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  2. Household and Cookery.

    "Inquirer."—If you obtain some "sperin" sawdust from the candle works and sprinkle a little of it (not too much) on the floor a good dancing surface will be obtained. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,224 words
  3. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    The oftener flour is sifted the lighter sponge-cake will be. Lamps should never be turned down. They burn no less oil and they are sure to ...

    Article : 355 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 925 words
  5. JOTTINGS.

    A gallon of wine or water weighs 10lb. Twenty-six English bishops rank as peers. The first balloon ascent took place in ...

    Article : 2,153 words
  6. LADIES' COLUMN

    Max O'Rell says if he were asked to name the spots of earth where his eyes had the privilege of beholding the most beautiful specimens of womanhood, he ...

    Article : 953 words
  7. QUIPS.

    A man is known by what he doesn't do rather than by what he says. The pen is mightier than the sword when it comes to signing cheques. ...

    Article : 636 words
  8. THINGS YOU CAN'T DO.

    You cannot stand for five minutes without moving if you are blindfolded. You can't stand at the side of a room with both of your feet touching the ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. THE SPECULATION MANIA.

    According to the "Daily Express" correspondent at Amsterdam, the speculation fever which raged a little time back in connection with American railway shares had ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. SIGNS OF DEGENERACY.

    Professor Starr, a well-known anthropologist of Chicago University, has stirred up a big sensation by publicly declaring that men who part their hair in the middle ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. THE RECRUITING DIFFICULTY.

    Some striking testimony of the increasing difficulty that recruiting officers encounter in getting men of the right physique for the Imperial army service is ...

    Article : 122 words
  12. THE MELANESIAN MISSION.

    The Bishop of Newcastle (Eng.) announces that £12,000 has now been raised towards the cost of a new ship for the Melanesian Mission. This total comprises ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. OFFICERS' EXPENSES.—LORD ROBERTS' ORDER.

    Lord Roberts' attention has been drawn to instances in which subaltern officers, attached on appointment to a unit at home prior to embarkation, have been desired to ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. FORECASTING THE WEATHER.

    An article by Dr. N. E. Dorsey in the U.S. Monthly Weather Review, explains a new method of foretelling-atmospheric changes. Tyndall's famous experiments prove that ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. LIZARDS LIKE THE CHAMELEON.

    It Is a fact not generally known that nearly all of the common lizards change colour like the chameleon, but the change, is less rapid. The ordinary fence lizard ...

    Article : 98 words
  16. THE FORCES AT WATERLOO.

    It is interesting to compare the numbers engaged in the Battle of Waterloo with those taking part in the contests now being carried on in South Africa. According to ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. AN ADMIRAL ON LAWYERS.

    In the codicil to a will in which he disposes, of property valued at £21,664 17s, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Edmund Commercial, of 15 Rutland Gate, G.C.B., ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. REMEDY FOR MOSUQITO BITES.

    Professor Dr. Voges, the director of the National Board of Health it Buenos Ayres, according to German papers, has found a remedy for mosquito bites. He states that ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. HOW TO DESTROY MOSQUITO EGGS.

    In his natural history notes Mr. Hart states that in the St. Ann's and Maraval Rivers two species of small fish are found, one not so largo as the English stickleback, ...

    Article : 221 words
  20. JAPANESE SWORDS.

    The blades-of Japanese sabres are formed of a metal prepared from magnetic iron ores and ferruginous sand. The steel is produced in the form of thin laminae, and the ...

    Article : 169 words
  21. A BUILDER'S BET.

    A singular bet is reported from Paterson, New Jersey, a carpenter and builder wagering a thousand dollars that he would have his new carpenter's shop built in halt ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. BLACKMAILING AN INVENTOR.

    Mr. Edison has received an anonymous letter, threatening to kidnap his daughter unless £5000 blackmail is left "in a remote spot." Mr. Edison, however, having ...

    Article : 86 words
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