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  2. SHORT STORY.

    THE Rev. Gerard Dale lived a life of truly Christian self-abnegation; but he had been among his old friends in the West times enough to fall in love with ...

    Article : 1,993 words
  3. All Round.

    MANY animals possess more than two eyes which do not act together. A leech, for example, has ten eyes on the top of its head which do not work in concert, ...

    Article : 117 words
  4. Housekeeper.

    OAK or whitewood picture frames can be stained any colour if a solution [?] half an oun[?] of ourd soap in a pint of water is first well rubbed into the wood. Then a ...

    Article : 62 words
  5. KIDNEY AND BACON,

    Ingredients:— 4 sheep's kidneys, siloes of bacon, 1 oz. butter or dripping, 1 heaped teaspoonful flour, salt, sprinkle of pepper and mustard, chopped parsley, ...

    Article : 98 words
  6. Odds and Ends.

    FUNERAL Director (to gentleman entering door):' Are you one of the mourners, sir?' Gentleman: 'Yes. He owed me ten pounds.' ...

    Article : 25 words
  7. Science and Invention.

    IT is said that a circular saw has been invented in France, by the aid of which blocks of stone can be very rapidly cut. The edge of the saw is set with black ...

    Article : 101 words
  8. AMERICAN NATURAL GAS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  9. COLDS.

    Dr Morse says:—Here is the prescription that will prove of the utmost advantage:— Take equal parts of eucalyptol, nitric spirits of other and chloroform. To one ounce of ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. HOW CRUEL

    'This is an elegant piece of embasidery work, It is over fifty years old.' ' Isn't it beautiful Did you make it?' ...

    Article : 27 words
  11. SCALLOPED OYSTERS.

    Ingredients:— Some cysters, breadcrumbs, a little butter, salt, lemon juice, cayenne, 1 oz butter, 1 oz flour, [?] pint milk. ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. A MEAN MAN.

    'That's the meanest man I ever ran across,' said the book agent, ' What has he done?' ' Kept me calling day after day, and ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. SOME RECENT DISCOVERIES.

    As a result of the recent tidal wave on the East Coast of England, many pieces of an old-world forest have been cast on the beach between Waloot and Happisburgh, ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. AT THE CIRCUS.

    ' Here, take this rifle cried the excited showman. 'The leopard has escaped. If you find him, shoot him on the spot.' ' Which s-pot, sir?' gasped the new ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. EGG TESTS.

    A new and simple method for testing eggs hae been invented. It is based upon the fact that the air chamber in the flat end of the egg increases with age. If the ...

    Article : 180 words
  16. INDUCEMENT.

    Prospective Purchaser: ' What inducement do you offer it I should buy a dog?' Canine Dealer: ' Why, lady, if you buy a dog I'll teach you how to whistle so you ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. LIVER CUTLETS AND MUSHROOM SAUCE.

    Ingredients:— About 6 liver outlets (a lamb'S liver out into pieces the shape of outlets), a little flour, pepper and salt, egg, and breadcrumbs, 1 teaspoonful of dripping, ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. HOW WATER FREEZES.

    It Used to puzzle all thinking people why ponds and rivers do not freeze beyond a certain depth. This depends on a moat curious fact, namely, that water is at its ...

    Article : 156 words
  19. LIFE IN THE DEEP SEA.

    An expedition left London a short time ago, the object of which was to investigate a most important problem regarding the distribution of life in the sea. It used to ...

    Article : 231 words
  20. CHOICE OF PATTERNS.

    Fred: ' So you are going to marry Miss Millyuns, eh? I don't see what you can find to admire in a girl of her stripe.' Joe: ' My dear boy, it isn't her stripe ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. NO OCCASION FOR ALARM.

    ' I have sent for you,' said the man of the house,' ' because the pipes need looking after. There's a leak somewhere, and a lot of gas is going to waste.' ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. POISON ABSORBING QUALITY OF COLD WATER.

    In connection with the subject of water, there is one peculiar property of that liquid with which everyone should be made so quainted, and that is its capacity for ...

    Article : 168 words
  23. Items of Interest.

    IT is the only right service which is perfect freedom.—Ruskin. He who cannot feel friendship is alike in capable of love. Let a woman beware of ...

    Article : 653 words
  24. THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

    THE risks of railway travelling are much exaggerated, a reflection of the old times when a man thought it necessary to make his will before undertaking the coach ...

    Article : 159 words
  25. HAD ENOUGH OF IT.

    Stranger: ' Ah, you do not recognise me?' Podge: 'No, I don't' Stranger: ' Ah, I thought so. I'm the ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. HIS OPPORTUNITY.

    ' Yes,' said the twin who was so marvellously like his brother, ' Jim has been a trial to me all my life. When we were a month old they had to tie a piece of ribbon ...

    Article : 140 words
  27. WHAT MADE MAN LAUGH?

    How did man first begin to laugh? asks M. C. Vanlair, It is obvious, be thinks, there was a time when men did not laugh. In the mirthless ' state of nature,' when ...

    Article : 466 words
  28. CHILBLAINS.

    Chilblains are great beauty-destroyers, their characteristics being discoloration and swelling. One of the most important points to observe, in seeking to avoid ...

    Article : 290 words
  29. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    Experiments in France with a new submarine vessel have onoe more invited quotations from Jules Verne's mythioal aooount of a voyage beneath the sea, and the French ...

    Article : 188 words
  30. THINGS WERE SERIOUS.

    When they saw him coming along— case in hand—they rushed to the door and called and beckoned and made frantic gestures. As soon as he was in the house they ...

    Article : 128 words
  31. Miss Susanna's Lovers.

    MISS SUSANNA had been a belle and a beauty, and at thirty—youth goes early in Aroady—she still held her head up. Her position was unique. No ...

    Article : 603 words
  32. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.

    'No, sir,' said a wealthy merchant to hio confidential clerk, who had asked for the hand of his daughter,'no, sir: if you were a rich man, it would be very ...

    Article : 128 words
  33. INFLAMMABLE BUT NOT EXPLOSIVE.

    According to a paper written by the German Government expert, Dr Leymann, of Wiesbaden, petrol, paraffin, and benzoline, though very inflammable, are not ...

    Article : 151 words
  34. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients:—About [?] lb cold boiled potatoes, [?] lb flour, 2 oz. butter or dripping, salt and pepper to taste, little milk, baoen. ...

    Article : 131 words
  35. A HOSPITAL DlSPENSER TELLS THIS STORY.

    A short time ago a young man of somewhat bibulous habits and a strong Irish brogue, who had been' Christmassing' not Wisely but too well, had occasion to visit ...

    Article : 161 words
  36. MOTOR VEHICLES.

    It seems to be part of the sturdy Briton's character that he should be conservative in his suspicion of new-fangled devices; anyhow, he is extremely slow to adopt ...

    Article : 190 words
  37. WEIGHT OF THE EARTH.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 323 words
  38. CONUNDRUMS

    Why is a poor friend better than a rich one?— Because a friend in need is a friend in deed. Why is an idle schoolboy like a postage ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. FRIED SWEETBREADS.

    Ingredients:— Some sweetbreads, sufficient stock to cover them; egg, breadcrumbs, some tomato sauce or brown gravy. ...

    Article : 148 words
  40. TO MAKE SOLDER STICK.

    Place some muriatic sold in a small, large-necked bottle like a vaseline bottle: then drop in small pieces sine, as much as it will out, taking care not to breaths ...

    Article : 79 words
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