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  2. SHORT STORY.

    INTO and dark wet night be disappeared, and never once turned his head to give a last look at the white, angry, little face pressed against the window pane. ...

    Article : 2,505 words
  3. Science and Invention.

    A CURIOUS sight on the coast of Java is a long stretch of shore, about 29 miles in length, where the sand is filled with particles of magnetic iron. In some ...

    Article : 63 words
  4. Traveller.

    A TRAVELLER who has visited Java and not seen Tongger is like the man who claimed to have ‘done’ America without making the usual pilgrimage ...

    Article : 1,551 words
  5. Housekeeper.

    A METHYSTS are in fashion again, after having been quite neglected for many years. They are now worn in the form of long neckbaing, hatpins, amutints, and ...

    Article : 111 words
  6. SCONES.

    Ingredients: [?]lb of self-raising flour, a good pinch of salt, 1 dessertspoonful of butter [?] breakfast cupful of milk. Method: Mix salt into the flour, rub ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. A ONE YALYE EXPLOSION ENGINE

    The latest novelty in petrol engines is a motor in which one mechanically-operated valve serves for both admission and exhaust functions. The working is effected by the ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. ECONOMICAL TEA CAKES.

    Ingredients : 1 tablespoonful of butter, 2 heaped tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 egg, [?] cup of milk, 2 cups of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. ...

    Article : 80 words
  9. FRUITS AS HEALTH GIVERS

    Now that fruit is plentiful, many people will, no doubt, be glad to take the opportunity of beginning the day with a fruit meal. Most doctors agree that a raw apple ...

    Article : 141 words
  10. A NEW ILLUMINANT.

    Anew gas manufacturing plant has been placed on the market which claims a number of advantages over coal gas, The ‘Eos’ Air Gas Apparatus is compact, ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. Items of Interest.

    HE is no man who needs no mending,— Ralph Denning. Least, largest, there’s one law for all the minds, ...

    Article : 853 words
  12. ALUMINIUM BOBBINS.

    At a recent meeting of the French Society for the Encouragement of National Industry, an interesting paper was read on the ‘Substitution of Aluminium for Wood ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. Odds and Ends.

    STRANGER: ‘I’m from Noo York’ America.’ Waiter (who has not been tipped) : ‘Right yer har, sir, I’ll warn the other‘ ...

    Article : 29 words
  14. AIDS TO HEALTH.

    The health value of the daily bath depends to a certain extent on the temperature of the water, It is not all who can bear the chill of quite cold water, but when ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. MAKING LOVE.

    Hortense: ‘Do you really think I'm different from other girls?’ Algernon: ‘I hope so, my dear. All the others refused me. ...

    Article : 26 words
  16. THE SUN’S POTATION.

    Professor R. A. Sampson, F.R.S., who sums up some problems of' The Mechanical States of the Sun,’ refers to the law of rotation of its surface, by which the equator ...

    Article : 335 words
  17. SUMMED Up.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
  18. USEFUL HINTS.

    The process of washing hair-brushes in hot water is inclined to soften the bristles too much, unless the brush is afterwards put under tho cold tap and the water poured ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. NOT SATISFACTORY.

    Mrs. Jayworker: ‘So you are going to leave me, Bridget; haven’t I treated you like one of the family? Bridget: ‘Indade, ye have, mum, an’ ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. HOW TO WARM IT.

    A young woman who had received a proposal of marriage considered she was entitled to security for her lover’s affection, and asked, ‘An’ suppose, Murty, yer luv ...

    Article : 49 words
  21. SUNSHINE AND HEALTH.

    All those unhappy persons who lie awake counting the hours of the night, and unfortunately there are many such, should court the sun. The very worst soporific is ...

    Article : 170 words
  22. COMPETITION.

    A farmer, during a long-continued drought, invented a machine for watering his fields. However, the very first day while he was trying it there suddenly came ...

    Article : 46 words
  23. OUT BUYING SLUMPS.

    Mrs. Newlywed: ‘Have you any nice slumps this morning?’ Butcher : ‘Slumps? What are they ?’ Mrs. Newlywed : ‘Indeed, I don’t know; ...

    Article : 48 words
  24. THE NEW TENANT

    The new tenant had rented a house and was about to sign the lease, whon the agent remarked: ‘Of course you understand that there is ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. THE LATEST DRY SEAT.

    Yet another effort has been made to find a solution to the dry seat question ; and its author, a Mr. J. Ellison, claims that his [?] is the most perfect in the ...

    Article : 309 words
  26. GOOD HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients; 1[?] lbs. of steak, 2 sheep’s kidneys, 1 teaspoonful of parsley and eschalot, 1 gill of water, 1 dessertspoonful of flour, pepper and salt. For the pasty—[?] ...

    Article : 146 words
  27. A SUPPOSITION.

    Regular Customer (disposed to be facetious); ‘I guess you’ll have to trust for this paper till morning.’ ‘Oh, that’s all right, Mr Brown.’ ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. ALAS!

    I love a lass ; but oh, alas I The lass she loves not me. Though fain am I to wed the lass, Alas I it may not be. ...

    Article : 56 words
  29. SOMEBODY DID.

    The bride and bridegroom sat side by side. ‘Dearest!’ he said, looking up into her eyes. ‘Yes, love!’ she responded in soft, ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. MUTTON OR YEAL BROTH.

    Ingredients; 1 lb. of scrag mutton, 1 pint of water, 2 tablespoonfuls of barley or rice, pepper and salt, and a little chopped parsley. ...

    Article : 157 words
  31. ON RADIO-ACTIVE EMANATIONS FROM WATER AND OIL FOUNTAINS

    Prof. F. Himstedt arrives at the conclusion that radio-active bodies giving off a gaseous emanation are widely diffused throughout the earth; these emanations ...

    Article : 187 words
  32. IN A TRAMWAY CAR.

    A short time ago I had occasion to visit a neighbouring town, and- on arriving there boarded a car to take me to my destination. Seated opposite me was a man with a little ...

    Article : 136 words
  33. MODE OF STEWING STEAK.

    The following is a very delicious mode of stowing steak: Take 1 lb. of rump steak, 2 sheep’s kidneys, one large Spanish onion, one carrot, one turnip, ...

    Article : 139 words
  34. CONUNDRUMS.

    Why is [?] the only vowel you can hear? —All the others are inaudible (in audible). When can a fair hand lest light us through the gloom of life ?—When it has ...

    Article : 36 words
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