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  2. The Table.

    Wach two ounces of crushed tapioca and put it into a saucepan with a pint of colourless stock which has been previously flavoured with vegetables; stir the tapioca ...

    Article : 200 words
  3. PITH AND POINT.

    France has now 4,288,037 acres of vineyards. France is believed to be the best cultivated country in Europe. ...

    Article : 754 words
  4. VARIOUS VERSES.

    Jim Bowker, he said, of held had a fair show. All a big enough town for his talents to grow ...

    Article : 281 words
  5. SPRAY.

    Mr. W. S. Gilbert tells the following story in connection with the performance of "Kathleen Mavourneen" at Leicester, many years ago. At a certain point ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  6. Spray.

    The wedding invitation which ended with the words, "No cards, no cake, no fuss," has become historic. A like immortality may be in store for an invitation said to ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. Mr. Whiting and Mary Ann

    DID not mean to kiss her; it was a pure accident. Her was close to ...

    Article : 2,644 words
  8. A French Bull.

    The mantle of Sir Boyle Roche seems to have descended upon M. de Blowitz. He recently perpetrated a "bull" which rivals the famous, "Sir, I smell a rat; I see it ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. Miniature Bread Puddings.

    Method: Boil half-a-pint of milk with an ounce of bu[?]er, pour it on four tablespoonf[?] of breadcrumbs, cover, and leave to soak for an hour. Beat up two eggs, whites ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. The Glass Eye.

    A lady tavelling by railway sat facing a gentleman, who, with one eye at least, seemed to be staring fixedly at her. She became indignant and said, "Why do you ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. Deslecated Soup.

    Method: Soak two packets of desiccated soup in a pint of cold stock; when required, add a little more stock, boil up, season to taste, and serve. ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. Barley Sugar.

    Boil some sugar and water syrup to the "ball," flavour with lemon juice, and let it boil till the sugar becomes of a pale straw colour, then add a very few drops of essence ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. Not at a Loss.

    At a dinner given by a political club in New York recently, a young lawyer who has attained considerable prominence in his profession was for the first time in his life ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. NOT A MOVING PLEA.

    Where the green branches interlace He stood with eager, anxious face And folded hands, imploring-wise, Searching the blue depths of her eyes. ...

    Article : 143 words
  15. Candy (Cocoanut).

    Boil 11b. 10oz. of sugar in half-a-pint of water to the "ball," then stir into it half a large cocoanut thinly sliced, and let the sugar just boil through it; now lift the pan ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. Too Clever.

    First American: "I've got a letter from my son out West." Second American: "So? What's Tom doing now?" First American: "That's what I can't' make out. ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. Too Willing.

    One Sunday morning, when everybody had gone to church, a traveller undertook to show the landlord how to draw three different sorts of wine from the same cask. ...

    Article : 147 words
  18. Stewed Lettuce.

    Wash four large or six small lettuce heads, remove the outside leaves, and put them into a saucepan containing cold salted water, to which a small piece of soda has been added ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. THE DREAMER'S DREAM.

    With many a furrowed trace of life's wind fretted deep, Here lies a common face--an aged man asleep. ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. Lemon Mince Pie.

    Two cups of sugar, two cups molasses, two cups boiled cornstarch (after it is boiled), four lemons (juice of all and rind of two), one pound raisins, quarter-pound citron ...

    Article : 37 words
  21. Pocket versus Sentiment.

    French Rand Shareholder: "Is he not a Boer and brother?" German Rand Shareholder: "Yes! But if he wreck our mines?" ...

    Article : 123 words
  22. Cocoanut Pudding.

    Mix three ounces of grated cocoannt with four ounces of breadcrumbs, three ounces of sugar, half-a-pint of milk, and two well-beaten eggs. Pour the mixture into a ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. Such Specimens Are Bogus.

    Even in public museums things are not always what they seem. There is a case of birds' eggs in a provincial museum--rather a large one--that ...

    Article : 466 words
  24. FROST ON THE JULEP.

    When the liquid is all ambered. Toned with spices and frapped, And the fluid in thermometers Touched one hundred in the shade ...

    Article : 214 words
  25. An Indifferent Mourner.

    A short time ago, as a funeral procession was proceeding along the road in the neighbourhood of Durham, a miner, seeing one of his mates in the procession, went over to ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. ROYAL ETIQUETTE.

    The divinity that doth hedge a king expresses itself in some carious ways, and to people who are not accustomed to associating with these exalted personages ...

    Article : 478 words
  27. Less Than One.

    At a well-known hotel at Dudley on a Saturday night, a week or two ago, a company of men were gathered together. The conversation happened to turn upon things ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. A Cute Lad.

    In the neighbourhood of Piccadilly Circus may be seen a small boy who should one day be Lord Mayor of London. He takes his stand outside a tobacconist's shop which ...

    Article : 103 words
  29. NO SHRINE DESIRED.

    "For that I may not wear my rose Full-cherished on my brest, I leave my rose upon the stalk, At honour's high behest. ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. Irish Railways.

    The peculiarities of the Irish railway service are proverbial, but the inconvenience caused by the casual methods adopted is not without its humorous side. A ...

    Article : 136 words
  31. Nelson's Swords.

    The sword worn by Lord Nelson, which has been bequeathed by Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart., to the Senior United Service Club on condition that it is placed beneath the ...

    Article : 324 words
  32. A THI[?]ETAN FUNERAL.

    Mr. Charles H. Lepper, in his "One Night's Experience in Thibet," which appeared in. "Blackwood's Magazine," gives the following details of the obsequies of ...

    Article : 295 words
  33. A Legendary Cup.

    While the Princess Victoria of Wales is the guest of Sir Richard and Lady Musgrave, at Eden Hall, Penrith, we may believe her Royal Highness will be shown ...

    Article : 216 words
  34. Just as Good.

    A prominent American politician once concluded a stately speech in Congress with a long, sonorous, and superbly modulated Citation of a passage from Tacitus, and then ...

    Article : 137 words
  35. HARDENING WOOD.

    Considerable interest has been aroused by the announcement, as the result of a prolonged series of experiments of a method of so treating timber as to secure ...

    Article : 102 words
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