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  3. Well dressed Wives.

    In instituting a little inquiry in search of an answer to the above query, a start was made with an elderly gentleman, who was selected as an authority on the score ...

    Article : 528 words
  4. "Compressed Air, Sir?"

    "Compressed air, sir ?" This is the latest question which the talkative Chicago barber fires at his customers when he has them at his mercy, ...

    Article : 382 words
  5. Spray.

    Livingstone exercised a powerful influence over the man who "discovered" him. He had always sneered at missionaries, but after finding Livingstone he "found ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. Household Hints.

    Steel fenders should be cleaned with fine emery paper and oil, then rubbed over with tallow and blacklead, and thoroughly wiped with a greasy cloth. If they are cleaned ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. Comic Cuttings.

    Wigg: "Closefist holds on to everything that comes his way." Wagg: "Yes; even tried to keep the Sabbath. A good resolution is about the only thing ...

    Article : 874 words
  8. UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN,

    LIEUTENANT Sydney Elliott, R.N., stood upon the wide, scrupulouslyclean quarter-deck of ...

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  9. A CURIOUS CHURCH.

    The Church of St. Nicaise, in the city of Rheims, is surrounded with pillars. When a certain bell in the tower is rung the top of one of the pillars sways to the extent ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. To Clean Suede Gloves,

    Stretch them on the hand, or lay them, fat on the table, and rub into them a mixture of finely-powdered fuller's earth and slum ; sweep this off with a brush, and ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. MR. RHODES'S LUNCH.

    A Kimberley resident relates how during the siege Mr.Rhodes strolled into the club and sat down at one of the tables, when the Waiter brought him a plate of ham and ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. To Remove Stains.

    A very good method of taking tho stains from the blades of knives is to get a large flat cork and mix with the knife polish a little turpentine. Then dip in the cork ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. A STRANGE FAMILY.

    A remarkable instance of a cat which has adopted strange nurslings has been brought to our notice by a reliable correspondent. The writer says that a family in Berlin ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. Frederick and the Page.

    Frederick the Great one day, sitting in his study, rang the bell several times, but nobody came in response to his summons. At last, growing impatient, he opened the door ...

    Article : 377 words
  15. To Remove Spots from Dresses.

    Dissolve a good-sized piece of lump ammonia in hot water, and when nearly cold, thoroughly sponge the spots, and, while still wet, press with a hot iron. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. The Gun at Mafeking.

    There is a little story in "Black and White" of the naval gun at Mafeking, and its history. Many of us have wondered how it got there. It is not a modern 4.7 incher. ...

    Article : 425 words
  17. MILLIONAIRE'S STEAM YACHT.

    Scott and Co., Greenock, launched in May the steam yacht Margarita, the largest yacht yet built on the Clyde. Designed by Mr. G. L. Watson for Mr. A. J. Drexel, a ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. To Wash Hair Brushes.

    Nothing is better than ammonia and water. Put a teaspoonful of ammonia into a quart of hot water. Dip the bristles of the brushes in this for a few minutes, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. A Laundry at Sea.

    An "ocean laundry" is an experiment first to be tried on tho steamship New Engand, of the Dominion line. The usual practice with an ocean liner is to allow its own ...

    Article : 314 words
  20. THE POCK'S BURST.

    Once a Scotch minister visited England during his holidays. While he was there he attended an English service, and noticed that at the end of the prayers the choir ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. Rifles Have Many Patterns,

    In the magazine rifles of the leading European armies there is an extreme difference in weight of about 1lb. 5oz. Austria has probably the heaviest weapon, scaling ...

    Article : 379 words
  22. WANTED WORK.

    Mr. Muggs: "Want work, eh ? Well, that's encouraging, at any rate. What can you do ?" Tramp: "I'd like to hire myself out as ...

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  23. Obsolete Naval Guns.

    The Navy League has during his existence drawn public attention to many detects in our naval administration, but most people (says the "Globe") conversant with the ...

    Article : 308 words
  24. THE VERY MAN.

    Merchant : "Have you any experience in chinaware ?" Applicant : "Years of it, sir." Merchant : "What would you do if you ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. An Adventurous Infant.

    Although the son of a resident of Wycombo Marsh is only 2 years and 5 months old, he appears well on the road to make himself a name. At the age of 17 months ...

    Article : 237 words
  26. A LAST RESOURCE.

    When wakefulness occupies every sense, And your brain with fancies is seething. You should try counting sheep, jumping over a fence, ...

    Article : 155 words
  27. Billeting an Army.

    When among their own people soldiers very naturally don't like to cause them any hardship or to offend them. Rather than put the inhabitants of a town to the ...

    Article : 216 words
  28. A NEW MACHINE GUN.

    The British military attache in Rome has gone to Brescia to study the Wonderful results said to have seen obtained at the official trials of the new machine ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. Colonel Dalgety.

    Colonel Edmund Dalgety, who a short time back was connected with the masterly occupation of Dordrecht, and whose name has since gained further prominence as ...

    Article : 206 words
  30. Seizing the Opportunity

    "The guides who pilot visitors about in Norway," says a returned traveller," are a pleasant, intelligent set of men. They speak our language fairly well, and are always ...

    Article : 215 words
  31. In Indifferent Circumstances.

    An angry dispute concerning the boundary line between two properties had culminated in a lawsuit, and the case was being tried in court. Part of the ...

    Article : 247 words
  32. Volcanoes are Frauds.

    "What ore volcanoes ?" Nine out of every ten persons would immediately have an answer of some sort to the question above, for have they not a ...

    Article : 246 words
  33. UNCLE JOE.

    Even though Uncle Joe Holden, the Otisfield astronomer, knew enough to satisfy himself that the world was flat, there were other things on which he occasionally got ...

    Article : 136 words
  34. The New Postmaster-General.

    Lord Londonderry the Postmaster-General, is essentially a man of method, a stickler for neatness and correctitutde. If you could see him in his study, says a ...

    Article : 96 words
  35. TAKING HIS SPITE OUT

    He was holding up one side of the vestibule when the milkman arrived. "What do you mean by being so late ?" he thundered. ...

    Article : 81 words
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