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  2. THE GARDEN.

    Apples and pears, when grown as pyramids are subject to overcrowding if not well regulated annually by thinning out surplus branches. if ...

    Article : 209 words
  3. TROUBLES OF A STEPFATHER.

    Might I ask the counsel of readers in a matter which to me and not a few like me, is a grave difficulty (says "A Puzzled Parent" in an ...

    Article : 346 words
  4. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    Genius is said, like the pearl in the oyster to be a magnificent disease (says a contemporary). Precocity is equally a disease, but it is not ...

    Article : 764 words
  5. SAD SUICIDE.

    Mr Shrooder held an inquest on Monday, 12th July, at St. Pancras, on the body of John Whitaker, aged 29, a journalist, who was found dead at the ...

    Article : 483 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOR.

    He : Darling, will you share my lot? She: Yes, Charlie, if it really is a lot. Uneasy lies the Head.—From a Manchester hatter's shop window : Hats full of good ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  7. A MAN OF CREDIT.

    A distinguished Irish lawyer, always in impoverished circumstances, once took Chief Justice Whiteside to see his magnificently furnished new house in Dublin. ...

    Article : 58 words
  8. THE SABBATARIAN."

    A famous minister, himself, a strict Sabbatarian, used to tell with kindly humor a story, of a farmer in the Carse of Gowrie who was still more strict. ...

    Article : 122 words
  9. REARING DUCKS BY THOUSANDS.

    Duck-breeding in the United States is of but recent growth. Ten years ago (says "Feathered Life"), there were no: half-a-dozen plants of any importance. ...

    Article : 582 words
  10. THE RAT'S REVENGE.

    A farmer on the moorlands observed a curious thing. One of his young fowls lay dead in a field. From the opposite side of a low hedge he saw a rat approach and pull at it. ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. SOUPS FOR THE EWINTER.

    Vegetable Soup.—Cut up three potatoes, one carrot, one turnip, two onions. one leek, and a quarter of a head of celery. Put them on with just enough ...

    Article : 568 words
  12. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Verbenas are easily propagated by means of young cuttings, and it is a good time to make a start now. A few old plants should be placed, in a ...

    Article : 357 words
  13. A USEFUL DOG.

    The man wanted to sell the dog, but the prospective buyer was suspicious, and finally decided not to buy. The man then told him why he was so anxious to sell. ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. WHAT HE TOOK.

    You probably remember the schoolboy who, in a competition on pins, said, "Pins have saved the lives of many people." his teacher was astonished at this ...

    Article : 141 words
  15. "THE QUEEN OF SPRING."

    At the wedding banquet on Tune 6th the Emperor William, in proposing the toast of the bridal pair, spoke as follows:— "My dear daughter Cecilia, I bid you ...

    Article : 236 words
  16. A MODERN CULT.

    There is no more curious phenomenon of our present hyper-civilisation than the cult of the modern young man for the Child. This masculine baby-worship, to ...

    Article : 440 words
  17. ANARCHISTS.

    An interesting article on the above subject appears in a Swiss contemporary from the pen of Dr H. Kessel. In attempting to draw up some ...

    Article : 369 words
  18. FURNISHING THE DAY NURSERY

    There are so many pretty papers to be had at very small cost nowadays that the difficulty of choosing is increased rather than diminished. One is almost bewildered by the variety of the ...

    Article : 635 words
  19. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    The shoots of stephanotis floribunda, dipladimas, clerodendron. Balfourianum should now be shortened back to well ripened wood. The last-named species. ...

    Article : 392 words
  20. A CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA.

    Seven hundred school children, seven hundred fiddles, and seven hundred bows. This was what Mr Walter Hedgeock had to work with on ...

    Article : 226 words
  21. KING ALFONSO'S JOURNEY.

    King Alfonso had a narrow escape, according to the "Gaulois," while the express train conveying him to Paris was running between Amiens ...

    Article : 360 words
  22. USEFUL HINTS.

    When peeling onions begin at the root end and peel upwards, and the onions will scarcely affect the eyes at all. Tough fowls will be as tender as ...

    Article : 463 words
  23. EIGHT MEN LYNCHED.

    The nation (writes the "Daily Mail," on the morning of June 29th) is greatly shocked over the lynching of eight men at Watkinsville, Georgia, at two o'clock. ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. OUR NAVAL POLICY.

    Mr Pretyman, Secretary to the Admiralty, replying to criticisms on the Navy Estimates, made an interesting statement in the House of Commons on June ...

    Article : 179 words
  25. THE "MUSE OF NOURISHMENT."

    The cortege of the King of Spain drove at noon on 31st May to the markets, where a pretty girl in grey, who had been raised to the strangely-named ...

    Article : 299 words
  26. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    The planting of rhubarb should be completed with the least possible delay. Instructions for preparing the land were given in a previous calendar. If the ...

    Article : 445 words
  27. VISION OF MURDER.

    The second trial of Charles King, (writes the Winnipeg correspondent of the London "Dally Mail," on June 29), accused of the murder of his fellow ...

    Article : 185 words
  28. THE FINEST OF ALL.

    God made the streams that gurgle down the purple mountain side; He made the gorgeous coloring with which the sunset's dyed; ...

    Article : 276 words
  29. HOMELY FARE.

    Stirred in Rhubarb Pudding.—Required: Half a pint of milk, quarter of a pound of flour, a pinch of salt, one egg, fresh rhubarb, half an ounce of butter. ...

    Article : 472 words
  30. "ROUGHING IT."

    Mr Roosevelt recently purchased a small cottage and fifteen acres of land near Scottsville, Virginia, where he[?] intends occasionally to "rough it" and ...

    Article : 159 words
  31. FROM AN AUTHOR'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  32. A GREAT SUCCESS.

    The organiser of a suburban amateur band found himself at the last moment quite unable to go with it to a local function, at which it had been asked to perform, and he ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. DERELICT HOUSE.

    A visit to "Lonesome," the appropriate name bestowed upon an out-of-the-way quarter of Upper Mitcham, reveals a curious scene. Here was erected many ...

    Article : 84 words
  34. AMBIGUOUS.

    She dabbled in water-colors, and was rather proud of the results: also her complexion was the envy of the ladles of her set, and they said spiteful things. ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. MATINEE HAIR.

    We hear a great deal of the matinee hat, but what about the matinee hair? One can, perhaps, ask a lady to remove her hat, but one dare not ask her to ...

    Article : 77 words
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    "George," she said, as she flourished her new parasol, "can't you see me stopping the 'bus with this?" "My dear a girl," he replied amiably, "I can see ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. AFTERMATH.

    Mr Happieman (with a brave attempt at pleasantry): "Why so pensive? Is the honeymoon beginning to pall on my little bride?" Mrs Happieman (throwing off her air of ...

    Article : 70 words
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