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  2. The Sketcher.

    The Professor nut gazing into his fire, a fire of glowing peat, overlaid With logs, according to his special predilection. "It is Just the fire I like," he ...

    Article : 964 words
  3. Comic Cuttings.

    Many a man is a whale physically but a sprat mentally. Tommy: "Oh, paw?" Mr. Figg: "Well?" "How can a solid fact leak ...

    Article : 1,012 words
  4. Household Hints.

    If the material be washable at all black dye can practically be rendered a fast colour by the help of a salt water bath before general washing is commenced. After such ...

    Article : 314 words
  5. Short Story.

    One day e mall rider arrived at the frontier fort with such dews that a sergeant and six men and an ambulance were ordered out within an hour to ...

    Article : 2,335 words
  6. The Home.

    A man having been asked to describe the conduct or an ideal wife, wrote out the following:—She would not, if I looked a trifle gloomy ...

    Article : 174 words
  7. How a 2500 Volt Shock Feels.

    The following details of a recent electric accident are interesting and may be useful. On 29th November an electrical engineer, wits standing on a chair ...

    Article : 397 words
  8. Too Particular Women.

    There is an old saying we should like to see ventilated a little—"Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." We think that is a very large mistake, and has driven ...

    Article : 307 words
  9. To Clean Bottles.

    Bottles, after being some time in use, are apt to acquire a crust or coating very difficult to remove by ordinary rinsing. The following are methode for removing such ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. The Errors of Estimates.

    The estimated cost of the Manchester Ship Canal was £5,750,000. Nearly £16,000,000 was spent before the canal was ready for business. ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. Marking Ink Stains.

    A correspondent of the "English Mechanic" once gave the following directions: —Soak the marked portion of the linen in a strong solution of potassium cyanide, which ...

    Article : 167 words
  12. Diet in Health.

    There is a good old maxim which rune as follows:—"In time of peace prepare for war," and this is as true in connection with the question of diet in health as in ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. How to Wash Cotton Dresses.

    Wash coloured cotton articles in the following way, and you will find that the colours will not run, as they are so often liable to do when the articles are washed ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. The Dainties of Animals.

    An article on the food regarded as dainties by animals appeared recently in the "Spectator." Jackals, like foxes, are said to enjoy the grape cure (when grapes are not ...

    Article : 219 words
  15. Should a Man Give His Wife an Allowance?

    Most decidedly be should, no matter how small. The majority of women would rather far have twenty pounds a year they could call their own than twice that sum ...

    Article : 330 words
  16. Evolution of Mankind.

    At the last meeting of the Edinburgh Royal Society Dr. Munro read a paper on intermediary links between man and the lower animals., by the attainment ...

    Article : 322 words
  17. A Man's High Bat.

    A German professor has been studying that article of masculine apparel which the irreverent call a "stovepipe" (says the "New York Times"), and has found in it ...

    Article : 216 words
  18. Ineligible Men.

    I always thought these were "the poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind, or, at any rate, most emphatically the first, though the ethers need not ...

    Article : 299 words
  19. Nurseries on Rallroad Trains.

    Now comes the travelling nursery to take its place alongside the barber shop, bathroom, &.C.. on American fast traius. The travelling nursery is to take up ...

    Article : 278 words
  20. Oyster Beds.

    The oyster beds stretch for many miles along the shore, and at low tide—the good folks of Whistable know what a low tide is—the tall and feathery-topped trunks of ...

    Article : 282 words
  21. The Apple Waggon.

    Golly! That old farmer's went Off'n left his apple waggin All erlone, ha, ha! Bet a cent Kids'll come without no draggin'. ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. An Armless Artist.

    The artist, Mr. Bartram Hiles, was born in Bristol (says the "Magazine of Art"). When he was 8 years old he was deprived of both his arms through a tramcar ...

    Article : 292 words
  23. Wine Production.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 words
  24. He Fell.

    Some years ago there lived in Perth a man or convivial habits, well known by bis Christian name Jamie. One dark night an acquaintance found Jamie lying at the ...

    Article : 90 words
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