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  2. THE GARDEN.

    Deciduous trees of all sorts are now entering upon their dormant stage, and another season commences in the orchard. The season just closed has ...

    Article : 458 words
  3. PICTURESQUE IDIOMS.

    A very interesting summary of the relies of the Middle Ages which survive in ordinary speech in this and other countries is given by a writer in the ...

    Article : 695 words
  4. SHAKESPEARE.

    Mr Sidney Lee, the foremost living authority on the life of Shakespeare, has in the "London Magazine" a very interesting article on the popularity of the ...

    Article : 509 words
  5. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    They should extend just beyond the end of the fingers. It is dangerous to allow a greater length, for they may be tern; and a less length will not allow a ...

    Article : 490 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOR.

    The latest profession for women is house decoration. A case of the weaker sex going to the wall. Waiter Sorry, sir, but we are entirely ...

    Article : 623 words
  7. WHERE'S MY HONEY.

    A young man, whom we may call Johnson, because that was not his real name, was married several days ago, and it occurred to him that he would take his bride to a town which ...

    Article : 175 words
  8. WOMEN PRISONERS.

    Twenty thousand women every year are imprisoned in Holloway gaol. What becomes of them when they are free again? Only too many, for want of ...

    Article : 648 words
  9. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

    The Countess Olga Tolstoy has sent the "Times" a copy of a letter which she has received from Prince G. E. Lvoff, representative of the General ...

    Article : 285 words
  10. PRINCE ARTHUR IN CANADA.

    The Ottawa correspondent of the London "Times" telegraphs that an immense throng welcomed Prince Arthur and his party on their arrival at ...

    Article : 528 words
  11. PRINCE'S FIRST AID.

    On January 30th the correspondent of the "Express" wrote: The Prince and Princess of Wales were the chief actors this morning in a ...

    Article : 257 words
  12. NURSERY NOTES.

    The "little ailments" of children are chiefly those connected with the digestive and the respiratory systems-that is to say, with the stomach and the lungs Improper feeding and ...

    Article : 654 words
  13. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Weather conditions have not been favorable for anything like reasonable growth in the kitchen garden, and, as a result of this, disappointments ...

    Article : 353 words
  14. PHOTOGRAPHIC GHOSTS.

    From Paris, on 6th April, the correspondent of the London Daily Mail" wrote:—Extraordinary instances of the ...

    Article : 655 words
  15. HE DUG 'EM.

    The late John W. Mackay was attending to business at the great Comstock Mine one day when a party of tourists approached, and asked if he knew of a guide who would take ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. FRENCH STRIKES.

    A special correspondent sends "Public Opinion" the following translation of an article in the Paris "Figaro" of 8th April:— ...

    Article : 400 words
  17. TROUBLE IN ARABIA.

    With regard to the attack by Arabs on the British depot at Marghil of the Euphrates and Tigris steamers, in which Mr Lawrence Glanville, an English engineer, ...

    Article : 316 words
  18. GENIUS AND THE KITCHEN.

    The "Daily Mail" of 3rd April writes:— The two devoted ladies whose duty it was for eight years to relieve the late ...

    Article : 553 words
  19. FOUR "WIVES."

    Four women appeared at the Salisbury Police Court to claim as their husband a man named Albert Henry Capper, who had passed under many aliases. Capper ...

    Article : 556 words
  20. BLAMING THE SAINT.

    There is a certain dour cuteness about the drunkard which expresses itself in the most startling fashion. Take the case of the man about whom Sir Horace St. Paul lectured. ...

    Article : 188 words
  21. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    The present is a busy time in the flower garden, as there is much cleaning-up to be done of the refuse autumn plants that have done ...

    Article : 376 words
  22. A BISHOP'S DILEMMA.

    The late Bishop Peck, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, once found himself in an awkward position. While prealding at a session of the New ...

    Article : 253 words
  23. HOMELY FARE.

    Curried Chicken.—Remove the meat from the bones. Cut in pieces— the pieces should not be very large, and as nearly of one size as possible. First ...

    Article : 527 words
  24. NOVEL HOSPITAL SCHEME.

    According to the London "Daily Mail" of 20th March, the lack of a happy mean between a nursing home charging seven to ten guineas a week after a 100 ...

    Article : 248 words
  25. A GLADSTONE STORY.

    Mr Henry Chaplin retails occasionally a story of the late Mr Gladstone with much gusto. When Mr Gladstone was quite an old man, it chanced that he and Mr Chaplin were ...

    Article : 160 words
  26. "LONDON JACK II."

    "The dog which bears this name is the worthy son of a worthy sire. He is, we gather from the "Animal Ward," which publishes portrait, one of the most ...

    Article : 177 words
  27. ENGLAND'S PRETTIEST GIRLS.

    The prettiest girls in the kingdom are in the London shops. In features, complexion, ogure, animation of expression, or what you will they beat the stage ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. TAKING CHANCES.

    A small boy had been punished, and in consequence was feeling at enmity with all the world, but with his father in particular. When he came to say his prayers at night he ...

    Article : 184 words
  29. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    So far there has not been any great demand for space in the conservatory, as the outdoor weather has not been uncongenial for the most ...

    Article : 206 words
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