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  2. SHORT STORY.

    DID you call, sir?' 'Yes; I have been knocking and calling for some time. I am very ill, and the bell-rope broke,' ...

    Article : 2,452 words
  3. Housekeeper.

    ONE may keep one's room sweet with the fragrance of violets all the winter by setting bowls of powdered orris root about. The orris root should be renewed ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. NOTES.

    Prince Adrian of Dalmania was en conge in Paris. He was going back to his hotel after the second day of his sojourn in fair ...

    Article : 898 words
  5. THE CARE OF THE COMPLEXION.

    Do not wash the face in hard water. If possible, use rain-water, but as this is not always easy to get, it is well to know how to soften the water by artificial means. Mix ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. HERE AND THERE.

    "Did I ever run over a dog?" said a locomotive engineer. "Yes, often. Sometimes at night they look as big as a man on the ...

    Article : 602 words
  7. Items of Interest.

    DEPEND not on another, rather lean upon thyself; trus[?] to thine own exertions, subjection to another's will give pain; true happiness consists in self-reliance, ...

    Article : 479 words
  8. TO DISGUISE THE TASTE OF MEDICINE.

    Spoons should be used for moasuring medicine, as they vary greatly in capacity. A graduated measure-glass is the proper thing, and this should be rinsed immediately ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. COLD WEATHER HINTS IN THE NURSERY.

    Little children spend a good deal of time on the floor; therefore, great care should be taken by those in charge to shut out, as much as possible, draughts from between the ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. ABOUT PAIN.

    An eminent doctor says:—' Pain is very naturally regarded by the world at large as an evil thing. We all speak of pain as a blot on the face of creation, and argue how ...

    Article : 581 words
  11. Odds and Ends.

    OLD Friend: ' Pardon me, but I ought to tell you that Jores has run away with your wife.' Husband (bored): ' But why. did he run?' ...

    Article : 38 words
  12. HER POSITION EASILY DEFINED

    An applicant for the post of mistress in a country school was being questioned by those in authority. ' And what is your position with regard to ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. DIVORCE A SPECIALITY.

    A Chicago lawyer, who makes a speciality of divorce proceedings, is reported to have given the following instructions to an office boy who recently entered his service:— ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. Sun Cooling: Climates of the Earth Altering.

    One of the most significant and far-reaching of recent astronomical discoveries is that the light of the great star Arcturus is ...

    Article : 874 words
  15. THE USES TO WHICH TEA IS PUT.

    Notwithstanding the almost universal use of tea, folks in general know very little about it —certainly little beyond that they drink a decoction of it, usually of the cheaper ...

    Article : 451 words
  16. [?] TIPS FOR THE ATTENDANTS

    The waiter at a recent banquct hold in North was looking so melancholy that last of the guests (one to whom the waiter had been very attentive) could not help ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. A Youthful Naturalist.

    A schoolmaster who happened to have red hair was giving an object-lesson to a class on a nut. In his endeavour to draw a ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. THE BOX OFFICE.

    Mr Parakay: ' These two seats you gave me are in different rows, one behind the other.' Ticket Seller: ' One seat is for a lady, is it ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. IN MERCHANT'S OFFICE

    The office boy walked into the master's office:—' I would like,' he said, with one eye on the football fixture list, to go to a funeral to-day, sir.' ...

    Article : 79 words
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