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  2. RANDOM READINGS.

    Although this term is being frequently made use of, these are very few people who know its real meaning and origin. In the early days of ...

    Article : 238 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE

    Home is the dearest spot on earth after all, when you count in the rent and the servants' wages. Brown: "How did you feel, Jones ...

    Article : 754 words
  4. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS

    The early rays of the sun exercise a more powerful effect in promoting rapid vegetation than the sun's light during the later hours of the day. The ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    "Willie," said a mother to her first-born, "do you know what the difference is between body and soul? The soul, my child, is what you love with ...

    Article : 86 words
  6. THE POULTRY RUN.

    Don't do it. They are splendid for egg production. The scraps should be carefully kept during the day and, with the addition of a little water ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. SOME USES OF LEMONS.

    Lemons rid the system of humours and bile and leave no ill effects. Weak, debilitated people oftentimes may be greatly benefited by a free use of ...

    Article : 503 words
  8. VALUABLE ACCIDENT.

    When that very clangorous explosive, nitro-glycerine, was first invented extraordinary precautions had to be taken to prevent accidents while the ...

    Article : 295 words
  9. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    Goldfish in a globe usually swim round to the right. There are more ducks in China than in all the rest of the world. ...

    Article : 852 words
  10. JUST THE DIFFERENCE.

    "I love cake!" said Johnny, feelingly, leaving the icing till the last. "It's awful nice!" "You should not say 'love cake" ...

    Article : 388 words
  11. THE LIGHTEST WOOD.

    The lightest wood in existence is believed to be the wood of ambach, a leguminous plant that grows near Lake Chad, and on the tributaries of ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. SOME BREEDING HINTS.

    Is probable that the hens have most influence on the vital powers; that is, so far as the organs of nutrition and production are concerned. In ...

    Article : 248 words
  13. UNLUCKY DIAMONDS.

    According to ancient lore, very large diamonds should never be worn as ornaments, as they bring disaster and anxiety. Nor should they be used ...

    Article : 513 words
  14. WHY GUNS ARE RIFLED.

    On looking through the bore of a rifle or a big gun a number of spiral grooves are to be seen running he whole length of the bore from the ...

    Article : 486 words
  15. DETECTING FORGERY.

    It is a very clever forger that can deceive the up-to-date expert in chirography. Many experts base their investigations of possible forgery on the ...

    Article : 328 words
  16. PIGS AS WATCHDOGS.

    In some parts of Mexico the wild [?]ogs, which the natives call jabalis[?]ah-bah-lee—savage beasts in their [?]tural state, are used as watchdogs. ...

    Article : 194 words
  17. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    The shell of the egg being porous, it will quickly absorb odours and these will affect the flavour. It is the wise poultryman who ...

    Article : 456 words
  18. THE ELVES AND THEIR WORK.

    You could not exactly call a boy lazy when he was never still from the time when he woke in the morning till the hour when he was tucked snugly ...

    Article : 611 words
  19. HIS FATHER AND MOTHER.

    An iron hoop bounced through the railings of a suburban lady's house recently, and played havoc with the kitchen window. ...

    Article : 179 words
  20. FOUND AN OPENING.

    An old bachelor, in order to prevent[?]en annoying him by knocking at his [?]oor to dispose of their wares, affixed thereto a label to this effect: ...

    Article : 167 words
  21. PHOTOGRAPHY AND WINE.

    It is a long way from photography to wine and beer perhaps, but the study of photography has had many results in directions not connected ...

    Article : 168 words
  22. LIMITED IN CHOICE.

    Two sailors were arranging the meals for their mates. "Ere, Bill," said one, "what'll we give 'em for afters to-morrow?" ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. MAKING CERTAIN.

    The new cook was stating the terms on which she would accept the situation. "I want fifty pounds a year," she ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. OR SOUP-LADLES?

    The drill-sergeant was rapidly getting to the fed-up stage. The recruits he was trying to whip into shape were the last word in "awkward squads." ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. CONUNDRUMS.

    Why is a good story like a public [?]ell?—Because it is often told (tolled). Whey is a horse constantly ridden and never fed not likely to be ...

    Article : 200 words
  26. THE IDEAL HOME.

    She had been a cook in all sorts of houses, both large boarding establishments and small private residences, and had often noticed how much more ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. MORE THAN LIKELY.

    In one of the Southern States of America a negro was on trial for chicken-stealing. According to the law of the State he could challenge ...

    Article : 111 words
  28. A SAD AWAKENING.

    The foreman of a gang of railwaymen has more than his share of Irish wit. The other afternoon he was walking ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. IT.

    "Now, Tommy, I am expecting a visitor this afternoon," and a lady to her little son, "and mind I want no rude remarks passed as you generally ...

    Article : 83 words
  30. NOT FOR SALE.

    A curious mistake once occurred in a village shop, which was kept by a man and his wife. The man himself, who was very bald, was busily engaged in ...

    Article : 97 words
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