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  2. Short Story.

    "Matrimony.—A gentleman, 23 year of age, with an income of £750, wishes to make the acquaintance of a young lady with a view to matrimony. ...

    Article : 1,707 words
  3. Household Hints.

    When washing glasses which have been used for milk, they should always he first rinsed in cold water, and then washed in hot. This will make it much easier to bring ...

    Article : 220 words
  4. Hunts After Burled Treasure.

    It is doubtful if the search for buried treasure along the Atlantic coast of North America and the Spanish Main will ever cease. The solitary ...

    Article : 540 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    There was only one chair vacant in a barber's shop the other day when a tall young man, accompanied by a lady and a lovely little girl of 5, loitered, and ...

    Article : 1,501 words
  6. Comic Cuttings

    Many a man has made a goose of himself with a single quill. There is one good thing about leap year, and that is that leap year jokes can only ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  7. Waste Corks.

    Keep a box in the storeroom to receive all waste corks, and if they are not clean scald them before you put them away. You will often find them a great convenience ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. Burns or Scalds.

    In case of burns or scalds immediately smother the parts with common whiting moistened to a liquid paste; bind up in clean rags to exclude the air. This can be ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. Most Nutritious Food.

    Taking all the ordinary foodstuffs, the one which would best fulfil the requirements of life and strength would be substantial slices of whole meal wheaten bread ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. How Various Nations Rest.

    For Europeans the attitude of repose is sitting or lying down, and we are apt to believe that there can be no others. Nevertheless, numerous races ...

    Article : 609 words
  11. Food for the Sick.

    When preparing food for a sick person, do not ask him if be is hungry, or what be would like to eat. The surest way of tempting the appetite is to bring to the ...

    Article : 163 words
  12. The Children Who Saved Hamburg.

    Hamburg was besieged, Wolff, the merchant returned slowly to his homo one morning. Along with the other merchants of the city, he had been ...

    Article : 536 words
  13. The Value of Turpentine.

    Turpentine is the best friend housekeepers have, and a supply should always be kept on hand. It is good for burns, excellent for corns, good for rheumatism and ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. Lunatics Invented Them.

    "A lunatic asylum is about the last place you'd think of going to for [?]ngenious and valuable inventions, isn't it?" said the resident physic[?] of one ...

    Article : 248 words
  15. Hatters for Engaged Girls.

    An English paper furnishes the following mottoes for engaged girls. The mottoes were the result of a prize competition, and the one which took the prize heads ...

    Article : 313 words
  16. Nothing But Cambric.

    "You'd never guess what that man's here for." said an attendant at an English lunatic asylum, pointing out a seemingly intelligent man. "He's cracked on cambric—at ...

    Article : 237 words
  17. Before and After Marriage.

    Some time ago a young curate, seeking to be licensed by Dr. Temple, was, as is usual, bidden to read a few verses of the Bible in order that the Bishop might judge ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. When Polly Played for Dancing.

    When Polly played for dancing her slender fingers flew Across the flashing Ivory keys as if they winked at you. ...

    Article : 210 words
  19. Belgravia.

    Perhaps not one out of a hundred of the inhabitants or that select region of London, known nowadays as Belgravia, has any idea of how it came to be so called. ...

    Article : 239 words
  20. Disraeli Dressed for Dinner.

    Am everybody has read, one of Disraeli's first friends in the world of genius and fashion was Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer "And," said Lord Dalling, "we beard so ...

    Article : 266 words
  21. A New Lighter.

    The time-honoured scheme of rolling up a piece of paper and using it for a lighter has been utilised by the inventor in the manufacture of matches. The invention ...

    Article : 209 words
  22. A Coffin Club.

    What is a coffin club? The "Admiralty Gazette" tells of a youthful Tommy Atkins lately arrived in India, who received a rather complicated account from the ...

    Article : 189 words
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