According to the Chicago Tribune, Miss Helen Loewe, a student at the Chicago Art Institute, is credited by art critics with closely approaching the standard of physical perfection...
This signature should be just as you intend to use it in all your dealings with the bank. If, for instance, your name is John Henry Smith, you may write it J. H. Smith, J. Henry Sm...
How to Keep Them Healthy and in Good Song. Place the cage so that no draught of air can strike the bird. Give nothing to healthy birds but rape, hemp, canary seed, water, cuttle-fi...
Toothache is not always due to an exposed nerve, for in the majority of teeth extracted because they are painful the nerve is dead. Inflammation is often the cause of the trouble....
Who and whom are used in relation to persons, and which in relation to things. But it was once common to say, the man which. This should now be avoided. It is now usual to say, Our...
When making a deposit, always use the deposit ticket provided by the bank, filling it out yourself in ink. From this ticket, which is first checked up by the receiving teller, the...
In his book on The Development of the Intellect, Mr. H. W. Brown presents a conspectus of the observations of Prof. Preyer on the mind of the child which shows chronologically the...
Distances that Stun the Mind and Baffle Comprehension. The stars, though appearing small to us because of their immense distance, are in reality great and shining suns. If we were...
Feet have they, but they walk not--stoves. Eyes have they, but they see not--potatoes. Noses have they, but they smell not--tea-pots. Mouths have they, but they taste not--rivers....
Keep still. When trouble is brewing, keep still. Even when slander is getting on its legs, keep still. When your feelings are hurt, keep still, till you recover from your excitemen...
By Albert Hart. Sponges belong to the animal kingdom, and the principal varieties used commercially are obtained off the coasts of Florida and the West Indies; the higher grades ar...
The habit of caring for the teeth daily, and if possible after each meal, should be established early in life. Those who have neglected to do so should lose no time in consulting a...
The long, almond-shaped eye with thick eyelids covering nearly half of the pupil, when taken in connection with the full brow, is indicative of genius, and is often found in artist...
A beautiful bust is the desire and admiration of every woman. If nature has not been kind in this respect, any woman can develop a beautiful bust by exercise, bathing and gentle ma...
General Rules Always send immediately for a medical man. Save all fluids vomited, and articles of food, cups, glasses, etc., used by the patient before taken ill, and lock them up....
Amherst--Purple and white. Beloit--Old gold, Bowdoin--White. Brown--Brown and white. Columbia--Light blue and white. Cornell--Carnelian and white. Dartmouth--Green. Harvard--Crimso...
States and Territories. Alabama, Cotton State; Arkansas, Toothpick and Bear State; California, Eureka and Golden State; Colorado, Centennial State; Connecticut, Land of Steady Habi...
List of Motions Arranged According to Their Purpose and Effect. [Letters refer to the rules below.] Modifying or amending. 8. To amend or to substitute, or to divide the question K...
George Washington's death was the result of a severe cold contracted while riding around his farm in a rain and sleet storm on Dec. 10, 1799. The cold increased and was followed by...
Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son and daughter that he has reared with loving care may become ungrat...
One of the first lessons, for instance, that a depositor should learn before he is qualified to own a check-book is to commence writing the amount as near as possible to the extrem...
The evolution or development theory declares the universe as it now exists to be the result of a long series of changes which were so far related to each other as to form a series...
With Population of over 100,000 in 1910. (The population for 1900 is given in parentheses by way of comparison.) New York, N. Y., 4,766,883 (3,437,202); Chicago, Ill., 2,185,283 (l...
The general rule is that the finder has a clear title against every one but the owner. The proprietor of a hotel or a shop has no right to demand property of others found on his pr...
Merit to gain a heart, and sense to keep it. Money to him that has spirit to use it. More friends and less need of them. May those who deceive us be always deceived. May the sword...
To Amsterdam, 3,510; Bermudas, 660; Bombay, 11,574; Boston, 310; Buenos Ayres, 7,110; Calcutta, 12,425; Canton, 13,900; Cape Horn, 8,115; Cape of Good Hope, 6,830; Charleston, 750;...
The following literary curiosity found its way recently into the query column of a Boston newspaper. Nobody seems to know who wrote it: O I wish I was in eden Where all the beastes...
Arkansas--Regnant populi: The peoples rule. California--Eureka: I have found it. Colorado--Nil sine numine: Nothing without the Divinity. Connecticut--Qui transtulit sustinet: He w...
A beautiful skin is smooth, soft and clear; the color varies in different individuals. In perfect health it is moist and with the delicate shading of a flower--climate, hair and ey...
Learn to shave right. Don't shave in a hurry. Have the water hot enough so that it won't cool too quickly. Wash the face with soap and hot water before lathering, especially if the...