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  2. Odds and Ends.

    A CLERGYMAN who has just returned from a tour narrates an amusing incident which occurred one day in a tramcar. ‘My complexion, as you know,’ he said, ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. Miscellaneous

    EGYPT was densely population in an client times. In the region of Augustus there were 18,000,000 inhabitants; at the time of the Arab conquest, half that number; ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. WATER.

    Cold water is very often withheld from patient, and unadvisedly so, for occasional drinks of pure water may be given, especially in cases of fever. It is generally relished ...

    Article : 79 words
  5. Housekeeper

    A COREESPONDENT sends what appears to be a simple remedy for corns. We are told to tie a piece of lemon on the com at night for five nights, leaving it on ...

    Article : 85 words
  6. [?]HORT STORY.

    ONG him colleagues and acquaintances [?] Macandrew was looked upon as [?] prosperous costermonger. His soil. fine acially was unimpossible. He ...

    Article : 1,623 words
  7. RICE WATER.

    Ingredients:—3ozs rice, loz raitios, I quart of water. Method.—Wash the rice in several waters, and put into a clean - saucepan with the ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. A MAIN - LOTION

    A nice -toilet lotion that suits specially well hair inclined to be graney, is made in the following. way : Take one pint of orange flower water or any distilled water— ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. IN AN ALPINE GLACIER.

    The news has come of the recovery of the body a guide who was lost 28 years ago in one of the glaciers of Monte Rosa. The incident has special, interest in view of the ...

    Article : 166 words
  10. LINSEED TEA.

    Ingredients:— ½oz linseed, I pint of boiling water. Put into a saucepan, boil for half an[?]onr, strain-off, and—it allowed—sweeten with sugar or honey and add a little lemon ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION.

    ‘Did your father give you no parting admonition ? asked counsel of the witness, in a disputed will case the other day. ‘He never gave much away at any time,’ ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. Science and Invention.

    In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a black smith, named Mark Scaliot, made a lock consisting of eleven pieces-of iron, steel, and brass, all of which, together with a key to it, ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. SICK-ROOM HINTS.

    The nurse should lightly go over the floor of a sick room with a damp leather or flannel daily. It will keep the room fresh. If only a dry duster is used, the dust flies up and ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. AT THE WATCHMAKER’S.

    Customer: ‘So you sell these watches at ten shillings ? It must cost that to make them ?’ Watchmaker : ‘It does.’ ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. MEDICAL PRACTICE IN CHINA.

    A physician has just returned from China, laden with stories of Chinese medicine. ‘Medical consultations are carried to their extreme limit in China,’ he states. ‘There, ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. A SAFETY MILITARY FIELD-GLASS.

    This is a recent invention, and consists of an improved form of field-glass for the use officers in time of war. The great range at which modem battles are fought and the ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. HEALTH AND DIET.

    Prominent specialists claim that spinach is the most precious of ?vegetable on account of its medicinal and strengthening properties. The emollient and laxative virlnes ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. A NOVEL BRIDGE.

    The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company have recently completed a bridge of novel de-ign over the Mississippi. The bridge had be of such a height above low-water that ...

    Article : 114 words
  19. CONF AND FORGOTTEN.

    ‘I suppose;’ said a sympathising neighbour ‘that you will erect a handsome monument to your husband's memory ?’ ‘To his memory ?’ echoed the tearful ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 64 words
  20. A CHICKEN FEEDING MACHINE.

    Fattening towls for the market by means of machinery, on first thought to most people seems ridiculous, but in- many yards it is an established fact. It is claimed that. ...

    Article : 187 words
  21. EAT PLENTY OF FAT.

    Dr. York-Davies, specialist on diet and hygiene, strongly recommends hot dishes in preference to cold ones when the temperature is low. Indian curry he regards, as a ...

    Article : 278 words
  22. Items of Interest.

    ONE secret act of self-deniel, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers, in which idle people in ...

    Article : 578 words
  23. TIME BRINGS CHANGES.

    Customer : ‘Are you the waiter who took my order for that chop?’ Waiter : ‘Yes, sir,’ Customer: ‘Bless me, how you have ...

    Article : 28 words
  24. WHEN BABY WAS CHRISTENED.

    An amusing incident occurred recently in connection with the christening of a child. A little girl, aged three, was present in church during the ceremony, and just as the ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. A COLLAPSIBLE BOAT.

    At the last automobile exhibition at Brussels, there was exhibited a folding boat or canoe very ingeniously constructed. Its impermeable canvas. The frame, Which is ...

    Article : 289 words
  26. HOUSEHOLD - RECIPES

    Many kinds of fruits may be gives to the sick, these of a juicy kind, as orange ,being mostly used feverish condition. Grapes are generally very much appreciated, but ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. ADVISING IMPOSSIBILITIES.

    ‘You should sleep on your right side, madam.’ ‘I really can't do it, doctor. My husband talks in his sleep, and I can't hear a thing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  28. THE BEE AS AN ARTISAN.

    By a simple, but most ingenious, device bees can be made to build the honeycomb in almost any shape. That is to say, wax on thin sheet containing impression, having ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. WHICH ARE,

    ‘Morning, Mr. Byem, ‘ow’s things doin’ ?’ ‘Bad, very bad. The horse got sheered this mornin’ and upset the cart with my boy and the eggs.’ ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. IN SMART SOCIETY.

    Girls nowadays are not so particular as they used to be about rifles. The other day a newly-made friend said to an awfully fetching girl: ‘What lovely teeth you have, ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. TALKING OF [?] ARK

    Enfant Terrible : ‘ And did they go into the ark two by two ?’ Mamma: ‘ Yes, dearest.’ Enfant Terrible: ‘ Well, who went with ...

    Article : 33 words
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