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  2. Miscellaneous

    Among elephants both sexes of the African species have ivory tusks, while in Asia these are generally restricted to the male. ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. SHORT STORY.

    Was it her entertainment, or was it his own? After a day or two Mark hardly knew. She was so original, so responsive, so easy that he round ...

    Article : 1,546 words
  4. Odds and Ends

    "Nice girl, May Brown, eh?" "Yes, but she hasn't much sense. She had a chance to marry me, and refused." Mrs. Nervy (ringing b[?]ll for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 438 words
  5. HERE AND THERE

    Ploughing operations in England do not commence as a rule till the first Monday after Twelfth Day in January, and for that ...

    Article : 783 words
  6. VARIOUS MOTIVES FOR

    With what is to-day considered as true marriage comes a proper recognition of the dignity of woman, as well as of the higher virtues of ...

    Article : 328 words
  7. A NEW ARMY SIGNAL.

    The flag-waving method of signalling in the army may soon be displaced by an apparatus which has been patented by Colonel B. R. Dietz, of the ...

    Article : 169 words
  8. BY-LAW FOR HUSBANDS.

    At Uelzen, in Luneberg, the authorities have passed a by-law which is more popular with the fair than the sterner sex. Husbands must be home ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. HOW HIGH IS THE ATMOSPHERE?

    One would hardly think of looking to the moon for information about the height of the earth's atmosphere. Yet it is in just that way evidence has ...

    Article : 231 words
  10. TOWN RUN BY ONE FAMILY.

    A curious fact is reported from a small township situated in the South of France, called Saint Martin. The whole municipal council is composed ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. [?]HOLD RECIPES

    Here is a nice little dish suitable for a children's party supper. Wash 4oz. of rice, and let it simmer in a pint of milk until you can stir it to a ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. A LIFE'S RECORD.

    According to a French statistician, taking the mean of many accounts, a man of 50 years of age has slept 6000 days, worked 6,500 days, walked 800 ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    The red post in itself had a significant air, and hardly needed the bold letters in the sign-board above it to warn the passer-by that the ground ...

    Article : 1,512 words
  14. AN UNBREAKABLE AND NON- SPREADING STEEL RAIL.

    The prevention of all possible chance of breaking or spreading is the important advantage claimed for a combined steel rail and tie just invented ...

    Article : 300 words
  15. NINETY-SEVEN YEARS WITH ONE FAMILY.

    An old servant has just died at Lisburn in the person of Susan O'Hagan, who had been in the service of one family for 97 years. She had been ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. CHARTREUSE OF ORANGES.

    This recipe is more elaborate, and more troublesome. Line a Charlotte mould with orange jelly (melted); garnish with chopped pistacho nuts, ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. FOOTBALL CASUALTIES IN AMERICA.

    The "British Medical Journal" gives the following figures as to football casualties in America. They show the results of last year s football playing ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. WALNUT CAKE.

    To make walnut cake, mix together half a cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar; sift in half a teaspoonful, or carbonate of soda; add half a cupful ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. MEAT BALLS.

    A nice way of using steak or the remains of a joint is as follows:--Mix one tablespoonful of rice, which has been soaked in cold water for fifteen ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. HER LAST CALL.

    Women take marriage seriously, but we have heard of one who could joke even with the altar in view. She had a telephone in her ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. A TEMPLE MENTIONED BY

    Important excavations in progress at Memphis, the ancient Egyptian city, have just been described by Professor Flinders Petrie in a lecture given at ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. Housekeeper.

    Cleaning Light Kid Gloves.--First rub with cream of tartar, leave for ah hour, and then rub with powdered alum and fuller's earth mixed in equal ...

    Article : 247 words
  23. Items of Interest.

    'Tis better far to be befooled than never to believe at all. Many degrees do not make an educated man; many small bacteria have ...

    Article : 253 words
  24. RICE AND PINEAPPLE COMPOTE.

    A delicious cold sweet, for informal luncheons, can be made by beating up some cubes of pineapple (fresh or tinned) with cooked rice. To one cup ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. FRIENDLY ADVICE.

    A man had sat for some time in a restaurant, looking thoughtfuly at his saucer of melting ice cream. At last he left his chair and made his way to ...

    Article : 260 words
  26. PALACE BUILT BY ONE MAN.

    The strangest looking building ever put up by man is probably the palace which a French mail-carrier is said to have erected for his own pleasure. ...

    Article : 259 words
  27. CAKE-MAKING.

    It is a common precaution, in cake-making, to dredge any currants used with flour, to prevent their sinking to the bottom of the batter; but a ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. Science & Invention

    The air of large towns is found by Herr N. Kremser to be drier than country air, although it might be supposed that the higher temperature of ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. NEW HAIR ORNAMENT.

    The newest hair ornament which has made its appearance consists of small round plaques of mother-o'-pearl, linked together with chains of ...

    Article : 102 words
  30. THE HEALTHIEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  31. Advertising

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