The Courtship of Miles Standish Dramatic Reading Scene
Captain Miles Standish presses John Alden with a marriage proposal to Priscilla Mullins while reading Caesar and planning a bold act. Alden, shy and dutiful, agrees to deliver the message though unsure how to phrase it. The scene ends with friendship winning over love for now as the tale continues.
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Julius ‘Caesar
Caesar
John Alden
Priscilla
Miles Standish
Plymouth
Alden
Miles Stagdish
Rose Standish
Priscilla Holda
Bob
Curious bird and pike behavior in natural reflections
A correspondent cites the Scotsman on birds fighting their reflected image in window glass and Darwin's tale of a pike striking glass in an aquarium. The note also touches on eye color genetics, stating two brown-eyed parents yield some blue-eyed offspring and pigment patterns affect inheritance.
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Darwin
Color of the Eye and Inheritance Rules
The article explains brown eye color results from pigment in the iris, blue eyes from lack of pigment. If both parents are brown eyed, children may inherit pigment from both sides, called duplex pigment. If inherited from one parent only, children become brown eyed but with a single-parent tendency, termed simplex.
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Bath
Names for Good Friday Across Cultures
The piece surveys multiple names for Good Friday from Anglo-Saxon to Greek and Latin traditions. It notes Long Friday in English history and Holy Friday in France, Stiller Freitag or Charfrestag in Germany, and various titles in Greek and Latin that reflect the cross, preparation, redemption, or the Lord's Passion.
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France
Germany
Japanese Pastime: Monkey and Goose Combat
A popular Japanese spectacle pairs a monkey tied to a goose near a riverbank. The goose seeks water while the monkey fights to avoid it, often resulting in the goose pulling the monkey into the water where the monkey sits astride the bird until spectators tire.
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Simian
Alarm kettle speeds tea flavor with sugar trigger
A German invention uses two metal arms over a kettle spout linked to an electric bell. When the water begins to boil and steam touches the spout, melted sugar closes the circuit, rings the bell, and signals the cook to pour hot water over tea leaves immediately.
Coffee Bread Recipe With Orange Caramel Topping
A half pint each of liquid yeast and water with lard salt sugar and chopped nut meats are mixed into a stiff dough with stale bread crumbs. After rising for two hours knead add a large egg shape and bake half inch thick. Cool top with orange caramel and serve with thin orange slices.
To Bottle Peas Instructions From A Dry Day
Gather green peas on a dry day and use only perfectly formed peas. Shell and blanch in mint flavored boiling water, then dry and pack into wide neck bottles with mint and salted broth. Seal hermetically and store after cooling.
Salmon Salad Molds From Old Recipe
Salmon Salad Molds use one cup of cold salmon one half teaspoon lemon juice one half teaspoon parsley two drops tabasco sauce one tablespoon gelatin mix with water and dressing Wet six molds fill with salmon level top chill. Turn out onto lettuce or small dish and serve with mayonnaise.
Steaming Corn Preserves Color and Flavor
A home cooking tip notes steaming sweet corn for twenty minutes saves gas, cooks tasty kernels without yellowing, and lets corn steam over potatoes for an efficient meal. This method favors steam over boiling for better color and taste.
Browning Carrots with Brown Sugar Butter
A recipe instructs to boil good sized carrots until partially tender then slice lengthwise. They are sprinkled with brown sugar and fried in butter, browning first on one side then the other.
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Howard Chandler Christy
Caius Julius Caesar
Rome
Flanders
Brutus
Twelfth Legion
Stripling
Calus Julius Caesar
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