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  2. Odds and Ends

    THE twins, two old ones, a small six-year-old, and a cat struggled into the train, followed by a much-worried father, who seemed at a loss just what to ...

    Article : 117 words
  3. SHORT STORY

    VICK LORD was a superstitious miner. Over his cabin door on Bonanza, Claim 47, there hung a rusty iron horseshoe, picked up in the vicinity of Sheep ...

    Article : 1,761 words
  4. Science and Invention.

    MUCH difficulty is generally experienced in getting paint to adhere firmly to galvanised iron, and various experiments are reported to, to overcome the ...

    Article : 71 words
  5. Housekeeper.

    ALWAYS keep carbonate of soda in the house—it is useful for so many purposes. For burns and scalds it is an excellent remedy. The surface of the burn ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. COULDN'T KEEP IT UP.

    A young man visited his doctor, and described a common illness that had be fallen him. 'The thing for you to do, the physician ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. MODELLING IN BREADCRUMBS.

    A French lady, Elle. Suzanne Meyer, has cultivated the curious art of breadcrumb modelling for the last three years. She soaks the crumbs in various coloured ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. Miscellaneous.

    A PAPER chimney, 50ft. high and fire, proof, is a curiosity to be seen at Germany. Tobacco seeds are so minute that a ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. CHARCOAL.

    The value of charcoal is manifold. It is one of the greatest purifiers of water that we have. Water or any substance allowed to percolate through it will be freed of all ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. ELECTROCUTION FOR MOSQUITOES.

    An ingenious young gentleman in Paris, named M. Maurice Chaulin, is reported to have declared war electrically upon mosquitoes, substituting electrically for ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. BORELY'S JOB.

    Griggs: 'Borely has got a job at last. He's working now in Hick's livery stable.' briggs: 'What doing?' Griggs: 'Hicks has some horses that ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. A NEW NAME.

    'Good evening, Mr. Hope,' said little Jackie. 'Good evening Jackie,' replied the young man, 'but why do you call me Mr. Hope? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  13. GALL STONES.

    Gall stones are formed in the gall bladder-or larger bile duct, and consist of cholesterin,' and various salts, mixed with mucous, Dyspepsis, gout, chronic rheumatism, and ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. INVISIBLE WRITING ON A BLACK GROUND.

    There are several commercial picture post-cards which bear the pictures of old masters surrounded by a black frame Recently a case was met with in which a ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. A Lucky Mishap.

    'I beg your pardon. I really beg your pardon.' The doable apology was not oat of place. At the last moment—indeed, as the train ...

    Article : 2,168 words
  16. THE LIGHT OF THE SKY.

    On a clear, moonless night, after the cessation of twilight, the sky is far from dark. The stars appear to shine from a slightly luminous background, which gives ...

    Article : 349 words
  17. SIX GOLDEN RULES FOR CHILDREN'S CARE.

    1. Don't forget that lowered vitality makes children much more liable to catch any infections disease that may be going, Try to keep them strong and healthy. ...

    Article : 226 words
  18. THE HEW NEIGHBOUR.

    Eldest Daughter: 'Please, missus, muver says we've come to live darn yer street, and so will you fill this 'ere basket with samples of yer shop?' ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. GREENLAND'S GLORY.

    The largest mass of ice in the world is probably the one which fills up nearly the whole of the interior of Greenland, where it has accumulated since before the dawn ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. REASSURING HER.

    Tommy's Grandmother (in the capacity of hostess): ' You're welcome to sat all you want, dear, but how on earth can a slim little boy like you hold so much?' ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. FRESH AS PAINT.

    Major Buffer: 'Lady Vi looks uncommonly well. Got much a fresh complexion.' Mrs. Scratcham: 'Yes. Fresh one every day! ...

    Article : 25 words
  22. RED APPLES.

    A horticulturist has managed to rear an apple tree, the fruit of which is red to the core. The tree is about eight years old, and when it came up it was regarded as a ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. NOT SURPRISING.

    'Upon my word,' said the surprised barber. 'I see this razor has lost it's temper.' 'I don't blame it,'growled the man in the chair. 'With all your talking I lost ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. ANOTHER NEW LAW.

    Johnny: 'Pa, what is the law of gravitation?' Father: 'I don't know. I haven't got time to keep np with every silly law that ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients:—1 set giblets, 1 quart water, 1 onion, a few cloves, salt, 1 blade of mace, a bunch of herbs, 2 tablespoonful of sago. ...

    Article : 123 words
  26. OLD FAITH CURE REVIVED.

    There was a revival of an interesting old faith cure at the parish church of Tulcombe, in North Devon, not very long ago A women who suffered from epilepsy at the ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. Items of Interest.

    OUR experience is built up of shattered illusions, rather than of experience acquired.—Abbe Roux. How strange it is that most people seem ...

    Article : 591 words
  28. CONSULTING THE DOCTOR.

    Lady: 'My housemaid has got one of bee eyes red and inflamed. What would you advise her to do?' Doctor: 'Oh, tell her to stop looking ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  29. GERMAN TIT BITS.

    The Germans have apparently some extraordinary articles of food to which they are attached. For example, they are very fond of raw herrings, and regard raw ham ...

    Article : 186 words
  30. HARICOT SOUP.

    Ingredients:—1lb dried harlect beans, 5 pints of stock, 1 pint of milk, 2ozs of butter or dripping, 2ozs of flour, a bunch of herbs, 1 carrot, i onion, ½ furnip, salt and pepper. ...

    Article : 107 words
  31. ALMOST BEYOND COMPREHENSION

    She (proudly): ' Yes, I made the cake with my own hands.' He (most ineptly): 'Such fair, soft hands) Who would have guessed their ...

    Article : 32 words
  32. MULLIGATAWNY SOUP.

    Ingredients: 5 pints of stock, 1 apple, 1 onion, 1½ozs flout, 1½ozs curry powder, 1½ ozs butter or dripping, juice of half a lemon, 1 teaspoonful of sugar, 1 dessertspoonful ...

    Article : 120 words
  33. A GOOD PAIR

    Maid: 'Mrs. Paddock asked me to tell you she's not at home' Visitor : 'Very well. Tell her I said I didn't call, will you ?' ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. EXTRAORDINARY COLDS.

    In the year 1400 all seas in the north of Europe were ice-bound. In 1410 the cold was so intense that the ink froze in the pens while writing, and pencils had to be ...

    Article : 190 words
  35. BAD COMPANY.

    Stipendiary : 'You say bad company is responsible for your appearance here?' Prisoner: 'Yes yer wuship—two constables and a sargint.' ...

    Article : 33 words
  36. THE VACANT PLACE.

    'Now, Bobbie, where are those tarts gone to that your mother put away in the pantry this morning?' 'I guess, grant, they must have vanished ...

    Article : 39 words
  37. EGG CREAM SOUP.

    Ingredients:—3 pints of white stock, 2ozs tapicca or sago, 1 onion, salt and cayenne, mace yolks of 3 eggs, half a pint of cream and half a pint of milk. ...

    Article : 122 words
  38. HASTY.

    Stingy Husband: 'Please don't think that you can hoodwink me over money matters. Do you think I've lived all these years for nothing?' ...

    Article : 45 words
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