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  2. Wit and Humor.

    How to be wise,—Don't think that you, know everything. An old bachelor compares life to a shirt button, because it so often hangs by a ...

    Article : 1,186 words
  3. Agricultural, &c.

    Artificial clouds were recently made for the protection of vines from frost at Pagny, on the France-German frontier. Liquid tar was ignited in tin boxes and pieces of solid ...

    Article : 204 words
  4. The Household.

    BEEF FRITTERS.—Chop pieces of steak or cold roast beef very fine; make a batter of milk, flour and an egg, mix the meat with it. Pot a lump of butter in a saucepan, let it ...

    Article : 453 words
  5. Here & There.

    No, son, it isn't that the world has grown hard-hearted; it isn't that we arn't just as glad to-day to see the prodigal come back, and just as lovingly anxious to welcome him ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  6. The Roosters of Vangho Lo.

    The wreck of the Imp rudely ended my first and last pleasure voyage. The Imp was as trim yacht as ever danced on the sparkling billows of a summer sea. After cruising about ...

    Article : 2,741 words
  7. An Awful Scene.

    Concerning the Paris theatre horror, a correspondent of the London Truth. writes: "Being on" good terms with the prefect, was able to run the police blockade and to ...

    Article : 573 words
  8. POINTS ON PRUNING TREES.

    Milton Thomas, an experienced horticulturist, in an address before the Los Angeles County Pomological Society, recently gave the following hints as to pruning: "As to ...

    Article : 276 words
  9. Scientific Notes.

    An Austrian physician says that nine times out of ten headache can be almost instantly cored by swallowing a spoonful of salt dissolved in a quantity of water sufficient ...

    Article : 345 words
  10. SOMETHING ABOUT THE NAPA VALLEY GRAPEVINE BEETLE.

    J. J. Rivers writes as follows to the Rural Press concerning a new vine pest, which for several, seasons has been on the increase in Napa Valley:—"It is a small beetle, black in ...

    Article : 585 words
  11. Liberality.

    Seated upon the grand stand of the— cricket ground on the occasion of the last football match were two young men, some what damaged from an excess of luncheon ...

    Article : 575 words
  12. Banks.

    There are several kinds of banks in the world. Those oftenest alluded to generously allow you to deposit your money. with them and take care of it for you, some taking care ...

    Article : 353 words
  13. Rational Inference.

    " What are you trying to see, Jack?" asked Merritt, in a suburban train. "I'd like to get a glimpse of that girl's face who has her back turned to us." ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. The Melancholy Man.

    Some people will persist in taking a gloomy view of everything. There is a man of that kind living in Richmond. A neighbor happened to drop in to see him the other day ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. A Fine View.

    "I am afraid, madam," said a gentleman who was looking for country board, "that the house is too near the station to be pleasant." ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. He Couldn't Part.

    Pretty servant, who has been taken half a mile beyond her destination— "It's really too bad; I told you when I first got in where I wished to be set down." ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. None After Her Heart.

    Said Miss Spinster (no longer youthful) when she heard that her friend, Marriwell, was going to wed: "Well, let those marry who wish, but for my part I never saw a ...

    Article : 66 words
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