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  2. Short Story.

    It was cold; so cold that most of the shivering wretches, whose nightly couch was the steps and benches of Tr[?]ar square, had sunk the pride of ...

    Article : 1,363 words
  3. The Jolly Young Waterman.

    This old but ever popular song was one of the many ballads and lyrics written and composed by Charles Dibdin, who was born at Southampton in 1745, ...

    Article : 613 words
  4. The Table.

    Take a breakfast[?]nful of rice, wash it thoroughly in running water, or in three successive waters, then put it into a saucepan of bolling water, adding ...

    Article : 139 words
  5. Pith and Point.

    There are fourteen bones in the nose. The Crystal Palace roof contains 14 acres of glass. Dr. Kitasato, in Japan, has succeeded ...

    Article : 1,070 words
  6. The Sketcher.

    "Now, that name," Said the hotel clerk, running his diamond-li[?]ed finger down the register, and pausing at the name of Gurlproat; "that name is a ...

    Article : 869 words
  7. Household Hints.

    Pare the corn well, and then put on it a little common chalk night and morning. This is a perfect cure, but it must be persevered with. ...

    Article : 36 words
  8. How to Clean Gloves.

    It is quite possible to clean buckskin gloves, but the extent to which they may be improved depends upon how dirty they are; they will never again look like ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. Cheese and Bread Batter.

    Grate the these with a bread grater; soak any pieces of stale brend in boiling milk, and cover close. After soaking for half an hour, beat the mixture to ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. Helen Keller.

    A writer in "Harper's Bazar" contributes a remarkable article on Helen Keller, a well-known young lady of New York. Here was a creature who ...

    Article : 809 words
  11. To Blacken Brown Boots.

    The simplest, quickest, and most effective manner in which to blacken brown boots is to take a raw potatoe, cut it in halves, and rub the blacking well in, ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. Breakfast Buns.

    Take 3lD, of flour and put this in an earthen pan, make a hole in the middle into which put 20z. of German yeast dissolved in a pint of warm water, and ...

    Article : 202 words
  13. Lime-wash.

    Owing to the cleansing virtues of lime, even in a slaked condition, the use at this wash is a very effectual method of purification—only somewhat less ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. German Biscuits.kk

    Take ¼lb. of butter, ½lb, of hour, ¼lb, of castor sugar. ½ teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, moisten with one well-beaten egg, and flavour with a few ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. How to Varnish Prints.

    Give the prints two or three coats of size made by dissolving isinglass in warm water; when dry, varnish with Canada balsam, reduced to the proper ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. Marmalade.

    Take equal weight of lump sugar and Seville oranges: peel the oranges, and bell the peel in plenty of water for four hours, changing the water once, or the ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. To Clean Greasy Furniture.

    Mix one gill of white wine vinegar in one quart of warm water; wash the furniture, using a plece of old flannel. When dry, polish with a good furniture ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. American Fables.

    One day the Sage was visited by a Young Man, who had a look of sorrow in his eyes, and who pathetically cried out: ...

    Article : 208 words
  19. Dancing.

    Dancing is a very ancient institution. As a general thing dancing is not considered promotive of piety. A prominent clergyman is reported to have said ...

    Article : 411 words
  20. Bride's Cake.

    Take 2lb. of fine flour. 2lb. of sweet butler, 4lb. of currants, 16 fresh eggs. ½ lb. of sweet almonds. ½lb. of citron peel ¼lb. of lemon peel, ¼lb. of orange ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. Bread Pudding.

    Three parts of a pint of bread crumbs 4 plut of milk. 7 eggs, loz. butter the rinds of 2 lemons grated, a little jam and sugar to taste; put the bread ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. The Lion's Decision.

    One day the Wolf and the Jackal appealed before the Lion, bearing between them the freshly-killed carcass of a Doe, and the Wolf had no sooner got his ...

    Article : 333 words
  23. Everton Toffee.

    Put 11b of brown sugar and 2 tablespoonfuls of cold water into a pan well rubbed with good fresh butter. Set it over a slow fire, and boil till the sugar ...

    Article : 113 words
  24. Hindu Woman.

    We are assured that a Hindu woman's life, and, indeed, that of her husband is bound up in the hopes of having a son. According to the Brahmin ...

    Article : 349 words
  25. An Ill Wind.

    "Curse the luck!" The milkman gave a vicious tug at the pump handle and jumped into his waggon. Giving vent to his spite by whipping his horse[?] unmercifully, he sped ...

    Article : 258 words
  26. A Clergyman Foiled.

    A clerical-looking clergyman in the hope of obtaining a contribution entered the office of a provincial newspaper, and, finding the editor at his desk, said: ...

    Article : 196 words
  27. Courtesy Rewarded.

    The following anecdote concerning Liszt is told by one who knew him. In 1838 the composer was making a tour in France, during which he came to a ...

    Article : 202 words
  28. A Workhouse Story.

    At a certain workhouse in the North of England there was once an inmate called Tommy, of whom many curious stories were related. Here is one of ...

    Article : 234 words
  29. He Made a Mistake.

    At the Empire Music Hall the other evening a man who had a seat between his wife and daughter left at the termination of a certain turn for a trip ...

    Article : 121 words
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