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  2. Spray. A Point Missed.

    Several ladies were discussing the virtues of their husbands. Said one of them: "Mine never drinks, never swears, our does he chew," ...

    Article : 77 words
  3. PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. THE MESMERIST'S CRIME, CHAPTER XXVII.—(Continued.)

    Michael took the money grumblingly. "Twenty [?]cs won't go far, master; make it forty. I've debts to pay." "Very well, I'll make it forty. You are ...

    Article : 852 words
  4. The Doom of m Too Beautiful Woman.

    The ancient history of Florence is full of strange Glories, but none is more strange than that of the woman who, when Ferdinand de Medici was on the throne of ...

    Article : 774 words
  5. Household Hints.

    To keep polished steel from rust when put away, clean it perfectly, and then rub it over with a little dissolved vaseline. To take tho smell of fresh paint away, ...

    Article : 208 words
  6. Coming Cuttings.

    One never realises how little be really knows until he has read a page or two of the dictionary. He Ought to Be.— Friend: "Is he out of ...

    Article : 833 words
  7. For Discussion.

    A " Men's International Congress" is being arranged, at which the following topics will be among those discussed Woman. What on earth will she become? ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. Preserving Eggs by Electricity.

    A certain electrician has discovered a way of preserving eggs in an e[?]bel condition for a number of years. It ts well known that an eggshell is more or less porous, and that air ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. Dried Flowers.

    Now that our gardens are gay and bright with flowers many people are drying them for use in the winter as table decorations, &c. They are often preserved between ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. Business First.

    Mr. Popinjay (falling on his knees): "Miss Perkins, I can no longer resist the passionate impulse to appeal to you on the momentous subject that is fraught for me with ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. To Fold Table-napkins.

    The F[?]rt,—Fold the napkins into three parts longways, then told across the breadth, beginning at one extremity and continuing to fold from and to yourself in folds, about ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. Extinguished.

    A young and newly-married couple were entertaining their friends, and amongst the guests was one whose continued rudeness made him extremely objectionable to the rest ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. He[?]d Had Enough.

    While on one of the crowded Isle of Man boats, an Oldham man, who suffered severely from seasickness, was overhead to say to his son. ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. Silks.

    For washing silks each article should be laid upon a clean, smooth table. A flannel should be will soaped, being made just wet with lukewarm water, and the surface ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. So She Did.

    A rather remarkable case came before a she[?]ff in the old country. A farmer had sold a cow to a person, and the buyer summoned the farmer in order to ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. Help for Bachelors.

    A Montana (U.S.A.) journal publishes the following strange paragraph:—"The society called 'The Daughters of the King' will be glad to have mending of all kinds Drought ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. Queen's Housekeeping.

    I am sure very many of my readers (writes E. M. Jessop, in the "Pall Mall Magazine") will be glad to bear that, notwithstanding the enormous amount of ...

    Article : 390 words
  18. Green Slime on Stone Steps.

    Wash the steps with a bucket of very hot water, in which 1th of soda and ?lb. of ch[?]ide of lime have been dissolved. They may need a good deal of scrubbing; but with ...

    Article : 50 words
  19. "Tips."

    In an article on "tips" the "Globe" relates that the late proprietor of one of our biggest daily newspapers never allowed a boy to bring a message to his private room ...

    Article : 427 words
  20. Ladies and Ball-fights.

    Clement Scott recently wrote in "Madame" on Spanish bull-fights, from a woman's point of view. The ladies of the party would go to see the sport despite the most ...

    Article : 248 words
  21. Doorless.

    At a recent horse face at Perak. in the Malay Peninsula. the sun blazed down on a field of hot, excited horses and men, waiting till the eccentricities of the starter and ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. The Three Berries of the Day.

    Some folks of their prime favourites boast, And in old port or sherry, To-day, at dinners, love to toast Imperialist Rossbery. ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. CHAPTER XXVIII.

    It was not Lady Diana's practice to join the family at the breakfast table, where, the following morning, Maubray and his daughter, Madame Hartmann, and ...

    Article : 2,700 words
  24. Helping His Wife to Decide.

    Mr. Househunter (to real estate agent): "Mrs. Househunter will be in to-day and I want you to tell her that the house we've been looking at is rented." ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. The Queen's Perquisites.

    One of the Queen's perquisites is a certain number of magnificent casnmere shawls, which are despatched to her every year from the kingdom of Cashmere. They ...

    Article : 247 words
  26. Warned in Time.

    The smart-looking agent, with the enlarged crayon portrait under ms arm, had just laid his hand on the gate, when the snub-nosed boy, who was carefully spreading a piece of ...

    Article : 315 words
  27. Rodent Toll-gatherers.

    Rats have always levied toll in kind on the human race. Blackmail cheerfully paid to rate is, however, something new to history, and a tribute to their great ...

    Article : 304 words
  28. Want of Occupation.

    The want of occupation is no less the plague of society than of solitude. Nothing is so apt to narrow the mind; nothing produces more trifling, silly stories, ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. Carious Pavements.

    At Gwanda, in Africa, which contains between 10,000 and 15,000 inhabitants, the town, which is oval in shape, is Surrounded by a palisade of tree poles, the top of each ...

    Article : 217 words
  30. Mineral Waters of South Spa.

    A man suffering from ill-health was recommanded by his medical adviser to take the "Soutan" water. Upon visiting him shortly alter, the physician inquired how he ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. Welsh in English Courts.

    The Welsh language is beginning, after many long years, to at last find recognition in the English courts of law. Recently, for instance, at the Anglesey ...

    Article : 104 words
  32. Dean Stanley's Absence of Mine.

    Doan Stanley was one of the most ab[?]minded men in the world. He was driv[?] ence into Palmero, and complained of feeling cold. He had his travelling-bag with ...

    Article : 96 words
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