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  2. THE GARDEN.

    It is well to make a selection of vine cuttings early in the season, and this should be done with great care. The vines the cuttings are taken from should ...

    Article : 246 words
  3. FARM AND FIELD.

    What is a [?]tarter?" The term "starter" when used in connection with buttermaking means a preparation used to assist in the ...

    Article : 267 words
  4. THE LADIES' CORNER.

    My well-beloved child is living there. Where life is Love, and every breath is p[?]. The tender sunlight gleams upon her hair. And glorifies the bath in which the strays, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 249 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOR.

    A man's standard of beauty always depends on the woman who questions him. "Yes," said Mr Haggs,"It was funny enough to make a donkey laugh--I laughed till I ...

    Article : 1,012 words
  6. THE BISHOP AND HIS WIFE.

    When Dr. Thomson was Bishop of Gloucester, he was[?] occasionally a sufferer from toothache, and resorted, by medical advice, to narcotics [?] relieve the pain. ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. HEALTH HINTS.

    In Case of Fire.--A wet silk handkerchief folded over the face is a complete security against suffocation from smoke. This permits free breathing and at the ...

    Article : 491 words
  8. A SIMPLE MILK TEST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 231 words
  9. A KNOWING DOG.

    This story of a [?] dog's intelligence is said to be quite true. One evening, when the owner of the dog w[?] absent from home, his wife and some other ...

    Article : 186 words
  10. CURIOUS USE OF A LAUGH.

    Of a sense of humor under strange conditions a well-known London doctor not long ago gave a curious example. a man and his wife came into his surgery one day. ...

    Article : 207 words
  11. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    A good supply of winter spinach should be kept up by means of frequent sowings. Beds that are well advanced will be greatly helped if a good dressing ...

    Article : 396 words
  12. Flavor in Butter.

    It is the flavor of butter that captures the taste of the consumer. Good flavored butter always commands a ready sale. To obtain flavor strict cleanliness in the ...

    Article : 385 words
  13. LEFT IN PEACE.

    It was on a corridor train going south. Among the passengers was a nawly- married couple, who made themselves known to such an extent that the occupants of the carriage ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. HOW TO OIL HARNESS.

    If the leather is dirty, it should be washed with castile soap and hung up to dry. Before entirely dry the harness is ready to be oiled. Take a sheet-iron ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. LADY AND THE CONDUCTOR.

    A certain lady has a very tender place in her heart busmen. One day she entered into conversation with a conductor who seemed to be having a particularly good [?] ...

    Article : 214 words
  16. JENNY LIND.

    Of her stage life, we are told, Jenny Lind had not very pleasant collections, for, in addition to her religious scruples, she could never ...

    Article : 304 words
  17. HOMELY FARE.

    Julienne Soup.--Required: Half a carrot, one small onion, half a turnip, celery, one tomato, chopped parsley, three pints of stock, a tablespoonful of gravy ...

    Article : 837 words
  18. A SPANISH WINDLASS.

    Herewith are some cuts of a rig found exceedingly useful for many purposes, and we have no doubt that many readers wil find places where it will come in as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 87 words
  19. WANDERING BOY'S STORY.

    A painful glimpse of a clergyman's domestic life was revealed at North London Police Court on March 17th. Stanley Hughes, the ...

    Article : 388 words
  20. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Any variety of Campanula calycanthema (Canterbury bells), if raised from seeds, as advised in January last, should now he ready for planting in ...

    Article : 292 words
  21. "The Cereals in America."

    A book, bearing this name, has been published by the Orange Judd Company New York. The author, Professor Thomas F. Hunt, has produced an ...

    Article : 337 words
  22. EARLY CLOSING THEATRES.

    Remarkable developments have occurred in connection with the strike of theatrical managers and dramatic authors caused by the refusal of the ...

    Article : 361 words
  23. THE MARRIAGE TIE

    The "New York World" has appealed to nine well-known ladies for judgment on Mr Meredith's proposals in regard to "ten years' marriages." The verdict is ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    The temperature of the house in which the earliest plants of begonias, Glo[?]re de Lorraine, that are in flower, are growing should not rise above 50 deg, at ...

    Article : 308 words
  25. AN ACTOR'S EMBARRASSMENT.

    "Why won" you consent to make a speech before the curtain?" "What's the use?" responded Mr Stormington a[?]. "If it is a good speech people ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. THEY WENT THIRD CLASS.

    Two church dignitaries lived near Tunbridge Wells. One of them was a canon, and the other a prebendary. Both of them were in the best society, among a rather select circle, and, ...

    Article : 177 words
  27. IMPERIAL FIRST AID.

    On the afternoon of March 18th [?] Kaiserin's carriage ran over a six year-old-boy on the Potsdamer Pla[?] here. The coachmen immediately ...

    Article : 186 words
  28. TWO GOOD STORIES.

    Amongst the best of many good things in a lecture delivered by Dr. Macnamara, M.P., to the London district of the Institute of Journalists on 18th March, were ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. Inf[?]ence of Inferior Bulls.

    The movement initiated by the Geelong Agricultural Society towards bringing about an improvement in the breed of horses should stimulate owners of both ...

    Article : 256 words
  30. HIS BEST BARGAIN.

    "George," said his wife, looking with crushing scorn at the gaudy rug be had bought at a specie! sale, "I wonder if ever in your life you knew a good bargain when you saw ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. GIRLS' MISTAKES.

    In a paper on "Our Feathered Friends," a girl scholar actually began by writing:-- "By 'Feathered friends' we mean either Indians or angels." ...

    Article : 82 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
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