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  2. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Soap should always be kept a considerable time before using. A little ammonia in clear water freshens up a carpet wonderfully ...

    Article : 378 words
  3. CAPTAIN DREYFUS.

    Early in 1894 the French War Office was thrown into a state of trepidation through the news that there was considerable "leakage" in the Bureau de ...

    Article : 1,365 words
  4. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Paris has a number of Temple boot-blacks, and they are liberally patronised. Every year London consumes fifty thousand tons of oysters ...

    Article : 476 words
  5. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    The following story is told of a [?] known author whose play was[?] produced for the first time: At the end of the second act there was ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. He Dropped the Subject

    'Did you ever stop to think,' said the village storekeeper recently, as he measured out half a quarter of potatoes, 'that these potatoes contain sugar ...

    Article : 77 words
  7. Early History of Tea.

    The earliest mention of tea by an Englishman is probably that contained in a letter from Mr. Wickham, an agent of the East Indian Company, written ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. Quite Dead.

    'Pat, is this true that I hear ?' said a landlord to one of his tenants whom he had accidentally met. 'An' what's that, yer honour ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. Incorrigible.

    One day last week a man was standing outside a public-house in Sydney, just before the hour for opening, when a kindly old gentleman approached him ...

    Article : 134 words
  10. Prospects of a Starving World.

    Recently, in a lecture before the Acad. Science in Brussels, the following statements were made:—Russia doubles her population in fifty years, England in ...

    Article : 236 words
  11. Some Costly Pearl Necklaces.

    The necklace of black pearls which was presented to Miss Maple on her marriage to Baron Eckardstein, is said to have once been in the possession of the Queen ...

    Article : 636 words
  12. Gave the Whole Show Away.

    A certain friend of mine, a man who boasts that 'he knows a glass of wine, invited a few select friends to dinner one evening lately. In the midst of the ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. SMILES.

    Two men were in prison, the one for stealing a cow and the other for stealing a watch. "Hallo, Sam, what o'clock is it?" said ...

    Article : 354 words
  14. Stood Him in Good Steal

    Pat Macguire had been misbehaving himself, and appeared before his commanding officer, charged, for the third time, with the crime of drunkenness ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. What a Cow Should Do.

    It takes about 150lbs. of butter at a good market price to pay for the keeping of a cow for one year. At the standard of 4 per cent, of butter fat, that amount ...

    Article : 389 words
  16. Too Much Cake.

    At a children's party the hostess got up a game known as 'The Menagerie,' which is similar to 'The Family Coach' and other boring devices for amusing ...

    Article : 126 words
  17. A Boom in Soap.

    For a long time I had noticed how much cleaner my kitchen maid kept the house than when I first engaged her. It was a welcome change, I thought ...

    Article : 131 words
  18. CONUNDRUMS.

    Why is a bridegroom more expensive than a bride.—Because the bride is given away, but the groom is often sold ...

    Article : 30 words
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