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  2. The Table.

    Take a breakfast[?] of rice wash it thoroughly in running water or in three successive waters then put it into a sa[?]pan of boiling water adding ...

    Article : 141 words
  3. Pith and Point.

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

    Article : 1,099 words
  4. The Jolly Young Waterman.

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

    Article : 587 words
  5. Short Story.

    It was cold; so cold that most of the s[?]vering wretches whose nightly couch was the steps and benches of Trafalgar-square had sunk the pride of ...

    Article : 1,403 words
  6. The Sketcher.

    "Now, that name," said the hotel clerk running his dim[?] finger down the register and [?]sing in the name of Gu[?]: 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 : 35 words
  8. How to Clean Cloves.

    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 : 183 words
  9. Cheese and Bread Batter.

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

    Article : 141 words
  10. 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 : 87 words
  11. Helen Keller.

    A writer in "H[?]per's Bazar" contributes a remarkable article on Helen Keller, a well-known young lady of New York. Here was a [?]easure who ...

    Article : 806 words
  12. Breakfast Buns.

    Take 3lb 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 : 192 words
  13. Lime-wash.

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

    Article : 233 words
  14. German Biscuits.

    Take 1/4lb of butter 1/2lb of flour 1/4lb of castor sugar 1/2 teaspoonful of carbo[?] of soda m[?] with the well-beaten egg and [?]our 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 : 49 words
  16. Marmalade.

    Take equal weight of lamp sugar and Seville oranges peel the oranges and boil the peel in plenty of water for four hours changing the water once of the ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. To Clean Greasy Furniture.

    Mix one gill of white wine vinegar in one quart of warm water: wash the furniture using a pl[?] of old flannel When dry. polish with a good furniture ...

    Article : 59 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 : 203 words
  19. Dancing.

    Dancing is a very ancient [?] As a general thing dancing is not considered promotive of piety. A prominent [?]legyman is reported to have said ...

    Article : 405 words
  20. Bride's Cake.

    Take 2lb of fine flour 2lb of sweet butter 4lb of currants 16 fresh eggs ½lb of sweet [?]ds ½lb of [?] peel ¼lb of lemon peel. ¼lb of orange ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. Bread Pudding.

    Three parts of a pint of bread crumbs, 1 pint of milk, 7 eggs, 1oz. butter the rinds of 2 lemons grated a little jam. and sugar to [?]; put the bread ...

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

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

    Article : 330 words
  23. Everton Toffee.

    Put 1lb of brown sugar and 2 tablespoonfuls of cold water into a pan well rabbed with good fresh butter. Set [?] over a slow fire and boil till the sugar ...

    Article : 116 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 : 353 words
  25. An Ill Wind.

    "Curse the luck!" The milkman gave a vi[?] tug at the pump handle and jumped into his waggon. Giving vent to his spit by ...

    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 : 197 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 : 238 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 stores were related. Here is one of ...

    Article : 230 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 : 122 words
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