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  2. HORTICULTURAL.

    It will now be necessary to keep a sharp look out for caterpillars on gooseberry bushes. At their first appearance dust the bushes with fresh helebore ...

    Article : 386 words
  3. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    The wattle blooms ! And we remember The story told long years ago Beneath its shade one glad September, When all the world wore a golden glow. ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. IN SUFFERING INDIA.

    As a meeting is to held on Saturday night at the Melbourne Town Hall to consider the best means of augmenting the fund for the relief of the ...

    Article : 679 words
  5. NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES.

    One engagements does so take [?] In proportion to its size a sly walks thirteen times as fast a man can run. ...

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  6. DRAPER'S SHOP OR BARRACKS.

    Scene: Large drapery establishment in patriotic town. Enter commercial traveller. "Can I see Mr C—?" (the head of the firm). ...

    Article : 94 words
  7. A SHOT THAT TOLD.

    At a peace meeting recently held in Scotland one of the speakers ended his anti-British address as follows :— Instead of ruthlessly slaughtering a people like the Boers, who are ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. LADIES' GOSSIP.

    The Queen has never seen any part of her dominions except the British Isles. A SEASIDE WARNING. Now that we are again coming so ...

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  9. WIT AND HUMOR.

    O' Dowd says he can see no earthly reason why women should not be allowed to become medical men. As a dominie was employed in teaching a ...

    Article : 987 words
  10. WHEELS A LA CARTE.

    During the musical festival at Bangor, a countryman stepped into a hotel for dinner. Now it happened that the hotel proprietor had let one side of his bill of fare to a local ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. HOW TO MAKE A MUSTARD PLASTER.

    Never put a mustard plaster on cold, for it would give the patient a shock like a plunge into cold water. Before you make the plaster, collect the materials. First ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. CARELESSNESS OF THE HENS.

    The Bridles had been in their new country house for scarcely a week before the girl who went out to hunt for "strictly fresh eggs" came back empty handed. ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. NURSERY NOTES.

    Don't put baby to sleep in the same room that he occupies all day. Don't neglect to rub his scalp with sweet-oil if there is any scurf. ...

    Article : 162 words
  14. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Make a good sowing of turnips, either broadcast or in drills. To sow in drills is preferable, as they are more easily kept free from weeds. To grow turnips young ...

    Article : 409 words
  15. SOME NOTES ON MAKING SOUP.

    A Favorite Garnish.—Put a quarter of a pint of water In a saucepan with two ounces of butter, and when boiling add about two ounces of fine flour, stir well and ...

    Article : 293 words
  16. THE SOLDIER'S RANK.

    Mistress: "Have you any follower?" "Certainly, mem; he's in the army." "A common soldier ?" "I beg your pardon, mem; he's a gentleman ...

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  17. HE WAS VERY GLAD.

    Many old Dutch farmers rival our Scotch "drouths" in their love of the "drapple." An Englishman (my host) with a friend and an old Boer farmer were celebrating the relief, of ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. CHILDREN'S WISHES.

    "If a fairy were to offer you anything you like, what would you choose, and why?" This was the tantalising question written on the blackboard of a ...

    Article : 232 words
  19. THE DOCTOR WAS NOT REQUIRED.

    In one of the up-country village in South Africa recently annexed by the Boers lives a doctor with a sharp tongue and a keen sense of humor. He won't leave his home, ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. THE NATURAL INFERENCE.

    A gentleman was riding on one of the coaches in the Trossachs of Scotland, when the driver said to him; "I've had a coin guv me to-day 200 years old. Did you ever see a coin 200 years ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. ABOUT CHILDREN.

    Says an English paper :-—Children are often found of poking beans or peas up their nostrils, and it is of importance to remove the pea, bean, or whatever it is, at ...

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  22. "ENGLISH FOIE GRAS."

    Take ½lb calf's liver, ½lb. rather fat bacon, a carrot, turnip, an onion, and a few herbs, pepper and salt to taste. Cut up the bacon into fairly small pieces, and ...

    Article : 684 words
  23. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Primrose, polyanthus and double violets, should now be ready for dividing. "The two first-named are best pulled apart to single crowns, and ...

    Article : 322 words
  24. FAINTING.

    It is no longer the fashion to faint at the slightest provocation; but, nevertheless, even the most self-controlled people are liable to attacks. ...

    Article : 334 words
  25. A SAILOR'S DEFINITION OF AN ANTHEM.

    A sailor had long puzzled his brains as to what an anthem was, and at past put the question to a brother sailor—"What's an anthem, mates" The sailor's answer was simple and ...

    Article : 71 words
  26. THE GARDENER'S REPLY.

    A worthy canon, who was displeased with an act of his gardener, tried to meet him to speak to him about it. The gardener tried to evade him as much as possible, but unfortunately met ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. TURNING THE TABLES.

    A man at a large restaurant, in a loud tone of voice, called his friend back just as he was leaving the diningroom, and then whispered to him, "How far would you have got if I had ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. SCORED OFF THE LAWYER.

    "Did you see this tree that has been mentioned by the roadside ?" an advocate inquired. Yes, sir : I saw it very plainly." " It was conspicuous, then?" The witness seemed ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. HER RECOMMENDATION.

    "I shall have to lave yez, mum, " said Mrs Shadyside's cook to Mrs Shadyside. "Why, Bridget ?" "Well, mum, it's this way. I likes me place ...

    Article : 186 words
  30. DINNER ON A SUBMARINE BOAT.

    At New York, on 10th July, Captain Lake, the inventor of the submarine boat Argonaut, participated, with thirteen other guests, in one of the most novel ...

    Article : 300 words
  31. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Where a young stock of gardenias were raised, according to previous instructions, the plants should be growing freely, and will need six inch pots. The shoots of the ...

    Article : 450 words
  32. SURE.

    Teacher (to grammar class) A doubt negative makes an affirmative. Small Boy (an hour afterwards): Please, sir, may I have a hall-holiday to-morrow ? ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. USEFUL HINTS.

    To Give a Brilliant Polish to a Stove.— If there is any rust, rub first with sandpaper. Moisten some black lead with a soapy water, rub well into the iron with ...

    Article : 738 words
  34. HER IDEA OF HER WORTH.

    A Canadian minister had just married a couple. The registers were signed, and nothing remained but the giving and taking of the fee. The bridegroom, a strapping young fellow, ...

    Article : 155 words
  35. QUAINT KENTISH CUSTOM.

    On Saturday the missionary May Queen of Nettlestead, a pretty little maiden of four summers, once more made her appearance, and. Judging from the support which she received ...

    Article : 219 words
  36. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

    The pastor of a certain church in Washington, on leaving his study, which is in the rear of the church one day saw a little girl friend of his talking to a stranger. "What was that ...

    Article : 106 words
  37. IF SHE SHOULD DIE.

    She was in the first blush of the honeymoon's happiness. He was there with her, but he was a man we it didn't stick out all over him so. He was heartless too, and she was sentimental. ...

    Article : 119 words
  38. A TREE WHICH GIVES MILK.

    The great traveller Humboldt met with a curious tree In tile vast forests of America. He gave it the name of "the Cow Tree," on account of its yielding a white sap which in taste ...

    Article : 88 words
  39. HEALTH HINTS.

    If the teeth are much declayed and causing pain, pay a visit to a good dentist. A disordered condition of the stomach, and damp weaher or exposure to a ...

    Article : 298 words
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