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  2. Household Hints.

    New kid gloves, if warmed before the fire, may be put on without any difficulty. Nails may be driven into hardwood without bending if they are first dipped in lard ...

    Article : 253 words
  3. The Table.

    Required: Half-a-pound of cold pork, 2 or 3 potatoes, quarter-of-a-pound of cooked onions, salt, pepper, powdered sage, nutmeg, 3oz. of sausage meat. Method: Chop ...

    Article : 89 words
  4. Short Story.

    "I think it utterly disgraceful, Hugh; uncle ought to he ashamed or himself. I really cannot pretend to feel any sorrow at his loss." ...

    Article : 2,353 words
  5. Utilising Ocean Waves.

    No one who has ever studied the wave movement of the ocean (says the "Scientific American") has failed to realise the millions of horse-power being ...

    Article : 819 words
  6. Comic Cuttings.

    Tommy: " Pa, what does 'Requiescat in pace' mean?" Professor Broadhead: "'Please stay dead' be near enough." "What kind of a cat is this, Browser? ...

    Article : 710 words
  7. Fatigue in Reading.

    The "Psychological Review" contains an article "On the Conditions of Fatigue in Reading," which is of some practical importance, as well as of theoretical interest. The ...

    Article : 365 words
  8. Cocoanut Tablets.

    Take two pounde of the best loaf sugar, boil this with a pint of water for a quarter of an hour in a metal pan; grate a good-sized cocoanut, and add it with the milk ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. Boiled Knuckle of Yeal and Parsley Sauce.

    Take a small knuckle of veal, and cut off the shank bone; boil it very slowly until tender. This is a very good dish if boiled so long that the gristle becomes like jelly, ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. To Toughen Glass.

    Tumblers, wine glasses, lamp chimneys, and other glasses may be rendered so durable as to be almost unbreakable by placing them in saucepan of cold water and ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. Cooking Rhubarb.

    Some people consider [?]rhubarb sweetest when the stalks are a little dry. So they pull it some days before using it. The housewives who live in the town can ...

    Article : 171 words
  12. To Test Linen.

    A way to test linen, by means of which the introduction of cotton among the linen threads may be detected, is to cut off a small piece of the material, to unravel the ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. Slippery Rugs.

    Housekeepers who rejoice in smooth, hard floors often find the slipping of the rugs stretched upon them a serious annoyance, it not a positive danger, as falls may easily ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. Outmatched.

    An African traveller tells an amusing story of how he balanced the cash when cowries were the circulating medium. Some sable potentate had sent him a present of ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. Roasted Corn.

    Roasted corn is a favourite dish in some families. Clean the cobs, then brush them over with melted butter, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Line a ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. Melt Bread.

    Macerate half-a-pound of freshly ground pale malt In lukewarm water for twelve hours, and then strain through a canvas bag. Put ten pounds of flour into a pan, ...

    Article : 110 words
  17. To Remove Stains From Silver.

    Silver dishes, and spoons and forks when used for eggs, curries, and certain kinds of fruit become discoloured, and the parlourmaid sometimes finds it no easy matter to ...

    Article : 140 words
  18. Shooting on the Sen.

    Neccesarily the deck of a vessel at sea offers a much less satisfactory platform from which to shoot than the solid foundation provided in a land fort, since even ...

    Article : 344 words
  19. Squeaking Boots.

    Stand the boots in a shallow dish with linseed oil just level with the soles. It must not be too deep, or it will soak into the uppers and spoil them. ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. French Polish.

    Take 4oz. of shellac and half-a-pint of wood naphtha. Put the shellac into, the naphtha, and let it dissolve. Use it in the ordinary way on a pad, and rub till a good ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. He Was Paid for the Ad.

    "I was running a paper down in Tennessee then," prefaced, the ex-newspaper man, whose only work now is to collect what other people owe him in the way of rents ...

    Article : 325 words
  22. Hints for Serving Dinner.

    See that your tablecloth is clean, and spread it perfectly smooth without wrinkles. See that the room is tidy, free from dust, and perfectly ventilated. The glasses must ...

    Article : 150 words
  23. Some Irish Notes.

    Irish kindness is too well Known for it to be needful to say much about it here. What man under the sun but an Irishman says to his horses, "Whoo! my darlin's!" who but ...

    Article : 305 words
  24. Settled Out of Court.

    Some time ago an express train, while pacing through a lonely port of the country, killed a horse. A representative of the company accordingly went down at once to ...

    Article : 285 words
  25. Engraven Writs Badly.

    "People who know me and my profession," says a visiting-card engraver, "are usually very much surprised to and such a startling contrast between my ordinary ...

    Article : 241 words
  26. Scalds and Burns.

    Common baking soda is the best of all remedies for scalds and burns. It may be used on the surface of the burnt place dry or wet. When applied promptly the sense ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. The Uses of Ammonia.

    Ammonia is a great deal more used as a household cleanser than it used to be, but still I should like to see it even more to the fore than it is now. It is a great ...

    Article : 156 words
  28. Imperfectly Understood.

    It is unfortunate that some teachers of the young fail to adapt themselves to the perceptions of their tender charges. They are apt to shoot over their heads, as it ...

    Article : 296 words
  29. Man's Way.

    He was thoroughly convinced that, after certain appropriate preliminaries, he would drop gracefully on one knee before her, like his favourite storybook here, with ...

    Article : 193 words
  30. Litle Men Were Handy in 1831.

    "We fellows were enlisted down on the Penobscot," said Mr. D. B. Cresscy, of Lesviston, "and there were twenty-five of us boys who were too small do the work, ...

    Article : 220 words
  31. They All Practised on Him.

    When the new boy got into the schoolroom he was, of course, pestered with numerous questions by the other scholars as to his name, his parent's profession, the ...

    Article : 185 words
  32. A Joined Jewel.

    A curious discovery of a diamond fraud was made by means of photography recently. A diamond expert was offered a very large stone for £1400. After applying ...

    Article : 171 words
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