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  2. The Home.

    Though the vigour and irrepressible vitality of youth have undoubtedly great value in the world, experience and that moderation in judgment that can only ...

    Article : 973 words
  3. Short Story.

    Angellea Leydon was the sole heiress of her rich father, and to her belonged the grand old house in which she lived, with the broad lands that surrounded it. ...

    Article : 1,571 words
  4. Household Hints.

    If a short needle is used the work will be done much quicker. If, however, the worker's fingers are long, a medium-sized one will be found better for her. ...

    Article : 33 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    We quote the following further passages from Max Adder's "Professor Quackenboss":—It was never known why the Professor ...

    Article : 866 words
  6. Spray.

    Archdeacon Furse's appointment as Dr. Farrar's successor has given much satisfaction in the Church. Of his ability there can be no doubt (says ...

    Article : 87 words
  7. Comic Cuttings.

    The man who married his ideal for his first wife is looking about for a woman for his second. Figg: "I'll let you know I'm not the ...

    Article : 1,362 words
  8. How to Stone Raisins.

    A very good way to stone raisins is to have a glass of cold water beside one. Dip the fingers Into it, and the seed will easily drop oft from them, and it will ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. How to Remove Traces of Tears.

    Bathe gently for a few minutes with rosewater, then lie down for a few more with a soft rag saturated in rosewater over the eyes. Never wash the ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. The Lord Chamberlain.

    An article on "The Lord Chamberlain. His History and Duties," appears in the November number of the "Windsor Magazine," in which the writer ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. Home-made Gum.

    A very convenient mucilage can be made out of onion Juice. A good-sized Spanish onion, after being boiled for a short time, will yield on being pressed ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. Remove Dust Spots from Cloth.

    It the cloth is rough, and you have worn it on dusty days, and then on a showery one, use warm water and castile or brown soap. No ammonia is needed, ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. He Struck Another Match.

    There is a good story going the rounds of Bishop Wilmer, a well-known United States divine. One of his friends lost a dearly beloved wife, and, in his ...

    Article : 120 words
  14. How to Cure a Sty.

    Take the white of an egg on a saucer and rub into it a small pinch of powdered alum. It will become a curd. Put it between two pieces of fine muslin ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. A Diamond Robber Caught.

    How Edward Thonen came to stand in the dock for his misdemeanours deserves a place among our "Strange True Stories." It discovers no thrilling ...

    Article : 954 words
  16. Cause and Cure of Headaches.

    Headache is often the result of eating too much and exercising too little. Nine times out of ten the cause is the fact that the stomach was not able to digest ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. Bull-fighting.

    The Queen of Spain looks with terror upon the chosen apart of her people—bull-fighting. She begged that the little King might be excused from looking at ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. Home-made Smelling Salts.

    One may have a fancy to fill her own bottle with smelling salts, for which keep a pint of liquid ammonia in a small bottle with a glass stopper, and to it put ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. He Could Not Be Compelled.

    A peppery old gentleman went to his solicitor one day, greatly excited over an insult he had received from a political opponent. During a heated discussion, ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. The First White Man in South Africa.

    Mr. J. de Villiers Roos has just completed for the Society Jong Zuid Afrika a work of great importance to the South Africa Republic, and, in fact, to the ...

    Article : 507 words
  21. Lord Esher.

    It is said that Lord Esher's retirement is from a journalists point of view, regrettable, for there never has been, and probably never ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. A Happy Thought.

    A certain Glasgow minister has bethought him that the members of his congregation have stomachs as well as souls. So he has instituted a ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. Robinson Crusoc's Gun.

    Robinson Crusoe's musket was sold by auction at Edinburgh for thirty-one guineas (says the "Pall Mall Gazette"). In case we should be told by some pedant ...

    Article : 185 words
  24. Lord R. Churchill's Son in Cuba.

    The "Army and Navy Gazette" states that the young English cavalry officer who has arrived at Havana to seek permission to serve at the headquarters of ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. The New and the Old Hat.

    A literary man in Vienna, possessor of the learned decree of doctor, used to take his mid-day refection, a contemporary tells us, at a well-known cafe ...

    Article : 207 words
  26. "No Evidence."

    An Irishman was a witness in a case in which a man had been shot from behind a hedge, and on being questioned, the following dialogue took place:— ...

    Article : 208 words
  27. Designer of the Valkyrie.

    The Glasgow shipyards have produced few more ingenious men then Mr. J. L. Watson, the designer of Valkyrie III. The son of a Glasgow ...

    Article : 144 words
  28. Melton Prior.

    Mr. Melton Prior, the war artist, tells how during the Ashantee War, on going up the hill into the town of Coomassie with the toops under Lord (then Sir ...

    Article : 165 words
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