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  2. The Table.

    Chestnut Pudding.—Cook two quarts of French chestnuts [?] quite soft; then press them through a sieve. Add two tablespoonfuls of sugar and flavour ...

    Article : 316 words
  3. Spray.

    A peculiar case of fire on shipboard was that which damaged the barque Annie Stafford at Dieppe, France, recently, the facts in the case having been ...

    Article : 107 words
  4. Fell Into the Trap.

    At the last New Year's fair in Paris one of the stallholders, who, despite the good weather and the multitude of passers-by, had done very little business ...

    Article : 357 words
  5. Raiment.

    A smart gown in gray nun's vailing is accordion-plaited both front and back, and is mounted on a square yoke of the veiling, trimmed with rows of white lace. ...

    Article : 1,049 words
  6. The Home.

    There are some women who are brave enough to face the unpleasant fact that they are plain and personally unattractive. When they look at themselves in ...

    Article : 698 words
  7. Wholesale Poisoning.

    The town of Chindwara, in the Northwest Provinces, was recently the home of two enterprising poisoners who made an endeavour—fortunately discovered ...

    Article : 99 words
  8. The Victoria Cross.

    Although the Victoria Cross was Instituted nearly forty years ago, it has been bestowed on only 174 men whose bravery was deemed conspicuous enough ...

    Article : 95 words
  9. Why He Appealed.

    A quant tale of a typewriter is told by an Anglo-Indian who has just reached home. One of the English Judges in India was an expert on the Remington ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. Verdi's Scheme.

    An example of the presentiment of success occurs in the account of the production of "Rigoletto," brought out at Venice in 1851. It is related that ...

    Article : 371 words
  11. Stewed Calf's Foot.

    Stewed calf's foot is very nourishing and very easy of digestion. Procure a well-prepared calf's foot from the butcher, joint it and place in a stewpan. ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. Ages in the Commons.

    A statistician, gives some information respecting the ages of the newly-elected members of the House of Commons. The average age is 48.7 years. Two ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. Jam Roll Cakes.

    Two eggs, their weight in flour, butter, and sugar. Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar and the eggs, then the flour by degrees very lightly. Lay ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. Howards and Politics.

    The Earl of Carlisle tells the following story of Carlyle:—On one occasion when the Chelsea sage was staying at Castle Howard, he and his host had a ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. R. L. Stevenson's Scotticisms.

    In "Longman's" for July Mr. Andrew Lang hits out at the "Athenaeum" for complaining of the Scotticisms in Stevenson's "Weir of Hermiston. "We ...

    Article : 475 words
  16. Forty Winks.

    "Brief let me be, sleeping within mine orchard"— A wise resolve in any kind of weather; Sooner than rise with pains rheumatic ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. Afternoon Tea.

    Afternoon tea is one of the most pleasant innovations of modern times, and as such is a great boon to the young housekeeper who feels she cannot ...

    Article : 460 words
  18. Social Obligations.

    A commander in the United States Navy says that the heaviest drain on the resources of the officers comes from social obligations, especially in foreign ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. Forgotten Ammunition.

    How ammunition gets stowed away and forgotten on board vessels whose business it is to carry it was shown at the recent overhauling in Baltimore of ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. A Great Climber.

    M. Vallot, the rich Frenchman who has made a hobby of climbing Mont Blane and who has made the ascent twenty times, is a slight little man, not ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. A New Version.

    The boy stood on the back yard fence, whence all but him had fled. The flames that lit his father's barn shone just above the shed. Ten Chinese crackers ...

    Article : 185 words
  22. The Nose and Character.

    You will rarely see a very small or insignificant nose on the face of a man of marked individuality. We may not perhaps go so far as to say that "the ...

    Article : 126 words
  23. The Good of Rocking-chairs.

    A French doctor has just discovered in rocking-chairs a new and potent agency for good. The gentle and regular oscillations of these chairs have, it ...

    Article : 123 words
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