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  2. A Practical JoKe from Birmingham.

    A party of young Birmingham sparks have been poking fun in a very practical way at a common weakness of some of the suburban residents. A wag has remarked that no ...

    Article : 370 words
  3. The Sketcher.

    They were "pardners," and whether the claim was "paying' or losing, it mattered not; both were apparently happy and contented. Occasionally Pete would start oat ...

    Article : 1,309 words
  4. Comic Cuttings.

    "I wish you would mind your own bustness." "But I'm a private secretary." The Dissecting-room.—Eithel: "Do you think her cesiume is tailor-made?" Maude; ...

    Article : 948 words
  5. Odd People.

    What do we mean by odd people? That which strikes us in an individual as being out of the common run, an Idiosyncrasy, a singu'arity, anything. ...

    Article : 606 words
  6. The Table. Ketchup.

    This is made of the Juice of mushrooms which have been strongly salted; this Juice to then boiled with spices in order to flavour and preserve it. Therefore, in ketchup be ...

    Article : 46 words
  7. Short Story.

    "Bring me the baby," Hammond said, and the nurse, used to sick people's fancies, complied with the request, setting the baby down on the bed. ...

    Article : 1,349 words
  8. Little Short Cakes.

    Rub into a pound of dried flour four ounces of butter, four ounces of white powdered sugar, one egg, and a dessertspoonful of milk, and make all into a paste. When ...

    Article : 44 words
  9. Fatherless Quotations. An Interesting Collection.

    A wise man once gave the excellent advice, "Verify your quotations." This is, indeed, most valuable, most excellent advice; but, unfortunately, there are ...

    Article : 803 words
  10. Haricot and Tomato Soup.

    Four tablespoonfuls of white haricot beans, four medium-sized fresh tomatoes or a telcupful of tinned ones, one pint of cold milk, which has been raided so that it will not ...

    Article : 213 words
  11. Roly-poly Padding.

    Knead one pound of flour into a paste with a little milk—tepid in winter. Roll out the paste on the board, p'acing on it from time to time little bits of butter, and ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. Gilbert on Hamlet.

    W. S. Gilbert once wrote a parody of "Hamlet," of which this is a sample: Oph.: Alas, I am betrothed! Roe.: Betrothed? To whom? ...

    Article : 227 words
  13. Pressed Chick c.

    Out the chicken up, and boil it in as little water as possible. It must be cooked until the meat drops from the bones. Then chop it fine, season it with salt and pepper, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. Orange Marmalade.

    This may be made all together with Seville organise: or with half Seville and half sweet oranges, or with three lemons to twelve Seville oranges, or with half sweet oranges ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. A Dumb Man Speaks.

    Dr. Drouot, who is at the head of the National Institution for the Deaf and Dumb here (says the "Philadelphia Ledger"). has placed upon record the singular case of ...

    Article : 358 words
  16. Oatmeal Drink.

    This is a most refreshing beverage for thirsty children, and has the advantage of being very inexpensive. Into an earthenware saucepan put two ounces of fresh ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. A Remarkable Spar Cabinet.

    Spar, as is well-known, is "crystallised mineral": end, although spar boxes, as they are termed, are very common in Allendale and Weardale, it has never been the ...

    Article : 376 words
  18. A Brilliant Idea.

    A new post office had Just been opened in a small country town in Canada. For want of a more likely applicant, a farmer's son. ignorant, yet ambitious, was appointed ...

    Article : 343 words
  19. "Dat's One Big Lie!" Sir Robert Walpole and George the Second.

    On the death of George I., which took place in Hanover, the tidings were brought by Sir Robert Walpole from London to Richmond Lodge, where the Court was ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. Libraries.

    Libraries in our own country are rapidly increasing by the generosity of the wealthy, and the intelligence of the public. That books era the most practical of all ...

    Article : 214 words
  21. A Disrepntable Lot.

    A brilliant North Queensland Journalist once, on a very hot morning, toed the mark in the Police Court dock, to answer the time-honoured charge of having imbibed not ...

    Article : 356 words
  22. Compe[?]tion.

    The wind comes in at my casement And whispers a tale to me. Of green-grown hills and rippling rilis. And meadows broad and free. ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. Desperate.

    "I want a horse and trap for a funeral Can you let me have them?" inquired the young man in the loud check suit of the cautious liveryman, whose stock occupies ...

    Article : 164 words
  24. A Hint for Banqueters.

    What men who have great reputations as public speakers, who are called upon and do attend several banquets each week during the winter Season, are able to show no sign ...

    Article : 310 words
  25. It Has to be paid For.

    An old lady, who was taken to see me sights of London, where her children live, was one night passing, with her daughter, a huge building full of electric light ...

    Article : 218 words
  26. A Fortune in a Dream.

    It has been said that Ellas Howe almost beggared himself before he discovered where the eye of the sewing machine needle should be located. His original Idea was to follow ...

    Article : 189 words
  27. A Defective "Bottle."

    A curious incident occurred during the Crimean War, the result of geographical ignorance. A British fleet was blockading a Russian squadron in the Gult of Saghalin, ...

    Article : 160 words
  28. A Bridge of Coffins.

    When the British forces were marching to Pekin in 1860, after the capture of the Taku forts, one of the rivers became so swollen with the heavy rains that it was ...

    Article : 124 words
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