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  2. The Naturalist.

    A Scotch sheriff has recently ruled that a bull is a wild animal, and that, therefore, his owner is responsible for any damage the animal may do, if he breaks loose. ...

    Article : 101 words
  3. Original Sketch.

    My encounter with an octopus happened in this way. The weather was boisterous, and I was engaged to examine the hulk of a large steamer that had sunk off the coast of ...

    Article : 250 words
  4. Sketcher.

    To become an expert or a successful angler one must of necessity become an expert fly-caster. An awkward fly- caster has no more show with an expert in a run down ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. MAKING TOUGH MEAT TENDER.

    Tenderloin and porter-house steaks do not need much coaxing to make them eatable; they are generally nice, but the coarser meats need more attention. While ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. THE SNAIL.

    Extensive drought will cause the snail to close its doors, to prevent the evaporation of its bodily moisture and dry up. These little animals are possessed of astonishing ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. A QUEER OCCUPATION.

    There is a man who holds the position of accent for a popular preacher of this city. He was a college graduate, and had studied law, theology, horses, music, the drama, and ...

    Article : 352 words
  8. A LIVE TOAD IN A HAILSTONE.

    A hailstorm visited Pawtucket about 10 o'clock Saturday evening, such as has not visited this vicinity for years, if within the memory of man. One woman picked up a ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. Varieties.

    A toad is no fonder of dirt than anyone else, and before he sucks an angleworm down his throat scrapes the dirt off with his paws. ...

    Article : 362 words
  10. A TOAD TACKLES A SNAKE.

    ' I once saw something when a small boy,' Said an old stager yesterday, 'that I never heard of since, and that was a toad attack a snake, after the latter had been ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. HASTY DISHES.

    A true hasty dish is one that can be prepared and cooked within half, an hour, and the meat needed requisite is simplicity of manipulation. Richa[?]fes can rarely be ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. THE WORD 'CANARD.'

    You often declare that some floating piece of intelligence is a 'canard' without hardly knowing why such a word should be applied to an unfounded story. The word ...

    Article : 352 words
  13. THE CARE OF DOGS.

    With many persons dogs and hydrophobia are associated mentally, and I recently read an article in which the author spoke of the dog as the 'breeder of hydrophobia.' The ...

    Article : 111 words
  14. Personalities.

    Miss Jean Ingelow, the poetess, is sixty- three years old and lives quietly in South Kensington, Eng. She is still a hard worker, believing that perseverance makes ...

    Article : 567 words
  15. TOMATO SOUP.

    Take a can of tomatoes and bring them to a boil and then strain through a coarse strainer. Add one teaspoonful of dry soda, and when the foaming ceases add a quart of ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. A PURE-BREED PUG.

    A pure-breed pug should have around head; muzzle short and broad; brow prominent and wrinkled; nose retrousse; eyes large, full, and dark; ears small, black, and ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. POTATO SOUP.

    Fry a medium-sized onion, sliced thin, in half a cup of butter, and then pour on it a quart of milk and let the two come to a boil. Mix two cupfuls of cold mashed ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. DUSE COMPARED TO RACHEL.

    Comparisons are proverbially odious, and it is therefore satisfactory to be able to state at once that the Signora Eleanora Duse is unlike any native or foreign actress now ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. OYSTER SOUP.

    Strain the liquor from a quart of oysters and add one cap of water, and let the two become scalding hot, using a double boiler. Then add a quart of milk, and when this ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. THE VITALITY OF A FISH.

    At the New York Hospital they related to me a cations occurrence tearing on the hibernation of fishes. In the conservatory in the upper part of the building they had ...

    Article : 160 words
  21. TIMBER 4,000 YEARS OLD.

    Probably the oldest timber in the world that has been subject to the us, of man is found in the ancient temple of Egypt. It is in connection with stonework, which is ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. A PAGE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE MUTINY.

    When joined to Brigadier Rowcroft's Field Force, the Bengal Yeomanry were the heroes of a sensational incident which threatened to end in their annihilation. The ...

    Article : 509 words
  23. SALAD DRESSING.

    Add one teaspoonful of sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, mustard and white pepper to two well-beaten eggs and beat them all together. Cook the mixture in a double ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. AS TO WAGNER'S OPERAS.

    Mr. E. W. Naylor, of London, has written a paper on the 'Wagner Revulsion,' in purely musical circles. Unlike the partisan and arrogant attitude of the ...

    Article : 572 words
  25. AN ELECTRIC SHAVING POT.

    An addition to the recent electrical appliances has appeared in the shape of an electrically heated shaving pot. This pot can be made instantly available in any room ...

    Article : 200 words
  26. The Housekeeper.

    In warm weather we are fond of sandwiches, and these take their turn with others : Whip Up some nice sweet cream and add to it as much Parmesan cheese as will ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. THE SAGACIOUS DOG.

    There is a prominent business man in Washington, says the Post, who is something of a dog fancier, and takes pride in a pair of English setters that have held a ...

    Article : 233 words
  28. CREAM SALAD DRESSING.

    To two well- beaten eggs add one teaspoonful of sugar, one-quarter of a spoonful of salt and mustard, and then three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and one of cream. ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. Art and Literature

    The great silence of Central Africa is wonderfully characteristic. The country is made for silence, the natives are created to steal, spirit-ridden, devil- haunted, through ...

    Article : 998 words
  30. QUINCE MARMALADE.

    Gather the fruit when fully ripe; pare, quarter and core it; boil the skins in as many teacups of water as yon have pounds of quinces, when they are soft mash them ...

    Article : 130 words
  31. TO TELL A PERSON'S AGE.

    Here is something from a German newspaper which will do two things for yon besides what it pretends to do. It will amuse you, will give you practice in mental ...

    Article : 251 words
  32. A SILLY CANARY.

    A pet canary bird in Fair Haven, Washington, has always had an aversion to his natural dress, and has industriously pulled out every feather be could reach. The result ...

    Article : 243 words
  33. GREEN CORN PUDDING.

    I never heard of any one who did not like green corn. We are fond of it and prepare several dishes with it. Served as a vegetable we like it best out from the cob, then ...

    Article : 139 words
  34. ONE OF AN EMPRESS' MISTAKES.

    Before the France-Prussian War, Prince and Princess von Bismarck passed much time at Biarritz, where the Empress Eugenie had established her summer ...

    Article : 177 words
  35. GOOSEBERRY JAM.

    This should be made before the gooseberries get too ripe. Jams are easily made, and they keep so nicely we cannot have too many kinds. As we like fruit pretty sweet. ...

    Article : 117 words
  36. NO TIME TO DO ANYTHING.

    'It makes me mad,' said the old engineer, 'to hear people ask why a man don't do so and so when his engine strikes. It all cornea like a stroke of lightning'. When we piled ...

    Article : 278 words
  37. A NEW FASHION IN GHOSTS.

    At a time when we begin to realize that science, philosophy, even theology, have had their phantoms and goblins that vanished at the dawn and the cock-crowing of ...

    Article : 880 words
  38. Advertising

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    Advertising : 30 words
  39. JELLY OF PRUNES.

    Here is something I have tried and not found wanting: Wash and soak half a pound of fine prunes in a pint of water. Boil until tender when remove and crack ...

    Article : 140 words
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