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  2. Spray.

    It was at dinner, and there has been chicken, of which the little daughter of the house had parraken with great freedom. ...

    Article : 134 words
  3. Comic Cuttings.

    She: "I would never get married if I had to ask a man." He: "And you mightn't If you did." "Managing Editor?" "I am." "I ...

    Article : 861 words
  4. Anicient Tortures.

    Julian Hawthorne, in the "Cosmopolitan," gives a detailed description of some of the ancient instruments of [?] and adds thereto some general ...

    Article : 343 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    He was only a gambier in a frontier Texas town. His name on the hotel register was Joseph P. Maxwell, but he was better known among his associates ...

    Article : 1,024 words
  6. Household Hints.

    The following simple method of forecasting the weather has been found by long experience to be quite reliable, in many instances being of more ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. Short Story.

    I had been appointed to the position of manager of the Judin's Trust Mining Company. Before going to the mines I was called to San Francisco to confer ...

    Article : 2,170 words
  8. Aromatic Tincture.

    Is used as a stimulant and restorative in cases of debility, faintness, and flatulency. It is composed of cardamomseeds, white ginger, cinnamon, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. The Chinese Almanac.

    There is no other work in the world of which so many copies are printed annually as of the Chinese almanac. This almanac is printed at Peking, and ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. Aromatic Vinegar.

    For the making of this there are various recipes; the one subjoined is exceedingly simple, and may safely be recommended:—Oil of cloves, 15gr.: ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. High Time.

    At a recent wedding all went merrily until the bridegroom was called upon to produce the wedding ring. In vain he felt in his trousers pocket for the ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. To Correct Acidity.

    The common remedies for correcting acidity are the alkalies, such as bicarbonate of soda or bicarbonate of potash. Ten grains of either of these ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. A Queer Cage of Musical Copyright.

    The History of "Home, Sweet Home," —Sir Henry R. Bishop had been engaged in his early manhood by the once eminent firm of Geulding, D'Almaine, ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. Making History.

    A correspondent of the North China Dally News" gives an instance of the manner in which history is served out to the common people in n China by their ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. For a Dinner Party Without a Servant.

    An ingenious woman (says a contemporary) has solved the difficult problem of entertaining in comfort when no servant is kept. She has had made, I ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. A Botanical Clock.

    Among the botanical curiosities which have been found in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, lately much explored by naturalists, is a botanical clock. In the ...

    Article : 63 words
  17. Famous Ale.

    Rear-Admiral A. H. Markham has been giving a "Strand Magazine" interviewer some interesting reminiscences of his trip to the Arctic regions in the ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. The Chrysanthemum.

    "Got any specialties to write up?" The speaker was a stranger to us, who had penetrated into "Sittings'" sanctum without the usual formality of ...

    Article : 490 words
  19. A Valuable Witness.

    At a recent trial before a New York Judge it was thought important by the counsel to determine the length of time certain "two quarters of beef, two bogs ...

    Article : 405 words
  20. Absent-minded.

    Canon Duckworth tells an interesting story of absent-mindedness. It relates to a worthy clergyman of his acquaintance, who having been presented to ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. One for the Tramp.

    A tramp rapped at the door the other day, and asked the woman if she could spare him a piece of bread. "No, I can't," replied the woman: ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. Prorogued by the Queen in Person

    On the 17th of July, scarcely a month after her accession, the Queen prorogued Parliament in person. It was was said that the Duchess of Kent and her Majesty's ...

    Article : 417 words
  23. No Use for Him.

    The dusky Islanders sat in a ring, listening with eager expectation to the Lord Chanceller as he read to their mouarch the latest communication from ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. Not Unnatural.

    Mourner (to his minister at a funearl). "D'ye kea what I aye think, Mr. M'Dougall, on an occasion like this, when they're letting down the coffin?" ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. Making Them Dance.

    A correspondent sends us the following amusing anecdote of Prince Bismarek:—One day, while the Prime was waiting in the Emperor's ante-chamber, ...

    Article : 122 words
  26. The Larrikin.

    In an article on the Antipodeans, by Mr. D. Christie Murray, which appeared in the "Contemporary Review," he says:—"The barracker and larrikin are ...

    Article : 274 words
  27. Sarah Bernhardt.

    Sarah Bernhardt tells the story of how, when a young girl in her teens, she was one day summoned to appear before a family council, consisting of ...

    Article : 250 words
  28. A Fair proposition.

    A man was brought up before a justice of the peace charged with trying to pass a lead counterfelt half-dollar. "What do you mean by trying to ...

    Article : 173 words
  29. Sir George Lewis.

    Sir George Lewis owes his great reputation as a raconteur largely to his memory. When he is going to dinner with the Prince of Wales, for instance, ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. A Good Deacon.

    "I once ran for Highway Commissioner," observed Deacon Ironside," and the other man and I got exactly the same vote." ...

    Article : 114 words
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