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Letter and space and lead ; Pick, pick, pick I O I how weary the hand and head I Letter and space and lead, Lead and letter and space What a wonder then that printer has Such wan and dejected face 1 No matter how late the hour No matter bow tired or sick ; The Jaded printer must stand at his ease Filing up type in his " stick." How wearily passes the hours ; How weary body and brain : But his hands must move however hard The effort, or great the pain. Click I click 1 click 1 The letters drop in their place, And pale, pale, pale. Is the weary printer's face ' O I how he sighs for a rest As he dolefully hums his rhyme ; But it's all in vain the paper s behind, And it must come out "on time." As he moodly stands at his case, " With a mingled sigh and groan, Ee sighs for some genial clime Where printing is unknown ; And his heart begins to throb, And his brain begins to reel O I who can paint the distress That the worn-out printers feel. O I citizens, friends, divines Bemember as when yon pray, For you must have the news If we work both night and day ; Our life is a life of toil. And pale and thin our faces While yon repose on bed of down We printers arc at our cases. ' With fingers weary and worn," And face of ashen hue, The weary printer stands at his case, Wasting his strength for you. POPULAR TALES. REFUSED AMD WELCOMED. A CAPITAL DOMESTIC 8T0KV. An elderly man, shabbily attired, was seen walking through one of the fashionable streets ofalaige city one cold December day. His coat was of a coarse p ay, and had evidently seen hard service, though still per fectly whole and neat, iiie traveler waiiseu slowly along, examining carefully, ns he passed, the mimes on the different door-plates. He finally paused before a dwelling of showy exterior, which, if we may credit tho testi mony of the plate upon the door, was occu pied by Alexander Boaamont. 'Alexander Beaumont! yes, that's the name," murmured tho traveler to himself, as be ascended tbe steps aad rang tua door Den His summons was answered by a servant, who, after a moment's scrutiny, which appa rently was not of a very fuvomblo character, caid roughly: 'Well, sir, what doyou want! 'Is Mr. Beaumont at home?' asked the old man, without heeding the intentionul rude ness. 'Xo, sir, lie is not.' Then, perhaps, I can see his wife?' 'I thiuk it very doubtful; but I will go and see. The servant withdrew without asking the old man to enter, though tho day was very cold, and his clothing seemed to be hardly sufficient to protect him from its inclomency. Mrs. Beaumont was reclining on a lauicuu in a room handsomely furnished. The last new mngaziue was in her hand, and her eyes were listlessly glancing over its pages, atie wus interrupted in her reading by tho en trance of the servant. 'Well, what uow, Betty?' she inqnired. ''J here is a man down Btairs wants to see you, ma urn: '-Man! a gentleman you mean: 'Xo, ma'um,' said Betty, stoutly, for she well understood what made np gentlemen in the conventional sense of the term; 'it isn't a gentleman at all, for he has got on an old gray coat, and he has not got any gloves on.' 'What can he want of me?' 'I don't know; he inquired after Mr. Beau mont first.' 'You didn't bring him into the parlor, did you?' Tbe girl shook her head. 'You did right, and you had better tell him I'm not at home.' 'Airs. Beaumont is not at homo,' said Bet ty, reappearing at the door 'I suppose that means she is engaged,' said the old man; 'I think she will see me when she learns who I urn. Tell her I am her bus band's uncle, and my name is Henry Beau mont. 'That old rag-tag, master's uncle,' said Betty, wondering as she reascended the stairs. 'Good heavens!' said her mistress, 'it ain't that old veteran who strolled off years ago, nobody knows where. I did hope he would never come back again. Aud now I suppose he is as poor as a rat, and wants help. Well, he wont get it if I can belp it; but I suppose I must see.' She decended the stairs, and received the old man at the door. 'Are von Mrs. Beaumont?' he inquired. Yes, I am tbe wife of Mr. Alexauder Beaumont, and I suppose from your language vou are' 'His uncle Henry! Ah me, I have been gone bo many years, aim u uuea mo guuu iu ruiuru to icv kindred.' The old man leaned on his staff, and his features worked convulsively as thoughts of tbe past came over his miud. Airs. Beau moot stood holding the door, as if waiting for him to depart She did not give him auy invitation to enter. 