THE WEST SHORE.
February, 1880.
HOW A ;illL BELTS HBB MOTHER.
I havo como t.. the conclusion that every girl
at MM timo or other gets a scolding. Mother
aaya I am tho worst girl ahe ever knew. Ooe
day I felt ao disconsolate at being in such a pro
dicamcnt, that on reaching school I immediately
quizzed Home of my achool chumi on the matter.
To my groat relief I found that they, too, wero
subjected to the same compliments from their
mothers.
Ah we were going to movo into u new house
last fall, I left the district school, or, as I jok
ingly culled it, 1 graduated to help mother in
the turmoil of moving. After wu had aettled
down in our new homu the kitchen department
wok assigned to my care; for inothur intend
to maku mo a good 0001 and housekeeper. 1 1 liv
ing hot and cold water in tin: kitchen, I found
it .pl.t.- an easy though constant tank. But
aftur a month or two tho novelty of cooking,
even in a new houae, wore olf, although I had
hoeu honored with the uaiuu of cook.
One bright Duoumhor morning I aroao feeling
anything hut in sympathy with tho weather. 1
had a heuduchu and felt quite miserahle.
Mother camo in when I was getting breokfust.
"Now Mary," saiil she, "I sou that you are
not uapahlo of doing the kitchen work alone. I
havu a plan which I think will ho worth trying.
Wo will change work unco a week." This
suited mo hnttor than 1 can tell.
"Why, is Mary sick!" asked father as he
oamo into hroakfost.
"No," said mother, "hut wo aro going to
change work onoo a week, couimeucing this
morning." rather said ho thought it was a
very good plan indeed.
"You will sou how tho mon will long for my
week to coma aftor this," said mother at break
fast time. 1 laughed anil replied that I thought
I would long fur it aa much as they did.
Mother always thinks alio OM do everything
so much hotter than 1 can, and takes every op
portunity to point out my failures nnd her suc
cesses. I tall her that when I havo a success 1
am ton modest to hoast alxmt it, anil therefore
she thinks I havo all failures. I found my nuw
duties ipiito refreshing after my former ones.
Thoy consisted of the week's washing and iron
ing, several lieds to make and some sweeping. I
hurry through the washing and ironing tho lirst
two days of tho woek, and except for ahnut an
hour each for tho days following I have nothing
to do until Saturday hut what my fancy dic
tates. Thou I have my company ami play com
pany myaolf. Send in my orders for dinner,
and havo nothing to do hut to oat it when it is
ready. I take real comfort knowing that after
a meal 1 havo not to get up and dear the
tahlo and waah dishes.
At tho end of the week I again took my place
in the kitchen. As I waa long tho break-
faat my sister ami hrother camo in.
"How do you like cooking, Mary, how do
you liko cooking ?" they aakod. 1 had to laugh,
duo would supKiso that it had liocn years ainco
I hail been near a stovo instoad of cooking on
one tho week Mure. Though mother would
not oonfoss it at Hrst she now aaya alio ia glad
whrn her week in the kitchen comes to an end.
llniy J. Oftol'i ia IWilie HwtU 1'ren,
PlIIMlllil in i on BoumoiA "Tho mis
tress of a household," says Caroline K. Stephen,
"haa, before all things, to rule. 1 oan lielieve
that a mistress who waa not loved might yet,
by a tint), wise and juat rule, maintain a whole
some moral atmoaphrre in her house; hut a mis
tress who waa not obeyed, however personally
iniiiiig and Mipular, would, aa mistress, lie a
more disastrous failure and cauae of failure in
others. In practice we all know that fear and
lo e oan scarcely lie altogether afratcd; a
reason the more (or giving fear its proier place. "
It ia very dilticult to liud fault with a dear
little three year old who buries hia head under
the clothes ami sings: "Now 1 lay ms down to
sleep, Pop goes tho weasel"
THE DOG "LYON."
Mr. .T, J. II. Gregory, of Marliloheod, Mass.,
has a dog, l.yon, which, according to the stories
told of him, is a wonderful dog.
Lyon ia called a St. Bernard, hut his body is
Winn- while ins in . ei is black ; whrcli, ot course,
renders pure blood impossible. However, in
build, ne'e, carriage acd intelligence he is out
and out St. Bernard. Ho carries himself with
grunt dignity, trots right along, paying no at
tention to the moHt alluring whistlo or call,
further than to turn for a moment a reproving
eyo on tho wicked interloper. Lyon's chief
business is to take care of tho cows; it is a busi
ness ho himself has assumed, and ho Bpcnds tho
days lying on tho hillside, keeping them in full
view, and should any intruder approach, his
deup bay informs his muster. Ho spends tho
night in the barn Bleoiiiirg in front of them,
varying tho monotony by occasionally kissing
tho cows, when they in return kiss him. The
going to or corning from pasture is frolic time,
whun ho runs bounding ahead with loud harks
of joy, and woo bo to any other animal, dog,
cow or oxen, that happen to bo along the route,
for l.yon rushes at them with tho greatest
lierceuess, and though never doing any real in
jury, with louil bark keeps them imprisoned In
soma corner until his herd has safely passed.
So much for a general introduction to dog I. yen;
now for anecdotes illustrating his great intelli
gence :
A neighbor, well acquainted with the dog,
was passing along tho public road near by where
tho cows WON pastured, when Lyon camo
bounding up to him with a whine. The man
patted the dog on his head, calling him by
name, and walked on. Tho dog followed after,
continuing to whine, and aftor a minute or two
seized tho man by tho coat and gently lod him.
