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  2. Sketcher.

    The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is the largest representative. body in the world. In the House of Lords there are 553 persons ...

    Article : 186 words
  3. The Naturalist

    The Archer is a of the Indian Ocean, and is also found off the coast of Australia. Its habits are very curious, and have only been recently observed. It lives principally ...

    Article : 119 words
  4. The Housekeeper.

    Wrap celery in thick brown paper sprinkled with water and wrap a damp cloth around the paper. This put in a cool place Will remain fresh several days. After the ...

    Article : 60 words
  5. A STRANGE DUEL.

    George J. Carr and Howard Taber, two well-known young men of Oroville, Cal., were recently spending a few weeks hunting and fishing on the headwaters of the West ...

    Article : 508 words
  6. CRADLE COMFORT.

    Two, yards of twilled Turkey red calico, filled with nice cotton, tied thickly with red zepher wool, and finished around the edge with white feather stitching, make a gay ...

    Article : 43 words
  7. CAN PLANTS SEE?

    Darwin gave it as his opinion that some of them can and an Indian botanist relates some curious incidents which tend to verify the belief. Observing one morning that the ...

    Article : 116 words
  8. TABLE SCREEN.

    A two by three yard piece of white, mosquito netting--the plaid sort--hemmed all around and tied ait intervals of six inches with white zephyr, is a neat and pretty ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. A REMINISCENCE OF WATERLOO.

    The news of Waterloo did not reach London till the evening of the Tuesday, forty-eight hours after the victory. In her new book, 'The Landmarks of a Literary Life,' ...

    Article : 255 words
  10. OLIVES.

    Olives may be served at all times with almost all dishes; they may be placed on the table with the table decorations and remain there until the dinner or the lunch ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. A TAME CHICK LOON.

    'Last fall, when my chum and I were in the Maine woods,' says a sportsman, 'we captured a chick loon. The old birds flew away as we went out with our boat, leaving ...

    Article : 187 words
  12. TO POLISH A STOVE.

    I mix stove Polish with strong soap-suds; this gives a lustre without too much hard work. Some use vinegar with the blacking; this is good, but I prefer the strong ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. THE MULES KNEW THE ROUTE.

    A remarkable instance of the stubbornness with which mules retain ideas once impressed upon them was seen "one day last week. A dairy man who for years had driven ...

    Article : 195 words
  14. A BREAKFAST DISH.

    You may make an economical breakfast dish by chopping bits of steak or veal as fine as possible, then adding one or two slices of fat pork or bacon which should ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. POPULAR NOVELS.

    I read lately, 'It's the seasoning as does it,' as the sausage maker in 'Pickwick' said. 'The only sausage-maker in 'Pickwick' is the master of the celebrated sausage factory ...

    Article : 361 words
  16. Popular Science.

    The latest disinfectant is common soot. It is said to be a great germ-killer, to absorb foul gases, and to be a preventive of cholera. A Canadian has invented a conductors' ...

    Article : 749 words
  17. Personalities.

    The Czarowitz is going about Europe to convince the Powers of Russia's lamb-like disposition. Queen Victoria insists on her small ...

    Article : 1,142 words
  18. FOOT WASHES.

    Make a stout little six by eight inch bag of i[?]en or bedticking and fill it with clean, dry sand. Make a larger bag of eider-down flannel, fifteen inches wide and deep enough ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. HOW TYRRELL HANDLES A COBRA.

    By far the biggest snake in the reptile collection at the Zoo is the python in the ease opposite the door. He is more than twenty feet long, and is seriously thinking ...

    Article : 203 words
  20. Humour

    VISITOR--How is it you are always such good little boy, Harold? Harold--Because I am always put in bed when I'm nangbty. ...

    Article : 636 words
  21. CAULIFLOUR.

    Tie the head of the cauliflour in coarse tarlatan and put it into boiling water with a little salt. When it is almost done heat a cup of milk to the boiling point and thicken ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. SAVING WORK.

    If you keep no servant and if your dining room happens to be away from the living part of the house yon may save time and labor by leaving it set from one me-I ...

    Article : 130 words
  23. BOB LOST HIS GEESE.

    Six or eight years ago Bob Vorus started a goose farm on his mill pond. He knew the value of feathers, and thought the people would appreciate the opportunity of ...

    Article : 347 words
  24. RUE.

    In the course of our enquiry we came upon certain references to Rue, which we propose now to follow up, as much interest attaches to this pretty garden shrub ...

    Article : 543 words
  25. RICH CURRY.

    I suppose the most useful method of cocking rice is to boil it plain. Boiled rice serves as the basis of many dishes. Plain boiled should be served so that each ...

    Article : 194 words
  26. BUCKWHEAT CAKES.

    I will give my buckwheat cake recipe early so that it will be ample time for the coming season. Take one quart of buckwheat flour, one-half cupful of yeast, one ...

    Article : 158 words
  27. AT CLOSE QUARTERS WITH A LION.

    With a loud roar the lion answered the shot, and I instantly,became aware that he was Coming straight at me, with open mouth and flaming eyes, growling savagely. ...

    Article : 338 words
  28. Varieties.

    Women have usually better eyesight than men. Broadcloth took its name from its unusual width. ...

    Article : 1,343 words
  29. EMERSON HUNTING DEER.

    The Writer, W. J. Stillman, thus describe Emerson's attempts at deer-slaying:'I[?] was interesting to see how Emerson grow into the camp life. As at first he had ...

    Article : 739 words
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