The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-10
Married POliteness,

Married Politeness.
will you ?" asked pleasant voice !;
and the husband answered:
Eyes, my dear, with pleasure"
1t was quietly but heartily said; the
tone, the manner, the look, were per-
fectly natural and very afectionate.
Il beg your pardon" comes as readily
to his lips. when by any little awkward
ness he has disconnected her, as it would
In the most fashionable stickler for ETH
quette. This is because he is most
thorough gentleman, who thinks his
wife, in. all things, entitled to prece-
dence. He loves her best-why should
he hesitate to show it? Not in sickly,
maudlin attentions, but in preferring
her pleasure and honoring her in pub
Lie as well as in private. He knows her
worth, why should he hesitate to attest
it? "And her husband he praiseth
her," says holy writ; not by fulsome
adulation, not by pushing her charms
into notice, but by speaking as oppor-
tunity occurs in manly way of her
virtues. Though words seem little
things, and slight attentions almost
valueless, yet, depend upon it, they
keep the fame bright, especially as they
are natural. The children grow up in
better moral atmosphere, and learn
to respect their parents as they see them
respecting each other. Mary a boy
takes advantage of mother he. loves,
because he often sees the rudeness of
his father. lnsensibly he gathers to
his bosom the same habits, and the
thoughts and feelings they engender,
and in his turn becomes the petty ty-:
rant. Only his mother should
he thank her? father never does. Thus
the home becomes the seat of disorder
and unhappiness.
Only for strangers are kind words
expressed, and hypocrites go out from
the hearthstone fully prepared to rem
der justice, benevolence and politeness
to any one and every one but those who
have tho justest claims. Ali give us
the kind glance, the happy homestead,
the smiling wife and courteous children
OF the friend who said so pleasantly,
Eyes, my dear, with pleasure"
The MANUFACTURE OF S1ATE-PEN-
o1Ls.-The process of making slate
pencils is thus described by the Amaeri-
can Statio1aer: Broken slate from the
slate quarries is put in mortar run by
steam, and pounded into small parti-
cles. Thence it goes into the hopper
OF mill, which runs into q "bolting-
machine" where it is "bolted," the finer,
almost impalpable, -four that results be-
ing taken to a mixing-tub, where q
small Quantity of steatite -four, SINH
larly manufactured, is added, together
with other materials, the whole being
made into stiff dough. This dough is
kneaded thoroughly by passing it sew
eral times between iron rollers. Then
it is conveyed to table, where it is
made into Charges :" = that is, short
cylinders, four or five inches thick,
and containing some eight or twelve
pounds each. -Four of these are placed
In strong iron chamber, or "retort,"
with changeable nozzle so as to regu.
late the size of the pencil, and subjected
to tremendous hydraulic pressure, under
which the composition pushed through
the nozzle in long cord, like slender
snake sliding out of hole, and passes
over q sloping table, slit at right angles
with the cords to give passage to knife
which cuts them into lengths. They
are then laid on boards to dry, and after
a few hours are removed to sheets of
corrugated zinc, the corrugations serv-
ing to prevent the pencils from warning
during the process of baking, to which
they are next subjected in a kiln, into
which superheated steam is introduced
in pipes, the temperature being regu-
lated according to the requirements of
the article exposed to it's influence.
From the kiln the articles go to the
finishing and packing room, where the
ends are thrust for second under rap
idly-revolving emery wheels, and are
drawn neatly and smoothly pointed
ready for use.
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