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The Princeton union., 1881-05-12

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The Princeton union., 1881-05-12
Home and Its Queen.

There is probably not an unperverted
man or woman living, who does not feel
that the sweetest consolation and best
rewards of life are found in the loves
and delights Of home. There are very
few who do not feel themselves indebted
to the influences that clustered around
their cradles for whatever good there
may be in their character and condition.
Home based upon Christian marriage is
so evidently an institution of God that
a man must become profane before he
can deny it. Wherever it is pure and
true to the Christian idea, there lives an
institution constructed of all the nobler
instincts of society. Of this realm
woman is Queen. It takes the cue and
hue from her. If she is in the best sense
womanly-if she is true and tender, low
ing and heroic, patient and self devoted
she consciously and unconsciously Or
ganizes and puts in operation set of
influences that do more to mold the des-
tiny of the nation that any man un-
crowned by power of eloquence can pos
sibly effect. The men Of the nation are
what mothers make them, as rule; and
the voice that these men speak in the ex-
preston of power is the voice of the
woman who bore and bred them. There
can be no substitute for this. There is
no other way in which the women of the
nation can organize their influence and
power that it will tell so beneticially
upon society and the state.-Scribner's
MOnthIy.
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White Lies.

Not day passes, probably, in which
we do net listen to several Of those polite
fibs which usage sanctions. For in
stance: Cigars do not affect me in the
least; indeed, am quite partial to the
aroma" says the white-ipped girl to her
gentleman friend, who smokes constant
ly at her side; her sufferings only equaled
by those of the other girl who persists
in riding with her back to the horses
and says that the motion does not affect
her in the least, though knowing that
many times before she has been reduced
to state of miserable sea-sickness by a
similar proceeding. "Not at home to-
day, John;' and the footman receives
and delivers the message to visitors as
unconsciously as though there were no
moral wrong involved in the transaction.
I recently heard an animated converse
ton concerning the propriety and moral
ity of polite lying. Several, including a
minister, asserted that both poiteness
and kindliness demanded that we he-
quently say that which we do not mean,
admire that we do not like. assent to
that with which we do not agree, and in
many ways speak and act lies to avoid
wounding the feelings of other people.
One lady present, who Immediately re-
ceived the sobriGuet of ''Puritan, . main
tanned that. while it is not necessary to
say all that we think; while we need
never give adverse opinion unless it is
positively called for: while we need not
obtrude our likes and dislikes, nor ex-
press our unfavorable criticism; while,
indeed, we should seek for something
which we can honestly admire and praise
in every one, all shams and subterfuges,
all seemings that were not realities, and
especially all words spoken with intent
to deceive are, in plain Saxon, lies, and
no amount of kindliness of purpose can
change their moral character. A lie is
ie-nothing more, nothing less. -Er-
chQnQe.
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Phases of Washington Society.

1t is the most striking phenomenon of
Washington life, the unwillingness, the
apparent inability of men who have held
office at the capital, and of women who
have shared their honors, to go back to
the comparative obscurity and privacy
Of their former homes. It is quite often
true that men, tired of the turmoils of
political strife. of the inadequate rewards
OF Legislative and official drudgery, turn
with a sense Of relief toward the quiet
law-office which years before they left.
Oft amid the hills or on the plains. or to
the lucrative personal business that NAV
have suffered while they wore national
honors but the wife! the daughters! !!
the cousins and the aunts the whole
feminine phalanx-b down on the
man; and what is any man, beset, over
powered by women, but weakness itself?
"They give up dear, darling Washing
ton!-lts revels. it's pleasure, its priv
ileges, its powers-for the old Sunday
school, the sewing circle, the home
missionary society, or even the village
literary lyceum; for the humdrum visits
OF Mrs. Smith, give up the multitudinous
ring OF the dear ten thousand, bearing
with due humility the first card the
social seal and stamp in Washington of
social inferiority! Midtown, with such
sacrifices, never!" The result is. Wash
ington is full of gray-haired men who
have stepped down from office, more or
less lofty, to go into inconspicuous
places, to earn stipend and TO stay in
Washington.
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An Editors Vacation.

