Pacific Christian messenger., December 21, 1878, Page 4, Image 4

PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENDER.
SATURDAY
DEC®. 1878
Select Reading.
Notes for the Kitchen.
at all 1 and if I did 1 wouldn’t let him es on the knees of his pantaloons V
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A
little
boy
got
down
from
the
wood
bark, because whales don’t bark.”
A. modest man feels his own super-
Put a bit of butter in a dish in
MISS MARY STUMP, EDITOR.
’’ What do they do, then ?” said pile and came forward.
¡0. rity, a proud man makes others feel which milk is to be cooked, and it
“ Oh, what splendid big patches,” it.
Mabel.
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will be less liable to burn.
“ Them Yankee Blankits.”
“•They only upset boats with their said Mabel. “ If I was a boy it seems
I n ever seemed fit to say a word to
When about to poach eggs, grease
to me I should have pantaloons with a 8inne.r except when I had a broken
v I e SE sUEFXXI.xa
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BROTHEIUA
KIXVXESS tails,” said Jim.
the
vessel before putting in the water,
BB»C»HT HEART« TOÔETHÇU IS.LQVE.
“ Then I tell you what,” said'Mabel, patches just like those. Wouldn’t heart mj self.—-Parson.
and
they will not stick.
you let Tommy Mace be the boat, and you ?” she whispered to tie black
Yas, John, I was down thar at Memphis
The ext”eme pleasure we take in
Cayenne pepper, sprinkled arbund
I I’ll upset him; see if I don’t.
bear. But the clack bear didn’t answer-
A-workin’ around at the boats,
talking of or’»’selves should make us the shelves and other places where
He
had
patches,
too,
but
they
weren
’
t
“ Mabel,” said the president, sternly»
A-heavin’ o‘ cotton with emph'sis
fear that we g'ive very little to those ants congregate, will drive them away.
An' a loadin’ her onter the floats.
if you don’t stop talking at once, I i on his knees, and he didn’t care to con­
who listen to u. ’.
I was cornin’ away from Ole Texas,
Cabbage, when cooked by boiling, '
shall make you audience; but I don’t tinue the subject.
Whsr I went, ^ou know, arter the wah—
The
man
wht
violently
hafe3,
or
should
be boiled in two waters. This *
“ My mother said that these are the
think she would have stopped if the
'Bant it now I’ll make nd reflexes,
ardently
loves,
can
not
avoid
being
in
destroys
the “ essential oil,” which is
log on which sfie was sitting hadn’t i last patches she’s going to make me,
But wait till I git ter long taw.
some
degree
ox
-
sense
a
slave
to
the
I
unwholesome.
rolled over ami tumbled her up so that I and if I weared 'em through I’d ha\:e
Well, while I was down thar the fever,
person he detests or adores.
she, had to go into the house for a j to go so,that’s all.”
Pudding cloths should be square of
As yaller an’ pizen’as sin,
Be thyself blameless of what thou i new Russia sheeting.
i The president told the boy to get
clean apron.’’
_____ o. For dumplings,
Broke out ; an’ of you’ll believe her,
Wherever she hit she struck in,
“ I suppose,” said the president, “the' on h^s hands aud knees, and then he rebukest. Me that cleanses a blot , squares knitted jn coarse cotton will, ’•
It didn’t take long in, the haftchia',
first thing to do is to choose a monkey.. called the monkey down, and told Kim with blotted fingers makes a greater [ gjve s pretty effect.
It jes' fairly bred in the.air,
Has any here ever been a nAnkey be­ to ride three times around the shed on blot.
A heavy chalk mark laid a finger’s
Till a hbspitel.camp warn’t a patchen’
the boy’s back.
fore
?”
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Style is only the frame to hold óur ' distance from yotlr sugar box and all
An’ we’d plenty o’ corpses to spare.
“ But he’s got such little legs,” said thoughts. It is like the -sash of a around, (there must be no space not
“ I never have been one,” said a
I volunteer’d then with the Howards-
little fellow with cheeks as red as sun­ tho monkey, “ he’ll surely slump,” and window—a heavy sash Will obscure i covered), will surely prevent ants
I thought thet my duly was clear—
set, but I can soon learn, I guess. Is a shade or two of sunset went out of the light. .
from troubling.
An’ I didn't look back’ards, but for'ards,
his face.
ii easy■”
s
An,’ went- ter m^work ’ithout fear.
