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  2. FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE.

    THE [?] picnic is certainly a success ! It is a glorious, warm, June day, with a bright blue sky and brilliant white clouds ...

    Article : 3,193 words
  3. Odds and Ends

    A WOMAN visiting a cemetery [?] much struck by an inscription on a tombstone. The departed had been celebrated musical composer, and the lines ...

    Article : 68 words
  4. Miscellaneous.

    PLAYING cards, when first introudced into England, were looked on as a purely Christmas pastime. Only one form of playing with them was known at that ...

    Article : 446 words
  5. GLASS TEAPOTS.

    Glass teapots are, it is said, coming into favour in the United States. They are made of strong, tempered glass, and are delicately trimmed with bands of silver. ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. ROOM FOR ONE MORE[?]

    A visiting Bishop was arguing with a Senator on the desirability at attending church. At last he put [?] question [?] ‘What is your personal reason ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. SOME ERRING PROPHETS.

    It occasionally happens that the predictions and theories of mathematicians and scientists are wofully upset and contradicted by actual results. Everyone is ...

    Article : 436 words
  8. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    BAKING,—A knowledge of the degree of heat necessary for the different sorts [?] first be obtained to prevent waste and disappointment,: an oven just right for one ...

    Article : 858 words
  9. DUE THANKS.

    O’Brien: [?] it’s married I am, an[?] I’ve got a fine healthy bhoy, which the neighbours say is the very picter of me.’ Maloney: [?] well, what’s the harrum ...

    Article : 39 words
  10. JACK OF ALL TRADES.

    ‘I am described as a labourer,’ said a [?] who was charged at the police court; [?]but I have been a waiter in a restuarant, a clerk, an omnibus conductor, a [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  11. Housekeeper.

    IF the skin is kept clean and fresh and the diet is well regulated and fresh and the complexion will take care of itself. All the skin cintments in existence will not do ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. A NATURAL TIMEPIECE.

    The largest sundial on the planet is to be found in Greece. There is a large promontory in the Egean sea known as Hayon Horoo, which extends 3,000ft. above the ...

    Article : 66 words
  13. A CLINCHER.

    A mother was trying to get het little [?] to go to bed. ‘Run along, Johnny,’ she said, ‘and get into your bed. The little chickens have all ...

    Article : 57 words
  14. THE LIVER.

    The liver is the largest gland in the body, and has a very important work to perform. Tight clothing, tight [?] anything that binds or [?] the body interferes ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. Items of Interest.

    VIRTUE in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason. The sum of behaviour is to retain a man’s own dignity without intruding on the liberty ...

    Article : 612 words
  16. WORK FOR NOTHING.

    Servian peasants help each other by means of an institution known as the [?] A man who has not hands sufficient to plough or reap his farm calls in the moba— ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. THE OTHER SIDE.

    Isaaoson and Moses were rival [?] who kept shops situated in the same street and opposite each other. It was their frequent practice to stand at thei[?] shop-doors ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. EARACHE AND ITS CURE.

    ‘I am afraid I have greatly interfered with my own [?] said a celebrated [?] by giving the following advice to many of my friends. At the first ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. MOON’S INFLUENCE ON WEATHER.

    A marked influence of the moon on the weather is easily shown, in the opinion of a German astronomer, when rainfall is considered in relation to the moon’s phase ...

    Article : 157 words
  20. NOT CATTLE.

    The other evening a countryman brought his sweetheart into town to see a performance by a well known company. Going up to the ticket-office, the girl ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  21. FIRST AID IN FRACTURED KNEE CAP.

    Fracture of the kneecap happens the most commonly from falls where it has come in contact with a sharp, hard edge, as of curb stone or stairway; but the ...

    Article : 189 words
  22. IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT MONTE CARLO.

    It is surprising to know that the English Church at Monte Carlo no hymn below No. 37 is ever sung. The reason is rather curious. It seems that one Sunday an ...

    Article : 175 words
  23. WHAT BEING ENGAGED MEANS.

    In your home life yon have probably depended on your mother’s guiding hand ; but now you have promised to take the reins of a household in your own, and you ...

    Article : 228 words
  24. THE PERFUME INDUSTRY.

    It is estimated that millions of pounds of ross leaves are annually reduced to perfumes, and that nearly 1 000,000 women work, following the old home recipes and ...

    Article : 278 words
  25. THAT DIDN’T EXCUSE HIM.

    Farmer Jones : [?] there notice [?] ‘Shut the gate.'” Tommy Brown : ‘Please, sir, I didn’t hea[?] it.’ ...

    Article : 25 words
  26. A WISE PRECAUTION.

    Mr. Wise : The reception takes place to-night, and I’m going to look these umbrellas in the wardrobe.’ [?] Wise : ‘Afraid they’ll want to ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. Science and Invention

    BY using soap and water on an oilstone, as a substitute for oil, a smoother and finer edge can be given to knives and wood-working tools. ...

    Article : 54 words
  28. TIES.

    ‘I presume,’ said the talkative man to his companion in the railway train, [?]from your manner and conversation, that you have family [?] ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. COFFEE PURIFIES THE AIR.

    [?] a good ait purifier. A little burned on hot coals will purify a sick room end abolish bad smells. Many physicians think highly of the bracing effects of [?] ...

    Article : 45 words
  30. ALUM TREATMENT OF WHOOPING-COUGH.

    Not many years ago alum was one of the favourite remedies for the relief of whooping-cough, but of late it has been almost entirely superseded by other less ...

    Article : 229 words
  31. A LONG WAIT.

    ‘I was reading this morning of a boy who [?] his own breakfast tor fifteen years.’ ‘He must have been very hungry when ...

    Article : 32 words
  32. THE HEALTHIEST TRADE.

    The healthiest trade in the world is that [?] dye-making from [?] and the smell [?] the best of all [?] builders. The average life of a tar worker ...

    Article : 51 words
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