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  2. Lock for Travellers.

    A very simple and effective lock for the inside of doors can be made of two pieces of sheet steel or galvanised iron cut in the shape shown in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
  3. Ladies' Column.

    Eight persons out of every ten cat too much, and thereby die too early. Nine persons out of every ten eat too much meat, and thereby suffer in ...

    Article : 198 words
  4. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Numerous tests have shown that a tyre on a front wheel, which is slightly out of alignment, will wear off much faster than it should. In ...

    Article : 119 words
  5. THE ARMIES OF RUSSIA.

    It is only when we think of the immense size of Russian, of her nearly nine millions against Germany's two hundred thousand square miles of ...

    Article : 1,336 words
  6. Moderation in Eating.

    Sir B.W. Richardson says that the vast majority of people are absolutely wrong on the subject of eating; they think that rich and luxurious people, ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. TWELVE RULES FOR CHOOSING A HUSBAND.

    Dr. Harriet C. Keatinge, who spoke last week on "Divorce" before the New York Legislative League, laying stress on the fact that mental, moral ...

    Article : 737 words
  8. THE RULING PASSION.

    Being a religious sort of chap, and knowing several fancy names for the Nether Regions, Private Dooney, of the Twenty second--, christened this ...

    Article : 1,029 words
  9. GREATEST POWER ON EARTH.

    That insects, and not man, are the dominant power on earth is the startling assertion of Mrs. James Buckland. More than 300,000 species ...

    Article : 178 words
  10. Boxing for Girls.

    Anaemia, or a bloodless condition of the body in young girls, is no doubt caused (as Dr. law tells us) oftentimes by the neglect of physical exercise. At 12 ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. GALLANT AIRMEN.

    Details of a remarkable episode in the air are related by Philip Gibs, the "Daily Chronicle" special correspondent. It happened when a ...

    Article : 641 words
  12. Automatic Fountain.

    The fountain illustrated herewith is self-contained and works entirely by water and air pressure, both of which are supplied by its own tanks. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 241 words
  13. APPETISING AND ECONOMICAL DISHES.

    Curiously enough, the boiled pudding always seems to get relegated to the winter, and the pie-crust to the summer. As a matter of fact, ...

    Article : 470 words
  14. AN INGENIOUS DEFENCE AGAINST GAS.

    The Russian commanders have hit upon a method of dealing with German gas attacks which is simple, cheap, and so effective that the ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. Literature for Invalids.

    The good that accrues to the invalid And bedridden from the perusal of well-chosen books and periodicals cannot well be over-estimated. No book should ...

    Article : 237 words
  16. Idyls of the Day.

    "Oh, did I tell you about the way was settled an elegant admirer who sat opposite us in the street car?" asked one of a group of girls who were eating lees ...

    Article : 250 words
  17. "INVISIBLE" AEROPLANES.

    Germany is said to possess so-called "invisible" aeroplanes. A German engineer, Knaubel uses for the purpose a material called cellon, ...

    Article : 137 words
  18. Women Who- Earn £2,000 a Year.

    It must be confessed that American women seem to have shown themselves more enterprising than their sisters elsewhere, due, no doubt ...

    Article : 286 words
  19. FURTHER DETAILS.

    A family residing in the East were visited by some relatives who lived in a Northwestern city. One of the visitors while partaking of an oyster ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. EFFECT OF VITIATED AIR ON APPETITE.

    It is well known that the researches of such specialists as Dr. Leonard Hill in England and the staff of the New York State Commission on ...

    Article : 383 words
  21. All In One.

    The married man was talking to the Bachelor. "Why don't you marry?" Inquired the benedict. ...

    Article : 335 words
  22. TWO OF A KIND.

    An Irish soldier wanted to get furlough, and trumped up a story to the effect that his wife was very sick and had written him to come home. ...

    Article : 173 words
  23. ARMY BATH-TRAINS.

    A railway train which can not only accommodate 3,000 soldiers with a daily bath but also provides for the serving of refreshments, dressing, ...

    Article : 299 words
  24. Ignorance was Bliss.

    A Cossack, ignorant of the French language, was hired t Moscow by a lion tamer, Pezow, to clean the cages of his wild beasts. Their ...

    Article : 253 words
  25. BAKING POWDER.

    A home-made baking powder can be secured by mixing together very thoroughly and smoothly one half a pound of ground rice, a quarter of a ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. JOHN REPENTIN.

    A gravedigger in a parish in the north of Scotland was digging a deep have when the minister of the parish was passing. he looked down into the ...

    Article : 239 words
  27. THE ANTIQUITY OF THE THIMBLE.

    "To the Dutch the ladies of all nations are indebted for the invention of the thimble. The Dutch achieved this great invention about the year 1690." ...

    Article : 269 words
  28. A Sack Holder.

    An old granite kettle or tin pail with the bottom cut out and three large wire nails bent and fastened on with rivets, as shown at A. makes a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
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