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  2. FARM AND GARDEN.

    No. 126. Feeding of Calves -- Sterilised Milk--Skim Milk--Sweet and Soar Milk--Whole Milk--Over-feeding--Cornmeal--Flaxsced Meal--Growing Violets ...

    Article : 896 words
  3. SCIENCE.

    'I often had heard stories about persons who were minus a hand or a foot feeling a sensation in the dismembered portion,' said a gentleman who has had the misfortune to ...

    Article : 160 words
  4. MY BROTHER'S MARRIAGE.

    My brother's marriage! It is an old story now, but perhaps it may interest some of the young people, and the moral of it all is--never go in for match-making. ...

    Article : 1,366 words
  5. SHORT STORY.

    IT was late--getting on for one o'clock, in fact. For the last couple of hours or more I had the lower part of the house entirely to myself. Mrs Arkwright, my housekeeper, ...

    Article : 2,749 words
  6. TO TEMPT THE APPETITE.

    'In the course of my experience,' remarked a medical man, daring an after-dinner conversation, 'I have met people who, sometimes in a rather peculiar manner, ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. TAKING A LIFE MASK.

    One often observes, when reading of the demise of a celebrity, that a mask was taken soon after the death, but really very few people know how this is carried out. They ...

    Article : 302 words
  8. PLAIN BUT VIRTUOUS.

    Mark Twain says -- I got into the ears and took a seat in juxtaposition to a female. The female's face was a perfect insurance company--it insured her against ever getting ...

    Article : 211 words
  9. HOUSEKEEPER.

    Never should the mother, through that foolish desire to keep her child as long as possible dependent upon her, or that worse pride which would show itself to be ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. ELECTRICAL RANGES.

    Electrical ranges now. Electrical kitchens with every labour-saving device imaginable. No more coal stoves with ashes, dirt, and smell. ...

    Article : 652 words
  11. A CLEAR GRAVY SOUP.

    Method:-- Remove all fat from some good stock. Scrape quarter of a pound of gravy beef finely; soak it in two tablespoonfuls of cold water. Put the stook in a stew-pan, ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. A TREE THAT WALKED.

    This is a true story of the days when the early descendants of the 'Mayflower' pioneers were continually warring with the red-skin Indians, who naturally objected to ...

    Article : 551 words
  13. TO MAKE REAL FRENCH NOUGAT.

    Blanch 4lbs. of almonds and put them in a cool oven, where they will dry and keep slightly warm. Put 2lbs of caster sugar into a copper pan; pour in one pound of ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. ON PUTTING BABY TO BED.

    It is not desirable to lay a baby on its back when sleep is wished for. Either one side or the other is best; and, if possible, it is well to accustom it first to one side and ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. 'AGIN THE LAWS.'

    Down in Texas, just about midway between Houston in the east and El Paso in the west, the Southern Pacific Railway has built over the Pecos River the highest ...

    Article : 262 words
  16. TO CURE 'NERVES.'

    Preventive measures may be summed up in two words, 'Physical development.' Worry annually kills more people than work. One should strive, however, to avoid all ...

    Article : 126 words
  17. VARIETIES.

    There are several methods by which the public may be informed that a company has come to an end, or that a newspaper has been suspended. For simplicity and ...

    Article : 172 words
  18. WHERE THE MAHDI RESTS.

    The Mahdi's tomb, which has been referred to so much in press telegrams, was built rather to satisfy the Khalifa's own vanity than out of respect for his late ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. SKETCHER

    We who live at the close of this nineteenth century can hardly think it possible that the strange stories of ghost-haunted churches were once firmly believed. ...

    Article : 725 words
  20. ALL THEY HAD.

    This little story is told of a poor woman who recently went to a public house in search of her husband; She found him there, and, setting a ...

    Article : 47 words
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