A woman’s head isalways influenced
To make vinegar; Boil potatoes,
One day, howsomever, she got me
They went for a little way very well, by her heart but à man’s heatt is al­
“ Why, all you have to do,’, said the
drain
off water, and strain one pound
As quick as the shot-of a gun,
but pf.etty soon the pony began to ways influenced by his head.
president, " is’a sort of run ‘round ”
sugar,
two and one-half gallons of
(ln' they toted me off ter allot me
“Don’t monkeys eversayany thing?” i trembler around the knees; and the
A woman’s heart is just like a -water, a little hop yeast or wh«skey.
■A bunk tell my life-race was run.
asked the »-ed-cheeked boy. But the I monkey was the scaredest looking lithographer’s stone—what is once
It is sour in a short time.
The doctors and nurses they wrestl’d,
president couldn’t tell him, and it was ’ monkey you ever saw.
written
upon
it
cannot
be
rubbed-out
;
But it didn’t do me any good ;
Shakespeare's recipe for cooking
decided that he should say, “ I’m a
“ i 'air I stop ?” said the porty,
An* the drugger bepoundid and pestl'd,
He who gains the victory over beefsteak is found in Macbeth :
monkey, I’m a monkey,” once every
“No,” said the president
But he didn't git up the right food.
great insults is often overpowered by ! If it were done when ’tis done, then
‘.‘■No blankits ner ice in the eity !*>
minute to distinguish him from the
“ Why don’t you whip him up ?”
the smallest ; so it is with our sor-| 'Twere well it were done quickly.
I bear'd ’em say that from my bed—
, other animals.
■ saifl Isabel ; that’s all h e needs.”
rows.“-- .
To prevent being annoyed by fleas
An' some cried : “ O God ! who’ll take j “ Well, if J can’t be a whale,” said
“That’s a first-rate idea,” said the
In the cities of the dead the houses ! at night, put two under-sheets on the
. pity
Mabel, who had just returned, “ I’m president, which took every bit of
On the dyin' that soon’ll be dead ?”
going to be a polar bear, or I shan’t strength out of the pony s legs, and are small and close together; and a ! bed, and lay fresh tansy leaves be­
Next day, liowsomever, the doctor
play.'' Polar bears is nice and soft. when they picked the monkey up he thistle is as liable to grow from a rich, tween. This will not stain, and is
Come in with a smile on his brow ;
1 was rubbing so many parts of himself man’s grave as a daisy is from the not as unpleasant as the wee tor­
“ Old boy, jist as yit we haiu’t knocked What do they do ?”
mentors.
_ w ’
" They don’t do anything all day, ■ that Mabie said he must have the mound that covers a beggar.
her,”
.
.
Gooff food, properly cooked, gives
Miss Geòrgie Hamlin is ’a member
Said he, “ but we’ll do fer her now !”
f'but j.ust sit on the ice and shiver,” 1 rheumatism.'*
Ter, yer see. John, tliem folks ftr the said the president.
I
us
good blood, sound bones, healthy
of
the/editorial
staff
of
the
Boston
¡ - By this time the animals alFsaid
Nor'war ;
brains,
strong nerves and firm flesh,
Tranuvript
,
and
her
’
leaders
are
very
“ Then I won’t bfe him,” said Mabel- that if they didn’t do something too
Hed bear’d us afore we called twice
to
say
nothing
of good tempers and
well
received
by
the
Bostonians.
“ What is some real nice respectable they should go home; and the kanga­
An' they’d sent ns a.fttll cargo forward
kind
hearts.
’
These
¿tre surely worth
Good breeding shows itself where,
Of them much needed blankits ah’ ice. i animal, that does nothing but eat roo,-who had been asleep with his
I candy all the time? 1’11 be him.”’
head in the parrot’s lap, said that to an. ordinary eye, it appears the a little something to secure.— Juliet
Well, brother, I’ve been mighty solid
Curnon.
I
animals
at circuses was no fun at all. least.
“
And
I
!
”
'And
I
”
’
And
IT
’
shouted
Agin’ Yankees, yer know, since the wall,
If those interested in . blacking
An’ agin' rcconstrucktin’ was solid
all the little girls, and about half the
“ All right, then,” said the president,
A lie hasjio legs, and cannot stand;
Not bearin' for Kongries ner law ;
stoves
Nvill try greasing them with
boys.
