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  2. Comic Cuttings.

    "Sir, I am a self-made man!" "Who Interrupted you?" " Which battle was Nelson killed in?" " I know It was his last." ...

    Article : 1,143 words
  3. The Home.

    Cheerfulness and moodiness are both habits of mind which can be cultivated, and the former should certainly be tended and fostered like a precious plant, and the latter ...

    Article : 451 words
  4. Household Hints.

    A cooling drink for children over 6 may be made as follows: Put into a Jug a few pieces of sugar and some slices of lemon, and pour over some good tea which has not ...

    Article : 280 words
  5. Short Story.

    It must have been nearly 10 o'clock. Long Jealous shadows reached and beckoned across to each other, fast encroaching upon the pale moonbeams ...

    Article : 2,298 words
  6. The Sketcher.

    The 28th December (says a correspondent of the "Pioneer Mail " of the 31st December, 1896) is the anniversary, and indeed nearly the centenary, of an ...

    Article : 1,343 words
  7. One of the Czars.

    It is January, 1744, and the Commandant of Stettin, Prince of AnhaltZenbst zu Dornburg, Is keeping New Year festivities at his castle of Zeribst, ...

    Article : 755 words
  8. Useful Notes.

    A little kerosene oil is excellent for cleaning a zinc bath tub. Rub the oil on with a woollen cloth, then wash it off with of water, and polish with powdered bathbrick. ...

    Article : 232 words
  9. Out of the Fryingpan.

    To " bear the ills we have," instead of leaving them for unknown possibilities which may perhaps be better, but, on the other hand, may be lmmeasurably worse, is ...

    Article : 196 words
  10. Gingerette.

    Boll one pound of loaf sugar to a syrup in three pints or water. When cold add two pennyworth of essence of ginger, and the same quantity of essence of cayenne, with ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. Ginger Beer.

    Ginger beer is a wholesome summer drink, and good to keep at hand. The following recipe is easily carried out, and very satisfactory:— For two gallons of water allow ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. Manners of Children.

    Holding knife, spoon, and fork correctly will come to a child naturally, and it should not be forgotten that if the pudding [?] and fork are grasped from beneath instead ...

    Article : 282 words
  13. Gunpowder and Cockroaches.

    A novel weapon for the destruction of the cockroach, that inveterate enemy of the housekeeper, is described by a writer in a report on the " Household Insects of the ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. Baucepans.

    Saucepans should always be cleaned as soon as possible after use, when the operation will be found much easier than if they are allowed to get dry. Directly th ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. Is Flum Pudding Unwholesome?

    We are often told that plum pudding is unwholesome, and one of the arguments used against " Keeping Christmas " is that the members of the family will be made [?] ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. A Floor for Dancing.

    Prepare a floor for dancing by first washing it; when clean, wipe the boards over with milk and water or skim milk, and let dry, Scatter boracic powder over the floor ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. " Good Order " Society in Gaol.

    A rather remarkable state of affairs exists to the Maysville (Kentucky) gaol. There are about twenty-five prisoners now confined there, some of them awaiting trial ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. The fair [?]ncogniln.

    IT was while riding in a 'bus, For I often travel thus Back from town, That maiden I espied ...

    Article : 256 words
  19. Why Some Men Fall as Suitors.

    There are some excellent men who utterly fall as suitors, and one for a time perhaps wonders why this is so. They may have plenty of good points, and be really more ...

    Article : 410 words
  20. The Reason of Her Silence.

    The partiog between Thomas Wilson and Esmeralda Kilduff one night last week was an unusually prolonged one. She had accompanied him as far as the front gate, and ...

    Article : 294 words
  21. Education of Girls in Prussia.

    In the higher education of girls there is a marvellous difference between the schools of Prussia and those of the United States, with the exception of a private school of ...

    Article : 202 words
  22. Sometimes it Happens So.

    How did she know his heart was hers? He spoke no word of love to her: how did she know [?] passed or touched him—so— ...

    Article : 132 words
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