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  2. SHORT SKETCHES. Successful Listeners.

    Next in value to a facile tongue is an untiring pair of cars. Indeed, it is more than probable that humanity has derived more solid benefit from its cars than from the ...

    Article : 325 words
  3. THE HOME. About the Hearth

    Blane-mange made of sea moss is invaluable for dyspeptics. One gentlemen told the writer that for three months sea moss blanemange constituted two-thirds of his diet. ...

    Article : 674 words
  4. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    A RECENT writer in the North China Herald, of Shanghai, says that the climate of Asia is becoming colder than it formerly was, and its tropical animals and plants are retreating ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  5. FUNNIOSITIES. Time's Revenges.

    Years, years age, when I was young, I loved a fair and gentle maiden; Her praises day and night I sung, My heart with deepest pashion laden; ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. ODDS AND ENDS. [?]Tis Better to Laugh

    The sunniest skies are the fairest, The happiest hours are bust, Of all of life'a blessings the rarest Are pictures of pleasure and rest. ...

    Article : 113 words
  7. A Night Adventure.

    Duriug the year 1889. I was employed by the Bank of Ray bury to exchange money between it and the Bank of Mutual Redempsion, with which they did business in the city. ...

    Article : 2,334 words
  8. Men and Their Hobbies.

    A statement made by a wise man is that “Every honest man has a hobby." The man in question did not use these precious words, but they amount to the same in ...

    Article : 366 words
  9. An Unsuccessful Illustration.

    A teacher was telling her little boys about temptation, and showing how it sometimes came in the most attractive attire. She used as an illustration the paw of ...

    Article : 1,154 words
  10. The Glentleman Born.

    We are all made of the same clay, The nicest analysis can detect no difference between the "blue blood ” that runs in the veins of the descendant of a line of kings and ...

    Article : 280 words
  11. To Identify a Diamond.

    Prick a needle hole through a curd, and look at it through the doubtful stone, if it is spurious, two holes will be seen on the card; if it is a diamond only one hole will ...

    Article : 152 words
  12. Paris Bull Fights.

    The following extract from a recent letter from Paris shows that the method of bull fighting as practiced in France is quito as cruel, if not as blood-curdling, as that of ...

    Article : 253 words
  13. Hints to Housekeepers.

    Put dishes, tumblers and other glass articles into a kettle, cover them entirely with cold water, and put the kettle where it will soon boil. When it has boiled a few minutes, ...

    Article : 445 words
  14. Patenting a Hole.

    An old farmer one Sunday morning attempted to wind up his great silver watch, and found that the key was filled with dirt. Being unable to dig the latter out within pin ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. In Advance of the Czar.

    The workmen who go in advance of the Czar, whithersoever he travels,form a squad of six mechanis. Two are locksmiths, two carpenters, and two masons. All are married ...

    Article : 103 words
  16. Naming the Baby.

    You have birds in a cage and you’ve beautiful flowers. But you haven’t at your house what we have at cura; ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. The Secret of Beauty.

    The secret of beauty is health. Those who desire to be beautiful should do all they can to restore their health if they have lost it, or to keep it if they have it still. No one can ...

    Article : 186 words
  18. Presence of Mind in a Parrot.

    A dispatch of the New York World from St. Louis says: Several days ago a thief entered the house of Dr. D. Morrow, at No. 30S Jafferson Avenue, and, choosing between ...

    Article : 448 words
  19. “No Man’s Enemy But His Own.”

    “No man’s enemy but his own ” happens generally to be the enemy of everybody with whom he is in relation. The leading quality that goes to make his character is a reckless ...

    Article : 114 words
  20. Manners.

    I make it a point of morality never to find fault with another for his manners. They may be awkward or graceful, blunt or polite, polished or rustic, I care not what they are, ...

    Article : 250 words
  21. Recipes.

    One and one-half pounds of flour, one pound of sugar, three-fourths pound butter, five eggs, ginger, and a little saleratus; spread on thin sheets and roll thin. ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. Cured by Hard Work.

    A woman of fashion, suffering from a nervous disordor, was advised by her physician to make her bed, sweep and dust her rcom, and engage in various forms of manual ...

    Article : 194 words
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