“ we will now have a grand procession b.ut it has wings.and they can fly far
But, John, I got onder tliet kiver,
I
fresh
grease
before
they xvill
I*
“
‘-'XzXV/lXi blacking,
Uii'ita
'V1ICJ'
Will
It>was some time before the list of of animals and all the rest of the cir­ and wide.
~
That God-.blessed gift o’ the Yanks,
Hind
that
it
prevents
them
from
rustZ
Courage, the commonest of virtues,
An’ it sav’d me frnm fordin’ “ the river,” animals was complete, and I don’t be­ cus.” So they got down from the
lieve Barnum himself ever had such a woodpile.
An’ I’m prayin’ ’em oceans o’ thanks .'
obtains more applause than discre­ ing. Add a pinch of brown sugar to
blacking just before applying. This
“ Cant we have some music ?” asked tion, tl\e rarest of them.
'
I tell ver, old boy, ther's er streak in us i collection in his life.
causes
it to stick, and it polishes
“
Is
there
any
one
here
who
can
:
Mabel.
■
Old Rebels an’ Yanks thet is warm—
Great souls are always loyally sub­
much easier and with half the usual
stand on their head ?” asked the presi-
“ Let’s sing ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little
It’s er brotherly love that'll speak in ns
missive to vsnat is over ’ them ; only
An' fetch us together in storm ;
rubbing.
, dent.
star,” said the elephant; and so they mean souls are otherwise.
We may snarl about “ niggers an’ fran-
Two small boys, with very big started, off, making really quite a re­
H ome - made C andles .-—Lamps are
cheese,”
Lady Burdett-Coutts is a good and
heads, held np their hands.
spectable
show.
good to remain stationary.
But
But whenever thar’s sufferin' afoot—
kindly woman as well as a wealthy
" As the performance is about to
It so happened that the sleepy kan­ one. She has lately refused all invi­ candles are best to use when moving
The two trees'll'unite in the branches
commence,” said the president, “ any garoo wras last, and as he had instruc­
about the house with a light. By im­
The samejas they do at the roof.— E j \
tations, and stays quicAly at home, al­
animal except the monkey who speaks tions from the president to hop as high
mersing the wicks in lime-water in
together engaged in nursing an old
a word till he’s spoken to will be put as he could, he was trying to do his
which a little saltpeter has been dis­
Jim’s Circus.
companion, who, after many years’
into the corner.”
best at it. But he was more than half faithful attendance on the’ good solved, drying them before using, the
Let’s play circus
So the twb little boys with the big asloep, and they, hadn’t been once
light will be much clearer and the
\\ hy, Jim Peter, I’m just going heads came forward and tried to stand around the shed when he hopped on baroness, has become very ill and melted tallow' will not run.
right in to tell mother,” said Jim’s little on them. They tumbled this way and the heel of the guinea-pig, who was blind. ’
To R emove I kon R ust F rom
Men who make money rarely saun­
sister Mabie.
that, and dug their fingers into the just in front of him. The guinea-pig,
C loth .—Wet the spot with cold
“ M hat for ?” said Jim.
dirt, and kicked their toes so hard gave a tremendous jump, and knocked ter ; men who save money rarely water, and place the cloth’ in the sun­
swagger.
“ Circus is such a awful wicked that the}' went completely over.
over the gentle lamb, and the gentle
shine. .Then mix equal quantities of
Misfortune does not always wait on cream-tartar and table salt, and
thing,” replied Mabel. “ Men just I “ I guess their heads ain’t flat enough lamb was so mad that, I’m ashamed to
stand on their heads and ride horse­ on top,” said Mabel.
say, he kicked the guinea-pig three vice; nor is success a constant guest sprinkle the mixture upon it until the
back without siiting down; and it
“ The next time that animal speaks or four times ; and just as they all ran of virtue.
dampness has absorbed a great deal;
costs twenty-five cents, too.”
j | without permission she will be severely up to stop the fight, Bridget, the cook,
Make the most of time, it flies then lay on enough to hide the spot.
' Suppose if you got in without pay­ punished,” said the presipent.
appeared with a broom, and the ani- away so fast ; yet method will teach Wet the spot with cold water every ,
I
ing anything it wouldn’t be'so wicked, i Either the haads were too big for the mals rushed out the door, and the you to win time'.
half hour, and if the stain is then
would it ?” said Jim.
boys, or the boys too small for the ' guinea-pig, who lived in the next
Stillest streams oft water fairest seen, cover it again with the cream­
" I don t know. P’raps that is it,’’ , heads, I don’t know which, but it was house, didn’t stop until he was safe meadows, and the bird that, flutters tartar and salt.' Keep it in the sun­
replied Mabel; “ only I thought it: evident from the first that they couldn’t in his mother’s arms; while nearly all least is longest on the wing.
shine, and continue these applications
was the horse with nothing on 'em,1 stand on them, and they withdrew the other animals said that if that 1 Innocence is a flower which withers till the stain is gone. If recently con­
from the arena, after having worked was a circus they “ needn’t have to go when touched, and blooms not again, tracted, two or three applications will
and the monkeys and things.”