The man stopped, when tho dog dropped his
hold on the coat, ran back a step or two, looked
around and whined. Struck by tho singular
actions of the animal, "What ia it, old fellow ?"
said ho, and turned and followed him. Tho
dog ran bounding forward with evory demon
stration of joy, lod tho way over a wall and
down a precipitous ledgo of rocks, to a pieco of
bog. Then he ran barking to one of the cows
of his herd that in xomo way hail strayed from
tho Mock. Tho bog was almoBt inaccessible,
and tho man found a good deal of ditliculty in
getting the cow out and back to her pasture.
When he had sucooeded, Lyon loaped upon him
with groat joy; " ho almost knocked me over,'
tho man said.
A man called to delivor a load of ooal ot the
ban;. The man used hia own ahovel, and Lyon
looked quietly on while the coal was unloaded.
Tho teamster, having driven his cart from tho
leu ii, on looking liack noticed that some coal
had fallen between his cart and tho step; he
jumped out of the vehicle, and running back to
tho barn, entered, and glancing around for a
shovol found one, and catching it up walked
hastily towards tho door, Lyon following cloao
aftor. .lust aa he waa about to atop outside the
dog quietly seined him by his panta, and held
him faat and lirm, ami would not let him go
until ho dropped the shovel, when tho dog in
stantly let go hia hold. The driver then wont
to hia cart, took out Ins own shovel, returned
ami threw in the acatterod coal, at which Lyon
made no objection.
While tho dog was eating hia dinner, a two-year-old
child kept tormenting him. Lyon bore
with the little ono for somo time with oom
inendable patience, but linally looked tip, and
without either snarl or growl, quietly lifted one
of hia huge fore paws, pushed the liaby gently
down on its back on the grass, and with one
paw used to pin the young tormentor to the
earth, went on eating his dinner.
"KoKtxioiw" was the word given out at a
written apelling exercise recently, and one lit
tle boy handed in, "(io, go, go, go."
DOMESTIC KECIPES.
BtiWETJ Bf.efstf.ak. Dissolve somo butter
in a slew pan, and brown the steak on both
sides, moving it often, that it may not burn;
then shake in a little flour, and when it ia col
ored pour in gradually sufficient water to cover
well the meat. As soon as it boiis, season with
salt, remove the acum, slice in onion, carrot and
turnip; add a bunch of sweet herbs, and stew
the steak very gently for about three hours. A
quarter of an hour before you serve stir into the
gravy two or three teaspoonfuls of Hour mixed
with cayonne, half a winogl&ssful of miiBhroom
catsup and a little seasoning of spice.
Ari'i.K I' iuttrrs. One pint of milk, aixegga,
Hour enough to form a still batter, a pinch of
salt, half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, a
teaspoonful of cream tartar; then slice some
sour apples rather thin, and mix in the batter;
fry in hot lard, browning them nicely on both
sides. They are nice mado of raisins or cur
rants instead of apples, delicious, if made of
canned peaches, and tho juice of the peaches,
well sweetened and poured over them when
served, for sauce.
Hock CiiEAM. Boil a teacupful of the best
rice till quito Boft in new milk, sweetened with
powdered loaf sugar, and pile it upon a dish ;
lay on it, in different places, square lumps of
either currant jelly or preservod fruit of any
kind ; beat up the whites of five egga to a stiff
froth, with a little powdered sugar, and flavor
with cither orange-flower water or vanilla; add
to this, when beaten very stiff, about a table
spoonful of rich cream, and drop it over the
rico, giving it the form of a rock of snow. Thia
will he found to be a very ornamental as well as
delicious dish for a supper table.
Snowiiau, PtJDDlKo, Boil ono quart of rich
milk, and then thickon it with a tableapoonful
of Hour or arrow-root Beat up the yolks of
four eggs with three tablespoonfula of white
sugar. Then pour the milk slowly into the eggs
and sugar, stirring all the time. Pour this cus
tard into a pudding dish and brown it slightly.
Beat up tho whites to a stiff froth, adding four
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and flavoring with
lemon. Drop it on the custard (when browned)
in the form of balls as large as an egg. Set it
back in tho stove to brown a little.
Bttl i.ikk (Jamk. Cut aomo slices of beef in
square pieces, put on each a atrip of bacon,
dredge flour over them, skewer them into a
rolled shape; fry them in butter; when brown,
add shalots, a slice of lemon-peel, a spoonful of
capers, two bay leaves, salt, apioe, a wineglass
of vinegar, and a glass of wine and a little wa
ter; stew still tender.
EflUWOI of CftUttr. This ia prepared by
soaking for a fortnight a half ounce of the seeds
of celery in a quarter pint of brandy. A few
drops will flavor a pint of soup or broth equal
to a hoad of celery.
BROOM Potatoes. Parboil large potatoes,
peel, ami cut them into thick slices. Broil the
slices on n gridiron over a clear lire until brown
on both sides. Servo on a hot dish with pep
per, salt and butter.
TitK Noise of the Kinoer In the current
number of the Medical Record Dr. Hammond
aays that when you poke the end of your finger
in your ear, the roaring noise you hear is tike
sound of the circulation in your finger ; which
ia a fact, as anyone can demonstrate for himself
by first putting his fingers in his ears and then
stopping them with other substance. Try it,
and think what a wonder of a machine your
lxxly is, that even tho points of your lingers are
such busy workshops that they roar like a small
Niagara. The roaring is probably more than
the noise of the circulation of tho blood. It is
tho voice of all the vital processes together
the tearing down and building up processes that
are always going forward in every living body
from conception to death.