An Albany editors squib about the
treatment of an '.agent' has in it
humor, and a certain pathos in the
inference that may be made from it
OF hard-worked newspaper mans
life:
About six weeks ago, a person en-
tered our Office and proposed to sell us
new-fangled 6 fountain pens The
rash young man at length mentioned
as recommendation that the pen
held enough to last through twenty
four hours incessant writing, and OBJ
waited the tedious necessity Of dipping
it into the ink-stand. Thereupon we
exclaimed:
s'Dear young friend, would you de-
prive us Of our vacation -
:: | do not understand you, sir,'' he
replied.
Why" said we, g the only yaca-
tion we get is while we are dipping
our pen in the inkstand, and no man
shall deprive us of that. Please go
away with your on-extinguish-
err
He saw we were in earnest, and he
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Outdoor Air and Exercise.

But the surest of all natural prophy-
lactics is active exercise in the open air.
Air is part of our daily food and by
far the most important part. A man
can live on seven meals week,
and survive the warmest summer day
with seven draughts of fresh water,
but his supply of gaseous nourishment
has to be renewed at least IA 900 times
in the twenty four hours. Every breath
we draw is draught of fresh oxygen,
every emission of breath is an evacua-
ton OF gaseous excrements. The purity
OF our blood depends chiefly on the
purity of the air we breathe, for in the
laboratory of the lungs the atmospheric
air is brought into contact at each res
piration with the fluids of the venous
and arterial systems, which absorb it
and circulate it through the whole body;
IN other words, if q man breathes the Vi
tiated atmosphere Of factory all day
and of a close bedroom all night. his
ife-blood is tainted IA, 600 times in the
course OF the twenty-four hours with
foul vapors, dust, and noxious exhala-
tions. We..need not wonder, then, that
ill-ventilated dwellings aggravate the
evils of SO many diseases, ner that pure
air should be almost panacea.
Outdoor Life is both remedy and a
preventive Of all known disorders Of
the respiratory organs; consumption, in
all but the last stage of the deliquiun,.
can be conquered by transferring the
battle-ground from the sick-room to the
wilderness OF the next mountain-range.
Asthma, catarrh and tubercular phthisis
are unknown among the nomads of the
intertropical deserts, as we'll as among
the homeless hunters of our northwest
ern Territories. Hunters and herders.
who breathe the pure air of the South
American pampas, subsist for years on a
diet that would endanger the life of a
city dweller in a single month. It has
been repeatedly observed that individ-
uals who attained to an extreme old age
were generally poor peasants whose avo-
cations required daily labor in the open
air, though their habits differed in al
most every other respect; also, that the
average duration of life in various coun-
tries of the Old World depends not so
much on climatic peculiarities or their
respective degree of culture as on the
chief occupation of the inhabitants.
The starved Hindoo outlives the we'll
fed Parsee merchant. The unkempt
Bulgarian enjoys an average longevity of
42 years to the West Australian citizen IS
Popular Science Mo'ethly.
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A Chinese Hell,

A traveller thus describes a represen-
tation of the punishment of the wicked
after death, according to the Buddhist
theory, which he witnessed in the sub
urbs of Canton
came to the Temple of Horrors. This is
horrible place that is, the scenes are
hideous. The intention is to represent
what bad man would suffer after death.
It is composed of ten different groups Of
statuary, Of clay, and many Of them arc
crumbling to pieces. The first group
represents the trial of the man he is
surrounded by his family and friends.
who are trying to defend him the Sec
ond, where he is condemned and given
over to the executioner in the third he
is undergoing asemi-transfor from
the man to the brute the fourth, where
he is put into mill head downward,
and is being ground up; his dog is by
the side Of the mill licking up his blood.
In the fifth scene he is being placed be-
tween two boards, and is sawed down
lengthwise; sixth, he is under large
bell, which is rung until the concussion
kills him; seventh, the man is placed
upon table, and two men are beating
him with large wooden paddles eighth,
he is upon rack, and the executioners
are tearing his flesh with red-hot PIN
GERS; ninth, he is in cauldron of boil
ing lead ; the tenth scene represents him
upon gridiron, undergoing the process
OF roasting. In all these scenes the fam
lily are present, also large figures who
represent the Judge, executioners, little
devils, and various instruments Of tor
ture."
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How to Make EOumiss.

