Burroughs Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of
Astounding Facts and Useful
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Title: Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful
Information, 1889
Author: Barkham Burroughs
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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
* * * * *
[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.
* * * * *
THE ART OF PENMANSHIP
How to Become a Handsome Writer.