Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-04-01

thoughts of me are pleasant" replied.
"Oh, yes, mean just what say. My
thoughts are not SO pleasant in regard to
myself; for as said before, you make me
feel that do in manner nothing"
I replied with earnestness: "Mrs. Du-
olex, life is real, life is earnest and to
make success we must have the undoubt-
ing consciousness each closing day that we
have done our duty, let this be in little
things or in great things She said good
bye. 1 looked at the clock and saw it was
lalfpast five. put some little touches to
my toilet and told the children ''papa would
soon be here" They capped their hands
IS Henry ran 'for papa's slippers and
Jessie ''twied to dwaw papa's cha cose to
ee towers"
l had been busy to-day in thought and
work: Oh, how the blue of the mountains
danced before my vision! How the clouds
floated in downy substance so near the
green of the messy cliffs! How I heard
the murmur of the flow of the riverl l saw
the yellow fields spread out in their golden
Dress, The sweep of the cradle sounded
in my ears with the CHEEKY voices of the
r-apers all from my own girlhood home;
and yet would not exchange my Eyrie for
all had left behind me.
I was building a homo whose influence
was for eternity! had the elements under
my control that would help fill Heaven with
ceaseless praise and make earth the better.
| was an architect, not alone for myself,
but had students in the art.
Six O'Clock! rang out long and clear, the
whistles and bells from foundrys, ma
chine shops and stores. Six O'Clock! Did
city? The homes dependent upon the la
bor of the lay. Palaces, mansions, hotels,
boarding houses, stages, flats, cabins,
rooms, suburban homes, alley-ways, gar
rets and cellars, all alike hanging on the
vibrating pendulum as it rings out the
hour. Little ones, anxiously waiting, and
some fearfully, the well known footsteps.
Some wives hopefully and gladly welcom-
ing home, and others angrily and fretfully
hear the coming step. Some going with
bouyant steps, and others with faltering
footsteps and heavy heart, some meeting
health and some toiling for sick ones.
Some meeting with full circle and others
mourning the wee ones who had been wont
to meet them, some soberly and others
going in drunkenness, and SO it goes on un-
endingly.
With me and mine it was ever the Joy
GUS ring that brought the quick footsteps
and happy face; this evening as he mount
ed the stairs it was with the same. welcome.
with the two children in his arms and his
lunch basket in Henry's hand; as met
him at the door he said, IL wish / had a
a place for little Allie too" When we sat
down to the table he said: "Th's has been
such a busy hard day with me, and 1 find
this such a blissful retreat. Don't you
know, Delta, you make my home fore
taste of what l feel heaven will be? Some
how everything you do Is better than any
one else can do, those windows look so
cool and every thing so orderly" was vain
enough to deliberately get up from my seat
and give him kiss. After our meal was
over John proposed we would go to the
park as the children had not been on the
street to-day. I asked to be excused as my
washing had come in and this was to put
away, and as tomorrow was the day was to
put up berries I would necessarily be on
my feet. John took Harry and Jessie and
and l worked on as I sang: "Labor is
sweet for Thou hast toiled, and care is light
for Thou has cared"
l was cooling to little Allie when my trio
returned: after their prayers were heard
and their kisses taken and they were cud-
died down to go on their visit to dream
land, John and I had quiet talk of an
hour or two. As we knelt together we ac-
knowledged that
Minutes and mere-es multiplied
Have made up all this day
Minutes came quick but mercies were
More swift, more free than they"
L. NJ. L.
HEIR PREsUMPTIvE TO THE BRITISH
THRONE MADE MAsoN.-On last Wednes-
day night, in the Royal Alpha Lodge in
London, in the presence of a large company
of Masons, Prince Edward, heir presump-
tive to the English throne, was initiated by
the Prince of Wales, his father, heir ap-
parent, Grand Master and at the same time
working Mason in the Office of Worship
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working dates from 1929. The Prince of
Wales took the Worshipful Masters chair,
donning above his Grand Masters clothing
the blue collar of a working Mason. the
pendant being the instrument which forms
the rule and proves the perfect man and
marks him as master of the arts and sci
enceS.
The ceremony was performed with all the
grace and dignity which characterize the
Grand Master and his officers, all skilled
craftsmen, aud all noblemen or titled per-
sons. When the ceremony was completed
the young Prince was seated in the place of
honor, and witnessed such work as is re-
stricted to the First Degree. The Lodge
being closed in due form after it's labOrs, the
members adjourned to a banquet, where the
initiate, sitting next his Worshipful Master,
according to ancient custom, received the
congratulations of his elders. The young
Prince showed the deepest interest in the
work, and the affair must be of interest to
craftsmen all over the world.
A VALUABLE PAPER.-If Macauley,
while in the House of Commons, at his en-
trance into public life, could deplore the
flippancy of the debates in that body, what
ought judicious observer" to say about
those in the popular branch of our Con-
gressI The critic who would undertake
this task would be overwhelmed with the
material. and provocations to caustic refec-
tons would be without end. The excep-
tions to the rules are few and far between,
but we are glad to say that in point OF dig
nifty and force the Virginia Democrats keep
up to the standard of sound sense and de-
corum which survives from the better days
of our National Assembly. As a case in
point. we may mention the recent report