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  2. Farm and Garden.

    SELECT the pig your market demands, leaving entirely out of the question personal fancies and prejudices. If the highest value in the dressed aninial is ...

    Article : 375 words
  3. Science and Invention.

    A NEW worm-goat is being introduced from Germany. It consists of a worm driving a worm-wheel, the teeth of which are [?] rollers. ...

    Article : 301 words
  4. SHORT STORY.

    “THE General’s coming down to inspect us in a day or two—a sort of surprise visit,’ said the Colonel to the Senior Major. ‘I’m afraid we’re a ...

    Article : 3,869 words
  5. THE USES OF LEMONS.

    The way to get the better of the bilious system without blue pills or quinine is to take the juice of one, two or three lemons, as appetite craves, in as much water as makes ...

    Article : 146 words
  6. STUFFED TURNIPS.

    Peel the turnips, and boil in slightly, salted water till half-done ; take them out, slice off a thin bit from the bottom, to ensure their standing firmly, and cut a ...

    Article : 133 words
  7. REAL SCOTCH SHORTBREAD.

    A Highland maidservant gives me the following recipe for Scotch shortbread :— One pound of flour, half a pound of rice flour, one pound of salt butter, half a ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. ONE OF THE USES OF SEALING-WAX.

    Engravers in Germany harden their tools in sealing-wax. The tool is heated to whiteness and plunged into the wax, withdrawn in an instant, and plunged in again, ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. Housekeeper.

    DR. MONARD KUSTER found that, with the exception of certain diseases, such as hypertrophies and adenoids, etc., which obstruct nasal breathing, ...

    Article : 119 words
  10. EGG PRODUCTION.

    It must be poor kind of farming not to realise that crops cannot be taken from the fields, year after year, without returning anything to the soil, and which must ...

    Article : 288 words
  11. A GOLD MINE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY.

    The most crying need of to-day is a substitute for Para rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and oxidised linseed oil are useful for some ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. CAULIFLOWER BAKED WITH CHEESE.

    Pull off the green leaves and place in a bowl of cold, salted water, head downward, for half an hour to dislodge any insects; put in a saucepan of boiling water, stalk ...

    Article : 248 words
  13. BORAX FOR HOUSEHOLD USE.

    Its uses in the household arc many. It a great labour-saver. It is easily crushed, or reduced to powder, and is then known as powdered borax, in which form it is usually ...

    Article : 250 words
  14. RADIUM AND CANCER TREATMENT.

    Dr. W. J. Morton of New York, makes the announcement that ho has succeeded in affecting cancer [?] with the aid of radium. He is not extravagant in his ...

    Article : 156 words
  15. Items of Interest.

    HISTORY.—The letter of instructions, which the old generations write and posthumously transmit to the new; the messages, verbal or written, when all ...

    Article : 810 words
  16. THE NAVIGATION OF THE AIR.

    Mr Eric Stuart Bruce in an address on ‘The Navigation of the Air,’ explained the material nature of the air, the principle of the pressure of fluids showing the mistake ...

    Article : 311 words
  17. HE FEARED THE WORST

    A fat man walked into a restaurant, and, after knocking down a few hats while hanging up his own, sat as much of himself down as the only vacant seat in the room ...

    Article : 201 words
  18. RINGWORM.

    Iodine has been found to be one of the most effective agents for destroying the parasite upon which the disease depends. An excellent method of applying it is the ...

    Article : 130 words
  19. A CHEAP CURE FOR DANDRUFF.

    A cheap remedy for dandruff is ordinary brown vinegar rubbed into the scalp with a small sponge or brushed through the hair, taking care that the bristles of the brush ...

    Article : 137 words
  20. SOLD AGAIN.

    Pedlar : Please, nium, would you like to buy a parrot ?’ Mrs. Brickrow : ‘No; what on earth do you suppose I want with a parrot ?’ ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. LIQUID FUEL

    From the time when steamers were fired by oil fuel in the Captain Sea in 1870 until the present year last numbers of burners and other devices have been suggested, and ...

    Article : 267 words
  22. COOKERY RECIPES.

    Mix 6oz. of flour, 8oz. of suet, 3oz. of sultanas, one teaspoonful of baking powder, 1oz. of sugar, one well-beaten egg, and sufficient milk or water to make a stiff ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. HIS LAST CHANCE.

    The young man had arrived in tho village from the town, where he had lived all his life. Before he had been in the village many weeks his new friend had listened to ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. OX TAIL SOUP.

    Take some stock and vegetables well boiled together, and strained; allow this to got cold, and then free it from fat. Take two ox tails, soak them in enough water to ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 26 words
  26. WINE SAUCE.

    The following wine sauce is reckoned an improvement to boiled puddings;—Break up three ounces of butter with a cupful of powdered sugar, till the whole is like a ...

    Article : 58 words
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