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  2. LUDICROUS TRANSPOSITIONS.

    A youth who had, in a performance of “Richard III.” to recite the words, “My lord, the Duke of Buckingham is taken, came on shaking with stags fright, and ...

    Article : 292 words
  3. TOILET HINTS.

    BR[?] STAINS FROM THE HANDS.— [?] will remove [?] from the hands. [?] use acids in the shop. but the lemon is quite as good isn’t ...

    Article : 688 words
  4. THE HOUSE[?]

    BISCUIT PRILINES. Make a [?] one pound of flour, half a pound of sugar, five ounces of butter, three eggs, a tea spoonful of vanilla sugar, and a pinch of ...

    Article : 551 words
  5. THE POULTRY YARD.

    If you have not already done [?] the [?] as you have eggs [?] for setting. Birds hatched at this season give a “creamy” profit in the ...

    Article : 491 words
  6. The Influence of Cows on Pasture.

    In most dairying countries it [?] assumed that continuous grazing by cattle impo[?]shes the land. There is no doubt that milk removes from the soil ...

    Article : 853 words
  7. The Ladies’ Column.

    The late Rev. T. de Witt Talmage D.D., spoke as follows: “My chief anxiety is, not that woman have other rights accorded her, but that ...

    Article : 238 words
  8. THE DAIRY.

    Owing to climatic conditions, the supplies of grass for fodder are very uncertain in the interior districts, and more especially in the north and north-western ...

    Article : 580 words
  9. GEMS OF THOUGHT.

    Fear, an up-to-date [?] [?], is the worst kind of slavery. Youth is the period of happiness, but only Age is aware of the fact. ...

    Article : 497 words
  10. THE MORALS OF MANNERS.

    Some girls have the idea that to think about trifles connected with behaviour is unnecessary. But underneath most of the apparently arbitrary rules that ...

    Article : 202 words
  11. ON POSING FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

    There is as much art in being photographed as in photographing. A good photo is often due quite as much to the sitter as to the artist A bad photo, is a ...

    Article : 209 words
  12. THE TEASING HABIT.

    Few habits into which children fall are more reprehensible than that of teasing. and one child can afflict as much, misery on another by teasing or ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. CLEANING WALL PAPER.

    It is not always desirable or possible to re-paper a room where the wall-paper has been soiled in a few places. To be able to clean such paper without injuring the ...

    Article : 224 words
  14. FOR THE LAWYERS.

    The following tells how a young lawyer moved into a Connecticut town where there was only one lawyer before—an old judge. ...

    Article : 294 words
  15. ASPIC JELLY AND ITS USES.

    If aspic jelly is well made, it is always appreciated and looks pretty for all kind of savouries. Potted beef made into small eggs, masked in aspic jelly, and served on ...

    Article : 384 words
  16. BEING AN INVALID.

    Invalidism, as a habit, resembles certain bad habits, in the respect that- it is not conscientiously contracted; it steals upon the spirit by degrees, and one's ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. SIGNS OF GOOD MILKERS.

    Some breeders of dairy cattle think, and base the value of their bull calves on it, that the presence of large rudimentary teats in the bulls indicate that the ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. THE “VANISHED HAND.”

    The “vanished hand” that swept life’s golden lyre Until its last sweet music died away, I see no more; but still bright ...

    Article : 204 words
  19. GOOD LISTENERS.

    To meet a really good listener is a pleasure as great hi it is rare. Many try. and try hard, to do their duty in this matter, and fail, for, while endeavouring to ...

    Article : 327 words
  20. WORDS OF WISDOM.

    Won, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life. Don’t expect much in this world, and then if you don't, get much you'll not be ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. LOVE OF CHILDREN FOR PARENTS.

    There is perhaps no one thing which renders its recipients as happy, certainly nothing more beautiful to behold, than the tender affection manifested by children ...

    Article : 593 words
  22. VARIATIONS IN THE QUALITY OF BUTTER,

    At the agricultural station attached to the Illinois University, a test was conducted last year for the special object of [?] the variations in the yield and ...

    Article : 511 words
  23. Sowings of Peas.

    Frequent sowings of peas for house. hold use should be made from now onward; sowing only early varieties now. and main or late crop kinds a month [?] ...

    Article : 371 words
  24. TOO CONSCIENTIOUS.

    Not long ago a lady, calling on another, noticed the absence of a cherished [?]and asked what had become of it. ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. Be Kind to the Cow.

    The cow will generally do her best that is loved and potted the most by those who have her in charge. If you wish a cow to do her best you must ...

    Article : 234 words
  26. WHAT SOME PROMISES MEAN.

    “I am on the entertainment commit tee,” said the tired little woman, drop ping into a chair, “and one has only t[?] fill such a position once to be able [?] ...

    Article : 401 words
  27. HIS INDUSTRY.

    Mrs de Cohen: “I hear you've got a very industrious husband.” Laundress: “Yes, ma’am; he’s always finding something for me to do.” ...

    Article : 26 words
  28. WHAT MAKES A HOME?

    What is that indefinable something that makes a home—that re teats itself in the books and pictures, in the arrangement of tube [?]in the preparations ...

    Article : 331 words
  29. NOT EXACTLY CHEESING.

    Timid Lady: “Are people ever lost in this river ?” Boatman: “No, ma’am, we always find them in a day or two.” ...

    Article : 28 words
  30. HE WANTED A CHANGE.

    He pulled himself up at the hotel table, nicked his napkin under his chin, picked up the bill of fare, and began to study it intensely. Everything was in ...

    Article : 192 words
  31. A CHANCE FOE INVENTORS.

    There is a patent pending on a noiseless baby-carriage. Now. if someone will only discover a noiseless baby, what a shower of blessings he would-receive. ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. DESCRIPTION TOO ACCURATE.

    Judge: “You deny persistently that you committed the act, and yet the description fits you exactly; a beautiful [?], youthful appearance, pretty little ...

    Article : 35 words
  33. A LESSON IN CHEMISTRY.

    Professor: “What happens to gold when it is exposed to the air?” Student: “It gets stolen.” ...

    Article : 22 words
  34. HE HAD EXPERIMENTED.

    Bobbie: “You Know: them preserves out in the pantry what you told me not to eat?” Mother: “Yes.” ...

    Article : 49 words
  35. THREE OF A KIND.

    While we were visiting at a small village in one of the Carolinas we went one afternoon to see one of the old negro maxnmi[?] in her own log ...

    Article : 233 words
  36. USEFUL, AS WELL AS “CHARMING.”

    Poet: “I hope you have received the little volume of poems I ventured to send you?” Hostess: “Oh, yet, I have—it is ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. ECONOMY.

    Wife : “ All our neighbours are going away for the season dear.” Husband: “Well, that’s good news.” Wife: “Why is it good news?” ...

    Article : 38 words
  38. MAKING, TREBLY SURE.

    Mr Henry Bro[?], M.P., speaking lately at Stourbridge, referred as illustration nation of an argument be used to the man who, when asked whether his mother. ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. THE FACTS OVERCAME HER.

    Laura: “Well, did you say. This it so sudden!’ wh[?] Amy : “No, I didn’t I intended to say to, you know. But when he did put ...

    Article : 45 words
  40. THAT WAS SOMETHING.

    Husband: “I can’t see, my dear, what good the border of fur does round the [?] of your skirt.” Wife: “Why, it shows that I can ...

    Article : 34 words
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