The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-06-28
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cufties that fathers have in doing exactly
the right thing with theme He spoke. of
his father, whom had known so well and
honored so much as to make it proper for
him to say what he did. That father. long
ago gone to heaven, was man Of more than
ordinary nobility and excellence of Chris
tan character, and had reared large family
of sons to usefulness and honor. What af-
fected me deeply and impressed me pro-
foundry was this-that when his son, now
itpast middle life, spoke of the notwithstanding
teae incident seemed to separate Itself from,
all the rest, and stand out in sharp defini-
ition; and, sadly enough that only incident
was painful. A thousand others in his boy
hood history, as it connected itself with his
father, had passed away-this was abiding
still. After all it was littIethinp, only this
his sister and he Ihad a childish quar-
rel She ran away to her mother, and false.
y accused him of striking her q blow.
When the father came in, the case was re-
ported to him with only the sisters version.
his father, refusing to listen'to anything he
had to say, though backed by the testimony
OF cousin who stood by his side and wit
messed to his innocence, hastily and angrily
administered castigation. As my friend
told the story, his face flushed; and his eye
] kindled, and he said "Even now, after
nearly fifty years, j can not think of it with
ont my whole soul being moved with indig-
nation" .,.-.. 80 -
1t was very sad and painful, for loved,
as he did, and reverenced his father. How,
| thought, sudden and inconsiderate act
OF injustice will live in memory and blot the
fairest record, and cloud the brightest
scenes of the past! What would we not
both have given could that long past scene
be withdrawn from memory. But it stands.
The next time sudden gust of anger at
your boy blows over your spirit, and you are
about to punish him-pause. Be sure that
you are just. If you are not, beware. One
brief minute, one hasty act, may hide as
with q black cloud thousand kindly things
you have DONE The blow which You give
on the impulse of the moment, and because
you are angry, may seem but little, and you
may never think of it again, but it may
make a vivid and bitter memory in your
chlld's future; it may leave not moment
airy mark behind on the flesh, but it shall
make wound in the soul which the years
shall only heal, while the scar remains to
grow red half century to come.-C Christian
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How TO REMOVE MnDEw FROM LINEN.
First of all take some soap (any common
sort will do), and rub it well into the linen,
then scrape some chalk very fine, and rub
that In also lay the linen on the grass, and
as it dries wet it again; twice or thrice
doing will remove the mildew stains. An
other way is to mix soft soap with powder
ed starch, with half the quantity of salt,
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on with brush, and let the linen lay ont
on the grass for few frosty nights and the
stains will disappear. All linen will turn
| yellow If kept long unused, locked up in
linen press, excluded from air and light; so
the best way of restoring it to its color is to
expose it to the open air in nice dry wealth
er. Exposure to the light and continual
Earrings will be found the best way of pre-
Serving its wilderness.
10 CLEAN PAINT.--A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman says: Use but
little water at once; keep it warm and
clean by changing it often. A flannel cloth
takes off all fly specks better than cotton.
soap will remove the paint, so use but little
oflt. Cold tea is the best liquid for clean
j ing vanished paint, window panes and mir
4 rors. A saucer of sifted ashes should al
ways be standing at hand to clean unvar-
nlshed paint that has become badly smoked;
It is better than soap. Never put soap
upon glass, unless it can be thoroughly
rinsed of, which can never be done to win
dow-glass. Wash off the specks with
\ warm tea, and rub the panes dry; then
make paste of whiting and water, and put
little in the centre of each pane. Take
dry cloth and rub it all over the glass, then
rub itFoff with channels skin or flannel and
your glass will shine like crystal.
SPONGE CAKE.-Exactly followed the
rule never fails, Six eggs, whites and yolks
together and beaten FIVE minutes, add three
cups of sugar, beat ten minutes, two cups of
Hour, one cup OF water, two cups more of
-four, three teaspooDfuls of baking powder.
a little salt, the rind and juice of one lemon.
Bake in quick oven. .e ...
SYRUP OF CoFFEE.-This preparation is
of great use to those who have long Jour
neys to make. Take half pound of the
best ground coffee, put it into a saucepan
containing three pints of water, and boil it
down to one pint. Cool the liquor put it
j into another, saucepan, well secured, and
4 boil it again. As it boils, add white sugar
enough to give it the consistency of syrup
Take it from the fire, and when it is cold,
put it into bottle, and seal. When tray
cling if You wish for a cup of good coffee.
you have only to put two teaspoonfuls of
syrup into an ordinary cofee-pot, and fill
with boiling water. Add milk to taste, if
you can get it.
Ink spots on floors can be extracted by
securing with sand wetted in oil of vitriol
and water. When the ink is removed,
rinse I'll strong pearlash water
To remove stains on spoons, caused by
using them for boiled eggs, take a little salt
moistened, between the thumb and finger.
and brlskly rub the stain, when it will soon
disappear.
| A ScoTcH DEFINITION OF NOTHING"
AT Banchory, in Scotland, lately, the
parish schoolmaster, out of curiosity,
put the question to the scholars, ''What
is nothing" A pause ensued until an
urchin whose proclivities for turning
penny were well known among his school
| fellows got up and replied, Its when
man asks you to baud his horse and just
says thank ye." The answer has since
earned considerable notoriety for the
youngster.
At church collection Cor missions
the preacher feelingly said, my good
| brethren, let me caution those of YOU
who put in buttons not to break off the