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  2. Kirsty Bain on Domestic Service.

    [?] We are met, my freen's, but no for the first time, to discuss the richts an wrangs o' the servant question, commonly ca'd the 'servant difficulty,' but which I ...

    Article : 2,095 words
  3. The Late Mr. C. F. Lewis.

    LEWIS,--At St. Arnaud, on the 3rd May, C[?] Ferris Lewis, proprietor of "St. Arnaud Mercury," native of Davis, s., Wiltshire, England, beloved ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  4. Grains of Gold.

    Next in importance to a good memory is a good forgetter. There are very few of us who could stand the pace of being happy all the ...

    Article : 186 words
  5. Diet Affects Character.

    The effect of environment upon animals and plants has been a recognised fact for many yean, but the influence of food upon all members of the animal kingdom. ...

    Article : 630 words
  6. Grave and Gay.

    Why is a drunkard like a vain girl?--Because he makes free use of the glass, The trouble with some of our plain duties, it has been said, is that they are ...

    Article : 580 words
  7. Some Figures About London.

    A writer contributes to a newspaper some figures which he has collected about London. For Instance, he says, 50,000 horses ...

    Article : 201 words
  8. Sleeping and Eating.

    These occupy a very large portion of the time of every human being, and consequently demand a considerable share of our attention. It is [?] ...

    Article : 247 words
  9. HAVE YOU LEARNED--

    That many people are better than they seem? That he who accepts many gifts pays dearly for them? ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. Women Jewellers.

    One of the most interesting features of Manila industrial life is the wonderful skill of its lapidaries and gem-setters. These are the women of the population, ...

    Article : 206 words
  11. Stimulant for Asparagus Beds.

    Before the heads of asparagus appear above the ground, the roots begin to now and the crowns to push a considerable time before then, and wherever the beds ...

    Article : 251 words
  12. Borrowing Trouble.

    There are some unhappy persons who seem fated to go through life with a constitutional tendency to despondency. We all know and meet them dally, and they ...

    Article : 224 words
  13. Misjudging Others.

    Hon often we misjudge those around as. The ones whom we think we know the best, those with whom we are associated the most intimately, ate often the ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. Artificial Silk.

    For the manufacture of artificial silk, says "Nature," a pressure of forty to forty-five atmospheres is required to force the collodion from the reservoirs to the ...

    Article : 269 words
  15. "TAKING" THE FLOOR.

    A clergyman who was one of the speakers at a public meeting arrived late, and, in his confusion, when he reached the platform, missed the chair that had ...

    Article : 79 words
  16. Greatest of All Miracles.

    The world Itself is the greatest of all miracles. The year, as it comes and goes, is miraculous all through. Do not allow custom to stale to your mind its infinite ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. At a Governor's Expense.

    An amusing story is told of an officer, at present on General Roberts' staff, who is noted for his ready wit and quickness in repartee, which have never deserted ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. How to Ebonise.

    If yon would like to convert a plain deal table or any other similar article into a thing of beauty, try what ebonizing it will do. First of all you must clean the wood, ...

    Article : 204 words
  19. INCOMPATIBILITY.

    Divorce Lawyer--"Why do yon want a separation?" Woman (weeping--"Why, the wretch accuses me of snoring in my sleep, of ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. Thoughtful Sympathy.

    There are other circumstances besides that of choosing our friends in which we should act very differently if we could only know the result. If we knew that ...

    Article : 143 words
  21. They Must Not Speak.

    A bride in Korea must be silent on her marriage day. If she utter a word, or even make a sign, she becomes at once an object of ridicule. Her silence must be ...

    Article : 160 words
  22. EGGS WITHOUT HENS.

    At a country fete a conjurer was performing the old trick of producing eggs from a hat, when he remarked to a little boy-- ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. Rails for Electric Railways

    A new method of rail-bonding for electric railways consists in using s supplementary copper conductor, which follows the line of the track, and is bonded ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. Soft or Hard Boiled.

    Some time ago Bishop Paret of Baltimore was the guest of a family in West Virginia. Learning from the Bishop that he liked hard-boiled eggs for breakfast, ...

    Article : 153 words
  25. A Great Reformer.

    Confucius reorganised Chinese society upon the sound basis of universal education. As the result of his teaching, schools were established throughout the Empire. ...

    Article : 136 words
  26. WOODEN BLOCKS.

    When Sidney Smith was rector of a parish in Yorkshire he found his vestry discussing the propriety of paving the approach to the church with wooden blocks. ...

    Article : 430 words
  27. Ten Uses for Lemons.

    No family should be without lemons ; their uses are almost too many for enumeration. Lemon juice removes stains from the ...

    Article : 273 words
  28. Carved by Emotions.

    Every emotion body into beauty or into u[?] Worrying, fretting, unbridled passions. petulance, discontent, every dishonest act. ...

    Article : 192 words
  29. A NEW ERA IN MEDICINE.

    In bringing under your notice the claims of anything new, it is always advisable to give a substantial reason why such is commended to the public. Any ...

    Article : 354 words
  30. Hot Water as a Remedy.

    Headache almost always yields to the [?]multaneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the neck. A towel folded, dipped in hot water. ...

    Article : 300 words
  31. Self-Centred Persons.

    There is no doubt that out of every ten thoroughly unpopular persona at least nine will be found to be self-centred. Their thoughts cluster around themselves ...

    Article : 210 words
  32. Toilet Hints.

    Never use hard water for washing. If you cannot procure naturally soft water, soften the hard by the addition of a few drops of ammonia or a little borax. ...

    Article : 126 words
  33. Fads.

    It is one of the peculiarities of the age that people of all conditions and in all countries are given to 44 fads"--that is to hobbles, or crazes. We have fads in ...

    Article : 217 words
  34. Common Things.

    It is a great mistake not to enjoy and make good use of common things. Most likely you cannot command the best that life has to give, but you can, at ...

    Article : 148 words
  35. Stings.

    The stings of insects are not usually serious, yet there have been cases where severe attacks of poisoning ensued. They are painful enough, however, and a ...

    Article : 151 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 106 words
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