St. Mary's beacon., 1859-04-14

Tie cash standard should obviously be adopt
ed ia regulating the rates d compensation for
work. When thus fixed, let the payment
be male Acc orGiugly. that the labJrer may
use his earnings to the best advantage, and
according " his own discrr,ion. By the traile
arrangement, a suspicipn at least will be con-
SANITY excited in his mind, that somehow
there Is profit derived BY the employer, Gu
this trafic, which really comes out of The stpu-
lated wages The convenience OF this method
- the employer is obvious enough; but its in
convenience and annoyance TO the employee Is
still more manifest. II is just eause Of conf
plaiut, the removal Of ~hb'h would leave one
less gryund e diScontent bet ween such parties.
with tie socialistic problem Of . general
'Urgai izatrn Of iabR,' we DO not now inter-
u,ezlGle. Il is involved with the question Of
such an eEtiTe r.modeluR OF society, as no one
now living is very likely ever 10 see. Partial
'suilh' organizations and strikes, il Is certain.
are an evil and a mischief in society. Ulti-
mately, they benefit neither the participants
nor any one else, unless rs every such storm
indirectly produces benefci-nt results. The
relations between the two parties, in this
case. should always he Of a conliAl charac-
ter. Where the right spirit prevails on both
sides, there is no danger Of any great injustice
being done. Where such a mutual confidence
Is not found, violent remedies VIII be resOrted
10 in vain By creating antag1nistic senti-
ments ami reciprocal! d~!rust, a permanent
injury is inflicted upon the less powerful party,
f,r which temporary increase It wages will
be found no adequate compensation.
"Strikcrs should remember, tn, that the
power they usurp-both contrary to law and
To natural .igh;--ovcr others Of @aeir guild
who do no: voluntarily l"in them. isol precise
Is the same nature as that which u % Justly
condemned when exercised by dcsP"tH. who
have. nevertheless. a show or traditional au-
tEuritv. Those who would relrcsS wrongs Of
their own. slouli he careful ~ r"spcc' t!ie laws
aud the individual rights oil thci fellows.
Tny Rrsr SEWING MACHISE. Punch con-
t,ius the following admirable description Of
an old fashioned sewing machine, which every
Bachelor should possess
The very hest sewing machinea man can
have !, wife. II is one that requires but a
kind word 10 set it in motion. rarly gets out
If repair, makes but liulc npisc, seldom the
cause Of dr>t, and once in motor. will go
nn uninterruptcdly for hours. without the
slightest trimming, or the SInalkst personal
supervision being necessary. will make
PICKET handkerchief. cut out phatOrcs. and
manufacture chillrenS frocks, on of any old
thing Won NAV gave it; and this it will DO be-
hind vorr back inst IS we'll rs before your
face. In fact, YOU may leave te house for
laws and il will go on working just the
same. IF il does get ont Of erscr little,
from being Dvcrworked, it urnss itself by
being left alone for short time,after which
il returns to its sewing With crater vigor
tl.an ever. OF course sewing ma hines vary
a great deal. Some are much picker than
others. Il depends III vast MEASURE upon
the pattern you select. II you Ire fortunate
in picking out the choiccst patteri FOR wife
one, for instance that sings whist working,
and seems To- be never 50 happy when the
husbands linen is in hand-the sewing ma
! chine may be pronounced perfect OF its kind;
50 much so. that there IS no malsshlt in the
world that can possibly replace II. either Tor
! love or money. In short. no gfi!cman's g.
! Establishment Is complete without one Of these
sewing machines in the house.
| ISrEREsrIxG To THE BEAGDED.--A WI
ter in tie iSo~tun Post has the following pitliy
communications:
| I lave seen !, stated somewhere that there
:; IN intimate connection between the nerves
---.-ics az the face and eyes. aId allowing
the beard to grow Strengthens the eye. II is
said that surgeons in the French army have
proved 10y experiment in Africa hat soldiers
wearing the beard are much less liable TO dis
ease Of the eye, AMI it is gcncrag conceded
,hat it is protection from diseases Of the
throat and lungs !, is asserted Isl in coun-
! tries where il is thc custom to war the beard,
the eye retains - lustra and briliancy much
/ 10: ,rr. II may tie argued that fnaics do not
suffer more than the males from useases OF the
! ry CO, &c. but it must be- admiitd they are
much less exposed to the elenrnts. What
did the Creator give the lords oil creation
beard foI? Certainly not tn support BARRIERS.
/ There is just as much sense in shaving the
| head Is the chin.
! NoEoDY.-The verdict in the case of the
! late horrible acci'lct.t on the Graf Western
| tCaua,iaJ railrav is nobody to Same OF
course not. !; : Nobody that's eternally
To- blame. II was Nobody tht drove the
train at the rate ,f thirty miles a hour, on n
dark night over track inundated by 4
! fr,shef But for Nobody, the cas would not
have pitched into the chasm creaeSl by that
f5cShet, and sacrificed 80 mary vauabe lives.
1t is about time that Nobody wa discharged
from railway employment, and Snne6ody in
stalled in hi, p.a,".-.S. /. Erprss.
BOGUS THREE CESr PlECEs.-rhe counter
letters. for want of bigger game, ave put In
circulation a lot of b"gus three cent pieces
which have no mlile edge; the stsrs surround
ing the letter G are very distinctly cut; the
bunch of arrows tied together in tie lower bow
and the oIivc-bramch in the upper bow OF the
& are wanting in the bogus coin. On the re-
verse side Of the crin the star is very badly
executed, the points being almost rounded,
instead II being distinctly and finely cut, as in
the genuine.