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  2. The Sketcher.

    "Fell at Tra[?]gar? Thank you, kindly, sir; I don't mind if I do. Rum [?] my lotion. Fell at Tadeygar! Well, they do say as what 'o did; but ...

    Article : 1,243 words
  3. Household Hints.

    Some sort of pretty rug is necessary to put beside the bath tub to step out upon, and it is quite essential that it should be of some material in which the ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. Spray.

    The oldest living couple in the United States, beyond a doubt, has for the last forty-two years resided within three miles of Black River Falls, Wis. Louis ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. Short Story.

    The season was at its height, and Lady Ray was in her glory. One of her most successful "evenings" was a full swing. All her expected guests had come, and ...

    Article : 1,303 words
  6. The Table.

    Eggs are one of the cheapest and most nourishing of foods. They contain both the heat-giving and flesh-forming elemonts in correct proportions, and, ...

    Article : 840 words
  7. Max O'Rell in South Africa.

    Max O'Rell was once billed to lecture at A—some time ago, and on entering the town discovered the entire front page of the local newspaper literally ...

    Article : 405 words
  8. Why He Died.

    A doctor who was noted for his pretences rather than for his cures was called to prescribe one day for a [?] who was ill, and gave him some ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. Novel Writing in the Future.

    At last it has come, as witness the following advertisement in a daily paper:- "PLOTS.—Entirely new and original ...

    Article : 577 words
  10. Care of the Nails.

    All that is needed for proper care of the nails are a pair of finely pointed curved seissons, a file, a cuticle knife, a chamois polisher, a box of nall powder, ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. Fresh Water.

    On calm days the crew of the lightship anchored three miles off the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, are able at ebbtide to lower a bucket over the ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. To Keep Butter Fresh.

    A very simple method of keeping butter fresh for six months has recently been hit upon in Normandy. The butter, having been carefully washed and wiped, ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. Coyotes.

    Coyotes are becoming more of a pest every season in many parts of Washington and Oregon, despite all the efforts of the cattlemen and farmers to ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. What a Projectile Can Do.

    The use of solid shot in warfare has been practically given up. The projectile of to-day is a conical shell of steel, hollow and sometimes loaded with ...

    Article : 313 words
  15. Complicated Arithmetic.

    The French naval lieutenant, when he comes to be paid, gives occasion for more complicated arithmetic than, we should say, any commissioned officer in any ...

    Article : 240 words
  16. A Peach or a Pair.

    They sat on the sofa—he and she whiling the hours away in a happy manner peculiar to lovers. Finally he whispered in her shell-like ear: ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. An Expensive Restaurant.

    The most expensive restaurant in the world has been opened in Paris by Cubat, cook to the late Czar. Cubat paid down £100,000 for the magnificent ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. A Home-made Way of Learning a Language.

    Constant dripping wears away a stone, and if one sets his mind upon accomplishing a certain end and keeps constantly at work in the way of attaining ...

    Article : 240 words
  19. Startling Discovery.

    A.:"Only think. I went yesterday to catch craytish. I groped about in a mudhole near the river bank in the hope at finding some. But judge of my ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. A Talk with Bismarck.

    Mr. Wm. Beatty-Kingston, in his book of reminiscences, "Men, Cities, and Events," thus refers to a conversation he had with Prince Bismarck at borne: ...

    Article : 415 words
  21. An Electrical Bicycle Railway.

    In "Lippincott's Magazine" there is an interesting article by the author of "Wonders of Modern Mechanism." It is a description of the railway which, ...

    Article : 523 words
  22. Pat and the Pony.

    "Here, you, hold my horse," said a gentleman, who had ridden a very miserable-looking steed up to the do[?] at a post office in the West of Ireland, ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. To Be Carefully Avoided.

    A musical and dramatic critic suggests that a mass meeting of dramatic critics be called to protest against the further use on the stage of the ...

    Article : 216 words
  24. Pat and the Wheelbarrow.

    Some time ago an Irishman, having a long journey to go with a wheelbarrow, decided on taking a short cut across a gentleman's demesne. although he knew ...

    Article : 145 words
  25. An Accommodating Poet.

    It is told of Sir Walter Scott that he was sitting in his library one day, when a tall Highlander, who had been building an inn near by, came in and said: ...

    Article : 238 words
  26. Roads Made of Sugar.

    The managers of a sugar refinery in Utah have discovered a new use for the waste products of their business (remarks a London newspaper). Roads are ...

    Article : 271 words
  27. John Watson of Earnock.

    John Watson of Earnock was a name to conjure with in the Lanarkshire coalfields before its owner became a baronet. His father was a contractor in a ...

    Article : 211 words
  28. The Guiless Chinaman.

    It is the guileless Chinaman; Upon his way he goes, With merry smile and cheek of tan And basketful of clothes. ...

    Article : 125 words
  29. Under the Wrong Head.

    Parson Downycouch: "You promised to publish my sermon in your paper, but you have not done it." Editor Shears:"It must be in the ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. Not the Right Kind of a Cousin.

    "I saw you riding in a buggy yesterday afternoon with a young lady," said Professor Snore, angrily, to Tom Anjerry, one of the most prominent ...

    Article : 98 words
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