Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-05-27

CHARLES LAMBS WARMING. -
Charles Lamb tells his sad experience
as warning to young men, in the
following language: T.
''The waters have gone over me.
But out Of the black depths, could I
be heard, l would cry out to all those
who have, set foot in the perilous
food. Could the youth to whom the
flavor Of the first wine is delicious as
the opening scenes Of life, or the en-
tering upon some newly discovered
paradise, look into my desolation and
be made to understand what a dreary
thing it is when man shall feel him
self going down precipice with open
eyes and a passive will-to see his de-
struction and have no power to stop it,
and yet feel it all the way emanating
from himself; to see all godliness
emptied out Of him, and yet not able
to forget time when it was otherwise;
to bear about the piteous spectacle Of
his own ruin could he see my fevered
eye, feverish with the last nights
drinking, and feverishly looking for
to-night's repetition of the folly ;
could he but feel the body Of the
death out Of which 1 cry, hourly with
feebler cutlery, to be delivered-it were
enough to make him dash the sparkling
beverage to the earth in all the pride
Of its mantling temptation''
If you have young friend who may
be in danger Of acquiring an appetite
for strong drink, invite his attention
to Charles Lambs dreadful experience.
PApIER-MAcnE.- There are two
modes Of manufacturing paper-mache ;
one consists in FASTING together on a
mould differert thicknesses Of paper ;
the other is by pressing in moulds the
paper reduced to pulp; the former
produces the best quality, the latter
the inferior kinds. In the first mode
sheets Of strong paper are glued to-
gether, and pressed so powerfully as to
become one sheet :; when damp it may
be readily curved; when dry it may be
turned or rasped into any desired fig
ure. After being covered with a mix
ture Of size and lampblack, a varnish,
made of turpeutine, amber and lamp
black, is applied, and the article is plac-
ed in heated oven. Papier- mache,
properly so called, is pressed into the
moulds in a.state Of pulp F; this is made
Of the cuttings of coarse paper boiled
in water, beaten to paste, and boiled
in solution Of gum arabic to give it
consistency. The moulds are made in
the usual way, with counter moulds,
so that the cast is only crust or shell.
The coarser kind Of ornaments are
sometimes made from the pulp Of the
paper-maker pressed in this manner
into moulds.
A RELIGIOUS EDITOR ON Soft
SoAp.-We clip the following para
graph from the Wesfern Christian
.Advocate. 1t is as true as preaching
/ There is sore evil under the sun,
namely, the habit Of praising and
Aattering living men. The evil has
crept into the Church, and is producing
the worst of consequences upon GER
tain minds among us. A weak mind
cannot bear such things. 1t grows
dizzy, becomes intoxicated with the
love Of praise, and soon contracts a
thirst for applause which is all con-
suming, ending with the incurable swell
head.
A strong mind cannot endure such
things. They are lnsuferably disgust
ing. And here is a good rule by
which we may Judge whether we have
soft spot on the head: If we are inor-
dinately greedy Of the praise Of men,
there is certainly weakness in the up
per story.