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  2. TO MODERNISE CRICKET.

    It is not my object to discuss whether cricket is worth saving. I shall assume that it is, and shall try to get at the reasons why it has ...

    Article : 1,503 words
  3. THE AGAPEMONE.

    Readers of "M.A.P." may recall a sketch written a couple of years ago about the notorious founder of the sect of the Agapemonites, Henry James Prince. ...

    Article : 1,379 words
  4. HORTICULTURAL

    Upon light, warm soils, gooseberries are especially subject to attacks of red spider. The presence of the insects is indicated by the color of the foliage. As ...

    Article : 331 words
  5. THE MOROCCO QUESTION.

    M. Charles Legins writes in the "Westminster Budget ":—The recent understanding between France and Italy has strongly moved public ...

    Article : 1,226 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    New tins should be set over the fire with boiling water in them for several hours before food is put into them. To test the purity of-coffee, pour cold ...

    Article : 376 words
  7. WIT AND HUMOR.

    The need of an excuse is the stepmother of invention. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we carry it with us, or we find it ...

    Article : 934 words
  8. SPAIN AND SPANIARDS

    A writer in the "Westminster Budget,"' while noticing a book entitled "The Land: of the Dows," by L Williams, remarks:— Spain is one of the countries about ...

    Article : 1,150 words
  9. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Cucumbers planted out in frames for early fruiting, as previously advised, will now be in active growth, and should receive the treatment ...

    Article : 554 words
  10. TO AVOID SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.

    If you are at all inclined to do this don't use cold cream or any kindred fatty substance for your face. Instead, take one part fresh cucumber juice, which you ...

    Article : 430 words
  11. MURDER IN LONDON.

    The complacent manner in which murder is coming to be regarded in London writes the "Westminster Gazette of September 16—when certain equivalents of ...

    Article : 985 words
  12. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    If a shopkeeper asserted his income to be ten thousand a year, but subsequent inquiry proved that in order to receive this sum he had to pay away five thousand in salaries, ...

    Article : 740 words
  13. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Advantage should be taken of showery weather to transplant any seedlings that are too thick and are large enough to handle. ...

    Article : 396 words
  14. QUITE ENOUGH.

    First Chum: "Why, old man, you act as though you had a little too much." Second Chum: "Well, I've had enough. I got two stiff punches on the way home. Knockney ...

    Article : 76 words
  15. STRICTLY SPEAKING.

    At an introduction of a bishop to his see somebody noticed a Dublin graduate wearing an Oxford hood. He pointed it out to the bishop, and said that the person stood there ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. A WITTY ANSWER.

    Judge B— fell down a flight of stairs, recording his passage in a bump on every stair, until he reached the bottom. A servant ran to his assistance, and, raising ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Raising ferns from seeds or spores is a very interesting occupation. Very few except those who thoroughly understand the work ...

    Article : 724 words
  18. VERY HEALTHFUL FRUIT.

    Dyspeptic: "This fruit cure's a fraud. I have tried fruit at every meal, without the least improvement." . Hearty Man: "That's odd. Why, look at ...

    Article : 50 words
  19. PROCRASTINATION.

    Father: "Katchen, you are six years old to- day, and from now you will have to be a very good girl." Katchen: "Ach, papa, can't I wait till I'm ...

    Article : 31 words
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