“ First,” said Jim, “ I suppost we so faithfully that their collars came off. to Sunday-school to find out that was thoagh it be watered with tears.
remove it.—Afra. Apgar.
i,
“The next thing,” said the president/ awful things.”-—-V. F. Tribune.
shall have to choose a president.”
The true end of freedom is to de­
There are three things that most
‘ Are you sure .circuses have hesi- “ will be—”
An investigator says that the cus­ velop manhood and womanhood, not people assume to know: Just what
dents ?” said a little boy who couldn’t i "The next thing ?” interrupted Ma­ tom of kissing the Pope’s toe began in to make authors, mechanics or states­
the preacher and his wife ought to do
bel. “ Why, they haveti’t done that
sound his p’s.”
this wise : Formerly it was the custom men.
on all occasions ; just what they’d do
“ Of course,” said Jim, and as they yet. Want to see me do it ?”
The common string telephone has if sxfeh and such a “ young ’un ” was
to kiss his hand, but a certain woman,
“ Mabel Peters, go this minute and
voted for him, he was elected without
whose biographical record did not been used in India from time im­ theirs; and just how to manage a
stand in the corner by that black bear, j
much trouble.
please his holiness, not only kissed memorial. A specimen, made of two I paper. And there are not three cir­
•' Well, we’ve got to have a tent any­ and don’t you whisper to him, either,” , his hand, but squeezed it, which pro­ pieces of hollow bamboo, with paper cumstances under which they could
way." said Mabel, “'cause I saw it .n said the president.
ceeding was so offensive to the good diaphragm« connected by a linen be placed, where a majority of men
So Mabel went and stood in the i
the picture Jilce a tremendous big
Leo that he cut off his hand. After thread, has been brought to this and w’omen would make greater fail­
umbrella made out of sheets or some­ comer.
that the toe was kissed instead of the country by Mrs. Bunker, wife of a ures.
The next thing proved to be a horse­
thing.”
hand? The hand, which was cut off Baptist minister to East India,
j A love of home is a thing not ac­
Many and varied were the plans race between four boys, and was so ex- • centuries ago, is said to be still pre­
Nothing can constitute good breed­ quired.
suggested for his tent, but the presi­ citing that the entire collection of aqj- j served in the Lateran at Rome.
ing that has not good nature for ijs
It is doubtful if any man could by
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dent ’ finally settled the matter by mals got up and clapped their hands
foundation.
possibility
do his noblest or think his '
and shouted so loud ¿hat Bridget, the
Therd is ^oo often a burden of care
• ordering them all unto the wood-'shdd
Etivy
no
one
who
knows
more
than
’
deepest
without
a preparation of suf­
in getting riches, a burden of anxiety
where they soon cleared^away the cross cook', come oqt and boxed one of
fering.
yourself,
and
pity
all
of
those
’
who
in keeping them, a burden of tempta­
chips, and had plenty of room for the the horse’s years, and the only way
In seeking wisdom thou art wise ;
they could console him was to iiay that, tion in using them, a,burden of guilt know less.
performance..
It
is
the
confession
of
a
widower,
in
imagining thou hast attained it
in abusing them, a burden of sorrow
“ I tell you what,” said Mabel, “ I he had won the race, which wasn't so
who
has
been
thrice
married,
that
the
thou
art a fool.
in losing them, and a burden of ac­
will be the whale, and sit on this little at all; but as the three horses<dihead
first
wife
cures
a
man
’
s
romaine,
the
Never let your zeal outrun your
count at last to be given up for
of him agreed to it, it was all right.
wood-pile and bark.”
possessing and either improving or, second teaches him humility, and the character. The former is but human
“
Is
there
anyone
here,
”
said'the
” Now, see here, Mabel Peters, I’m
. third makes him a philosopher.
i the latter is divine.
misimproving them.
I
president, and I don t want a whale president, " who has good strong patch-
Christian Family.
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