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  2. TEMPE.

    RIPPLING all over the baby head, The prettiest baby crown, Of dear little chestnut twirls and curls, And brown eyes—soft, beautiful brown! ...

    Article : 400 words
  3. A CRUISE TO THE LOYALTY ISLANDS.

    NATIOLENE was accompanied by a petty chief, who was as much unlike his royal master as he well could be. He might have been mistaken for the Knight of the Rueful Countenance, painted black ; he was as thin as ...

    Article : 2,633 words
  4. THE HOME CIRCLE.

    Go amidst a group of children Merrily at play— Ask them if they possess me; They will not tell you nay. ...

    Article : 115 words
  5. FIJI ISLANDS.

    THE transaction of monetary business at Fiji—from sales, hypothecations, and other commercial proceedings, of the greatest magnitude to the smallest retail purchases for every-day consumption—has several ...

    Article : 1,942 words
  6. CHARADE.

    If I invite you to my first You'll have a merry time, With ladies fair and handsome men, Mirth, merriment, and Wine. ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. CONUNDRUMS.

    1. How does a phrenologist in a lecture-room resemble Queen Victoria holding a Cabinet Council ? 2. Why is a gentleman assisting a lady from her carriage like a page bringing in his mistress's lamp after dark ? ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. ANSWERS TO OUR LAST.

    DECAPITATION.—Spear, Pear, ear. ENIGMA.—The letter A. CONUNDRUMS.—1. Towahawk (" Tom, a hawk!" ) 2. Potatoes and wheat: because having eyes, they see not; ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. WOULD SHE REFUSE?

    Those calm blue eyes—those sweet blue eyes, Clear in their depths as summer skies Seen after summer rain! Their tender beauty still I see, ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. THE KITCHEN.

    ALL the apparently numerous forms of cooking may be reduced to two, namely, roasting and boiling. In this general sense roasting may be said to include broiling, baking, and all other processes which consist essentially in ...

    Article : 653 words
  11. LIGHT READING.

    What would you give a thirsty batsman ? Why, a fall pitcher. It is a queer women who asks no questions, but the woman who does is the querist. ...

    Article : 787 words
  12. THE LADIES' WORKTABLE.

    This stitch is supposed to be an imitation of a small pique pattern; it is worked with a short hook; it looks well in thick cotton for quilts, &c. Make a chain the length you wish, work back on the 2nd ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. LADY'S KNITTED PURSE.

    Materials: 2 skeins of black purse silk; 2 skeins of scarlet ditto; black jet beads; a steel clasp with chain; a tassel of black beads; 5 steel knitting-needles. This purse is knitted with black and scarlet parse silk, ...

    Article : 681 words
  14. DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

    IDLE DAUGHTERS.—It is a most painful spectacle in females, where the mother is the drudge, to see the daughters elegantly dressed, reclining at their ease, with their drawing, their music, their fancy work, and their ...

    Article : 1,314 words
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