As soon as the COW is MIXED, take
one champagne bottle of milk, and into
this put one tablespoonful of white
powdered sugar previously dissolved ;
add one tablespoonful of brewers or
bakers yeast, and shake all thoroughly,
but not sufficiently to produce butter.
Set the bottle in a warm place, where
the temperature will be from 8 to IA
degrees Reaumur, and let it ferment. It
is difficult to describe its appearance
when ready for use, but this will usually
occur in two or three days. The cork
must be well tied in to prevent it being
thrown out by the fermenting liquor.
The next making of koumiss may be
prepared from the first when it is four or
five days old. One third Of bottle OF
the old koumiss may be added to two
thirds of the new or fresh milk. Before
drinking, shake the bottle well. .New
York Sun.
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Matter.Of.Fact PeOple.

A very slight stretch of imagination is
required to depict the amazement of
that inquisitive old gentleman of bo-
tanical turn of mind who inquired of the
gardener in one of the public places Of
promenade: Pray, my good man, can
you inform me if this particular plant
belongs to the arbutus family ~ when
he received for reply: No, sir it
don't; it belongs to the corporation |! .
The same applies to that ambitious
young lady who was talking very earn
estly about her favorite authors. when
one Of the company inquired if she liked
Lamb. With an indignant toss of the
head she answered that she :. cared very
little about what she ate, compared
with knowledge. -" Chambers Journal.
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went, not even daring to offer us one
of his fountain pens as gift; and we
dipped our old fashioned pen into our
muddy old inkstand and took rest.
The Adams Temper.

Residents OF Quincy, during the days
OF John Adams and his son, John Quin-
cy, used to speak of the Adams temper.
Neither of these great men made the
least attempt to conceal his dislikes and
prejudices, and both would say disagree
able things to other persons.
John Quincy Adams was once con-
versing with gay city gentleman.
Your young men in New England, :
said the latter, halt-appealngly, "are
better trained than ours they are not
surrounded by such bad influences; that,
perhaps, makes a difference. .
sleft pretty much to myself when
mere boy in the most corrupt capital
of Europe; but it made no difference to
me, answered Mr.. Adams.
OF course the gentleman, who had
nothing more to say, did not think Mr..
Adams winning in his ways. This in
trinity of temper, together with his
cOldness of manner, prevented him from
being fortunate in making or in keeping
friends.
AS an illustration of John Adams in
trinity Of temper, Mr.. Congdon, the
journalist, relates a conversation he had
with Mr.. Charles Francis Adams. It
occurred the morning after the inaugu.
ration of Franklin's statue in Boston.
Ny grandfather" said Mr.. Adams,
"never could keep his temper Frank
lin always kept his. The two men never
could get along together. Ny grand
father was all fire, said imprudent
things, and lost his self-control. Frank
lin took advantage of this, answered
calmly, argued warily, and for this rea-
son usually got the better of the argu-
ment."
This infrmity of noble mind was,
however, the result of that very vehem-
ence of spirit which did such good SER
vice in the Revolutionary times. AS
such it may be classed among the many
illustrations of the fact that vice is
often a virtue carried to an excess.
But young men should remember that
bad temper is barrier to ones sue
cess. Genial manners prevent battles,
and win where harsbness and anger
would lose. A kind word and a court
eous greeting cost nothing, and their
effect is wonderful in softening the as
perities of life.
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it. And with gloomier face than be-
fore he continued his work, calling out,
"Next book ?" almost mechanically
AS fast as he had transcribed the former
tide He was aroused from his reverie
by the following reioinder to one of his
demands for next book -
Why don't you do it ?"
He started as though the girl had been
reading his thoughts.
ssDo what?" he inquired, by way of
drawing her out. But the young lady
replied not word. To gain time he
again said:
"Next book ?"
s'No time like the present" said the
maiden, with an encouraging smile.
"I see it is of no use to hide my
thoughts from you, Miss NJ" he
said, struggling with his embarrass-
ment. "Your last two remarks have
shown me how perfectly you realize my
state of mind. I will, therefore, follow
your advice and embrace the present op-
portunity Of asking you whether you are
willing to accept me as your partner for
life. Your answer, am confident from
these remarks, will be affirmative"
It was the young lady's turn to be en-
barrassed.
"To what remarks do you refer?"
she said.
"To the two sentences in which you
so delicately blended words of advice
and encouragement on this most import
ant of subjects, when you said, why
don't you do it and No time like the
present. ,"
The girl looked puzzled for moment,
and then burst into merry laugh.
"Why, those we're the titles of the
books you called for. Well, you have
got yourself into a pretty fix, " and she
laughed at the discounted student ma
iciously.
"Miss M.," said the young man,
springing with sudden earnestness, "I
beg you will consider the words which I
cannot now recall. Be mine and I shall
be supremely happy. Refuse me and
you will make me miserable for life.
Will you be mine?"
eyes, yes don't make such a noise
about it or somebody will overhear you. "
"I DON'T so much mind" said Mr..
Henpeck, IT don't so much mind a
woman's having mind of her own, ex-
cept that in such a case she usually
takes charge of her husbands ALSO"
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USEFUL HINTS.

