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  2. Short Story.

    Almost deserted is the great ballroom. Cool opalescent lights shine down it moon-like radiance on the masses of rare tropical flowers—orchids of strange and ...

    Article : 1,878 words
  3. Mirth and Medicine.

    We are seldom in a laughing mood when thinking of having recourse to the doctor; and if we were, the consulting-room or the surgery is about the ...

    Article : 1,326 words
  4. Spray.

    A strange and adventurous life has recently ended. The death of Mr. William Henry Hurlbert, the American whose career in England and in his ...

    Article : 155 words
  5. Raiment.

    Blondes can always wear light shades of blue in their hats or bonners or hair with the pleasing certainty that it will suit them. Light blue is the ...

    Article : 389 words
  6. Household Hints.

    To clean a kettle fill t with potato parings, and then boll fast till clean. A little vinegar put into a frying-pan and heated over the fire removes the ...

    Article : 451 words
  7. Some Remarkab'e Wagers.

    "Every one may be the architect of his own fortunes." Upon the strength presumably of this statement many men try to become "instantaneous ...

    Article : 1,141 words
  8. Vaccination.

    The stringency of the vaccination laws is in England the subject of noisy agitation on the part of ignorant demagognes: but what would such persons ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. The Wisdom of Buddha.

    If a man his himself dear. let him watch himself carefully the truth guards him who guards his self. If one man conquers in battle a ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. Colours that Harmonise.

    Red and violet do not go well together. Black never produces a bad effect when it is associated with two luminous colours. ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. To Clean a Carpet

    The best way of cleaning a carpet is to wash it, which can be done as follows : —Beat it well to remove all dust, and then nail it down on the floor, and wipe ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. Overcame the Difficulties.

    The observatory on the top of Mont Blane, whose erection is conducted under the supervision of the famous French astronomer M. Janssen it is ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. A Household Pest.

    Fleas form a household pest of no uncommon order, even in cleanly houses, Their development occasionally seems to obey some law of fertility, which causes ...

    Article : 162 words
  14. A Lady Dentist.

    A young lady in a provincial down has taken up dentistry as profession. All the gentlemen patronise her. When she puts her arm about the neck of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. Baskets for Bathing Dresses.

    Bathers are often puzzled to know how to transport their dripping garments to and from the shore. Many pretty and useful devices have been ...

    Article : 280 words
  16. He Had to Pay.

    The late Dr. B.— was very sceptical as to the truth of the many stories hold of the great wit to be found among the uneducated Irish. Having to spend ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. So Young You Know.

    Captain Fidleigh (of the Petticoat-Iane Rifle Volunteers): "Don't yer know Miss Perter, I always feel particularly light-hearted and inclined to flirt at ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. Needles and Thread.

    "A bad workman always complains of hits tools." This proverb has often been quoted to all of us, but, like many other wise sayings, it Is only partly ...

    Article : 299 words
  19. Cheap Ploughs.

    The Fatted States Consol at Leipsic sent a report to the State Department saying that ploughs in Germany are operated more cheaply by the use of ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. The "New Woman."

    The "new woman" is Just now the victim of a powerful lot of Jokes, but hero's a little story of a Detroit woman who made a lot of men look like fools. ...

    Article : 317 words
  21. The Family Mutton.

    He had come to ask her daughter's hand in marriage. The old lady had been nervously awaiting the hour of the interview and when he seated himself ...

    Article : 369 words
  22. Breaches of Promise.

    In no instance does the profound difference of national character in England and France appear more striking. (says the Paris correspondent of the "daily News") ...

    Article : 349 words
  23. Black and White.

    A well-known London alderman recently took a cab to his resident which is near a cemetery. and offered the man eighteenpence. Which was just ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. Work in Heaven.

    A coloured man was so convinced of the lowliness of his position— that labour was his natural lot— that he was even indifferent as to a future state ...

    Article : 119 words
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