'Is vour husband well?' inquired the tibI tor, looking in, as if he expscted an invita tion to enter and refresh Uiin3eir, alter Uis walk, bv an interval of rest. 'He id. If you have any message for him you may leave it with me, and I will deliver it,' said Mrs. Beaumont, desirous of riding bereeir 01 the intruder as speeuny as poEei bla. 'You mar tell him I have called.' said the A .1 a . a t 1 w visitor, id ft oisappoinieu tone, -ana mat i would like to have seen film. 'I will tell him,' said Mrs. Beaumont, as she was about to close the door. 'Hold! there is one question more. What has become of Alexander's sister Anna?' 'I don't know much abont her,' was the rather disdainful reply; 'but I tbink she mar ried a Clerk, mcchauio, or some such person. His name is Lowe, and lives in JNorton street Is that all?' That is all.' The old man turned his steps toward the street indicated, with many forbodings lest bis second visit might be as unwelcome as his first appeared to be. Betty, said Mrs. Beaumont, as she closed the door, 'if that old fool comes again, be sure and not forget to tell him I am dot at home.' Norton street was cot a fashionable street, nor was the two-storied dwelling occupied by William Lowe either handsome or costly. It was marked, however, by an air of neat ness which indicated that its tenants were not regardless of outward appearances. We will take the liberty ol introducing you into a little sitting-room, where Mrs. bowe aud ner tbree children were even now seated A plain, servicable carpet covered the floor, aud the remainder of the furniture, though ora kind which would hardly be se lected for a di awing room, had a comfortable home-like appearance, which simply satisfied the desire of those who derived their happi ness from a higher and less mutable force than outside show. Mrs. Lowe was seated in a rocking chair, engaged in an employ ment which I am aware is tobood in all fash ionable society I mean darning stockings hmma, a girl ol ten, was brushing up the hearth, which tbe ashes from the grate, in which a blazing fire was now burning, had somewhat disordered, while Mary, who wus two years younger, was reading. Uliarley, a little rogue of five, with a smiling face, which could not help looking roguish, was stroking the cut tbe wrong way, much to the disturbance of poor tubby, who had quietly settled berseit down to pleasant dreams on the hearth rug. All at once a loud knock was beard at tbe door. 'Emma,' said the mother, 'you may go to the door and see who it is, aud invite him in, for it is a cold duy. i.mma immediately obeyed ber motucrs directions. 'Is Mrs. Lowe at home?' inquired Henry Beaumont for it was he. 'Yes, sir,' said Emma; 'please walk in, and yon may see her. ' febe usnercd the old man into tue comtort- able sitting room. Mrs. Lowe arose te receive him. 'I believe,' lie said, 'I'm not mistaken in thinking that your name before marriage was Anna Beaumont?' 'You are right, sir, that was my name.' 'And you have no recollections of an node that wandered away from home and friends, and from whom no tidings have come for many a loug year?' 'Yes, sir, I remember Uim wen my undo Henry and I have many times wished I could bear something from him. Can you give mo ony information?' i cuu tor l am up. 'You my uncle?' said Mrs. Lowe, in sur prise; 'then you are indeed welcome. Em ma, bring your uncle the arm-chair, and place it near the fire; aud Mary, bring your father's slippers, foor I am sure your dear uucle must loug to get ott those heavy boots. And uow uucle, when you are quite rented, I must de mand a recital of your adventures.' 'But your brother Alexander, interrupted Mr. Bcuuinont; 'let mo lint inquire about him. He lives in tho city now, does ho not?' A light cloud came over Mrs. Lowe's face. 'Yes,' she said, 'he does live iu tho city; yet, strange as it may appear, I seldom or never see bim. Jlo has Kucceeded well, and is wealthy. But ever since ho married a wile with a sinull property and greater pride, he has kept alool trom us. 1 do not blame uim so much as his wife, who is said to have great influence over him. I have called once but sue areated me so coldly that l bave not felt a disposition to reuew my visit.' '1 can easily believe it, was tue reply, 'lor I, too, have been repulsed.' You repulsed? JJid'you give your name, and inform her of your relutiou to her hus band: 'I did, but she did not invite me to enter, and she was evideutly. impatient for me to be gone; I took the bint, aud here I am.' 