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  2. FARM AND GARDEN

    Only within the last 15 years have dairymen learned how to make good butter in winter. There are two things especially lacking in old fashioned winter butter—color ...

    Article : 227 words
  3. POETRY.

    How much a man is like his shoes ! For instance, both a soul may lose. Both have been tanned; both are made tight By cobbers; both get left and right. ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. KING CHRISTIAN.

    The rumour that the King of Denmark thinks of ab[?]cating seems to be gaining ground in Copenhagen. His Majesty is the oldest reigning sovereign in Europe, ...

    Article : 233 words
  5. COBWEBS.

    Spider; Spider! weave thy thread Over living, over dead; From early morn till sunset red, Spain spider, spin ...

    Article : 133 words
  6. PERSONALITIES.

    In 1842 Longfellow, accompanied by his father-in-law, Mr. Appleton and the son of the latter, put up at the Raven Hotel, Zurich. At the end of their stay the ...

    Article : 105 words
  7. RENNET AND CHEESE RIPENING.

    With reference to the contention that rennet has no effect in converting the casein into digestible food, Professor Dean says that, with all due respect to the authorities, ...

    Article : 185 words
  8. SKETCHER

    The compiler of a really reliable and comprehensive code in met at the outset of his undertaking by a difficulty that so far, has defied all attempts at solution beyond a ...

    Article : 292 words
  9. REBUKING ROYALTY.

    A reverend doctor, who was one of King Charles the Second’s chaplains, whenever he preached before his Majesty, was sure to tell him of his faults from the pulpit. One day ...

    Article : 99 words
  10. NOVEL.

    The old house, in spite of the decay that, is fast compassing its rain, is looking lovely, in the rays of this hot noon sunshine. The windows are all blazing as though on fire, ...

    Article : 2,894 words
  11. SCIENCE.

    Chilblains is a low form of inflammation usually caused by exposure to cold and the rapid restoration of the circulation of external heat, instead of the slow[?] process of ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. QUEEN VICTORIA’S FAMILY.

    Queen Victoria is the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III, and of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Sealfeld-Coburg, widow of Prince Emich of ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.

    The two chief uses of food are (1) to form the materials of the body, and to makeup its wastes, and (2) to yield energy in the form of heat to keep the body warm, and in ...

    Article : 460 words
  14. NEW LAMPS FOR OLD.

    Electric lighting has now been applied to private carriages, in which a storage battery may be secreted under the seat, and the whole equipment costs comparatively little ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. THE ORIGINAL NANCY AND BILL SYKES.

    The names of some of Charles Dickens’s early sketches are sufficient to show their scope—’The Gin Shop,’ Seven Dials,’ ‘The Criminal Courts,’ ‘The pawnbroker’s,’ ...

    Article : 371 words
  16. DESCENDANTS OF ROBESPIERRE.

    The only male relatives of Robespierre living in France, according to a Paris paper, are Maximillian de Robespierre, who owns a tile manufactory, and his son, now 18 years ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. THE PEASANT EMPEROR.

    M. de. Blowitz tells a story of the Ozar, who lately discussed with his courtiers the title by which he might afterwards be known in history. His father had been called ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. A DISTANT SUN.

    While it is interesting to know the distance of some of the stars in miles, when stated in that way the numbers are so large that they frequently convey very indistinct ...

    Article : 215 words
  19. SEEDING FOR PASTURE

    The best time, to sow grass seed is in the spring as early as the ground can be worked. The reason is that the soil is more apt to be continuously moist enough at this season to ...

    Article : 428 words
  20. ANSWERING AN INVITATION.

    A story has been current among the students of the University of Aberdeen, which showed that, up to a comparatively recent date ancient prejudices were retained by the ...

    Article : 178 words
  21. WOMEN WHO WHIP WOMEN.

    The famous authoress who elects to be known to the world as ‘Ouida’ is, like certain savage tribes, exceedingly fond of going on the war-path. By nature a poetess, she ...

    Article : 827 words
  22. MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT.

    Some recent scientific researches, which can doubtless be trusted, show that the weight of muscles of animals was increased 40 per-cent by a proper periodic application ...

    Article : 182 words
  23. AN EMPRESS.

    The penny a liners have begun again upon the private life of the Empress of Austria. Fall details may now be learnt of the manner in which she spends every ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. A DEMOCRATIC PRINCESS.

    The Radicals need not worry if Lord Rosebery marries Princess Maud. She has always been the most democratic of princesses. A good many people have heard the story of ...

    Article : 152 words
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    A statistical authority says that a woman’s chance of being married is best between twenty and twenty-five. After fifty her chance is one in 10,000. ...

    Article : 53 words
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