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  2. Short Story.

    The contest raged in South Bilkshire with a fury unparalleled even in that sturdy English constituency. The Tories did uot want to fight, but by ...

    Article : 2,048 words
  3. Comic Cuttings.

    After the Honeymoon.—She: "And what would you be n[?]w if it weren't for my money?" He: " A bachelor." Billy (the goat): "That manuscript ...

    Article : 961 words
  4. Ostrich Farming in England.

    A new and most interesting experiment, which may develop into a prosperous and paying industry, providing considerable employment at home, is ...

    Article : 895 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    He loved them both—one for her strength, the other for her weakness. And he wished to marry one of them, but he could not make up his mind ...

    Article : 540 words
  6. Household Hints. Bran in the Bath.

    Bran bags are delightful adjuncts to summer baths. They soften and sweeten the water and add a new power of refreshment to the rites of ablution. ...

    Article : 53 words
  7. The Home. Nursery Accidents.

    When anything gets into the eye the eye should be widely opened by the finger and thumb of the left hand of the operator, while the little object can ...

    Article : 754 words
  8. How to Serve Pineapples.

    Cut the fruit into cubes and sprinkle with California wine, using one gill uf wine to a quart of the fruit. Chill the pineapple, and then sprinkle with four ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. A New Lamp Wick.

    There has been invented a lamp wick of clay which it is claimed gives 25 per cent more light than the ordinary wick of cotton. The wicks, which have ...

    Article : 180 words
  10. Good Rules for Washing Day.

    Shirts, collars, and cuffs are better to be dried before starching, but otherclothing may be starched before hanging it out. The following rule gives ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. Washing Calicoes.

    Calicoes should be washed in clean, warm suds, rinsed thoroughly in two clear waters, wrung dry, starched, turned wrong side out, and hung in the ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. Care of Kid Shoes.

    Most of the shoe polishes which are sold, although imparting a brilliancy to our foot gear, are very destructive to the leather, causing the material to crack ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. The Hurricane Before Sebastopol.

    In General Sir Daniel Lyson's work, The Crimean War from First to Last," there'is the following description of the hurricane before Sebastopol:— ...

    Article : 567 words
  14. For Housewives.

    Remember to give the eyes a hot bath just before going to bed if troubled with red eyelids. Remember to cover your kitchen table, ...

    Article : 269 words
  15. How to Recuperate.

    When your nerves are quivering with weakness and your brain refuses to work, take a hot bath, followed by a cold shower. Lie down, well wrapped ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. A Fijian Beauty.

    There is nothing (says "St Paul's") in the ordinary appearance or demeanopur of the softer sex in Fiji in any way suggestive of its members belong ...

    Article : 419 words
  17. Bad Bed Habits.

    We spend about one-third of our lives in bed. A person who, has reached 60 has, or should have spent twenty years in bed. We are so particular about ...

    Article : 237 words
  18. Some Hardy Animals.

    A Canadian trapper found not long ago (says a French, processor) that one of his traps had disappeared. A month afterwards some people ninety miles ...

    Article : 337 words
  19. " Remembering to Forget."

    Talking of absence of mind, which provides most of the humour of the first act of Mr. Barrie's play of "The Professor's Love Story" (says Joseph Hatton, in ...

    Article : 392 words
  20. Origin of Sea-bathing.

    It Is Interesting to note, says "Science Siftings," that sea-bathing had its origin in England before 1750, when Dr. Richard Russell publishe his ...

    Article : 246 words
  21. Irish-American Ignorance.

    The "Boston Pilot," the principal organ in America of outraged Ireland, is in the habit of regaling its readers with inaccuracies about England, but they are ...

    Article : 182 words
  22. A Novel Water Purifier.

    A native correspondent gives what he calls "quite a novel method of filtering water by almonds." Take three almonds, peel their skin oft by placing them in ...

    Article : 113 words
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