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  2. SHORT STORY.

    'LET me finish dusting, auntie, please. You must sit down, and the vigorous, freshly gowned, bright-faced niece took the older woman gently by the shoulders, ...

    Article : 2,053 words
  3. Odds and Ends.

    THE earnings of Sandy M'Intosh amounted to a pound a week, and, like a good husband, when he was paid on Saturday he went straight home and gave ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. Miscellaneous.

    THE Russian Government gives a golden medal to every couple that celebrates its golden or diamond wedding. Last year 61 12 couple received medals. ...

    Article : 309 words
  5. Science and Invention.

    AS a therapeutic agent it seems to be given up, after doing more harm than good. Instead of being a curative, or even lenitive, for cancer, simple wounds have ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. THE KIT[?]MEN.

    When cooking haricot beans the salt should not be added to them until they are soft, as if added before it has a tendency to keop them hard. ...

    Article : 322 words
  7. BLACKENING BRASS.

    The following methods are given in a German optical paper for blackening brass. The article should be thoroughly cleaned from grease by immersion in caustic soda ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. AT A DINNER PARTY.

    The lion of the evening had gone down to dinner with his host's country cousin, and the frank worship in her wondering eyes as he talked glibly on his pet subject--himself ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 208 words
  9. VARNISHING LANTERN SLIDES.

    M. Femond, in a recent communication of the Soci[?] Francaise, suggests the use of celluloid varnish for protecting [?] slides from the effects of heat in the lantern, ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. Items of Interest.

    IT is only when at work that we are part of God's creature scheme.--Marie Corelli. A good man.--A light which only ceases to shine when it [?] to be.--Marcus ...

    Article : 978 words
  11. NATURAL HOT SPRINGS.

    In various parts of the world there are hot water springs rising from the ground. They are mostly found in volcanic regions such as Iceland, the Yellowstone Park in America, ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. A REMEDY FOR DAMP WILLS.

    In many localities there is a great deal of complaint about dump walls. Expedients of all sorts have been resorted to in order to remedy this evil, but in most cases they have ...

    Article : 317 words
  13. A NEW PULSE INDICATOR.

    The sphygmograph, as explained by a scientific instrument maker, is a little machine for testing the action of the heart. Fitted on the wrist, it records the beating of ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. THE LAND OF PAGODAS.

    Rangoon, in Burmah, abounds in Buddhist pagodas, large and small; but the Great Pagoda, so called, is the leader, and the one everybody goes to [?] ...

    Article : 319 words
  15. CAPTURING A POLAR BEAR.

    The Polar bears at the Zoo never fail to attract a crowd, and on a warm summer's day it is quite cooling to watch them splashing in the pool which occupies a large ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

    'Have you secured the portraits of those prominent persons who figured in that alleged kissing incident?' asked the editor. 'Yes,' said the assistant, 'but I don't think ...

    Article : 63 words
  17. BRITAIN'S FIGHTING ELEPHANTS.

    One of the most curious corps in the world is what is [?] known as the [?]eavy Battery of the Indian army. It is composed of heavy men, heavy bullocks, and heavy guns ...

    Article : 354 words
  18. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients--14 lb rice, 1 pint milk, lemon rind, few drops essence lemon, 2 tablespoonful sugar, 1 lb prunes, 12 pint water, 1 gill sherry or piece of lemon rind, 6ozs sugar. ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. BEFORE THE COLONEL.

    Drill Sergeant (giving evidence): 'Sir, I had my squad at rifle drill, and giving the command to 'slope arms,' but before I could get the word 'arms' out of my mouth, ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. Housekeeper

    A SIMPLE means of preserving the complexion, where the skin is very dry and easily parched, is to bath the face with oatmeal water and rub over it occasionally a ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. AMBIGUOUS.

    'This custom of having two telephones in the office has its disadvantages, too,' said the business man. 'We've got a new office boy, and one of his duties, is to answer the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 87 words
  22. TERRIBLE ENCOUNTER WITH SEA MONSTER.

    The work of the diver is sometimes most dangerous. In the spring of 1849, Daniel Rowe (then in Canada) was in charge of the diving operations at a spot where a large ...

    Article : 575 words
  23. VERBENA SACHET POWDER.

    To make verbena powder, cut the peel of some lemons into small pieces and dry them in a slow oven till the peel can be crushed to a fine powder. To half a pound of this ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. LEMON PIE.

    Ingredients:--4ozs. short curst, I pint milk, 4ozs. bread crumbs, rind and juice of 1 lemon, 2 good ozs, of sugar, whites of 3 and yolks of 2 eggs. ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. GERMAN BISCUITS.

    Ingredients:--12 lb flour, 12 teaspoonful baking powder, 4ozs. castor sugar, 4ozs. butter, 2 small eggs, pinch salt, 12 lb warm icing in 2 colors, jam. ...

    Article : 148 words
  26. SIMPLE TREATMENT OF INGROWING TOE-NAILS.

    L. Murtol considers an ingrowing toe-nail as causing a trifling wound, chronic on account of a foreign body at the edge of the nail and because of the difficulty of ...

    Article : 169 words
  27. PLANETS INHABITED.

    We desire to know much more concerning the individual planets. Everybody asks, 'Are the planets has yet been given. If one ...

    Article : 261 words
  28. THE NEW SERVANT GIRL.

    Lady (not liking the look of her new servant: 'Did you have any words with your late mistress as you were leaving your last place?' ...

    Article : 62 words
  29. TEARS.

    Young Scraper (amateur violinist): 'Did you notice that old man crying while I was playing my Sonata?' Friend: 'Yes, and I spoke to him. He ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. PICKLE FOR TONGUES OR BEEF.

    Ingredients:--8. qrts. water, 2lbs, brown sugar, 2lbs. bay salt, 2 12 lbs common salt, 2ozs. salt petre, 2ozs. peppercorns. Method.--The peppercorns in muslin, and ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. A CLEAR COMPLEXION.

    No woman is happy who has not a good complexion. There are many muddy- skinned women who only need a short course in cathartics to give them clear skins ...

    Article : 195 words
  32. NO NECESSITY.

    Maude: 'Oh, dear, the diamond in the ring you gave me this Christmas to celebrate our engagement has got a flaw in it.' John: 'Take no notice, darling, love ...

    Article : 50 words
  33. TOMATO SAUCE.

    Ingredients:--6 tomatoes, bunch herbs, piece bacon or bone, 1 onion, few peppercorns and cloves, 1oz. dripping or butter, 3 gills stock or water, 1oz. flour or cornflour. ...

    Article : 107 words
  34. THE AGE OF THE EARTH.

    The whole of geology was a gift of the nineteenth century. There was nothing that deserved the name before it, yet more than half of the land of the globe has not yet ...

    Article : 305 words
  35. THE END OF THE WORLD.

    Mrs Jones: 'A man in this paper says that the world will come to an end next Christmas Day.' Mr Jones: 'Oh! 'After dinner, I hope.' ...

    Article : 33 words
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