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  2. Housekeeper.

    Vegetables should always be kept on a stone floor out of the air. Do not use soap when washing white wicker chairs and furniture, as ...

    Article : 454 words
  3. Short Story.

    The news of Eleanour's engagement was variously received. There were pride and tears in the mothers eyes, pride and tenderness in Dad's and ...

    Article : 2,288 words
  4. Miscellaneous.

    The teeth of a squirrel will penetrate [?] than those of a dog. The links of the chains to be used as part of the gear of the locks of the ...

    Article : 85 words
  5. Odds and Ends.

    Eben; "So Miss Antique is going to get married at last. Who is the lucky man?" Flo: "The clergyman. He's going ...

    Article : 367 words
  6. A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

    A novel musical instrument has recently been exhibited, which resembles: a piano, but the wires, instead of being struck with hammer's, are vibrated ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. BEARDED MEN THE BEST HUS[?]ANDS.

    According to a correspondent there is a wise man in Germany who has discovered what a beard means. It is not, as you might have supposed, ...

    Article : 357 words
  8. ORIGIN OF THE POSTMARK.

    London claims the distinction of having originated the postmark. The first one, employed as long ago as 1660, was an extremely simple affair, ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. ELECTRIC TABLE LAMPS.

    The use of candles in dining-rooms of hotels and restaurants makes a very pleasing decoration. However, the ordinary paraffin candle is entirely ...

    Article : 131 words
  10. QUAINT OLD TREES.

    Among the oldest living things must be classed certain trees. More than a century ago de Candolle found two yews in England that were estimated ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL PEARLS BY THE OYSTER.

    The earliest theory of the production of pearls was that they are congealed dewdrops, though no explanation was given of the manner in which ...

    Article : 404 words
  12. IN AN ALPINE VILLAGE.

    The villages in the Swiss Alps are often built on the top of a low mountain or in a deep sheltered valley; sometimes near a beautiful waterfall ...

    Article : 229 words
  13. FIVE MINUTES FROM ANYWHERE.

    Everybody knows the house that is advertised as being "five minutes" from everywhere, and consequently a miracle of convenience. This house ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    Ingredients: 4oz. flour, 4oz. butter, 2oz. of sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tablesponfuls of marmalade or jam, 2 teaspoonfuls of milk, ½ teaspoonful ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. EGYPTIAN MATRIMONIAL METHODS.

    The archaelogists have discovered a pleasant thing. Away in Alexandria, soon after its foundation, twenty-two centuries ago, husbands found their ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. RETORT COURTEOUS.

    Mrs. Tartly and Mary Jane had arrived at the parting of the ways, and the mistress thought she could with safety indulge in a few caustic ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. RICE AND RAISIN PUDDING.

    Ingredients: ¼lb. of rice, ½lb. of raisins. Method.—Stone the raisins, and tie them in a cloth, with the well-washed ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. CURIOUS CHINESE RAILWAY.

    The most curious railroad in the world is in China, and it was built and financed solely by Chinese. It is also operated by Chinamen. It is known ...

    Article : 471 words
  19. Items of Interest

    Prayer—the meeting-point of the seen and unseen.—Dr. Huntington. True greatness consists in being great in little things. ...

    Article : 341 words
  20. NO NASTY PRIDE.

    They were a poor but worthy couple, and had lived their simple lives on the few shillings earned weekly by the man. But now fortune had entered ...

    Article : 110 words
  21. SUET CRUST FOR BOILED PUDDINGS.

    Ingredients: ½lb. of flour, ½lb. of finely chopped suet, ¼ teaspoonful of baking powder, 1 saltspoonful of salt, enough cold water to make ...

    Article : 40 words
  22. TO DEVELOP A SLIM WAIST.

    Of the various ways of driving flesh from the centre of the body, says a beauty adviser, the most sensible is to avoid fat-making foods like gravies, ...

    Article : 307 words
  23. PUDDING SAUCE.

    Ingredients: 1 cup of milk, ½ cup of sugar, 1 small glass of sherry, 1 egg, 1 teaspoonful butter, 1 teaspoonful cornflour, 1 tiny pinch ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. WHAT IT SEEMED LIKE.

    The aged motor van was somehow always getting out of repair, and it usually indulged in a little breakdown about once a week, in order to vary ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. A GOOD PLAIN CAKE.

    Ingredients: 3lb. of flour, 2lb. of fruit, 1lb. of sugar, 1lb. of butter, 7 eggs, ½lb. of candied peel, 2½ cups of milk, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. WHERE EDUCATION FAILS.

    As old "darky" in Alabama called across the fence to his neighbour's son, who is a student at the Atlanta University. ...

    Article : 124 words
  27. Science & Invention.

    A new lamp for use in mines has recently been invented. The lamp is placed within a large gass globe, which is air-tight. Between the lamp and ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. DANGER OF EYE STRAIN.

    The greatest menace to a business girl's beauty is that of eye strain, writes Madame Lina Cayalieri, the freat Italian beauty and prima donna, ...

    Article : 199 words
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