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  2. Housekeeper.

    TRAVELLERS who suspect damp sheets should place a mirror between them for a few minutes—a hand-glass suffices. If on removing the glass it ...

    Article : 84 words
  3. SHORT STORY.

    WE are always very much hurt if casual visitors to Benfield do not at once grasp all the salient points of that interesting town. Our usual method with ...

    Article : 2,708 words
  4. Traveller.

    AUTHORITIES differ as to the origin of the name of the river, which Ptolemy called 'Nigoir,' and other old writers Niger. The old theory that the ...

    Article : 1,658 words
  5. CAKES FOR AFTERNOON TEA.

    Ingredients: 2 eggs, their weight in butter, sugar, flour, and cornflour, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, icing sugar, jam. Method: Beat butter and sugar to a ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. SHREWSBURY BISCUITS.

    Ingredients: 4 ozs. of sugar, 4 ozs. of butter, 8 ozs. of flour, 1 egg, 1 lemon. Method: Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add grated rind and egg well beaten, ...

    Article : 82 words
  7. Science and Invention.

    A NARCOTIC bomb has been invented by a surgeon in the Austrian army. The bomb, which may be fired from any gun, has a time fuse, and when dropped ...

    Article : 173 words
  8. PNEUMONIA AND BRONCHITIS.

    The syymptons of these complaints are not marked to very many people. It is much the same thing an the difference between a disease of the branches of a tree ...

    Article : 112 words
  9. RICE BUNS.

    Ingredients : 4 ozs. of rice flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of plain flour, ½ teaspoonful of baking powder, 4 ozs, of sugar, 2 ozs. of butter 2 eggs. ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. CAUSE AND CURE OF GASTRIC CATARRH.

    Chronic congestion of the stomach, known as gastric catarrh, is usually caused by one of the following errors, or by all of them put together: Eating too much or too ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. Items of Interest.

    LANGUAGE is the mirror of the mind. Never take a mean advantage of anyone. Charles Dickens. ...

    Article : 793 words
  12. MIRACLES AND EXPERIMENTS.

    There are scientists in Washington, who believe that there is a fixed basis of the weather, and that, once this basis is discovered, it will be possible, say, on October 1, ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. Odds and Ends.

    O’ ROURKE (who is being lowered down a well): ‘Hold on, [?] want to come up again,’ Finnegan : ‘An’ what phor ?’ ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. USEFUL HINTS.

    Hard water for washing purposes may be softened by adding to it some powdered borax—in the proportion of a teaspoonful to a quart of water. ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. UNDERWATER SIGNALLING.

    Recently there has been installed on the steamers of the Metropolitan Company of Boston an apparatus which may yet make it possible for the vessel beating about the ...

    Article : 220 words
  16. ONE FOR FREDDIE.

    Freddie: ‘Look at the elephant moving his great big fins Mother: ‘Those are his ears, dear. What use has an elephant for fins?’ ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. NONSENSE RHYMES.

    A charming young named Cholmondeley, In figure and feature most colmondeley, Will be Mrs Colquhoun ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. A SIMPLE EXPLANATION.

    Kitty: ‘Have you worn spectacles long, Mr Borem ?’ Mr Borem: ‘Yes, I’ve been shortsighted for a long time, Kitty ; in fact, I was born ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. HINTS ON COOKING MEATS.

    I intend to take up a small space now and again on hints for the various methods of cooking meats, which I hope my readers will find useful, as meat forms an important ...

    Article : 232 words
  20. A PROUD MAN.

    ‘Fellow-trabelers,’ said a coloured preacher, impressively, the other day, ’ of I had been eatin’ dried apples for a week, and then took to drinkin’ for a monf, I ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. GREAT TELEGRAPH ANNIVERSARY.

    Last May witnessed the sixtieth anniversary of the despatch of the first Morse telegraph message in the United States. It was on May 1, 1844, that the first telegram ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. THE HONEST BORROWER.

    Boy : ‘Say, Mr Smith, here’s that spado pa borrowed of you last summer. Mr Smith (sarcastically): ‘What made him fend it back so soon?’ ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. FISHERMAN AND POLICEMAN.

    A Northern village is noted for a policeman who is inquisitive, a girl who acts as ‘postman,’ and an old fisherman noted for his wit. One day the policeman and the ...

    Article : 81 words
  24. PAT IN A FIX.

    An Irishman, on getting married, thought would like to spend his moneymoon in the city. On arrival he came to a very busy ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. TIME TABLE FOR BAKING MEATS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 28 words
  26. A NOVEL FLYING MACHINE.

    Mr E. Nemethy, Arad, Hungary, some years ago designed a flying-wheel according to the well-known kite principle. In this flying machine the magnitude of the ...

    Article : 289 words
  27. COOKERY RECIPES.

    Ingredients: 1 pint of milk, 2 table-spoonfuls of arrowroot, 1 tablespoonful of sugar flavouring (peach leaves, bay leaves, or essence). ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. TO THE POINT.

    A gentleman rejoicing in the name of Jenkins was invited to speak at, a certain meeting, and, being a person of little importance, was placed last on the list of ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. STEWED APPLES.

    Ingredients: 6 apples, ½ pint of water, 6 cloves, ½ lb. of sugar, thin lemon rind. Method: Peel, quarter, and core the fruit, make a syrup by boiling sugar, water, ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. OUR SERVANT GIRL.

    A servant-girl was once encouraged by her mistress to have her likeness taken. To her surprise, the maid returned with a very red face, and burning with ...

    Article : 132 words
  31. RHUBARB FOOL.

    Ingredients: 1 bunch of rhubarb, ½lb. of moist sugar, ½ pint of water, 1 gill of milk, thin rind of half a lemon. Method : Cut rhubarb into small pieces, ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 13 words
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