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  2. Odds and Ends.

    "Maude was afraid wouldn't notice her engagement ring." "Did they?" "Did they! Six of them recognised it at once." ...

    Article : 408 words
  3. Miscellaneous.

    Covered carriages were first used in England in 1580. To keep a racehorse in even moderate condition, with proper attendants, ...

    Article : 454 words
  4. Short Story.

    "It's a gipsy camp." "No caravans — no donkeys — [?] children!" "Something military?" ...

    Article : 2,531 words
  5. A SIMPLE FACE WASH.

    Tender skins are not well suited by too frequent washing with soap and water, a practice that tends to coarsen the complexion. Thorough washing ...

    Article : 136 words
  6. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients:—½ lb butter, 6 lb sugar, ¾ lb flour, 4 eggs, ½ gill milk or sherry, small teaspoon baking powder, ½ oz carraway seeds, 1 oz candied ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. Housekeeper.

    Women are smaller-minded than men, Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey admits this, But, she adds. I'm convinced that men would be ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. WILBUR WRIGHT ON FLYING.

    There is a misconception about the safety of flying machines, if the motor stops, maintained Wilbur Wright in a recent interview. We can glide to ...

    Article : 565 words
  9. ONE MATE FOR EACH.

    There is but one mate for each man and woman in the world, says May Bateman, and until they recognise the fact and learn with patience to await ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. RASP[?]ERRY BUNS.

    Ingredients.—¾ lb flour, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 4 ozs butter, 2 eggs, I gill milk. Method.—Sift flour and baking ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. A HUSBAND'S INCONSISTENCY.

    A man groans over housekeeping bills in the bulk, and begs his wife to keep them down; but if they go shopping together it is always be who ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. BANANA TRIFLE.

    Method.—Skin and slice ½ doz bananas, spread on jam and join together, sprinkle over them a little lemon juice and a tablespoonful of ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. IN THE SICK ROOM.

    The well-being of a patient depends more on the nurse than the doctor, and there are many little things that those in charge of a sick-room ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. A MISUNDERSTANDING.

    "So I understand you enjoyed the cornet playing in the room next to you last evening." said the hotel proprietor, to a boarder who was ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. HORSE-FLESH BECOMING MORE POPULAR ALL OVER EUROPE.

    The annual conference of those interested in the use of horse-flesh as an article of food has just closed in Paris. It was attended by horse butchers, ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. TO COLOR SUGAR.

    Take a few lumps of loaf sugar and sprinkle over them a few drops of carmine or cochinal, if required red, or a few drops of sap green if ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. RICE FRITTERS.

    Ingredients.—4 ozs rice, ½ pint water, ½ pint milk. , 2 ozs sugar, 2 eggs, pinch salt, jam, essence vanilla bread crumbs, frying fat. ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. IT WAS JANE RIGHT ENOUGH.

    An old farmer couldn't really believe that people who were miles apart were able to converse over a telephone wire. ...

    Article : 136 words
  19. COLLECTING A MILLION FARTHINGS.

    A London lady is carrying out a novel scheme for helping St. Paul's Church. She has set out to collect a million farthings (£1011 13s 4d.) ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. HINTS ON WASHING.

    Methylated spirit is a very useful adunct in cleaning various articles— glass, for instance. When cleaning window panes the addition of a few ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. Science & Invention.

    One of the most difficult feats ever brought to our notice it walking tight-rope with bullocks' horns as stilts. The natives of India often ...

    Article : 34 words
  22. Items of Interest.

    Consideration it the most powerful link in the chain of love. Politeness is one of the best investment known. It pays enormous ...

    Article : 28 words
  23. A PARTING SHOT.

    A good old Georgia parson, who had decided to leave an unremunerative charge. finding it impossible to collect hit salary, said in his farewell ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. A WEASEL'S INTELLIGENCE.

    Pasting along the banks of the River Teviot, in England, in its upper reaches the other morning during a hard frost (writes a correspondent) I ...

    Article : 292 words
  25. SLEEPING ACCORDING TO THE COMPASS.

    Two French scientists are advancing the entirely new theory that muscular and nervous energy is increased or decreased accordingly as ...

    Article : 274 words
  26. SPEAKING POST CARDS PHONO-GRAPHIC RECORDS FOR ANY MESSAGE.

    Speaking postal cards are likely to give a fresh impetus to the decline of the letter-writing art. These are simply portable talking machine ...

    Article : 322 words
  27. WHAT GENERAL UTILITY MAY MEAN.

    A certain stockbroker once went to a horse-dealer and tried to pick un a general utility nag. He expisined that he wanted a nice, quiet, good. ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. WHERE PA WAS TO BE FOUND.

    When the lady next door called to complain that Tommy had been per[?]cuting her per cat, she found the boy on the front steps. ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. ACES AT WHICH PEOPLE DIE.

    Physicians have within recent years made a closer investigation into the phenorsena attending upon death than was ever before the case, says ...

    Article : 346 words
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