CREAM of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleanses them well.
TIE following is said to be good
recipe for chapped hands Three parts
OF glycerine and one part hamam ellis
or three parts glycerine and one part
rose water.
To MAKE paste for ap-books, mix
smoothly flour and water till thin
batter is formed put III a pinch of
pulverized alum and pour in boiling
water till thick paste is formed. Let
1t boil minute or two ;; add a. few drops
of carboic acid or oil of cloves. Put in
a wide-necked bottle.
CLEANLINESS and careful attention are
the principal means Of keeping beds and
houses free from feas. But where these
are found insufficient, as is apt to be the
case in some climates, and in cottages
where there is much wood work with
gay1ng joints, certain strongly aromatic
plants are employed, of which the odors
appear to be detestable to them, as the
different composite known by the name
Of fleabane, and also wo1mwood.
NOTHING is more easily made than a
cup of good tea, and yet one seldom en-
Joys delicate, fragrant tea, which Haw-
thorne calls can angel gift" The first
thing needed is clean teapot; it is
useless to try to make tea in a musty
pot, or one in which the leaves have
been allowed to remain over night. The
water should be boiling, but the tea
itself must never be boiled. After the
boiling water has been poured over the
tea set the teapot on an extra griddle on
the back of the stove.
HERE is cheap system of raising
Lima beans: Take an ordinary nail
keg, as near water-tight as possible ::
bore quarter-inch holes in every third
stave an inch from the bottom. Spade
and pulverize thoroughly circle Of
ground three feet in diameter. Place
the key in the center, filled nearly full
OF good stable manure, well pounded in:
plant Lima beans end downward. two
inches deep, eight inches apart, and as
many inches from the keg, all aroundit:
pour on pail of water, or as much as
the manure will absorb, which may be
repeated once week in dry weather.
Place five or six poles foot from the
keg, letting the tops meet over it, and
the work is done. Four hills will be
found to raise enough for any family.
The following recipe for keeping lamp
chimneys from cracking is taken from
the Diamond, a Leipsic journal devoted
to the glass interest. Place, your tum-
blers, chimneys or vessels, which you
desire to keep from cracking, in "a pot
filled with cold water; add little cook
inc salt allow the nixfnra to ho;1 uoll
over fire, and then cool slowly. Glass
treated in this way is said not to crack
even if exposed to very sudden changes
of temperature. Chimneys are said to
become very durable by this process,
which may also be extended to crockery.
stoneware, porcelain, etc. The process
is simply one of annealing, and the
slower the process, especially the cool
ing portion of it, the more effective will
be the work.
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probably an official of the church.
He waited awhile, and then thought
he would go anyway, in spite Of
etiquette. He again reached for his
hat, but was again prevented by the
the man behind. He tried a third
time, with the same result, and pre-
ferring not to be thought disrespect-
ful he waited till the service was over.
He then reached for his hat, but the
inevitable man behind clutched his
arm, saying Il beg your pardon, but
that is my hat your taking = and so
it was.
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CI1EsTNUTs.
Down in the orchard, ell the day,
The apples ripened and dropped away;
Tawny, and yellow, and red they fell,
Filling the air with spicy smell.

