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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    The captain of a vessel is not governed by his mate, but a married man generally is. Does a bonnet sing because it is covered with birds? Not necessarily. But the man ...

    Article : 1,205 words
  3. BILL SMITH.

    Mr Inglis Allen, writes in the "Westminster Gazette":— UNREST IN THE COSSACKUS. "The present state of enercky in ...

    Article : 546 words
  4. DULY REPORTED.

    A raw countryman, having been just enrolled as a member of the Metropolitan Police Force, was stationed on duty near a large gasworks, with instructions to take ...

    Article : 116 words
  5. THE GARDEN.

    Where large gooseberries are required, a considerable quantity of the smaller fruit should be gathered. These are useful at this season for preserving in ...

    Article : 274 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN,

    A freshly-made weak solution of isinglass is combed through the hair at night. In the morning the hair may or may not be found matted. It certainly will be it the solution ...

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  7. FROM ALL SOURCES.

    "Women love their husbands, but worship their bonnets," says the proverb. Now, whoever heard a woman say a good word for her own bonnet? ...

    Article : 1,709 words
  8. USEFUL HINTS.

    Raisins should never be washed for a pudding, as it will make them heavy. Rub them clean between towels. To cool a room wet a cloth—the larger ...

    Article : 382 words
  9. WITH AN OBJECT.

    Although Mulcahy and Mulhooly were known to be great friends, they were one day observed to pass each other in the street without a greeting. ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. DEMONSTRATED.

    Two crows hovered over the edge of the cornfield. A little way over stood a solitary figure in feminine attire, not of the latest mode. ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. COLLAPSE OF A DOCK.

    Later telegrams describing the accident at the new graving dock at Belfast, show that the collapse was of a more serious character than at first appeared and will, ...

    Article : 277 words
  12. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    With the advent of warmer weather all vegetables should be making active growth. They must not be allowed to receive a check. During hot, dry ...

    Article : 353 words
  13. LA LANGUE FRANCAISE.

    A correspondent who signs himself "[?]e-me-voile-la-face," writes:—"A short time ago you gave your readers a few specimens of "How English is ...

    Article : 415 words
  14. WORKHOUSE SENSATION.

    An alarming discovery was made at South Stoneham Workhouse, near Southampton, early on the morning of 2nd October. An inmate named Nicol, ...

    Article : 222 words
  15. LIONESS AT LARGE.

    The town of Selby was thrown into excitement on Saturday night, 30th October, by a thrilling incident which occurred at a travelling circus. ...

    Article : 410 words
  16. SCHOOLS "DE LUXE."

    The preparatory schools of England, wrote a contributor to the London "Daily Mail" on 23rd September, with a few exceptions, have received back their ...

    Article : 564 words
  17. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Sweet peas should now be growing strongly, and may be watered with liquid manure once a week. Syringe the plants frequently overhead to keep down red ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. HOMELY FARE.

    Bacon Pudding.—Make a suet crust in the ordinary way, and roll it out about an inch thick. Cut up any pieces of cold bacon, or raw bacon, into finger ...

    Article : 792 words
  19. UNDER AN EXPRESS.

    When the Scotch express, which had left Lime street station, Liverpool, steamed into Preston at 12.30 a.m. on the 20th ult., an ...

    Article : 251 words
  20. A WOMAN OCTOGAMIST.

    The tales about Witzhoff have caused a sort of bigamy hunt in the United States, with the result that a woman bigamist has been discovered in ...

    Article : 344 words
  21. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Seedling ferns raised as previously directed should now be ready for potting off into small pots—the smaller the better. The soil in which they are to be ...

    Article : 423 words
  22. FOR LOST BEAUTY.

    Monsieur Durand, a respectable middle-aged aged citizen of a French provincial garrison town (says the "Figaro"), is married to a charming lady of prepossessing ...

    Article : 316 words
  23. A LOTTERY OF LOVE.

    The New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on 4th October wrote:— Despairing of a revival of legitimate ...

    Article : 256 words
  24. OUTDONE.

    An enterprising American came over to England and decided to open a shop is Liverpool. He obtained premises next door to a man who also kept a shop of the same ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. PRESTIGE OF THE WHITES.

    Germany may be said to have the prestige of the white races entrusted to her care in South-west Africa. Unless she makes haste to acquit herself more ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. AN ACCOMPLISHED RAJAH.

    His Highness the Rajah-i-Rajgan Jagatajil Singh, of Kapurthala, who has just brought out a book dealing with his recent journeyings in China, Japan, ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. APPROPRIATE.

    A story is told about a certain witty officer, wounded and invalided home from South Africa. One morning he received a visit from a ...

    Article : 119 words
  28. A Man of Credit.

    A Man of Credit.—He: I don't believe old Hawkins over there is a man to be trusted. She: Oh, yes, he is. I've heard [?]a say Hawkins owes everybody. ...

    Article : 77 words
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