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  2. Miscellaneous.

    If an express train, moving at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, were to stop instantly, it would give the passengers a shock equal to that o[?] ...

    Article : 134 words
  3. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Castot oil becomes tasteless if beaten and thoroughly mixed with the yoke of an egg. Stained enamelled saucepans should ...

    Article : 480 words
  4. SHORT STORY.

    THOUGH the story may be set down as utterly improbable, it id but a simple narration of facte that actually took place. It can be substantiated by the criminal records of ...

    Article : 1,599 words
  5. AN ENORMOUS BATTERY.

    A huge storage battery is being built for the light and power company of Baltimore. The entire weight of the battery will be 540 tons, and ...

    Article : 82 words
  6. REMARKABLE NEW FILTER.

    Perfect sterilisation of liquids by means of filtration only seems to be made possible on a large scale, through a process originated by two ...

    Article : 128 words
  7. HOUSEKEEPER.

    BUTTERMILK. —Buttermilk is [?] appreciated nearly as mush as its excellent qualities deserve, for uathing is mire wholesome, and nothing makes lighter or more ...

    Article : 417 words
  8. LARGEST VESSEL IN THE WORLD.

    The dimensions of the Cunarder Aquatania, to be built at Clydebank. Glasgow, have been so extended as to make her the largest vessel in the ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. GUN PRACTISE ACCUSED OF WETTING ENGLAND.

    The question as to whether or not violent detonations of explosives cause rainfall has been raised through an appeal made to the First Lord of the ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. Jagglin and his Bank Holiday.

    Jagglin was known in his City office as 'The Sheep.' It was a hage establishmant, devoted to the management of an export business. Most of the clerical work was ...

    Article : 1,246 words
  11. A PERSIAN WEDDING.

    A smart Persian wedding is quite a serious affair. It may extend, over a week. On the last day of the wedding the bride, who has been treated as a ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. THE GLOW-WORM'S SECRET.

    The enterprising Surrey farmer who is prepared to supply glowworms for the purpose of illuminating lawns and gardens, will do a good ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. Odds and Ends.

    "You look like a wreck to-day, Anna. Have you been sitting up all night reading a novel?" "Yes, madam. It was such a ...

    Article : 507 words
  14. CORONATION TELECRAMS

    The amount of interest taken in the Coronation may be gauged by the fact that the Press telegrams dispatched from London to the provinces and ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. QUEER DRIVING POWER.

    There appear to be possibilities in the idea of M. Constantin, a French inventor, who seriously suggests that the use of an adaption of the windmill ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. SANDWICHES.

    To make a proper meat sandwich the meat should be chopped vary fine, moistened with a little gravy or ketchup, and flavoured according to taste. ...

    Article : 279 words
  17. MISTAKES YOU HAVE MADE.

    Don't brood over mistakes you have made. They are of the past, and no human being can recall and rectify the errors he has made. We ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. FORMS OF OATH.

    A Chinaman has been thus sworn in: On entering the box the witness immediately knelt down, and a china saucer having been placed in his hand ...

    Article : 191 words
  19. PAPER FROM SUCAR CANE.

    It has for a long time been known that excellent paper can be made from sugar cane fibre, but the practical difficulty of carrying out the process on ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. MEAT LOAF.

    Meat [?] is another American [?], and may either be made with yeast as ordinary sponge is set, or if any good self-raising flour is need, you mix the floor with a little ...

    Article : 199 words
  21. THE TOILET.

    A good cold cream containing as little grease as possible is excellent to rub on the face before applying powder. Take great care to remove ...

    Article : 168 words
  22. A ROYAL SECRET LIBRARY.

    Within the walls of Buckingham Palace, and constructed on the strongroom principle, is a room known as the "Secret Library," and in this are ...

    Article : 242 words
  23. RADIUM AND FLIES.

    Some curious results have been obtained by Professor T. H. Morgan, of Columbia University, in the production of mutations of form and colour ...

    Article : 232 words
  24. A TWINE BAG.

    A bag f[?]r folding, suspended, a ball of twine is nothing new, bat it has come to be one of the indispenaables of the average 'den,' be the ocoupant male or female. A ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. ACCOUNTED FOR.

    "I say," said one schoolboy to another, "didn't I see you running down the street yesterday with Bill Bounce after you, wantin' to hit you?" ...

    Article : 99 words
  26. Scientific Notes.

    In a Consular report to Washington Dr. Gilbert Brooke, port health officer at Singapore, says: It would seem to me most desirable to foster among ...

    Article : 168 words
  27. A MATTER OF CHANCE.

    It is related by a great Nonconformist divine that at a meeting which he once attended, a member in poor circumstances led in prayer, which ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. DUTCH CAKE.

    Dutch cake is another pleasant form of bread, and is also made from yeast sponge or in the same way as the meat loaf with self-raising flour. To one pint of this bread ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. HOISTING A FLAG BY BOW AND ARROW.

    The little village of Radway, situated on the historic battlefield of Edgehill, claims distinction in having hoisted its Coronation flag in a ...

    Article : 215 words
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