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  2. He. Too, Made Books.

    It is related of F. Marion Crawford, the well-known author, that, when he was making a tour of this country a few years ago, and was travelling through a rich ...

    Article : 329 words
  3. Comic Cuttings.

    Auntie : "When I was your age I "told a lie, Tommy." Tommy : " W[?] you begin, auntie ?" "You're no longer a spring [?] ...

    Article : 783 words
  4. Brother Garduer's Observations.

    Dar am sartin white folks so kind-hearted dey all us send some pore family a turkey fur Christmas, an[?]dat pore family generally has to sell de turkey to git coal to bake deir ...

    Article : 426 words
  5. The Home.

    A woman who had many sorrows and heavy burdens to bear, but who was noted for her cheerful spirits, once said in explanation:-- "You know I have had no money. ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. Short Story.

    It was not at all a typical Christmas Day, for perfect torrents of rain beat and dashed against the windows of Bachelor's Glory, as if trying their best ...

    Article : 2,550 words
  7. The Table.

    Take two eggs, their weight in butter, sugar and flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, and 3oz. of preserved ginger. Beat the butter to a cream, add the flour and ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. Silent Endeavour.

    Nowhere can you find any beautiful work, any noble design, any durable endeavour, that was not matured in long and patient silence ere it spake out in its ...

    Article : 191 words
  9. Creamy Puree of Potatoes.

    Boil six or eight large potatoes, rub them through a wire sieve, and mix with it one and a-half ounces of butter and a little salt and white pepper; mix with cream or ...

    Article : 50 words
  10. Dover Padding.

    Beat two eggs well, melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, take a teacupful of milk and two teacupfuls of flour, also a teaspoonful of baking powder and a little ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. Plum Jelly.

    Take only those plums which are perfectly sound, remove the stalks, put them into large stone jars; if damsons, make an incision in each. Cover the jars with ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. Bunions.

    To treat bunions, place some large ivy leaves in half-a-cupful of ordinary vinegar, and, after soaking some hours, put one leaf carefully over the bunions. Change once ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. Supreme Nerve of a Shopper.

    You may talk about naval heroes and rough-riders all you like (says the "Washington Post"), but for superhuman nerve and colossal daring, commend me to a ...

    Article : 226 words
  14. Five Indispensable Authors.

    There are certain books which it is necessary to read; but they are very few. Looking at the matter from an aesthetic point of view merely, I should say that thus ...

    Article : 377 words
  15. Going to the Children.

    In the depot, as I waited for the train, was a man so old and feeble that I wondered at his being there alone. On the seat beside him was a covered basket, over ...

    Article : 436 words
  16. French Potatoes.

    Melt two ounces of dripping in a frying-pan. Slice an onion and chop it fine. Fry in the dripping to a nice brown. Then cut up about a pound of parboiled potatoes in ...

    Article : 71 words
  17. Indian Pickle.

    Take everything there is a possibility of pickling, lay all in vinegar and salt, with enough turmeric to turn them yellow. Allow to remain three or four days, stirring ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. Public Somnolence.

    "I ride around New York a good deal in the street cars, surface and otherwise," remarked the man who had a book sticking out of his pocket, which looked as if it ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. Two Picnic Sausages.

    Veal and Ham Sausage.--To every pound of veal add half-a-pound of lean ham. Mince or chop[?]al[?] finely: season with a little whole pepper, a pinch of nutmeg, and sweet ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. Christmas in France.

    Christmas in France concerns the child only. It is sacred to the Infant Jesus. New Year's Day is the festival of the woman and the family. In the Gallic times it was a ...

    Article : 752 words
  21. Chugwater's Lost Camp.

    When Mr. Chugwater opened his front door the other morning to go to the office, it was raining, and he dodged back to get an umbrella. There were several in the ...

    Article : 469 words
  22. Concerning Ears in Schoolrooms.

    Defective hearing is a symptom frequently seen in the schoolroom about which teachers should know something. Pupils are sometimes considered backward and stupid, ...

    Article : 214 words
  23. Making Ha[?]nah Happy.

    "Got anything fur a gal ?" he asked of the girl who was behind a counter loaded with Christmas toys. "How old a girl ?" was asked. ...

    Article : 607 words
  24. A Babel in Austria.

    In the Austrian Alps the local dialects so vary as to be unintelligible from one district to another, and yet have been cultivated in Passion plays and popular poetry. ...

    Article : 313 words
  25. Change That Was Not Counted.

    Certain windows where tickets are sold here in town (says the "Washington Post") bear above them the sign, "Count your change before you leave the window." Of ...

    Article : 231 words
  26. A Queer "'Scope."

    Sir Robert Bell, the famous astronomer, was some time ago fulfilling an engagement in a certain British town, and while walking along one of the streets came up to a ...

    Article : 249 words
  27. Extraordinary Drinks.

    Of the many extraordinary drinks regularly consumed the blood of living horses may perhaps be considered the most so. Marco Folo and Carpini were the first to ...

    Article : 196 words
  28. The Earth's Rotation.

    Owing to the rotation of the earth, rivers flowing in a northerly and southerly direction manifest a tendency to crowd to the right, with the effect that the right bank ...

    Article : 191 words
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