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  2. SHORT STORY

    THEY were intensely modern. And so when they decided modern. oft their engagement, it was not because they had a lover’s quarrel, or a third person had ...

    Article : 2,063 words
  3. SOIL AND WATER ANALYSES.

    If you want an orchard in a section of country requiring irrigation, the soil of which varies in depth from six inches to six feet, with an underlying hard-pan or ...

    Article : 329 words
  4. Housekeeper.

    IT is only in extreme case and at inopportune time’s that visitors are excluded from the sick-room the tedium of confinement is relieved so much by the ...

    Article : 457 words
  5. SEMOLINA PUDDING.

    Boil about a pint of fresh milk ; in this dissolve three ounces of semolina; when the mixture has thickened, stir in two ounces of fresh butter ; let the mixture ...

    Article : 64 words
  6. EBONY CREAM.

    Take a pound and a half of prunes, half an ounce of gelatine, half a pint of whipped cream, and three ounces of sugar. Stew the prunes with a piece of lemon peel in a ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. Odds and Ends,

    A rather parsimonious gentleman recently got the better of some of his acquaintances, who were continually pestering him about his niggardliness. Goaded to desperation ...

    Article : 197 words
  8. CURRIED EGGS.

    Slice two onions and fry in butter. Add a teaspoonful of curry powder and one pint of good broth or stock. Stew till onions. are quite tender. Add a cup of cream ...

    Article : 62 words
  9. OYSTER- OMELET.

    Beat six eggs to a froth, then add by degrees one gill of cream; beat them well together, season with pepper and salt. Have ready one dozen [?] ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. Animal Life.

    ‘THE Senses and Intelligence of Animals formed the subject of an interesting lecture given recently by Sir John Lubbock at the Working Men’s ...

    Article : 251 words
  11. MACARONI PIE.

    Take a deep dish, grease and line it with breadcrumbs. Put a layer of cooked macaroni broken in short lengths, then a layer of sausage-meat: season each layer ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. DECIDEDLY DOWDY.

    Not long ago a lady was choosing a winter hat, with the usual uncertainty of mind as to the kind of hat she wanted, or whether, indeed, she wanted a hat at all. ...

    Article : 171 words
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    Advertising : 624 words
  14. VARIOUS USES FOR AMMONIA.

    A little ammonia in tepid water will soften and cleanse the skin. Spirits of ammonia inhaled will often relieve a severe headache. ...

    Article : 455 words
  15. WHY JAMES STRUCK.

    A thriving but somewhat miserly fanner was in the habit of leaving his horse and gig at the door of a certain inn on market days in charge of the first person he could ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. HOW WILD ELEPHANTS ARE CAPTURED.

    New [?] formerly the capital of Siam, is a curious labyrinth in which elephants are captured alive. The labyrinth is formed by a double row of immense ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. HE WAS LOST.

    He was-going along somewhat uncertainly when he ran plump into a street lamp-post. He backed away, replaced his hat on his head, and firmly started forward ...

    Article : 100 words
  18. STRANGE PUNISHMENT

    The Jewish colony of South Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.A., has a unique law, relative to punishment of petty thieves. A visitor there noticed a man walking about ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. HOMING PIGEONS IN THE WINTER

    As in the case of other breeds of domestic pigeons, it is advisable to separate the sexes of Homers, and break up the pairs, before the moult begins. This separation should ...

    Article : 429 words
  20. WILLING TO OBLIGE

    A man suffering from toothache found his dentist ill in bed, but was informed that the dentist’s wife would do as well.’ He consented, and, after some trouble and pain ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. PAT’S ASTONISHMENT.

    Pat had come to town, and brought his money with him. He tipped liberally, and a railway porter was almost staggered with his munificence. ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. THE COBBLER’S REVENGE.

    ‘These shoes, doctor,’ said the cobbler, after a brief examination, ‘aren’t worth mending. ‘Then, of course,’ said the doctor, ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. Items of Interest,

    WHEN life seems to be continuous every day deriving be continuous, previous days, and adding something to their moaning and merit, and ...

    Article : 926 words
  24. COOKERY RECIPES.

    Take a knuckle of veal, put it in a pot with four quarts of water. Pare and slice three onions, four turnips, two carrots, a bunch of sweet herbs, and a small portion ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS.

    ‘I have made it a rule through life,’ he said, at the lunch-table the other day, to the man at his left, ‘never to meddle with another man’s business.’ ‘That’s right ...

    Article : 286 words
  26. CONUNDRUMS

    What is the best way to enjoy the happiness of courtship? Get a little gal-an-try. What is that which receives many answers without taking the trouble to ask ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. A LIFE SENTENCE.

    ‘Would you call stealing a kiss larceny ?’ queried the inexperienced young man. ‘I supposed so,’ replied the married man, who was working from dawn to dusk ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. MUSHROOM CULTURE.

    Mushroom culture is as yet in its infancy in this country, and in many of our States it is as yet unknown. There is nothing fictitious or uncertain about it; ...

    Article : 200 words
  29. FILLETTED HERRINGS.

    Split the herrings open down the back, and remove as many of the bones as possible, trim each half, then roll up with half the roe inside each roll. Stand them in a ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. TOO MUCH HAPPINESS.

    ‘What’s the matter Jimsby ? You look bothered.’ ’l am. I had a happy home until my wife joined one of those philanthropic clubs, ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. WONDERS OF THE SEA.;

    The sea occupies three-fifths of tho earth’s surface. A mile down the water has a pressure of a ton to the square inch. ...

    Article : 263 words
  32. HASH.

    A very good hash, a dish indeed fit to ’set before the King,’ is made as follows:— Cut the meat to be used up in small squares and put them in a brown jar with a cover. ...

    Article : 112 words
  33. Advertising

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