Down in the orchard, all the day,
The apples ripened and dropped away;
Tawny, and yellow, and red they fell,
Filling the air with . spicy smell. 55fg n
But the sturdy chestnuts over the hill
Guarded their prickly caskets still,
And laughed in scorn ut the wind and rain,
Beating their burly limbs in vain.
Hush J" said the frost; s1f you'l hold your breath
Till hill and valley are still as death,
will whisper spell that ehall open wide
The caskets green where the treasures hide.
Over the roofs of the sleeping town,
Over the hillsdes bare and brown:
Field ana meadow and wood were crossed
By the shining trail Of the silver frost.
Close at the door of each guarded cell
he breathed the words Of his wonderful spell,
And the bristling lances turned aside s
And every portal opened wide. ~
Up sprang the wind with al ,ud g Ho! Ho!'
And scattered the treasures to and fro;
And the children shouted, "Come away!
There is sport in the chestnut woods to-day"
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l,jAl IillAI Aii 80.

An Englishman went to church in
Rome one Sunday to see some solemn
service that was longer than he ex-
pected it to be, and got tired, so he
reached for his hat to go out. And
as he did Sc a man sitting beside him
caught his arm. The Englishman sup
posing the service was unusually i'm
portant, and that it was against the
rules to go out during it, relinquished
his attempt without looking around
to see the man who, he thought, was
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She Read Her Title Clear.

At church sociable a theological
student was detailed to assist young
lady, whom he had long admired from
afar, in making out new Sabbath
school library catalogue. The prospect
i've minister found the task by no means
an unpleasant one, as the charming
young creature read him the title Of
each book from the title-page, while he
delightedly copied it into the catalogue
before him. In fact, there fitted
through the mind of the sedate and
rather-bashful youth several times the
question whether the aforesaid maiden,
with her pretty figure and bright eyes,
could not be induced to become the
sharer Of his labors and tolls"
81 believe I would ask her tonight If
/ only dared" thought the young man.
But don't dare, SO there's the end Of
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
ON Presenting a BangIed Ring

On Presenting q Bangled King.
This dainty thing
Thou call'st ring
Hath linked to it spangle,
On which, in gold,
Thou may'st behold
My mongramic tange.
This pretty charm
Can never harm
Fair maiden. Yea, swear it
While I, not bold,
Beg'st to unfold
hope that thou may'st wear It
Sweet maiden rare,
Heedst thou my prayer
Nay, but moment inger?
See! now place,
With knighty grace,
The token on thy finger.
Initials lnine
On hand divine
List when the ring is jangled-
For 10! it tells
In joyous knells
OF one true heart entangled.
H. c. Dodge.
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Not Her Dog.

"Boy,'' said a woman who came
around the corner with a market basket
on her arm, have you seen my dog?''
Black 2"
..No; he is white dog
"Big?"
mo; he is, is quite small
Savage p
No; he is very, very mild.
Let's see" mused the boy, as he
scratched his leg in vigorous manner.
81 hain't t noticed nuthin' nor nobody go
past here except cross-eyed man who
was staving drunk and all covered with
mud. .
ooh, he was nothing but my husband,
and I just pushed him into the woodshed
to sleep his liquor off; but Tn really CON
cerned for fear that my dog has got lost
or stolen. Il you find him I'll give you
q nickel. Detroit Free Press.