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  2. Remarkable Conjuring

    While travelling through the Central Provinces of India, I had the good fortune to be present (says a correspondent of the "Pioneer") at a large ...

    Article : 794 words
  3. Conic Cuttings.

    " Please, auntie, may I have the fairy off the Christmas tree—if I don't ask you for it ?" Mr. Banks : " Don't you think my wife ...

    Article : 774 words
  4. The Home.

    It has long been held as the general opinion that enange of occupation is one of the necessities for brain rest. There are, however, a number of popular fallacies upon ...

    Article : 403 words
  5. Stories of sir Henry Hawkins.

    When the resignation of Mr. Justice Hawkins was announced many stores were told of Sir Henry. Here aea few of them:— ...

    Article : 901 words
  6. Short Story.

    Well, Alice, I suppose Eric has seen Uncle George, and something is settled ?" " My poor cousin, how can I tell you ? Eric has gone!" ...

    Article : 3,148 words
  7. Household Hints.

    "When singeing a fowl be very careful not to blacken or mark the skin in any way. A little soap rubbed on the tostom of a squeaking door will sometimes remedy the ...

    Article : 191 words
  8. Stone mens.

    Boil together half-a-pint each of size and stone-blue water, with two table spoonfuls of whiting and two cakes of p. peclay, on ab.u. two quarts of water. Wash the stones over ...

    Article : 99 words
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    Where breaderumbs fail to clean or stem to mark the leather, plan bake's dough should be tried, and used as when cleaning wall-papers. Stains and marks can be ...

    Article : 232 words
  10. Selfishness.

    Probably the most insidious of all the faults is that upon the absence of which we most pride ourselves, and that at the same time we notice most readily in others. In ...

    Article : 345 words
  11. Wonders of Memory.

    There have been scores of men whose one rich gift of memory has brought them into prominence. No one has claimed any high intellectual rank, not ...

    Article : 669 words
  12. After-dinner Speeches and Indigestion.

    A writer in a medical journal is authority for the statement that the after-dinner speaker must either restrict himself to a few simple dishes, and these very sparsely ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. Irish "Bul's."

    An Irish peasant was once asked whether he knew what an Irish " bull" was. " To be shure I do," he replied; " if you was dhrivin' along a high road and you saw three ...

    Article : 516 words
  14. The Choice of a Acro.

    Just as law advances by reported cases as much as by new enactments, so will civilisation advance by our judgments of men of the past as much as by the achievements of men ...

    Article : 305 words
  15. A Novelist's Story.

    At a recent dinner in America there were several distinguished men present, and a feature of the after-dinner speeches was that a subject had been selected and all speakers ...

    Article : 311 words
  16. Postage Stamp Collecting.

    Stamp-collecting has grown, from being the hobby of the schoolboy and the humour of the curio-hunter, into a scientific pursuit and a regular trade ; and, as in all ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. The [?] of the Bachelor.

    When you shut tight your outer door Think of the lonely bachelor ! That's his condition theoretic. He uses it when he's pathetic. ...

    Article : 304 words
  18. Peculiarities of Noted People.

    Daniel Webster was extremely fond of oxen, and all those on his farm knew him by sight, and would follow him like dogs. Scott was fond of riding, and by daylight ...

    Article : 259 words
  19. Resolutions Resisted.

    To give up drink I will not swear. But do not be afraid, The ribbon blue I always wear, My drink is lemonade. ...

    Article : 148 words
  20. Red Hair.

    De Witt Talmage tells a tale of how once in the solemn pauses of a prayer his eyes fell upon a red-headed man in one of the pews, and a young urchin was holding his ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. The Robin.

    The robin is considered a sacred bird ; to kill one is little less than sacrilege, and its eggs are free from the destroying hand of the birdnester. It is asserted that the ...

    Article : 203 words
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