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  2. STRAY THOUGHTS.

    He who finds company in himself and his pursits cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. Sympathy is one of the greatest secrets ...

    Article : 500 words
  3. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    A "shiny" kid glove is difficult to clean, because the polish is removed in the process of the work, and cannot be restored; but gloves of the soft-finished, ...

    Article : 391 words
  4. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    The tone of the piano improves when the instrument is moved from the wall of a room. If you get ink on your fingers, moisten ...

    Article : 434 words
  5. THE AGRICULTURIST

    We quote from a little pamphlet written by Dr Augustus Voolcker, F R.S., consulting chemist to the Royal Agricultural Society, England. Touching upon ...

    Article : 215 words
  6. "A WOMAN'S WITCHERY,"

    John Desborough was saved from a violent death by something that almost amounted to the miraculous. His brain steeped in the fumes of chloroform, ...

    Article : 4,656 words
  7. COCKSFOOT PASTURE.

    Many farmers object to laying land down with cocksfoot for permanent pasture, owing to its habit of growing in tussocks, and not covering the ground ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. TO MAKE COFFEE.

    There are many methods of making coffee. The following I have found is a general favourite. First warm the coffee jug or pot, then put in sufficient coffee, ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. "WILLIE WILLIES."

    " We get," writes a Western Australian correspondent of the London " Financial Times," " what are called willie willies. they are water-spouts made of sand ...

    Article : 262 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN HORSES.

    The demand for horses (writes the "Sydney Mail ") is likely to be a heavy one year. Seven large steamships, some them exceeding 5,000 tons gross ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Now that the summer has come, it behoves us to rack brains and ransack books for recipes for dainty cookery. The appetite that has been well content with ...

    Article : 612 words
  12. WASH YOUR HANDS.

    It has recently been claimed that cases of infection that could be accounted for in no other way have been explained by the fingers as a vehicle. In handling ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. KICKING COWS.

    There are many suggestions about curing a cow of kicking. One way is to scratch awhile, and speak low, as though you wanted her to vote at the polls. ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. A FARMER'S PROFIT.

    A correspondent lately wrote to an American paper in the following style in reference to certain farmers who are always ready to allege that they make no ...

    Article : 199 words
  15. A COMEDIAN ABROAD.

    The practical joker occasionally becomes the victim of his rival humorist, and is often unduly suspicious of his fellow - guests on festal occasions. "Toole and a ...

    Article : 406 words
  16. DISADVANTAGES OF GOOD LOOKS.

    Pretty girls are not entirely to be envied. They may be much admired and all that, but there is always a prejudice against them. They are seldom taken ...

    Article : 273 words
  17. SCOTCH FARMING

    Scotland has the highest wheat and oat Education in the world. In growing roots, specially turnips and potatoes, no other country can come anywhere near ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. Advertising

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    Advertising : 367 words
  19. HOW REUTER BEGAN.

    When Siemens, the great electrical engineer was engaged laying the first telegraph cable between Verviers and Cologne, about the year 1850, a lady ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. DUELLING IN GERMANY.

    It is well known that in Germany the duel mania has reached a point at which it becomes a folly-or worse. Men kill one another for the most ridiculous ...

    Article : 235 words
  21. "B'ILED CLOTHES."

    A Glasgow professor, who was visiting Canada with the British Association in 1884 was desirous of seeing something of North-western life, and for this purpose ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. FACTS ABOUT EGGS.

    Eggs boiled 20 minutes are more easily digested than if boiled 10. They are dry and mealy, and are readily acted upon by the gastric juice. ...

    Article : 160 words
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