'At least, uncle,' said Mrs. Lowe, smil ingly, 'you need not be afraid of any repulse here.' -, 'Of that I am quite surer said tho old gen tleman, lookiog affectionately into the face of his niece. 'But you have not told me of vour busoand. Lvt me know whether yon have made a good match,' he added playfully. 'Tbat depends upon what is meant by the term. If it implies rich husband, then I failed, most certainly, for Williams salary is only eight hundred dollars a year, and that is what we bave to depend upon. But for all that 1 care not, for a kind, allectionate bus' baud is of far more worth than a magnificent house and the most costlv furnit iro. You are right,' said ber uncle, warmly, 'and 1 infer that your husband is of such a character. 'He is in truth.' 'Still,' continued her uncle, 'there must be something which your limited income will not permit you to obtain, but which would be desirable, is their not? 'Yes,' said Mrs. Lowe, 'I am anxious to give Km ma and Mary a musical education, but William's means will not allow of such extravagance as the purchase of a piano; so that is one of the things which we must be content to deuy ourselves. Mr. Lowe then entered, and being informed of the character of his visitor, he extended a hearty welcome. A comfortable repast was soon spread, of which Mr. Beaumont readily partook. His spirits rose, and be seemed to grow youuger as he saw the cheerful faces around him, and felt himself at home. Soon after the evening meal be arose to depart. 'Surely you are not going? said the niece; you must henceforth take up your abode with us. 'We will see about that, and if yon don't think you will get tired of me, perhaps I will come. But I have hired a lodging, and must undoubtedly remain in it for a few days.' 'But you must call iu every day, and make yourself perfectly at home even before you . l . .... i :.tnl l:. VU1UO UDIO v Vbaj, JVIQIOIAJU UIS S11CW. 'Be sure of that.' In accordance with his promise, Mr. Beau mont made his appearance next day at eleven o'clock, and was received as cordially as be fore. He bad hardly been in the house a quarter of an hour when a loud rap was heard at the door. Mrs. Lowe beheld two men who had just driven tip In a Wagon. 'Where is this blano to be put, ma'am?' they inqnired. 'Piano! You hare made a mistake; we have not puichasud a piano.' 'Isn't your nome Lowe?' Yes.' 'Then it is all right Jim, bear a hand, for it's confounded heavy.' 'But I am quite sure there must be some mistake,' still persisted the perplexed Mrs. Lowe. 'Xot nt nil,' said a loud voice behind her. She turned around in amazement. You know,' continued the uncle, 'that I am going to come and live with you, and I thought I would pay my board in advance that is all. As you expressed a wixh yester kay for a piano, I thought it would be as ac ceptable a way as any. ' You, uncle! Why excuse mo but I thought from from 'loumean, said bo emilling, 'that you thought from my appearance that I could not afford it. And I confess,' said he, casting a glance at himself in the glass, 'that my dress is not in tbe extreme ot tbe tasbion, and in fact I was obliged to look sometime when I called at the second-hnnd clothing store the other day before I could find these. Howev er, ns I have got all the service I wished out of them, I shall throw them aside to-morrow and appear more respectably clad. Wball are you wealthy, under 'Depend upon it, Anno. I didn't spend ten years in the East Indies for nothing,' was the reply. 'I had a miud, however, to put on the uppenrnnce of a poor mnn, and so test the affections and disinterestedness of my relations. Ono of them, however, I found not at home; I am hnppy to Cud myself at homo with the other.' Let ns return to tho aristocratic Mrs. B , who, a few eveniugs succeeding tho events here recorded, was in her drawing-room re ceiving calls. By tho wny, snld a fashionable visitor, '1 am to have your relutivcs, the Lowes, for my next door neighbors ' Tsextdoor neighbors! exclaimed Mrs. Beaumont, in amazement. 'What do you mean? 