Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889

BARKHAM

BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA

OF

ASTOUNDING FACTS

AND

USEFUL INFORMATION

1889




For Melba Conner




Universal Assistant and Treasure-House of Information to be Consulted
on Every Question That Arises in Everyday Life by Young and Old Alike!

Including: 521 Recipes * 236 Remedies * 150 Themes for Debate * How to
Be Handsome * Mother Shipton's Prophesy * The Cure for Baldness * How
to Distinguish Death * PLUS 20,000 Things Worth Knowing, and Much Much
More.

[Illustration: THE HIGHEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.

1. An imaginary tower, 1000 feet high. 2. Cathedral at Cologne, 501
feet. 3. Pyramid of Cheops, 480 feet. 4. Strasbourg Cathedral, 468
feet. 5. St. Peter's, Rome, 457 feet. 6. Pyramid of Cephren, 454 feet.
7. St. Paul's, London, 365 feet. 8. Capitol at Washington, 287 feet.
9. Trinity Church, N.Y., 286 feet. 10. Bunker Hill Monument, 221 feet.
11. St. Marks, Philadelphia, 150 feet.]



CONTENTS

      HOW POOR BOYS BECOME SUCCESSFUL MEN, 6

      THE ART OF PENMANSHIP, 7

      ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP, 18

      HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS LETTER, 19

      ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS, 28

      DETECTING COUNTERFEIT MONEY, 32

      HOW TO ADVERTISE, 37

      HOW TO BE HANDSOME, 39

      MULTUM IN PARVO. (110 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS), 41

      HOUSEHOLD RECIPES, 71

      HOW TO DESTROY HOUSEHOLD PESTS, 73

      ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES (236 ITEMS), 75

      THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN, 83

      LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, 93

      MASTERPIECES OF ELOQUENCE, 94

      SUNDRY BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST, 95

      PHYSICIAN'S DIGESTION TABLE, 95

      THEMES FOR DEBATE (150), 95

      COOKERY RECIPES (521), 98

          HOW TO COOK FISH, 106

          HOW TO CHOOSE AND COOK GAME, 108

          HOW TO MAKE ICE CREAMS, WATER ICES AND JELLIES, 109

          HOW TO SELECT AND COOK MEATS, 111

          HOW TO MAKE PIES, 113

          HOW TO MAKE PRESERVES, 114

          HOW TO BOIL, BAKE AND STEAM PUDDINGS, 116

          HOW TO PUT UP PICKLES AND MAKE CATSUPS, 119

          HOW TO ROAST, BROIL OR BOIL POULTRY, 121

          SAUCES FOR MEATS AND FISH, 121

          HOW TO MAKE SOUPS AND BROTH, 123

          HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES, 125

      HOW TO CALCULATE, 128

      20,000 THINGS WORTH KNOWING (20,000 ITEMS), 130


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[Illustration: How Poor Boys Become Successful Men]

HOW POOR BOYS BECOME SUCCESSFUL MEN.


You want some good advice. Rise early. Be abstemious. Be frugal.
Attend to your own business and never trust it to another. Be not
afraid to work, and diligently, too, with your own hands. Treat every
one with civility and respect. Good manners insure success. Accomplish
what you undertake. Decide, then persevere. Diligence and industry
overcome all difficulties. Never be mean--rather give than take the
odd shilling. Never postpone till to-morrow what can be done to-day.
Never anticipate wealth from any source but labor. Honesty is not only
the best policy, but the only policy. Commence at the first round and
keep climbing. Make your word as good as your bond. Seek knowledge to
plan, enterprise to execute, honesty to govern all. Never overtrade.
Never give too large credit. Time is money. Reckon the hours of
the day as so many dollars, the minutes as so many cents. Make few
promises. Keep your secrets. Live within your income. Sobriety above
all things. Luck is a word that does not apply to a successful
man. Not too much caution--slow but sure is the thing. The highest
monuments are built piece by piece. Step by step we mount the
pyramids. Be bold--be resolute when the clouds gather, difficulties
are surmounted by opposition. Self-confidence, self-reliance is your
capital. Your conscience the best monitor. Never be over-sanguine,
but do not underrate your own abilities. Don't be discouraged.
[Transcriber's Note: The original text reads 'Ninty=nine'] Ninety-nine
may say no, the [Transcriber's Note: The original text reads
'hundreth'] hundredth, yes: take off your coat: roll up your
sleeves, don't be afraid of manual labor! America is large enough for
all--strike out for the west. The best letter of introduction is your
own energy. Lean on yourself when you walk. Keep good company. Keep
out of politics unless you are sure to win--you are never sure to
win, so look out.


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THE ART OF PENMANSHIP

_How to Become a Handsome Writer._


The subject of the importance of good writing is as broad as its
use. Reaching out in every direction, and pervading every corner of
civilized society, from the humblest up to the highest employments,
it is a servant of man, second only in importance to that of speech
itself. In the world of business its value is seen, from the simplest
record or memorandum, up to the parchment which conveys a kingdom.
Without it, the wheels of commerce could not move a single hour.