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  2. Science.

    SOME recent experiments by Professor Loomis, which will be adverted to presently, recall to our mind some of the interesting ones made years ago, serving to re-awaken ...

    Article : 638 words
  3. Sketcher.

    I HAD often heard in London society of Swinburne's matchless eloquence, but, though I had met him before, I had really formed no definite idea of him until, a few ...

    Article : 1,213 words
  4. Nature.

    FROM a recent number of that entertaining journal of sports and pastimes, Land and Water, we take the following account of the curious habits of the woodcock:— ...

    Article : 1,424 words
  5. Household.

    "WE women grow old before our time," said a neighbour lately whose husband thinks a largs dairy and no help a necessity in farm life. I thought of the cold and ...

    Article : 448 words
  6. Agriculture.

    TUMBLE-DOWN fences or fences clumsily propped up and patched, here and there, with bits of broken boards and rails; gates hanging by one hinge, or leaning forlornly against ...

    Article : 1,164 words
  7. Humour.

    SNIFFLES brought his two weeks spree to a close on Saturday night. He lay on a lounge in the parlour, feeling as mean as sour lager, when something in the corner of the room ...

    Article : 257 words
  8. AN HONEST AGENT.

    HE was up on the Cass farm the other day selling "beautiful sets of genuine coral jewellery for the low sum of one dollar." He explained that they were goods purchased at ...

    Article : 222 words
  9. HE PAID THE BILL.

    HE was from the country. In the courts of a half-hour spent in a restaurant he had taken one bottle of beer, and called for "the bill." The innocent waiter brought him the ...

    Article : 224 words
  10. FIGHTING FATE.

    A BOY about thirteen years old was on Saturday forenoon dragging a big, sneakish-looking our along High-street to find an owner for the canine. Ringing a door-bell ...

    Article : 486 words
  11. Miscellany.

    ACCORDING to the Publishers' Circular, 3049 new books and 2046 fresh editions were published last year in the United Kingdom. AN ITALIAN WOMAN BURIED ALIVE.—At ...

    Article : 498 words
  12. SYSTEM IN TABLE SETTING.

    HOUSEKEEPERS would many times be spared the annoyance of missing needed articles, after being seated at the table, if they would purana some system in its ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. COOKERY FOR THE SICK.

    WATER GRUEL.—Into a quart of boiling water stir two tablespoonfuls of Indian meal, previously wet with a little cold water; add salt, and boil at least one-half hour. ...

    Article : 787 words
  14. COLOUR-BLINDNESS IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

    IT is not very reassuring, in view of the possibility of serious accidents on the sea or on railroads through the failure of pilots and enginemen to note danger signals, to read— ...

    Article : 712 words
  15. PATRICK'S POOR PAINTING.

    "HA!" cried the court, as Patrick Murphy's head showed itself outside the corridor door. "That's me—I'm here!" answered ...

    Article : 568 words
  16. Fun.

    EVERY young man who is so fat he can't tie his own necktie, and whose face is as round about as large as a dinner plate, wears a helmet hat, and the burlesque sits ...

    Article : 462 words
  17. SALTING STOCK.

    THE best way to salt stock is to keep a tub of it where cattle, horses and sheep can have access to it at all times whether they are in the pasture or in the barnyard. Then ...

    Article : 295 words
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