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  2. POETRY.

    [?]ng to me close love, my bride, As on we gallop in reakless ride! The enemy fellows as hard behind His bullets and curses come down the wind; ...

    Article : 294 words
  3. HOUSEKEEPER.

    The following recipe for a delicious summer sweet. It may be served at luncheon or at dinner. Boil a pint of cream and pour on the yolks of four eggs beaten until quite ...

    Article : 105 words
  4. A SEA WILL O’ THE WISP.

    The curious and eerie light known as ‘Jack o’ Lantern’ or ‘Will o’ the Wisp’ as usually seen in marshes or in graveyards as a bluish flame. This is in reality produced ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. THE CAPE PARLIAMENT.

    Roughly speaking, the Cape Parliament consists mainly of lawyers, doctors, and farmers, with a sprinkling of merchants, three journalists, and two or three ...

    Article : 926 words
  6. THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

    Far away in the Chaldea plain there is a round hill, called ‘The Son of the Prince’ by the Arabs, which has joist been excavated by Professor Hilprecht, the eminent ...

    Article : 201 words
  7. TEMPERANCE HOT WEATHER DRINK.

    The recipe here following was published by a Church of England Temperance Society. It is a tried, wholesome and economical drink. ...

    Article : 108 words
  8. A NEW ENDING.

    Merritt: ‘I had an awfully embarrassing thing happen to me this afternoon. I was walking with a girl when a sudden gust of wind blew off my hat and sent it flitting up ...

    Article : 196 words
  9. SEED LOAF.

    This is, perhaps, as great a favourite as anything. Required: Half a pound of butter, six ounces of castor sugar, four eggs, half an ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. HUMOUR

    It was in a Malaga hotel, where they had just arrived from Granada, and there were sights innumerable on every side to allur[?] the eye and furnish an unlimited scops for ...

    Article : 73 words
  11. SCRIBBLER KNEW HIM.

    Scribbler: ‘There goes the subeditor of the ‘Weekly Ha-Ha.’ Danber: ‘You mean the subeditor?’ Scribbler: ‘No, I don’t. He is the man ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. ATHLETIC SPORTS IN THE SIX- TEENTH CENTURY.

    In 1569 Queen Elizabeth issued a special warrant to all mayors, ‘shereffes,’ magistrates, &c., in Middlesex, to see that the games organized by J. S. Powlter were ...

    Article : 198 words
  13. NOVEL.

    ‘You’re all right now,’ informed Ruth, [?]erfully. ‘I will stake my professional [?]putation on your safety. And, by the [?]sy,’ as a sudden thought came to him, ...

    Article : 3,501 words
  14. HE KNEW BETTER.

    ‘I say, there,’ he asked, as he sto[?]d in th[?] streets of New York for the first time and watched two sisters of Mercy pass along, ‘what kind of wimmen is them I see go ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. GINGERBREAD.

    The following is never out of fashion: Required: Three-quarters of a pound of flour, three-quarters of a pound of ground ginger, half an ounce of carbonate of soda, ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. THE ONE WHO SHOULD.

    Pat M— came home for his breakfast one morning, but instead of having it ready his wife was sitting by the fire sobbing bitterly. ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. AN ANGRY MOB OF WELSHMEN.

    An old commercial traveller, Mr Charles Cahill, tells the following story in a book of reminiscences of the road which he published a few years ago. In the old driving ...

    Article : 320 words
  18. SELF-CONVECTION.

    An old lady who was making some jam was called away by a neighbour. ‘Sam, you rascal’, she said, you’ll be eating my jam when I’m away.’ ...

    Article : 132 words
  19. LUNCHEON CAKE.

    Required: Two pounds of flour one small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, three quarters of a pound of batter or dripping, three-quarters of a pound of sultanas, six ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO GO.

    The man who had his coffin painted a fiery red, and kept it for two whole years at his front door, had evidently a very clear idea of where he was going when he had departed ...

    Article : 153 words
  21. MILK LEMONADE.

    Required: One pint of boiling water, quarter of a pound of loaf sugar, one gill of lemon juice, four gills of cold milk. Pour the boiling water on to the sugar; ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. TRAVELLER.

    ‘A day or two after I started back a mob hanged me in effigy, 22 miles out from Wyndham. I had to travel very slowly, as my pack horses were heavily loaded, and in ...

    Article : 463 words
  23. ALLEGED CUBES FOB SEASICK-NESS.

    While it is doubtful which of the two— the seaside landlady or seasickness—is the bigger bugbear of the holiday season, it is beyond dispute that one of the commonest ...

    Article : 470 words
  24. A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.

    A young Irishman once went to a kind-hearted old squire for a recommendation. An elaborate one was written and read to him. He took it with thanks, but did not ...

    Article : 266 words
  25. VARIETIES.

    A rich scene occurred in an hotel recently. A traveller who had been on a spree the previous evening, arose in the morning and rung the bell violently. Boots appeared. ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. PUNKAH COOLIES.

    I[?] the plains of India during the summer months the soldiers barracks are supplied with punkahs( fans), suspended from the rafters or beams of the roof, and several ...

    Article : 105 words
  27. THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

    There is a great scarcity of capable seamen for the United States fleet, so fewer than 3,000 men being needed to complete its great equipment. This is owing to the ...

    Article : 136 words
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