Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-04-22
The Little Loaf.

In q time of famine, rich man sent for
the poorest children in the town and said to
them: ''There is a basket of bread YOU
may come each day aud take loaf until it
pleases God to send better time" The
children attacked the basket, and disputed
as to which should have the largest loaf, and
then went away without once thanking their
benefactor. Only Frances, very poor but
clearly girl, modestly remained behind and
had the smallest loaf which was left in the
basket. She gratefully returned thanks and
went home quietly.
One day the children behaved very badly
indeed, and poor Frances received'>a loaf
very much smaller than thefest, but when
she took it home, and her napaher cut it open,
number of silvar pieces fell on the floor.
The poor woman was astonished, and
said, $50 and return this money immedi-
ately; it must have been put in the bread
by mistake" Frances went, directly with it
to the gentleman, who said, "My dear
child, twas nd mistake. [ had the money
put into the loaf to reward you Remain
always peaeihle and conteuted Those who
arc satisfied with q little always bring bless
ings upon themselves and family, and will
pass happier through the world"
A BEAUTIFUL F1aURE. is like foun-
tain fed by thousand streams that pershes
if one be dried 1t is silver cord twisted
with thousand strings, that parts asunder
if one be broken. Thoughtless mortals are
surrounded by innumerable dangers which
make it much more strange that they escape
so long, than that they almost all perish
suddenly at last. We are encompassed
with accidents every day sufficient to crush
the deoaying tenements we inhabit The
seeds of disease are planted in our constitu-
ton by Nature. The earth and the atmos-
phere whence we draw the breath of life are
impregnated with death health is made to
operate its own destruction. The food that
nournishes contains the clements of decay;
the soul that animates it by yivifying first
tends to wear it out by its own action =
death turks in ambush along the paths.
Notwithstanding the truth is so probably
confirmed by the daily examples before our
eyes, how little do we lay it to heart We
see our friends and neighbors die; bu. how
seldom does 1t occur to our thoughts, that
our knell may give the warning to the world
WELDING BY PREssUnE. 1t is claimed
that recent experiments by French machin-
lists have shown that continued, steady by
draulic pressure in welding, causes complete
union Of two masses of iron, while the juno
ton is only superficial if produced by the
hammer. Among other experiments, two
iron bars, one and half inches in diameter
were heated to the welding point and brought
under the hydraulic press. The welding
was effected with extraordinary quickness,
the tibres of the iron being thoroughly in
terealated with each other, and the joint
portion of the bars was quite as strong as
anywhere else, microscopic section Of the
joint showing a perfectly homogeneous tex
ture.
FRUITS AND BEEs.-The american Ma
turazist replied to query in regard to the
effects produced upon fruit by the agency Of
honey bees, that all the evidence given by
botanists and biologists who have specially
studied the subject, shows that bees improve
the quality and tend to increase the quanti-
ty of fruit They aid in the fertilization Of
flowers, thus preventing the occurrence. OF
sterile flowers, and, by more thoroughly
fertilizing flowers already perfect, render
the production Of sound and well developed
fruit more sure. Many botanists think if it
were not for bees, and other insects, many
plants would not bear fruit at all,