Hotch Potch.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, Issue 17, 12 October 1894, Page 8

Hotch Potch.

HE POBGAVB HIM. A dying Highland chief, on being urged by hia pastor to forgive li.b enemy, &a vengeance belonged to the Lord aloue,. acquiesced with a deep aigh, and with the remark that no doubt it %aßA<too:Bw** lywyy ; mortal." Then he added, "Well, 1 forgive him J but the deil take you, Donald" (tntniftg to hia eon), " if you forgive him." QUITE uKSXMPATHfeTIC. B : rdie M'Heonepin and her brother were at the seashore. » O, see tbat t" exclaimed Birdie, "See what?" inquired the stoical "Why, see lhat li'tle cloudlet, just above the waveM, like a tiny leaflet dancing o'er the scene." . «0, come, you bud better go ouo to the pamplefc in the back yard et and coak yoar little beadlet." PRAYERB AND GOOD SLEEI*. Ifr Symons Eccles, writing in the * National Review,' on "How to Oure Sleepletsiess," aperies a physiological eb well 88 ethical value to saying one's prayers. He Scares that it w bad to pas* at once to a recumbent position, as the blocd goes rushing to Ithe brain, whereas an interval of kneeling serves as a half- v. ay bouse between the erect and '^e recumbent position. It also conduces to tranquility of heart action and slowness of chculation. After this, if any of our friends complain of*, bad nights,, we shall know how to eatimate their pie--y. THET WENT TOO FAR. To «« take a skunner" to a person is a Scotticism for taking a dislike to him or her. A couple of Scotch farming folk were anxious to be married and went to be married. At the last moment tbe bride took a dislike to the bridegroom, and wben ask' d by the minister il sbe would " take this man to be her lawful wedded husband, Baid, "Nae, I ha ta'en a skunner to bim." Thiß -put- a stop, to proceedings, but shortly after, upon some little further confab, they made it up again and returned to the minister. Then the man thought that he would pay the bride off, and -wiieti^itf ! torn wh. asked if he woulcT' r tak<_ '"'tliis' woman to be his lawful wedded wife," etc., replied, " Nae Iba ta'en a skunner to her.' Arrived once/ more* outside the church, ho explained tothe bride that he had but done it for a joke. They once more made it up aud returned to the mmister, and once more requested him to make them one. But, no ! the minister aaid,. "Nae, nae, I ba ta'en a skunner to ye baith." HOW IT MAY BE PUT. You may say lhat a man is not wedded to the truth ; , Or sometimes suffers from a spirit of exaggeration *, Or occasionally finds it difficult to confine himself strictly to actualities j Or is unfettered by the four corners of hard matter-of-fact J Or is a past master in the pleasant art of realistic romancing ; Or ia partial in describing nature to borrowing from the pages of romance ; Or is much given to an artificial recollection of misleading statistics ; Or oannot distinguish the false irom the true, with a bias towards ihe former ; ... . , *_. ... Or has a distinct liking for tfae utterance of statements of a misleading character. But you roust not ! No, yeu mußt not ! You really must uot I Call him a liar 1 baby's face A poet in unfolding a song Has written how the eight Ot dnffodilß in ehh in-/ throng Within his memory lirgered long, Io bless with visions bright, Ihtis doth a little flower-like faoe I've seen oft flash btfore My mental eye. with wins- me gtace, Diffusine many a suuny t ace, And bleteing oe'r end ot'r. The eyes are blne-within them gleams A world of trustful glee ; The light tbeir clear and happy beams Throws oe'r my heavy-bearied dreams Seemfl heaven«like to me. The countenance ia small and sweet, Becalling ooweis and fays j A g'adsome thing one's gale to greet, Jvokiog praise, ber tiny feet gave come to tread our ways. " Dear little face, what thoughts awake Beneath its smiling guise I Hearts' lovta are dearer for its sake ; The baby'i" presence seems to take Them nearer to the bkies. — Fanny H. Avery, HINTS TO HOUSEEEEPEBS. , Heniove machine grease from cotton : <jr linen by washing in rainwater aud j soap. If the boi'ed pota'oos are done a little too soon, lay a towel over the kettle or dish, but do not put a tight coy* r over fcheß, • . . •_ . •1 V. Paint ou windows can, it is said, be removed by melting some soda in very hot water, and washing them with it, using a soft flannel. Let the table, when no one is piesent but the home circle, be the model of what it shottW be when surrounded by guests'. When potters' ware is boiled for the puipdstf of hardening is a handful or two of bran should be thrown into the water, and the glazing will nev.r be jj jured by acids or salt. There is nothing better for nervousness than celery tea, the tops of roots or even the seed, and in draining the water from cooked celery you lose thd beet part. The boles around a Jump burner ihould be kept open to admit al-, and Entirely free from dust and grea^. Tbe wick should be trimmed very evenly. Make starch with soapy water, anc 1 you wiil find ita pleasure to up jour starched goods. 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