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  2. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    She's hot, she's cold, she's pleasing, vexing. An open book and a thing perplexing; She will give you joy, she will cause you sorrow, ...

    Article : 96 words
  3. THE HOMELESS POOR.

    "Shall we rest here, and by relating tales of other's griefs see If 'twill teach us to forget our own!" Not a pleasant place to rest in—a common "does" house for women, and ...

    Article : 2,137 words
  4. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    By a Bill introduced into the United States Congress, L20,000 is proposed to be offered to any person who before the end of 1895 constructs a flying machine which will carry a ...

    Article : 1,229 words
  5. BILL NYE'S HENS.

    To speak tersely of the hen and her mission in life seems to me almost sacrilege. It is at least in poor taste. The hen and her works lie near to every true heart. She does ...

    Article : 1,018 words
  6. FORGERY AS A PROFESSION.

    Professional forgers usually make their homes in large cities. They are constantly studying schemes and organising gangs of men to defraud banks trust ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  7. Incessant Tea Drinking.

    A strong case against tea is presented in the ourious and interesting evidence which Miss Winifred Ellis has been giving before the Departmental Committee appointed by the ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. Electricity and Ploughing.

    A firm of electricians are trying to apply electricity to agriculture, especially for the propulsion of large ploughs. Should the experiments succeed they intend to ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. Dresses in the Melbourne Plays.

    Crowded houses greet each representation of the Rose and the Shamrock—a taking sort of title this, for the dear little trefoil is so much thought of by some poople, and the ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. Age of Trees.

    "Nature" intimates that the British Museum has acquired a section of one of the California big trees (Sequoia gigantes), the rings in which show it to be 1,330 years old. ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. Home and Fireside.

    To SOFTEN LEATHER.—Neatsfoot oil is the best thing to use for softening all kinds of leather. Rob the oil well in and let the boots stand a day or two before using them. Castor oil is ...

    Article : 1,165 words
  12. AT THE PRINCESS'S.

    This reminds us that we have said no word as yet about the Life of Pleasure at the Princess Everybody ought to see the way the blackfellows fall flat as pancakes—dead, ...

    Article : 464 words
  13. India.

    India may be regarded as consisting of three separate regions, well defined by differences of soil, climate, productions and population. The first is the region of the ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. WIT AND HUMOUR

    A stage coach—The prompter. The best thing out—Out of debt. A sailor must become quite aceive in old age, when he becomes a skipper. ...

    Article : 917 words
  15. Can Fish Talk?

    Can fish talk? Mr Basil Field, who has an interesting article on fly-fishing in the new number of the "Fortnightly," is convinced from some long observations that his friends ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. ADVANCED DRESS FOR LADIES.

    The illustration shows the reformed dress adopted by a few New Zealand ladies. The suit consists of knickerbookers, gaiters, long waistcoat-jacket and frill at the neck. The lustration appeared originally in the "Canterbury Times," from a photograph. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  17. Ladies' Gossip.

    Lady, Leconfield will, during the London season, act as hostess at Lord Rosebery's parties and receptions; he is her brother. Lord and Lady Leconfield are expected to arrive in town ...

    Article : 648 words
  18. How General Booth Lives.

    Following the statement of Dr. Moor house that he lived as plainly and labored as hard as any working man, following, too, the working man's menu furnished ...

    Article : 530 words
  19. Holiday Surfeits.

    The net gain resulting to those who lay themselves out for the enjoyment of a bank holiday (says the "Lancet") would be somewhat difficult to estimate. We shall ...

    Article : 456 words
  20. Dentistry and Blood-Poisoning.

    A sensation has been caused in Berlin, says a correspondent, by the death of a dentist from blood poisoning under the following circumstances:—On drawing a ...

    Article : 344 words
  21. Wasted Money.

    It is simply wonderful in an enlightened age like the present, how people will waste their money on useless medicines. There are thousands of sufferers in this country from liver ...

    Article : 336 words
  22. A Woman's Labor Bureau.

    "I have spent a week," writes Waiter Besant "principally in talking over my scheme of a Woman's Labor Bureau. It grows in my mind; I see great possibilities in it. To-day ...

    Article : 225 words
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