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  2. The Days of Duelling.

    After the peace of 1815, there were more officers—English and French—killed in single combat in [?] than in any one of the most bloody battles of the war. This ...

    Article : 737 words
  3. Useful Information.

    Never put stovepipes away without rubbing them thoroughly with linseed oil or something similar. This will prevent an accumulation of rust. ...

    Article : 1,062 words
  4. THE HOME CIRCLE.

    VELVET CREAM.—Dissolve half an ounce of gelatine in a little water and six ounces of sugar, then add the juice of one lemon, the rind of which should have been ...

    Article : 697 words
  5. Story of a Boy Witness.

    A correspondent of an American paper tells the following story of a crime in which he was an unwilling actor many years ago. He was a only a boy at the time. He writes.— ...

    Article : 2,141 words
  6. A Marital Conspiracy,

    A well-known detective officer gives the following account of a case with which he was connected some years ago. A bank managers named Wilfred Grange, was found ...

    Article : 1,680 words
  7. THE LADIES' COLUMN

    Very few women really know how to lace a corset. Frenchwomen might teach no many a secret if they were so inclined, and this is one of them, by means of which they ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. HINTS ON PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN.

    Never take a child to the photographer's at a time which interferes with its meals or sleep. Do not dress up the child; its everyday ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. ORIGIN OF STRAW HAT TRADE.

    The origin of the straw hat trade is lost in the mists of antiquity. It appears from "Coryat's Crudities," published in 1611 that the most delicate strawen hats" were ...

    Article : 322 words
  10. The Poor Sub-Editor.

    A good election story is told by an American journalist in a book just published. He writes:—"I was going to a dinner I wouldn't have liked to miss, and on the ...

    Article : 468 words
  11. Spindleshanks' Knickers.

    'James, I have always been a faithful wife to you, haven't I?" "Of course yon have, Mirands, What are you—" ...

    Article : 230 words
  12. Custards and How to Cook Them.

    The great cause of failure in custard making, both baked and boiled, is that scalded milk is not used, which has been allowed to cool before adding the eggs. ...

    Article : 386 words
  13. GRAINS OF GOLD.

    It is hard to find people in misfortune who will not tell you that somebody else was to blame for it. All beauty is bound together, and leads ...

    Article : 403 words
  14. Artificial Monstrosities.

    Professor J. A. Byder, of Philadelphia, has recently made research of some length into the methods by which the Japanese have produced the race of double-tailed ...

    Article : 541 words
  15. A Bicycle Market.

    A gentleman who has just returned from a visit to Paris, says that one of the most singular lights now to be witnessed in that city is the Cycle Sale Market, which was ...

    Article : 152 words
  16. Her Father's Plan.

    "Step into the library a minute," said Blufferty to the young Nincomncodle as he was admitted by the maid. The old gentleman slammed the door and cut [?] ...

    Article : 238 words
  17. WHAT THE SCHOOLBELL SAYS.

    It is wonderful what unlike things The schoolbell says to the boys when it rings! For instance, the laggard who drags along ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. GRAVE AND GAY.

    Mrs Gadd—"You look tired, Mrs Gabb. What is the matter?" Mrs Gabb—"Tired! I'm nearly dead. I've eat at my bathroom window for seven weeks right along, ...

    Article : 377 words
  19. The Nearest Hotel.

    Thackeray used to tell how he once went down by train to Reading. The moment he emerged from the station he told a hackney coachman to drive him to the nearest hotel. ...

    Article : 200 words
  20. POETRY.

    I see the wrong that round me lies, I feel the guilt within; I hear, with groan and travail-cries, The world confess its sin. ...

    Article : 227 words
  21. A Smart Trick.

    A hotelkeeper in the Midland counties tells how he was cleverly tricked by one of his customer. One day he was talking to a bar full of people, and saying that no one ...

    Article : 227 words
  22. Lent to the Lord.

    The Rev Peter Mackenzie used to tell tow on one occasion when he was at home a meet-pie had been prepares and put into the oven for the family's dinner. A poor ...

    Article : 112 words
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