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  2. Odds and Ends

    YOUNG married lady, who moved it to the country from the city, considered the keeping of hens a pleasant and profitable undertaking, As she grew more ...

    Article : 63 words
  3. SHORT STORY

    IT was the last week in September, but few hot, sultry summer days had returned after a touch of autumn weather; and, feeling tired and languid after a busy ...

    Article : 2,940 words
  4. Miscellaneous.

    IN Germany even housemaids, butlers, and chimney sweeps may receive in special technical schools all the correct fundamental preparation tot their humble ...

    Article : 243 words
  5. A MERCURY PURIFIER.

    A simple arrangement of purifying mercury is described by Messrs. G. A. Hulett and H. D, Micobin in the ‘Physical Review.’ The method consists in ...

    Article : 117 words
  6. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    Ingredients:—1 leg mutton, ¼oz pepper, 1 salt spoonful each of powdered cloves and spice, 1 teaspoonful ground ginger and chopped bay leaves, 1 gill red wine, and 1 ...

    Article : 135 words
  7. THE TRUE DEFINITION.

    ‘I thought,’ bried the victim indignantly, ‘that you were a painless dentist.’ ‘I am,’ replied the smiling operator. ‘I do not suffer the slightest pain.’ ...

    Article : 28 words
  8. TO PRESERY[?] SPIDERS’ WEBS.

    A method of preserving different kinds of spiders’ webs for study or display, adopted by an American naturalist, is ingenious and apparently novel. The web ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. A MIRACLE.

    The Squire’s Pretty Daughter (examining the village school): ‘Now, children, can you tell me what a miracles? A little girl was suddenly stuck with a ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. ENOUGH FOR HER.

    George: ‘Are you ready to live on my income, dear ?’ Mand: ‘Cartainly, dearest, if - it—’ George: “If what?’ ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. BANANA TART.

    Ingredients:—6 bananas, 1 tablespoonful each of lemon juice, orange juice or orange flower water (this may be procured from any chemist and is delightful for flavoring ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. ORE DEPOSITS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN DEPTH.

    Prof. J. W. Gregory gave an address at the Royal Institution, Albemarle-st, London, recently, on the above subject. He called attention to the importance of the ...

    Article : 299 words
  13. Housekeeper.

    DONT lay a carpet on a damp floor It will rust the tacks, making them difficult to remove, and possibly stun your carpet. ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. VALUABLE WEAPONS.

    Perhaps the most previous sword in existence is. that of the Gaekwat of Baroda. Its hilt and belt are encrusted with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, and ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. LOOKS NOT DECEPTIVE.

    Codd: ‘You wouldn’t think that that chap crossing the road had four thousand a year, would you !’ Kidd: ’Great Scott, not Has he?’ ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  16. SAVCURY RUMP STEAK.

    Procure a slice of rump steak, weighing about 2½ to 3lbs and about 1½ inches thick, Place the steak flat on the table, and with a sharp knife make an insertion in it ...

    Article : 225 words
  17. THE CALENDAR.

    There are some carious facts about our calendar. No century begins on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. The same calendar can be used every twenty years. ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. A HAIR MARKET.

    A market has just been opened in Paris where the hair of famous personages is on sale. One may examine there and buy looks from the beads of royal, military, ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. A MUSICAL TRAGEDY.

    ‘My sister sings ‘I’l Trevatore’ in five sharps.’ ‘Mine sang it in six flats but they made her move out of every one of them,’ ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. PENWIPER.

    To make a pretty penwiper, out tout circular pieces of red felt—the largest about three inches in diameter, the smallest about one and one-half inches. Notch ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. Items of Interest.

    A GOOD man should and must Sit rather down with less, than rise [?] For, spite of all the criticising slves, ...

    Article : 506 words
  22. RATHER CUTTING.

    ‘What is the reason that men never each other, while the ladies waste a world [?] faces?’ asked a not altogether gallent captain of a young ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. APPLE FOOL.

