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SHORT STORY.
'But paps, is it possible?' 'If it weren't possible, Gills, I shouldn't tell you about it.' 'You haven't tole me yet.' ...
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Housekeeper.
To prevent the gravy soaking through the bottom crust of meat pies, brush over the crust with white of egg. ...
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TALKS ABOUT MAGNETISM.
Magnetic attraction or repulsion are the necessary consequences of magnetic induction. The magnet attracts a piece of iron by inducing an opposite ...
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Criddie Cakes.
Ingredients.1/4 lb. flour, 2 ozs. butter, 1/2 teaspoonful salt, 1/2 lb. cornflour, 8 eggs, 1 pint milk. Method.—Mix the flour, cornflour ...
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DANCERS OF HAND-SHAKING.
The hand is the sole organ at the disposal of man for placing himself in communication with everything surrounding him, whether it be to guard ...
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Fried Muffins.
Ingredients.—1 lb. flour, 1 oz. butter 1/2 oz. yeast, 1/2 oz. castor sugar, salt-Method.—Sift the flour, salt, and sugar, make a well in the centre, scald ...
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Miscellaneous.
Street letter-boxes were first elected in March. 1885. A ton of coal produces nearly ten thousand cubic feet of gas. ...
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Potato Scones.
Ingredients.—1/2 lb. mashed potatoes 6 ozs. flour, 1 egg, 1 teasnoonful baking powder, 2 ozs. butter, milk. Method.—Sift flour, baking powder ...
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SOME QUEER COLLECTIONS.
Collectors gather together articles more or less interesting, but probably few go in for such bulky objects as those chosen by a distinguished ...
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Scientific Notes.
The average mouse runs 16,000 metres a day, and certain energetic subjects have been known to run 29,000 metres in a period of twenty-four ...
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LACK OF RESERVE.
Nearly every woman at some time has been plunged into regret over the evening confidences which she has indiscreetly indulged in. There is no ...
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ARMENIAN MARRIAGES.
A decree of far-reaching character has been issued by the Armenian Patriarch in Constantinople. The Greek Metropolitan orders his clergy in ...
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MINERAL "MICROBES."
Interesting experiments have been made with ancient medals, vases, and so forth, of lead, that are gradually disintegrating in the museum of Cluny ...
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CHARM.
Women endowed by Nature with the indescribabe quality we call "charm," for want of a better word, are the supreme development of a perfected race ...
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22,000 KILLED BY SNAKES.
In India last year 22,478 deaths occurred from snake-bites and 2,400 persons were killed by wild animals. Tigers and leopards were the most ...
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Odds and Ends.
The Little One—"No. I am no good at arithmetic." The Big One—"Ah, I've heard that even at home you don't count." ...
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THE HEARING OF ANTS.
Naturalists generally appear to have accepted the opinion that ants are not able to perceive any rounds that are audible to human cars; there are those ...
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WOMEN IN SWEDEN.
Women seem to have played a considerable part in the recent elections in Sweden. They have not got the vote, of course, like the women ...
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A PINT OF CHAMPAGNE.
'Saw the last of poor Jack Farquharson, did you, old chap? Tell us about it. He was a good sort, and would keep the camp in a roar with his stories about the Kaffirs he ...
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THE STRENGTH OF RINGS.
Some elaborate calculations, backed by experiments, have been made to determine the "breaking-strength" of rings. It appears that as ring of ...
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DIVORCE BY CANDLE.
If the marriage yoke rests uncomfortably upon a Burmese couple, a divorce may be quickly and inexpensively obtained with a bit of ...
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RECIPES.
Ingredients.—4 whites of eggs, 8 ozs. castor sugar, 4 ozs. coacoanut. Method.—Beat the whites to a stiff froth, stir in very gradually, and ...
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DIAMONDS FROM SUGAR.
It can be stated with perfect truth that a lump of sugar may be turned into diamonds. Not all the substances of the sugar, of course, will enter into ...
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A SECRET BLOTTER.
Every Foreign Office in Europe acts on the theory that an army of spies is constantly on the alert to steal its secrets, and infinite precautions are ...
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Macaroni a P[?]talienne.
Ingredients.—1/4 lb. macaroni, 2 ozs. butter, 2 ozs, cheese, 3 ozs, grated cheese, 1/2 pint tomato sauce, salt and cayenne to taste. ...
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