' the rabit pest in Australia,' said Herbert Curzon. 'There are other equally disastrous instances on record of foolish ...

    Article : 259 words
  21. STOCKING BAG.

    Out two pieces of cardboard in the form of a triangle, cover both sides of each board with, gay-colored cretonne or chintz. Take a straight piece of the material ten inches ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. IBSEN.

    On Bredgade, in front of Santa Anna Place, the writer saw, in a photographer's show-case, Ibsen's likeness for the first time. By a strange coincidence, the man himself ...

    Article : 182 words
  23. PLAN STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.

    Make a crust with one-half more shortening than for biscuit. Soil in two sheets. Spread the under one with butter, place the other on top and bake. When baked, ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. A WAR-ARTIST'S STORY.

    'As far as I remember, my quickest big sketch on record, says Mr. Melton Prior, of the Illustrated London News, 'was drawn during the Egyptian war. I was in the ...

    Article : 653 words
  25. MACAULAY'S MIND.

    Lord Macaulay on one occasion repeated to himself the whole of 'Paradise Lost' while crossing the Irish Channel. At another time, while waiting in a ...

    Article : 242 words
  26. BISCUIT.

    Sift with one quart floor two teaspoonfuls baking powder and one-half teaspoonful salt. Rub in shortening (butter and lard mixed) the size of an egg, and wet with enough ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. A MODEL ADVERTISEMENT.

    M. Bidel's menagerie has lately been enriched by a couple of magnificent Bengal tigers. A brief account of the capture of these denizens of the jungle may inter ...

    Article : 262 words
  28. Tourist.

    It would be difficult to exaggerate the condition of the Scotch prisons prior to 1835. It will be found described by Lord Cockburn in his 'Circuit Journeys,' and Scott hit it all off ...

    Article : 219 words
  29. BAKING POWDER OMELET.

    Beat up smooth the yolks of four eggs in a dish. Then beat up into a froth with a fork the whites of the four eggs in another dish and sprinkle on the same one-half ...

    Article : 94 words
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