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  2. Spray.

    Among the noted violin makers, Andreas Amati, born 1520, was one of the greatest and earliest. He constructed a rebec—a violin with three strings. His son ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. The Table.

    About a pound of meat, minced or chopped, will make a good-sized pudding, and a fair amount of fat improve rather than spoils it, as does also a little bacon. Take ...

    Article : 183 words
  4. Ruined by Crime.

    Some years ago the country was startled by the story of the discovery of mutilated human remains in Whitechapel. Henry Wainwright had murdered Harriet Lane, ...

    Article : 727 words
  5. The Home.

    Dandruff is simply a dry catarrh of the scalp. It is a condition in which the cells of the skin are thrown off too profusely. The skin is composed of three layers—the ...

    Article : 491 words
  6. Literary Courtships.

    Mrs. Charles Towle has written in the "Fortnightly Review" an interesting article on the marriages of some of our famous literary men. ...

    Article : 765 words
  7. Short Story.

    "Such distractions as those of last vacation," said Phoebe, with decision, "are not to be thought of. Two months at a gay Summer resort may be ...

    Article : 2,171 words
  8. Horseshoe Superstitions.

    Most of the houses in the West End of of London were protected against witches and evil spirits in the seventeenth century by having horseshoes fastened to ...

    Article : 160 words
  9. Shepherds' Pie.

    Romains of cold meat chopped up finely, slight flavouring of onion, if liked teaspoonful of vinegar, and any gravy left from joint day before. Boil some potatoes, mach ...

    Article : 42 words
  10. "Bird's-nests" for Breakfast.

    Three large eggs, half-a-pound of sausage meat an onion, seasoning to taste, and a few breadcrumbs. Boil the eggs hard, mix the meat seasoning and breadcrumbs ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. Spun Sugar.

    To spin sugar, begin by dissolving one pound of best cane loaf sugar in half-a-plat of water, and boil it to the "crack" As soon as this stage is reached (win[?]n at looks ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. A Hole in the Wall.

    In olden days it was customary in certain parts of England to make a hole in the wall of the house, through which the body of a deceased inmate was carried to the ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. A Musical Bicycle.

    A Chicagoan with music in his soul has lately invented a musical bicycle which will no doubt soothe the savage breasts of many enemies of the vehicle hitherto ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. Burgundy Cup.

    Mix with three bottles of Burgundy a wineglassful of cherry brandy, the juice of two lemons and oranges respectively, a slice of cucumber, and a sprig of verbena. Stand ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. Children's Pets.

    To every properly constituted child one of the greatest and most glorious features of the holiday season is the facility it affords for the acquisition of pets. The ...

    Article : 290 words
  16. Mint Julep.

    The proportions for a large soda water tumbler are: One tablespoonful of castor sugar, a small coffeecupful of water, three sprigs of fresh mint, and a wineglassful of ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. Really Powerful.

    Two Scotsmen, one of whom was the beadle, were discussing the merits of a new minister just elected. One of them expressed the opinion that he ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. Pineapple Julep.

    [?] and cut up a ripe Pine: add the juice of two or three oranges and that of half a large lemon, a sherryglassful of raspberry [?], the same of Maraschino or old gin, ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. A Grim Wedding.

    A singular and perhaps unprecedented event recently occurred in one of the principal London hospitals. A young lady, the fiancee of one of the hospital doctors, was ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. A Chinese Feast.

    The following, says the "Chinese Lantern," is the menu of a dinner given in the court of Dr. Cross's hospital, Eng-Chhun, in honour of the visit of Mr. Connell, convener ...

    Article : 375 words
  21. So Says a Photographer.

    The camera, according to a scientific photographer, is singularly like the human eye in many respects. Thus the eye can see rapidly moving ...

    Article : 202 words
  22. Dog Collars the Fad.

    Women of fashion are adopting the so-called "dog collar" quite generally, and is becoming character commends it to all classes. It is a neckband of velvet, or ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. Sergeant, Call the Roll!

    For those who strew our battlefields no passing bell shall toll; Report the living and the dead, sergeant, call the roll ...

    Article : 523 words
  24. How the Quarrel Began.

    A soldier of the Black Watch, while passing a private of the Bushmen, stepped heavily, and perhaps internationally, upon the foot of the latter. Up sprang the ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. Floating Gardens.

    The most extensive and productive farms of Russia he along great watercourses, which are being constantly deepened by dredging, and, in rich agricultural country best means of economically fulfilling their mission, decided to experiment with immense floating gardens, hundreds of feet in length. These great barges, built wide ...

    Article : 314 words
  26. The Sandwich.

    How many persons who daily eat sandwiches are aware that it is to an ancestor of the Earl of Sandwich that that popular form of food owes its name? The story ...

    Article : 142 words
  27. Extraordinary Beds.

    One of the most extraordinary beds ever made was the invention of Dr. Graham, a canny Scot, who practised medicine in London in the latter part of the eighteenth ...

    Article : 191 words
  28. On the Wrong Side.

    Scene: At the gate of C—Lunatic Asylum. Lunatic (inside gate): "You are working very hard." ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. Well Looked After.

    Dear Bob,—Just a line to say aw've only bed one letter fro' my girl sin aw left Lancashire twelve months sin. Are ta looking after her as the promised? Reply soon.— ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. Insanity Among Women.

    Professor Immer, of Berlin, a leading specialist in mental diseases, has been investigating the causes of insanity among women, and has come to the conclusion that ...

    Article : 123 words
  31. Reasons Stated.

    The rector of a suburban church was approached the other day by an old lady, who said she desired to rent a seat in a new nearest the door of his church. The ...

    Article : 178 words
  32. Manners in the Middle Ages.

    During the Middle Ages it was considered more than rude for any one, man or woman, to look aimlessly into space or gaze at the sky for any length of time, and staring about ...

    Article : 329 words
  33. His Last Farthing.

    Long experience behind the bar has taught the landlord of a certain Yorkshire village inn the difference between a deserving case and a counterfeit. He knows how to steel ...

    Article : 236 words
  34. In Good Time.

    The lot of a country doctor, as of a policeman, is in many ways "not a happy one." A certain village M.D. was enjoying a wellearned beauty-sleep after a hard day's, ...

    Article : 77 words
  35. Making Prayer-rugs an Industry.

    About 200 years ago small embroidered rugs were largely made in Persia, chiefly at Ispahan (writes Rosa Holt in a work on rug-making). These were prayer-rugs, and ...

    Article : 180 words
  36. To Guard Against Loss.

    An interesting if invisible feature of every important shop or dressmaker's establishment in Paris is the livre noire ("black book"), wherein are recorded the ...

    Article : 147 words
  37. Knew Better.

    An unfortunate fellow who had worked in a Lancashire cotton mill went out of his mind and was removed to the asylum. A fellow-worker, who chanced to be ...

    Article : 127 words
  38. Spelling a Farmer.

    A Chicago business man recently utilised a rather unique method of dismissing an employee. His bookkeeper had formerly been a fanner and had come to Chicago to ...

    Article : 127 words
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