'Is it possible yon have not heard of their good fortune? Mr", Lowe's nncle has just returned from the East Indies with an im mense fortune. He has taken a house in the same block with ours, and when they have moved into it, bo will take up his residence with tbem. Meanwhile, he is stopping at tl, v tt., ,UC All . U U .JV. . 'What! Henry Beaumont?' 'The very same. But I thought you knew it.' When the visitor withdrew, Mrs. Beau mont ordered her carriage, and immediately drove to the hotel where her husbands nncle was stopping. She sent np her card, end re quested an andlence. The servant soon returned with another card, on which were traced the sigaiOcaut words: 'Xot at home.' The INcw Textile. A good deal of interest was elicited at the recent Manufacturers' Convention in Cincin u.itti by the exhibition of several articles produced from the Hainie plant. Thoro ap pear to bo several varieties of this print. That from which the cloth exhibited at Ciu ciunatti was made is a native of Japan. The flrat specimen was introduced into Louisiana in lebv, and since then has been successfully grown iu nurseries iu'that State, Mississippi, l exas and Arkansas. Ibo hbre resembles in appearance raw silk, and in length of fine division surpasses flax. It IB purely white. Tho shirting cloth resembles fiuo' linen, ex cept that tho threads nre even. 1 ho baud kerchiefs resemble line linen cambric, except that the threads are even, and these, as well as the shirting cloth, have a silky gloss. Specimens prepared in England bear a close resemblance to silk; those prepared in Louis iana by the lloezl machine, though long in fibre, and having the natural gloss, is not sufficiently prepared for fine articles. But in uhio, as grown and prepared in .Mexico by Mr. Boezl in 18G5, it brought 65 cents a pound in London; aud this year it sold in the same market at CO cents a pound. Mr. Ba con, chairman of tho agriculture section of the New 1 ork Academy or Sciences, states that ho has no pecuniary interests -in the plant, but believes that it must be one of the leading staples of the country. The seed does not germinate, readily, but the plant is easily propagated by root cuttings, layers, aud by cutting off the stalk at a certain stage, and is very vigorous in growth; aud in latitudes where the ground does not freeze to a greater depth than a foot, is perennial. Tbe fibre is like that of hemp, in the inner bark of tbe stalk, aud less liable to be destroyed by worms than cotton, and besides is ns hardy as the cotton plant is delicate. Tbe fibre can be prepared in twenty-four hours after the stalks are cut. Alcohol from (lie Sewers, Of all western marvels, the most extraor dinary that has yet been recorded is that of tun manufacture ol distilled spirits Irom tbe garbage of cities. The extraction ot Bun beams from cucumbers, and all other curious experiments of the college of Laputa, were as nothing in comparison. A company has been organized, and is ac tually and actively at work in Chicago, it we may believe the Cincinnati Commercial, in making soap grease and alcohol from tbe ref use of the streets. Tbe spirits are ostensibly produced for manufacturing purposes, but as alcohol is the basis of all vinous and spirit ous liquors, this horrible distillution may yet furnish the intoxicating principle of the greater part or the beverages we infuse, Dreadful ideal There are native wines of much repute made in the great West. Shall these be compounded, in equal parts, of the vinedresser aud the scavenger! The corn and rye of tbe prairie, over and above the quan tity exported, and "wasted in bread, are converted into whisky, bball this too re coive the "fusil oil" of the sewers? Think of it! driuk of it, then, if you canl When was beefsteak the highest? the cow jumped over the moon. When Antidote iron Shake-Bites. In the Inst volume of " Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria." published at Melbourne, there was an account of Dr. Ilalford's interesting researches into the nature of the change produced in the blood by tho poison of snakesbitos. The doctor worked with the microscope, sat- isfied himself that there was a chango, nnd described it, and has since had an opportunity ot testing his theory and his abt'iddte. A man working on a railway was bitten by a snake ; ere long drowsi ness came on 5 medical assistance was obtained, but by the time it arrived the man was coniatoes, and bis lower extre mities were paralyzed. Dr. Ilalford was then summoned by telegraph he made an incision on it vein, inserted tho point