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  2. Spray.

    There have been many stories told within the last few days about VlceChance1lor Bacon; there is said to be only one to tell about the late ...

    Article : 91 words
  3. Worth's Predecessors.

    There were men dressmakers before Worth. The first celebrity who made his mark in this particular line was Rhomber[?] of a Bavarian ...

    Article : 397 words
  4. Short Story.

    Mr. William Hounslow, otherwise Burglar Bill, followed his bundle of Swag over the low window-sill on to the first-story veranda. Then he removed ...

    Article : 982 words
  5. A Human Wriggle.

    A lady contributor to the " Wide Bay News," in giving an account of a visit to Sydney, gives the following amusing expenlence at a matrimonial agency:— ...

    Article : 557 words
  6. Comic Cuttings.

    Hicks: "Gray says that he owes everything to his wife." Wicks: "Oh no, that can't be. He owes me £10." You can select a man from any sect ...

    Article : 963 words
  7. Household Hints.

    A little salt added to the water in which cut flowers are placed will keep them fresh for a longer time than if only pure water Is used. ...

    Article : 226 words
  8. The Table.

    A new rcetpe for bread pudding has been found, and is presented with the eaderscment of being worth a place in the [?] leaves of the housekeeper's ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. Appearances of Poets.

    Edward Fitzgerald gives a description of Tennyson as a young man in one of the letters In the current "Temple Bar. He tells Mr. Kemble that he remembers ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. Almond Blare Mange.

    Take one quart of milk, sweeten to taste, and put it on to boll in a very clean saucepan. Blanch 3oz. of sweet almonds (with a few bitter ones among ...

    Article : 143 words
  11. Wight Not Get Either.

    " What kind of money are you in favour of?" Inqulred the energetic statesman. " Which metal do you prefer as currency?" ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. Accidents by Firs.

    Children should never be allowed to play with fire. Lamps, candles, or matches should not be placed In a position where they can reach them, and g[?]utes ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. Myrle akc.

    This reclpe, coming from a kind correspondent in Sydney, should meet with a good reception from these readers who are always pleased to find something ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. An Airship for One.

    A. J. Cooley. an inventor, or New York, says he has successfully completed an airship which will carry one person. It Is about 10ft. In length, with two pair ...

    Article : 156 words
  15. Sea Bathing.

    Very young children should not bathe in ihc open sea. It is not only that the water is cold or that a wave may Inflict a shock, but the little child is neatly ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. Boiled Icing for Cake.

    This is somewhat different from our mode of lcing:, but it scems very simple. Put half-a-pound of white sugar and a wineglasaful of water into a stewpan. ...

    Article : 102 words
  17. School Luncheon.

    To put up a lunch tor a child's midday meal at school is a duly to which very little thought 1s given; most mother think anything en caluble will sulfice to ...

    Article : 454 words
  18. The Nobility of the Donkey.

    The donkey (says the " Gentleman's Mngurzine"), who rather undeservedly has come to be considered one of the "natural" of the animal world, was ...

    Article : 356 words
  19. The Wrong Colour.

    It was a very hot day, and when Mr. Dunnigan happened to meet his daughter with her friend, he, wishing to do the polite thing, invited them to have ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. Tattrofng.

    The " auetent and fantostle" habit of sttocting is common to all the races of men. It is co-extensive with the thalts of the world.and coeval with human his ...

    Article : 498 words
  21. Cup Pudding.

    From the same kind hand comes a scipe almllar to that which is frequently sed by the canndlan wives Make [?]tler with a cup of flour two ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. The Great Seal.

    Wherever the Lord High Chancellor goes he must carry with him the Great Seal, and that is not. to he trusted out of the country. This precious ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. To Steer With.

    A fellow was having his hair cut the sther day in a sixth-avenue harber shop. He gave the barber particular instrustions not to a remove a long look that ...

    Article : 290 words
  24. Recently Launched.

    The big whale-back steamship City of Everett, the largest vessel of the type ever butlt, which was recently launched from State of Washington ship-yard, ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. Think Her an Angel.

    A church has been organised in America With Ida Deckard as chief divinity. She is young, fair-halred, and given to seeing visions. Her nelghbours, rude, ...

    Article : 142 words
  26. Monsters of Bygone Days.

    THE Mastodon and the Megatherium must for the future take a buck seat. There has lately been unearthed in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the fossil ...

    Article : 422 words
  27. Playing It Low on the Police man.

    A practical Joke, recently played on two Birmingham policemen, is deserbed in the " Duily Mall":A curtain suburban trudesman has a very convenient ...

    Article : 449 words
  28. Joaquin Miller.

    Joaquin Miller's grandfather was a soldler under William Henry Harrison, out his father was so much of a man of peace that he lived for seventy years ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. Pecuilarittes of Laughter.

    langhter is the everflow of a cheerful;plrlt, the natural and spontaneons expression of joy, which in its various degrees manifests ltself in [?]miles, ...

    Article : 277 words
  30. A Natural Law.

    When Zerah Colburn, the Vermont mathematical " prodigy," visited Harvard College he told in four seconds the exact number of seconds in eleven ...

    Article : 140 words
  31. Bacteriological comfort.

    Modern science seems to take an amazing delight in upsetting preconseven sollous (says are than Man Gazette"). If there is one thing more ...

    Article : 297 words
  32. Another "Sick Man."

    It may truly be said of the Government. of China (says the Hongkong " Daily Press") that "the whole head is sick, the whole heart is sore." Rotten ...

    Article : 243 words
  33. A New Palate Joy.

    Is there any prize to reward the inventor of a new gastronomic pleasure? If such a distinction exists, it may, perhaps, be justly elaimed by the party ...

    Article : 103 words
  34. A Murdered Premier.

    How daring and vigorous Stambuloff the murdered Premier of Bulgarla, was in his work has been shown over and over again. A notable instance was then ...

    Article : 195 words
  35. Deaths of Children.

    A well-known slatisticlan has been publishing some figures which originally were read at the Congr[?]es of Hyglene at Budapest, which ...

    Article : 94 words
  36. A Nice Bride.

    Here is an[?]tem for those who happen [?] may mean nothing at all out of the eam[?] last a succesaton of til-lack. It ...

    Article : 110 words
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