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  2. SHORT STORY

    ‘ OH, Jask, you’ve had mote than you share of my sweets I’ though,’ but I’m going to now, thogh,’ [?]ting the action to the word, ...

    Article : 3,270 words
  3. Odds and Ends

    THE VISITOR: ‘ How old are you Tom?’ The Boy: ’Aw! Ma says I’m too young to eat the things I like, an’ I’m too old to ...

    Article : 43 words
  4. TRACED TO THE ORIGIN.

    ‘MacIntosh boasts a good deal about his family, doesn’t be ?’ ‘ Yes ; I think he claims that the head of his family was the original Macintosh ...

    Article : 43 words
  5. Miscellaneous.

    ITALIANS who are unable to read or write cannot vote. No one has yet been able construct a vessel which can resist the force of freezing ...

    Article : 162 words
  6. THE EXPLANATION.

    ‘ Why is it that a girl can never catch a ball like a man?’ ‘ A man is so much larger and easier to catch.’ ...

    Article : 28 words
  7. A MOTOR LIFEBOAT.

    A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Ely sees is a motor [?]boat , the first ever built in France. It is provided with a ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. THE VALUE OF BATHING FOR WOMEN.

    The very hot bath, as well as the cold sponge, is stimulating in effect, entirely too much so for the average woman who has no vitality to spare. The frequency and ...

    Article : 254 words
  9. HE MEANT WELL.

    The roof of a certain small village church was very much out of repair, the [?] constantly falling in, and on several occasions hurling the [?]. This state of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 141 words
  10. A NEW PATENT TRIPLE ECONOMIC AIR-ENGINE.

    It is reported that this engine threatens to revolutionise all those industries which depend on steam, gas, or electricity for their motive power, The patentee of this ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. THEY MUST CNAW.

    Rats, mice, and squirrels [?] guaw at something, not out of pure t[?] as people generally imagine, but because they are forced to. Animals of ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. RUSHING OVER MOUNTAINS ON A WIRE.

    To Dr. Alfred Chapais, Professor of Zoology, in the University of Geneva, belongs the credit for inventing the most thrilling and hair-raising form of recreation ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    Ingredients :—2lbs brown sugar, 2 qts vinegar, 4[?]lbs good cooking apples weighed after peeling and coring, 1[?]lbs raisins, 1oz of ginger and mustard seed, ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. WHERE POSTAL OFFICIALS ARE MOST NUMEROUS;

    According to the returns just issued by the International Union, Germany has mare postal officials than any other country in the world, the total number amounting ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. PERPETUAL MOTION.

    Lady: ‘Why do you beg instead of working?’ Tramp: ‘ I’ll tell de truth, ma’aa. I begs[?] git money for whiskey.’ ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. THE PRINCE’S VALUABLE FEATHERS.

    The apex of the Prince of Wales’s crown is a tuft of feathers tipped with gold, said to be worth £10,000. The feathers took twenty years to collect, and cost the lives ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. COSTLY EXPLANATION.

    Client: ‘ This bill of yours is exorbitant. There are several items in it that I can’t understand.’ [?] ...

    Article : 31 words
  18. [?]

    Ingredients;—1 tablespoonful each of flour and sugar, 2 eggs, pinch salt, 1 tea[?]oupfol milk, essence lemon. Method,—Mix flour, sugar, and Bait in a ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. Items of Interest,

    NATIONAL progress is the sum of individual industry, energy and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness and vice. [?] ...

    Article : 722 words
  20. NOT TO BE WONDERED AT.

    In a certain little town an Irishman was belabouring his donkey with a stick when a wag called to him[?] ‘ I say Pat, I could draw as [?] as your ass.’ ‘ I don’t ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. WELSH MARRIAGE.

    The Welsh pursue an excellent practice on the occasion of a wedding of persons who have to labour for their bread. Each guest pays a shilling, which act, when the ...

    Article : 124 words
  22. IN A HURRY.

    On my way to the village the other evening I met a married friend running hemawards at top speed with a curious-looking parcel, which he carried very gingerly. ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. COTTAGE SOUP.

    Ingredients: - [?]lb neck mutton, 1 cupful of rice, 2[?] qts water, 2 leeks or 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 turnip, I tablespoonful dripping, 1 teaspoonful sugar, Bait, pepper, chopped ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. LIFE ASSURANCE.

    Insurance Superintendent [?] ‘How did your husband happen to die so soon after getting insured for a large amount?” ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  25. HEELS HALF A YARD HIGH.

    Heels, it is said, owe their origin to Persia, where they were introduced upon sandals, in the shape of blocks of wood fixed underneath, such being the root idea ...

    Article : 215 words
  26. Housekeeper.

    MUSCATELS stoned and soaked in salad oil for a few hours make an excellent aperient for children, and one they are generally willing to take. One in ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. GERMAN SOUP.

    Ingredients;—1lb neck mutton. 4 potatoes, 1 carrot, 2 onions, 2ozs rics, 2[?] qts water, salt and pepper. Method.—Wash mutton, out op, and put ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. PIMPLES.

    It requires self-denial to get rid of pimples, for persons troubled with them will persist in eating fat meats and other articles of food calonlated to produoe them. ...

    Article : 111 words
  29. Science and Invention

    THE diameter of the iron in the link in eights, squared and divided by nine gives the safe load in tons for chains, Herr Gentsoh, of Vienna, has produced ...

    Article : 371 words
  30. TAKING ADVANTAGE.

    ‘ There’s a new young man calling on Miss Maude this evening,’ said the fox-terrier, and he seems real nice.’ ‘Yes, I heard her say that he [?] ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. ABOUT THE MONTH OF JULY.

    The seventh month was originally the fifth, and was called Qi[?] (i e., (he fifth) by the Romans; but shortly after the Calendar had been re-arranged by Julius ...

    Article : 244 words
  32. STAINED AND DIRTY CARPETS.

    These may be very greatly improved in appearance by being wiped over with a solution of ox-gall. About three gills of ox-gall to a pail of water will be found ...

    Article : 150 words
  33. THE REASON WHY

    A newly-married couple were spending their honeymoon at a city hotel. The bridegroom tipped the waiter and asked him not to let any of the guests know he was ...

    Article : 112 words
  34. PAT’S OPINION OF HIS CHILDREN.

    ‘Ye pays no more attention to me,’ said Patrick to his children, ‘ than if I was a dumb baste talking to yes,’ ...

    Article : 28 words
  35. STALE BREAD.

    The stale bread which accumulates in every household is a great trial to the housekeeper, but instead of having too much on hand, we seldom have as much as ...

    Article : 233 words
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