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  2. Insect Life.

    OF the instincts of insects we find examples to parallel those of the larger animals ; by one important test, the construction of buildings and habitation, ...

    Article : 1,462 words
  3. SHORT STORY.

    ‘THIS is a charming spot —for two, he said, setting himself comfortably at her feet. ‘We are lucky to find it unoccupied,’ ...

    Article : 2,132 words
  4. LEMON SAUCE.

    Ingredients ; 3 gills of milk, 2 ozs of castor sugar, rind of 1 large lemon, 1 gill of cream. Method: Stand the milk and lemon rind ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. HOUSEKEEPER.

    FILL a small cup with boiling vinegar. Dip a piece of cotton wool into the vinegar and rub the gum; let the vinegar be as hot as you can endure. Stuff the ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. RHUBARB CREAM.

    Ingredients: 2 lbs. of good rhubarb, 1 lb. of sugar, 2 ozs. of butter, the juice of 3 lemons, ½ oz. of gelatine, 1 gill of water, half a tumblerful of claret, whipped cream, ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. HOW TO CLEAN LAMP CHIMNEYS.

    A good way to clean lamp chimneys is to hold the palm of the hand against one end of the chimney and breathe into the other, then wipe it carefully with a dry cloth, ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. CHILBLAINS.

    Rub the part affected with spirits of rosemary or aromatic camphorated cream; afterwards apply pieces of soft linen moistened with camphorated spirits, soap ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. Odds and Ends.

    THE Poet : ‘I left a poem here last week entitled The Gallant Fire-man.’ The Editor : ‘Let me see. H’m very realists poem, wasn’t it?’ ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. ALPINE SNOW.

    Ingredients: 1½ lbs. of apples, 4 ozs. of sugar, ¼ point of water, the rind and juice of half a lemon, the whites of 3 eggs, coohineal, 1 tablespoonful of castor sugar. ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. COLD WATER AS A PURIFIER.

    Fresh cold water is a powerful absorbent of gases, therefore it should be greatly used in a sick room, or in one which cannot be frequently ventilated. A bowl of cold ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. THE WIDOW THAT WOULD.

    ‘Mrs Jones always reminds me of a gardener. ‘Don’t be unkind ; she’s a widow now.’ ‘Just so—and trying to get rid of her weeds [?]’ ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. Science and Invention.

    ELECTRICAL power houses are about to be constructed at the Zambezi Falls, which are estimated to represent 35,000,000 horse-power, and should be able ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. APRICOT SHAPE.

    Ingredients : 1 tin of preserved apricots, 1 packet of gelatine, 2 ozs. of sugar, 1 gill of water, ½ a glass of sherry. Method : Soak the gelatine in the water ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. NOT RIGHT.

    Butcher: ‘I tell you, ma am, that bacon’s right as you are.' Customer: ’I tell you it’s bad.’ Butcher: How can that be ?, Why, it ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. TO CLEAN AN EIDERDOWN QUILT.

    1. It real ciderdown, place in a warm bath of soap suds free from soda; rub very gently; thon rinse in clean lukewarm water, and finally in cold. Hand in the ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. POOR HOUSES.

    At a horse fair recently, an intending purchaser arrived rather late in the day, when the choice was limited. He noticed three animals huddled together in one ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. APRICOTS IN JELLY.

    Ingredients : 1 tin of aprictos, 1 packet of gelatine, 2 ozs of sugar, 1 gill of water, 1 tablespoonful of sherry, some whipped cream. ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. PENNY-IN-THE-SLOT MACHINE.

    The latest penny-in-tho-slot machine patented at Vienna, it is said, enables the operator to obtain a record of his voice on a thin gramophone disc, which may be ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. IGNORANCE.

    An old countryman, visiting town after a long interval of years, came to a standstill in front of a newspaper placard, and laboriously spelt out the announcement :— ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. NEATNESS.

    Are women neater than men was a question recently asked by a cynical old bachelor, who is a stern critic as to all that concerns a woman’s attire. This was the ...

    Article : 189 words
  22. Items of Interest.

    PRAYER should be in religion what thought is in philosophy. This life is tie novitiate of the next. here we begin to learn to do that which ...

    Article : 371 words
  23. THE GREATEST COLD.

    Werchjansk, Siberia, is considered the place of greatest cold in the Northern Hemisphere. A temperature of 69.8 degrees Centigrade below zero (the freezing ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. IN THE WITNESS-BOX.

    A certain actor is as quick-witted and nimble-tongued as any other shining light of his club, which is noted for its brilliant members. He is credited with having ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. RAD UM EMANATIONS.

    The emanation produced by radium has been frequently investigated, so that many of its properties are known; the question as to whether the particles constituting ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. HEALTHFUL EXERCISE.

    An eminent physician has said that if the following three simple movements are executed every day for twenty minutes the effect in a year’s time will be very ...

    Article : 133 words
  27. PLENTY FOR MONEY.

    From his three-and-sixpenny Panama to his blonde boots he looked what he was —a real ‘gent’ from cheap suburbia. What particular wind has blown him into the ...

    Article : 135 words
  28. A FORTUNATE BLUNDER.

    The French Ambassador at St. Petersburg one day saw a man enter his office with gleaming eyes, flushed face, and dishevelled clothing. ...

    Article : 641 words
  29. DISCOVERY OF PLEISTOCENE REMAINS.

    The cavern recently discovered at the Grange Quarry, near Brassington, in Derbyshire, formed the subject of an interesting paper by Mr. H. H. Arnold ...

    Article : 105 words
  30. OVERCOOKED.

    A jolly old farmer entered one of the hotels at the seaside, and, seeing on the slab on the right a large crab dressed on the shell with legs, claws, and parsley ...

    Article : 175 words
  31. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients; [?] oz. gelatine, 1 cup of water, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar, find and [?] juice 2 lemons. Method: Soak the gelatine in the water ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. HYDROCHINON IN THE PEAR

    Up to the present it seems that hydro-chinon has not been extracted from any living plant. It has now been extracted from the buds of the pear tree by Messrs. ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. CONUNDRUMS

    When is a debtor like a door? — When he’s bolted, Why is a cook like a barber?—Because he dresses hair (bare). ...

    Article : 48 words
  34. STEAMED LEMON CREAM PUDDING.

    Ingredients; 4 ozs, of castor sugar, 1 ozs of butter, 6 ozs o flour finely chopped rind of lemons, and the juice of 2 ½ teaspoonful of [?] eggs. ...

    Article : 52 words
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