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  2. SHORT STORY

    'WANTED —A smart, ladylike waitress at the Pagoda Cafe,' Regent Street W. No previous experience necessary, but applicants must be intelligent and ...

    Article : 2,263 words
  3. Science and Invention.

    A GAS well in the Ninevah region of Greene County, Pa., has shown what may de said to be the highest pressure ever observed in any natural gas well. The ...

    Article : 131 words
  4. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients.—1 rabbit, 2 ozs of dripping, 1 onion, a slice of bacon, a small piece of garlic, bunch of herbs, 1 tablespoonful of flour. 1 teaspoonful of salt, ¼ teaspoonful ...

    Article : 165 words
  5. HOW WAS THE MOON FORMED?

    Most of us have an idea that the moon was once a liquid mass, such as we think that the earth was at one period of its [?]ereer, and that the moon's craters are due ...

    Article : 115 words
  6. Housekeeper.

    PROCURE a lump of slaked lime, and put it into an earthernware pan, fill up with water, and let it stand till the lump is dissolved and a sediment is on the ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. THE CENTIPEDE.

    In Great Britain the centipedes are under two inches long, and are quite inoffensive to man, but in the tropics the case is very different. The black centipede ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. LEMON ROCK CAKES.

    Ingredients.—1 lb, of flour, 6 ozs, of butter or good dripping, 6 ozs. of sugar, the rind and juice of two lemons, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little candied ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. A PAPER YACHT.

    Compressing 300,000 newspapers by hydraulic machinery, an Austrian inventor has constructed a yacht of the material thus obtained, complete in every detail, ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. SHAKING OUT WRINKLES.

    One of the exercises given in the Delsarte series of relaxation consists of relaxing the muscles of the face, and ' shaking out the wrinkles,' as Madame—used to call it. ...

    Article : 179 words
  11. COCOANUT DROP CAKES.

    The following is a recipe for cocoanut drop cakes, that are nice for afternoon tea or evening refreshment:—Take 8ozs. of desiccated cocoanut, the same weight of ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. CEMENT FOR PORCELAIN.

    Porcelain dishes, etc., may be easily repaired with the following cement:—Sift fine plaster of Paris through muslin, and mix it with a strong solution of shellac in ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. CURRANT JELLY.

    The following is a recipe for making currant jelly:—Take a quantity of ripe currants in good condition, pick off the stalks, and put the truit in a basin and bruise ...

    Article : 138 words
  14. BLAMING THE STOMACH.

    It is not an uncommon thing to hear a man or woman say:— 'There is something the matter with my stomach.' They never stop to think whether they themselves are ...

    Article : 233 words
  15. DISCOVERIES AT ABYDOS.

    At University College, London, there were exhibited in July last the most recent results of Egyptian exploration, some of the discoveries being of a most interesting ...

    Article : 261 words
  16. NOUGATS.

    The following is a recipe for nougat. Blanch 1lb of almonds, out each almond lengthwise into thin, narrow, pieces, and lay them on a dish in front of the fire to ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. THE DUTIES OF THE SICK CHAMBER.

    When called to the bedside of a sick person the first thing to be done is to find out the leading characteristics of the individual. If in his habits of life or in his ordinary ...

    Article : 369 words
  18. RATAFIA CREAM.

    Ratafia cream, a tempting dish for party suppers, is made as follows:—Soak three-quarters of an ounce of gelatine in a little milk for an hour; beat up the yolks of two ...

    Article : 241 words
  19. THE ELECTRIC ORGAN OF THE TORPEDO FISH.

    In a paper recently read before the Berlin Academy of Sciences, J. Bernstein and A. Tschermak investigate the thermic phenomena shown by the electric organ of the ...

    Article : 494 words
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