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  2. Pith and Point.

    The Chinese have an odourless onion. A good camel will travel 100 miles a day for ten days. There are said to be 400 women now ...

    Article : 990 words
  3. A Strange People.

    Mr. Harry de Windt has lately reached London on his return from the Siberian shores of Behring Straits. To a representative of Reuter's ...

    Article : 993 words
  4. Spray.

    She cast a wicked smile at me, As wondrously she danced. And I sat there and looked at her As if I'd been entranced. ...

    Article : 122 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    It was an August evening, about 9 o'clock, when the fields lay in a steamy mist, and the scent of hay. hung over everything, that Mother Bengta, ...

    Article : 1,971 words
  6. The Table.

    Chop any quantity of cold cooked fish very fine, and add to it twice its weight in boiled macaroni. Make a gill of good white sauce for every pound of macaroni and fish mixed. ...

    Article : 83 words
  7. Short Story.

    There had been a succession of extensive freight-car robberies perpetrated along the line of the W., C., and B. ra[?]-road, and the company's officials were ...

    Article : 1,141 words
  8. Eggs in Piquante Sauce.

    First fry a shallot in a little butter for a minute, but do not let it take too much colour, then add a dessertspoonful of vinegar, and reduce till the vinegar has nearly ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. An Electrical Discovery.

    The committee of the Federal Shooting Association of Switzerland. while target-shooting at Winterthur recently, noticed that targets at the left side of the range received ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. Grenadines of Yeal.

    Rave one pound and a-half of veal cutlet, cut this into neat fillets, and lard thickly with strips of fat bacon, using a proper larding needle. Put half-a-pint of stock in ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. Scalloped Eggs.

    Break eight eggs into as many saucers, sift breadcrumbs over each, dot with butter and season with pepper and salt. Fill the saucers with milk ; bake till the eggs are ...

    Article : 35 words
  12. Profits from the Fretful Porcupine.

    Porcupine quills are a necessary of life to anglers, for they make excellent floats for bottom fishing. Also scores of penholders are made from the black and white spikes ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. Winter Fruit Salad.

    Ingredients : Tin of pineapple, oranges, apples, figs, bananas, and grapes. Method : Peel and pith the oranges and cut in rings, removing pips ; peel core, and slice the ...

    Article : 119 words
  14. Eggs a la Creme.

    Boil six eggs hard, and chop fine. Put layers of egg in a dish with alternate layers of breadcrumbs. When the dish is full pour over it one pint of boiling milk, ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. Disenchantment.

    I looked upon her lithographs ; How heavenly did she seem ; Until the show came into town I walked as in a dream ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. Cheese Balls.

    Ingredients : The white of an egg, one ounce of grated cheese, a little salt and cayenne. Beat the white of egg to a stilt froth with the salt and cayenne. Add the ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. Then and Now.

    My Angelina lightly thrums Upon the gay guitar; The simple song she gently hums Has banished pain afar ; ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. Stewed Chicken.

    Take a good, plump, young chicken, neatly trussed, and covered with slices of bacon. Place in a saucepan, and half cover with hot stock. Add half a dozen young carrots, ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. Notice to Quit.

    I don't believe Nellie cares much for me." observed Dicky Doolittle disconsolately. " What's the matter now?" queried his friend. "Well, you see, she ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. Cream Pie.

    Place half a pint of boiling milk in a saucepan, put it on the fire, and mix into it a tablespoonful of cornflour made into a paste with cold milk. Stir all together, ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. He Disappeared.

    At a recent dinner in London, Dr. Conan Doyle related the following humorous story :— A friend of his had often been told that ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. But He Didn't.

    "He asked me if I could whistle," said the demure little girl in gray. "It's an old trick," said the worldly girl in dark blue. ...

    Article : 258 words
  23. He Died Twice.

    A strange story reaches the Wairarapa "Star'' from Greytown. A resident of that town, who bad been III for a considerable time, suddenly expired, In the ...

    Article : 159 words
  24. Election Incidents.

    Sir Edward Watkin once distinguished himself in an election contest at Exeter by his adroitness and tact as a canvasser, and a host of stories are in circulation about ...

    Article : 421 words
  25. In Palace and Cottage.

    A certain peasant and his wife, in Germany, were married on the same day as the Emperor and Empress, the peasant's Christian name being William. Their first child, ...

    Article : 152 words
  26. Good Enough for a Gift.

    An animal dealer on West Madison-street was busy stuffing a snakeskin with hay on Friday, when an angry man entered his place and said : ...

    Article : 270 words
  27. Rare Longevity.

    Last year an old peasant named Ivan Kouzmin was reported to have travelled from Moscow to Kief, at the age of 140. He was said to be in good health. He had ...

    Article : 253 words
  28. Didn't Recognise Him.

    An amusing story is told at the expense of a certain regiment, which in the circumstances had best be nameless. On one occasion a theft had been ...

    Article : 192 words
  29. Footed the Bills.

    Francis W. Bird, the " Sage of Walpole," once went to see Dr. S. G. Howe, and found him with his feet swathed in flannels and extended on a chair. " Howe, what is the ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. Once Was Enough.

    To please his wife he tried her pie, And sampled one of mince ; And though five years have wandered by No one has seen him since. ...

    Article : 29 words
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