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  2. Short Story

    'Almost deserted is the great ballroom. Cool opalescent lights shine down in moon-like radiance on the masses of rare tropical flowors-orchids of strange and ...

    Article : 1,944 words
  3. Raiment. Colours and Complexions.

    Blondes can always wear light shades of blue in their hats or bonnets or hair with the pleasing certainty that it will suit them. Light blue is the ...

    Article : 384 words
  4. spray. An Adventurous American.

    A strange and adventurous life has recently ended. The death of Mr. William Henry Hurlbert, the American whose career in England and in his ...

    Article : 163 words
  5. Household Hints.

    To clean a kettle fill It with potato parings, and then boil fast till clean. A little vinegar put into a frying-pan and heated over the fire removes the ...

    Article : 463 words
  6. Mirth and Medicine.

    We are seldom in a laughing mood when thinking of having recourse to the doctor; and if we were, the consulting-room or the surgery is about the ...

    Article : 1,385 words
  7. Some Remarkable Wagers.

    Every one may be the arehited of his own fortunes." Upon the strength presumably, of this statement. many men try to become " instantaneous are ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  8. Vaccination.

    The [?]eney of the vaccination laws Is in England the subject of noisy agitathen on the part of ignorant demagegues: but what would such persons ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. The Wisdom of Buddha.

    If a man holds himself dear. let him watch himself carefully: the truth guards him who guards his self. If one man conquers in battle a ...

    Article : 172 words
  10. Colours that Harmonise.

    Red and violet do not go well together. Black never produces a bad effect when it is associated with two luminous colours. ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. To Clean a Carpet.

    The best way of cleaning a carpet is to wash it, which can be done as follows: —Beat it well to remove all dust, and then nail it down on the door, and wipe ...

    Article : 83 words
  12. Overcame the Difficulties.

    The observatory on the top of Mont Blane. whose crcetion is conducted under the supervision of the famous French astronomer. M. Janssen it is ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. A Household Pest.

    Flease rorm a household pest of no uncommon order, even in cleanly houses. Their development occasionally seems to obey some law of fertility, which causes ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. A Lady Dentist.

    A young lady in a provincial town has taken up dentistry as a profession. All the gentlemen patronise her. When she puts her arm about the neck of the. ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. Baskets for Bathing Dresses.

    Bathers are often puzzled to know how to transport their dripping garments to and from the shore. Many pretty and useful devices have been ...

    Article : 286 words
  16. He Had to Pay.

    The late Dr. R—was very sceptical as to the truth of the many stories told of the great wit to be found among the uneducated Irish. Having to spend ...

    Article : 213 words
  17. So Young You Know.

    Captain Fidleigh (of the Petticoat-Tane Rifle Volunteers): " Don't yor know. Miss Porter. I always feel particularly light-hearted. and inclined to flirt at ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. Needles and Thread.

    " A bad workman always complains of his tools." This proverb has "often been quoted to all of us, but like many other wise sayings, it is only partly ...

    Article : 301 words
  19. Cheap Plughs.

    The United States Consul at Leipsie sent a report to the State Department savins that ploughs in Germany are operated more cheaply by the use of ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. The "New Woman."

    The "new woman" is just new the victim of a powerful lot of jokes, but here's a little story of a Detroit woman who made a lot of men look like fools. ...

    Article : 308 words
  21. The Family Mutton.

    He had come to ask her daughter's hand in marriage. The old lady had been nervously awaiting the hour of the interview. and. when he seated himself ...

    Article : 362 words
  22. Brcaches of Promise.

    In no instance does the prefound difference of national character in England and France appear more striking (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily News") ...

    Article : 351 words
  23. Work in Heaven.

    A coloured man was so convinced of the lowliness of his position—that labour was his natural lot—that he was even indifferent as to a future state, ...

    Article : 146 words
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