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  2. THE HOME CIRCLE.

    ONION TART.—Peel and slice the onions thinly. Line a dish with pastry, place a layer of onions in the bottom, sprinkle over pepper, salt, a little flour, then more onions, ...

    Article : 254 words
  3. FALSE EVIDENCE

    It was a strange meeting. Full of a great throbbing hope, I glanced from one to an other of their faces. My father's was whit. and set and stern. My Uncle Rupert'. ...

    Article : 4,068 words
  4. GRAVE AND GAY.

    She was a careful mother with a pretty daughter, about whose future she was very properly anxious. "Gertrude, dear, above all things, remember, you must not listen to ...

    Article : 466 words
  5. GRAINS OF GOLD.

    Phillip, King of Macedon, having been entreated to give a judgment in favour of a certain nobleman of his court, whose Character would otherwise be irretrievably ...

    Article : 432 words
  6. FARM AND GARDEN

    An American visitor to England, writing home, says :— "Do you want to know how the finest butter in the world was made Here is hew ...

    Article : 426 words
  7. A Running Match.

    An American gentleman, writing in the "Detroit Free Press," says:—One day on we lay In camp on the Republican fork o0 Arkansaw River one of the boys caught a ...

    Article : 475 words
  8. HINTS ON PICKLING.

    Use the best cider vinegar, and, If very sharp, dilute it with one-third water, or it will eat up the pickles. Alum helps to make the pickles crisp, and ...

    Article : 118 words
  9. SWEEPING CARPETS.

    Carpets require considerably more care in treatment than people have any idea. Not only will careful handling keep on the pile, and prevent them from becoming thread ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. POULTRY NOTES.

    The nights are getting cold, and poultry farmers should put their fowl-houses in good repair by using their spare maize and pollard sacks to keep out the draughts, that are the ...

    Article : 443 words
  11. American Humonr.

    West Virginia, the mountain State, Is fall of Interesting characters. Back of the rather aristocratic little town of Philippi are fast- nesses not yet disturbed by the onward ...

    Article : 460 words
  12. Mutineers of the Bounty.

    R. M. Ballantyne's " Lonely Island" contains a fascinating account of the mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty. There is, of course, a thin web of fiction woven ...

    Article : 511 words
  13. A Battle Incident.

    During the Crimean war, General Herbe, who was at that, time a captain, was in the trenches whilst so sharp musketry fire was being carried on between the French and ...

    Article : 375 words
  14. USEFUL INFORMATION

    Fine laces may be cleaned by being packed in wheat flour and allowed to remain twenty-four hours. To relieve asthma seek blotting or tissue ...

    Article : 537 words
  15. THE CHEMISTRY OF EGGS.

    egg weighs about 1000 grains constituting the white, 300 the yolk, and 100 the shell. The white of the hen's egg contains 84 S per cent. of water, 12 of albumen, 2 of fat, ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. He Had Them.

    Mr J. was not, perhaps, as sociable in the office as he might have been, and owing to the jealousy of his fellow-clerks, was daily subjected to petty annoyances. One day ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. Hidden Treasure.

    Buried treasure forms the subject of a long article in "The Standard." There are (says the writer) four amazing hoards to be discovered—in Europe the graves of ...

    Article : 438 words
  18. THE PEAR.

    The pear is a fruit that has developed its excellent qualities in comparatively recent times. Although known and cultivated by the ancients, it was net held In high esteem, ...

    Article : 354 words
  19. She Had Him.

    A good story is being told about Beck, who was sentenced in London recently for frauds upon ladies. Some two years ago Beck ,dressed in the height of fashion, was ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. Not the Cause.

    Mr Albert Chevalier tells a good story against himself. " When he was eighteen he took part in a benefit performance at the Gaiety Theatre. He was playing an old ...

    Article : 202 words
  21. Buried Gold.

    Dealing with the legends of buried treasures, ",The Standard" says:—"In all parts of Spanish America there is a class of loafers who only work from time to time, ...

    Article : 274 words
  22. A Cute Dodge.

    A clever swindle is reported to have been perpetrated on a New York tradesman a few days ago. A fashionably dressed young woman drove up in a stylish carriage, and ...

    Article : 244 words
  23. A Marvel.

    A gruesome form of entertainment is being provided in London. It is called the "Great Indian Fakir Mystery," and is based on those feats of suspended ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 57 words
  25. CAMPHOR.

    A French agricultural writer recommends the use of powdered camphor to dry up cows which continue to supply milk too close to time of calving. Cows giving about ...

    Article : 54 words
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