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  2. Household Hints,

    Fruit should be eaten on an empty stomach, or simply with bread—never with vegetables. In the morning, before the fast of the night has been broken. it is not ...

    Article : 136 words
  3. Short Story.

    "You can do nothing for me, Jim, old chum. I've half-stepped over the line already. This cursed fever is simply chewing me up ...

    Article : 4,464 words
  4. Spray.

    An Englishman, who was staying for a short time at Nice, decided one morning to have a dip in the sea. On proceeding to the shore he began to ...

    Article : 184 words
  5. Costly Golf.

    The game of golf is falling into evil ways. once upon a time it was a simple, du[?] pastime, of which the only charges; were the caddles' fees and the ...

    Article : 744 words
  6. Comic Cuttings.

    George : " How is your suit with Miss de Pink progressing?" Jack "Finely when I call now her dag wags his tail." Skinnem: "My dear, you have some very ...

    Article : 544 words
  7. To Restore Whalebone.

    When whalebones have become bent they may be restored and used again by first soaking them in tepid water for a few hours, and then drying them ...

    Article : 30 words
  8. Cleaning a Felt Hat.

    To clean a white flat that, brush, it over with a paste made of arrowroot or magneeia and cold water. When thoroughly dry, brush off the powder with, a clean ...

    Article : 36 words
  9. Dyed.

    The "lady professor" suddenly reached forward and deftly picked a long light hair from her husband's coat. " Wretch !" she cried, " whose is this ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. To Present Chapped Hands.

    To prevent your hands chapping wash them in hot water and rinse in, cold after-wards, as this hardens the skin and closes the pores. Then wipe thoroughly with a ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. Softening Hard Water.

    When soft or rain water is not obtainable, one of the simplest methods of softenrag hard water is to throw orange peel into the toilet jug or the bath. Not only ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. Hit It Exactly.

    Not long ago, while I was getting into a railway carriage, I recognised in the compartment a well-known detective. Presently a minister got in, and with the ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. Cleansing a &axed Floor.

    Water should never be used on a waxed floor. Wet a woollen cloth with turpentine, and rub the soiled places with it. When the floor is all cleaned go over it ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. How to Fasten Blinds.

    The best way to fasten window blinds to rollers is to have the roller carefully pierced throughout with a small gimlet in about six places equally distant from each ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. Balls from Ireland.

    One day, hearing a knock at the door, a mistress asked her Irish servant who it was that called. "It was a gentleman, ma'am, looking for ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. Remedy for Bilicusness.

    The juice of half a lemon squeezed into a glass of water, taken night and morning without sugar, is one of the simplest and best remedies for torpid liver or ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. The Arab in the Desert.

    The Arab of to-day is one of the most fascinating figures to be met with, especially if you meet him at home. The cases are little islands of beauty set in a sea ...

    Article : 501 words
  18. Alcohol.

    Alcoholism is certainly an evil against which we cannot cone[?]d. too much, but nevertheless we muse not miss the mark by overshooting it. Aicoiiol absorbed in ...

    Article : 682 words
  19. It Ought to Work Well.

    "You have the reputation of being ready to help deserving young men," remarked the caller, " and I have a favour to ask of you. Will you be so kind as to give me the ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. Royal Robes Destroyed

    During Wednesday, 20th October, 1773, a curious custom was celebrated at what was then termed the Mint (being formerly the site of a manufactory of money from the ...

    Article : 458 words
  21. Accommodating.

    Mr. Slimpurse: "Wha—what did your father say when you told him we were engaged to be married?" Miss Beauty : " He was most kind. He ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. "When? Oh, When?"

    A puffed-up individual who was of the opinion that he hadn't had his share of the world's attention consulted a fortune-teller. "Rest content, my very dear sir," was ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. A Bit of John Ball.

    The following conversation was overheard in a Belgium hotel. Sh : "I say, Bill, what are all these foreigners staring at. It seems as if they ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. Enjoyed the Joke.

    An elephant once played an amusing trick upon a camel which was its neighbour in a menagerie. One of the workmen had been engaged in painting a portion of the ...

    Article : 187 words
  25. A Gentle East.

    A minister preaching was annoyed by people talking and giggling. He paused, looked at the disturbers, and said, "Some years since, when I was preaching, a young ...

    Article : 95 words
  26. An Absent-minded Clergyman.

    A good many years ago the parish of Durinish, in Skye, had a very absent-minded minister, and many stories were told of his for Retfulness ...

    Article : 276 words
  27. Thought His Master Was Going.

    A Scotch gentleman bad an ancient valet named Gabriel, whose petulance and license of speech went so far as to be intolerable. One day at dinner Caibriel took ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. With a Drawback.

    An illiterate Glamorganshire miner who emigrated to Australia some years ago prospered so well there that be was able to return home recently and live in luxury ...

    Article : 225 words
  29. All He Could Get.

    A Darlington man went up into the hills for a day's rabbit-shooting, but failed to score a single hit. He had to dine with several friends that ...

    Article : 171 words
  30. A Royal Gift.

    "Right away!" shouted the station master just as a man dashed up to him from the ticket office. "Too late, sir! Stand back!" he added a moment latter ...

    Article : 143 words
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