of a syringe, injected ammonia diluted with water and tho effect produced is described as " marvelous nnd immediate." The man became conscious, steadily re covered, nnd became quite well. Hence forth let all people who live in districts infested by poisonous snakes remember that ammonia injected into a vein is tbe remedy for a bite. Death among . tub 'Tomatoes. An Illinois exchange utters tho following warning, to which the necessary heed should bo given. We do not know what truth is 111 it, but it would be well to bo cautious while gathering these deli cious edibles. It says: "People at this sea son should look out tor the largo worm which infests the tomato viucs. Its sting is deadlv poison. It is of a green color, two or three inches long, and as large as a man's finger. At lted Creek, VV ayno county, a few days ago a servant girl, while gathering "tomatoes, received a puncture from ono of these worms, which created a sensation similar to that of a bee sting. In a short time the poison penetrated to every part of her system, and she was thrown into spasms which ended in death." Blackberry Jam. As blackberries are very plenty this season, aud are coining to market in large quantities, tho follow ing recipe for making blackberry jam will prove of use : The fruit should bo gath ered in dry weather 5 allow half a pound of good brown sugar to every pound of fruit 5 boil the whole cently together lor an hour, or until the blackberries nre soft, stirring and mash them well. Pre servo it like any other jam, and it will be found very useful in families, particular ly for children regulating their bowels and enabling you to dispense with cathar tics. ' It may be spread on bread, or on puddings, instead of butter,, and even wnon blackberries are bought it is cheap er than butter. Cure op Cnour. This disease is al ways curable by a very simple remedy, even when the patient is on tho verge of suffocation. This consists, first, in apply ing water to the throat by means of a sponge or soft cloth, so hot as to bo very painttil to tho hand 01 tho operator, in stant relief boing usually afforded After this has been continued for fifteen or thirty minutes, a poultice of linseed meal, rolled up in a cloth, is to be applied while very hot and left on lor 6ome time. The remedies are to be repeated should the attack return 5 but the writer states that after a long experience he has never known them to fail. To Cleanse Water. If a lump of alum as large as tho thnmb-joint is thrown into lour or nve gallons ot boiling soap, suds, the scum runs over nnd leaves the water clean and soft and useful for wash ing, we have oltcn, in ancient times, " settled " a glass of Mississippi water, and made it look aa " clear as a bell in a few seconds by tying a bit of alum to a string and twirling it around under the surface of the water in the class. Hall's Journal of Health. It is a common rule, and one easy of observance, both with vehicles and pedes trians going in opposite directions, that when they meet, each should take the right hand side in passing. Nothing id more disagreeable, and to bystanders a more ludicrous sight, than to meet a pers son who takes the same sido of a walk as yourself, and causing frequently a dodg ing of both parties Irom one side to the other, until one, losing patience, 6tauds still and lets the other pass. Remedial Use ok Ice Small lumps of ice swallowed whole will often check acute stomach intlaraation, and will pies vent nausea if heat is applied outside at the same time. Pouuded ice applied to the Epine is said to cure sea-sickuess. A bit of ice will help diptheria and all throat complaints. To become delight fully cool in summer, apply ice wrapped iu paper to the back of the bead for a moment. Valuable. An excellent recipe for chilblains is the following: Make, aa ointment by taking a pint of sweet oil, three ounces of Venice turpentine, half a pound of hog's lard, and three ounoes of beeswax. Put all into a pipkin over a slow fire, and stir with a wooden- spoon, until the wax is melted, and the rest of the materials simmer. It is fit for use as Boon as it becomes cold. An idiot proposes to ride a velocipede over a tight rope stretched across tbe eh asm below tbe Falls of Niagara. Tbe Cleveland Herald well sayg that Ea is a man who es timates hit existence at iU true value to the world.
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