    Ingredients:—4 apples, [?] cake crumbs, 2 eggs, 1 dessertspoonful sugar, 2ozs sugar, and ½ pint water ; for syrup for the apples, small piece ...

    Article : 118 words
  24. UNDERCLOTHING.

    An ordinary chemise takes 2½ to 3 yards of 36in. calico. A nightdress takes 5½ yards of 36in. calico. A plain petticoat bodies takes 1½ yard of 36in, long cloth. A ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. NOT AT GOLF.

    Caddy (to lady amateur, who bad lest her club for the third time): ‘If you keep on like this I see you being champion of Australia.’ ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. TRAINED GOLD FISH.

    A Philadelphia dealer in pet clock has an sqaaricm of trained goldfish. These fish, when the man holds a small wand of red wood an inch above the surface of the ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. NOT MUCH HOPE.

    Willis: ‘That young man who has been [?] on the corned is it.’ Wallace: ‘Do you think he will recover?’ Willis: ‘I am afraid not ; the doctor ...

    Article : 41 words
  28. WINE BISCUITS.

    Ingredients:—6ozs butter, [?] castor sugar, ½lb floor, ½ teaspoonful baking powder, 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful sherry, few dried fruits (crystallised), ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR ECZEMA AND DANDRUFF.

    An excellent remedy for eczema and other skin diseases may be made by working flower of sulphur into Vaseline. This ointment may be easily manufactured at ...

    Article : 256 words
  30. WORTH IT.

    [She (in the honeymoon): ‘I suppose, George, it must have cost a lot of money to build a railway like this?’ He : ‘ Oh, yes. The tunnels alone cost ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  31. MADAME PATTl’S PARROT.

    The training of a parrot is a science in itself. Parrots given to the most [?] language are tolerated in households distinguished for the [?] of their human ...

    Article : 128 words
  32. Science and Invention

    THE impression that there is nothing to rival electricity for working train car lines is no longer correct. Already we have gasoline-driven omnibuses of ...

    Article : 79 words
  33. THE BRIDAL VEIL.

    The bridal veil is evidently of Eastern origin, being a relic of the bridal canopy held over the heals of the bride and bride [?] Among the Anglo-Saxons a similar ...

    Article : 164 words
  34. HEARING PLANTS GROW.

    Two Germans have discovered a method by which they can hear plants grow. In the apparatus the growing plant in connected with a disc, having in its centre an ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. AMONG THE NEGROES.

    Parson Johnson: ‘So die little child am a gal. Do de udder one belong to de contrary sex ?’ Mrs. Jackson: ‘Yais, pabson: dat’s a ...

    Article : 31 words
  36. DYSENTERY.

    Great care should be taken to avoid this disease, an it is often serious. It is sometimes spldemio, runs readily into a typhoid state, and proves suddently fatal. It is ...

    Article : 318 words
  37. ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY.

    Wife: ‘Well, if the husbands of other women don’t give them any mote to put in their purses than you give me to put in mine, the thief would starve to death.’ ...

    Article : 70 words
  38. WOMEN GETTING SCARCER.

    Fran Gnauok Kuhne, one of the greatest authorities on the modern feminist movement, after mature study and collection of statistics, has come to the conclusion that ...

    Article : 168 words
  39. NEW METHOD OF TESTING VARNISH.

    At the last meeting the Royal Scottish Society of Arts in Edinburgh, a communication by Prof Bally and Dr. A. P. Laurie on a method of testing varnishes ...

    Article : 150 words
  40. ROUND AND SMOOTH.

    Telescope Proprietor: ‘Step up. ladies and gents, and view the planet Mars. One penny, mum.’ Old Lady: “Oh [?] Hain’t it round ...

    Article : 49 words
  41. A TIP FOR HUSBANDS.

    Richard: ‘Have you heard what Sharps gave his mother in-law tot a birthday present?’ Jones: ‘No; what?’ ...

    Article : 39 words
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