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  2. THE HORTICUL TURIST.

    The work of this department consists chiefly of gathering and storing fruits, many of which are ripe at this season. Budding fruit trees generally ...

    Article : 264 words
  3. NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES.

    There are no less than 139 packs or harriers in England. Potatoes in Greenland never grow larger than a marble. ...

    Article : 1,372 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Close connections—Buttons. A sound instructor—The music teacher. The dishonest butcher is always willing to meat his customers half-weigh. ...

    Article : 1,517 words
  5. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    All Swiss travellers know of the health resorts at Villars, at Chesieres, at the Diablerets, in Canton Vaud, above the Valley of the Rhone; but it is ...

    Article : 802 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    "Oh, what is love?" inquires the youth— "Thou aged seer, oh, What is love? Tell me, for I would know the truth. Is it an essence from above, ...

    Article : 128 words
  7. MAIR SILLER AND LESS MANNERS.

    Dr Chalmers, the eminent divine, was fond of telling the following story:— Lady Betty Cunningham, having had some difference of opinion with the ...

    Article : 148 words
  8. The Vineyard.

    Bearing vines should now receive their final stopping, or pinching back of the young wood. By taking of the growth of young wood two or three ...

    Article : 407 words
  9. Ladies' Gossip.

    The Queen has sent Mr. George Alexander a massive cigar-box, Mrs. Alexander a gold scent bottle set in diamonds, and a gift to each member of the ...

    Article : 889 words
  10. SHE MADE SALAD

    "Mamma, I have invented a lovely salad," exclaimed Margery, aged 7. "Have you, darling," said her pleased mother, "and how did you make it?" ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Sow seeds of cineraria, calceolaria, primula sinensis, mimulus, a few petunia, cyclamen, tree carnation. and other seasonable sorts in a sandy soil, ...

    Article : 256 words
  12. TWO WAYS OF EXAMINING A WITNESS.

    We meet with a good illustration of two methods of examining a witness, and by two eminent counsel, Francis Jeffrey and Henry Cockburn. The ...

    Article : 190 words
  13. Useful Hints.

    Flour should be as dry as possible before using it. Vinegar left over from pickled walnuts is very useful as flavoring for stews, etc. ...

    Article : 469 words
  14. Leg Weakness in Fowls.

    Causes and Symptoms.—This disease is something of the same nature as rickets, and arises from two very different causes. The worst form is of a ...

    Article : 274 words
  15. Her Sleeves.

    She's a phantom of grace as she sails in the room, And I long for a glimpse of her cheek; But ecstacy dies in an ebony gloom— ...

    Article : 346 words
  16. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    The recent rains have given an opportunity for late planting, and all vacant spaces in the flower-borders should be filled up with a variety of showy, ...

    Article : 375 words
  17. The Age of Pigs.

    A full-mouthed pig has six incisor or single teeth in the front of both upper and lower jaw—two central, two lateral, and two corner teetlf. Behind these are ...

    Article : 715 words
  18. EASILY PREPARED BEVERAGES.

    Instantaneous Ginger Beer.—Fill a bottle with pure cold water, then have a cork ready to fit it, also a string or wire to tie it down with, and a mallet ...

    Article : 679 words
  19. Accidents With Electricity.

    Now that electric currents are so widely distributed in our towns, and seeing that, when an accident of any kind occurs, the public frequently ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. AT CHRISTMAS.

    A rose by any other name, we're told, Would just as sweetly smell; But I doubt that if aught else 'twere called, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 178 words
  21. Madame Felix Faure

    Some months ago (says the Paris correspondent of the London "Times") one of those traffickers in scandal who call themselves journalists, ...

    Article : 955 words
  22. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    The ground in most localities being now very warm and well moistened by the late rains, it is only natural that a free and rapid growth will be made ...

    Article : 477 words
  23. Patients' Smoke.

    Dr. Jankau, in an article in the "Zeitschrift fur Krankenpflege," tries to answer the question so often asked by patients and convalescents: "May I ...

    Article : 383 words
  24. THE RAVING.

    Once upon a May day dreary, She was working, weak and weary, Down upon her marrows, mopping, Mopping up the parlor floor. ...

    Article : 125 words
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