MEAT FOR BABES.
Stuff tho school children; All up too heads ol
thorn; . L , , .
Send them nil losson-full homo to tho beds o!
them;
i Blackboard and cxorclsd, problem and qucs-
tlon .
1 Bother their young brains and spoil their dl-
Rcstlon!
Stuft them with 'oIorIcs, all thejr can gmattcr at;
'Fill them with 'omctrle. nil they can batter at;
Crowd them with 'onotnics, all they can chatter
; When they nro through with tho labor and
' show of It. . . ,
i What do they care for It, what do they know
of It?
Feed them and cram them with all sorts of
Knowledges; . , . . ,
Kush them and push thorn through high schools
. , and colleges: , .
Keep tho hot kottle on, boiling and frothing:
j Marks count for everything, death counts for
Hushhmnand push thorn whllo thcy'votho
, will for It: ,
, Knowledge I great, though many you kill for It;
I'ilo on tfio taxes to pay you tho bill for it ;
j Urgothom and press them to higher ambl-
( Ilcod not their minds' or their bodies' condl
j lions.
Stick to tho system you long havo been cherish-
Carolessof those who are fading and perishing;
Strong meat for babes 1 is the ago's lust motto;
i Drop the weak souls who can't loam as thoy
ought to;
Fcod thorn and fill thom, no ond to tho worry
Push them and press thom, no stop to tho hur
rying: Parent at homo will nttond to tho burying;
Strong meat for babes! is tho motto of prog
I rows ;
ICnowledgo a fiend Is, ambition an ogross.
j -Xl',4'1
I AN AMERICAN LOJID.
Baron Stiogol's Splendid Oastlo at
ShaoiTorstown, Pa.
13oli)gTlirougli II (3r'iit I'orf unit I'Vsllvltlos
That Alwiiy Alitrkril Uli ArrU'iil ut
Tliuriii-HiTg IHi'.l an OlMCUru
' Hclioolnmstcr. ..,CX.
1 Slmoflcrstowii is n littlo village lying
in tho south of Lebanon County, Pa.,
with no Hpcci.tl significance attaching
to it. Nature lias, however, surroumled
it with beauteous outlines of lainlseapo,
and it nestles among hills, high and
low, ns if it aspired to nothing nioro
than tho sweet amenities of seclusion.
It was originally settled by German
j Jews. In tho lirst years of tho eigh
teenth century thoy canio hero and, as
if by some prearranged understanding
of its great natural beauty and fitting
, advantages, they built themselves
homes in tho valley and becamo a com
munity of most peculiar people. Tho
accessions to this settlement becamo
numerous, until it had gained tho repu
tation far and wido of being tho most
'unique and clannish colony that had
found a homo in this land. Tho syna
gogue that they built, and tho para
phernalia of their imported rabbi, be
camo a great attraction to tho outside
ettlers, who often ventured into tho
worship of their Sabbath Day. In tho
year 1732 thoy already had constructed
a grave-yard, built in witli a heavy anil
substantial stono wall. Tho remains of
;it aro pointed out to-day. About one
Mialf mile south of ShaeU'erstown, clse
Ho tho Lancaster road, it rests in a lialf
proservod but neglected state. The
most adhesive ceinont and most export
masonry evidently wore used, for tho
awlntry blasts of more than one hun
dred and lifl.y years havo not quite do
,' atroyed this relic.
j Hut sudden and extraordinary as was
tho advent of this people, so was their
....... - .... -
of a single night. As between sunrise
and sunset the new town was deserted
and no vestige of Israel remained save
1 tho dead that lay on the hill. Then
'Germans of another faith eamo Luthe
rans and German Keformed, among
nnn 'I rit. I. !i mfwi. 111.11 11 iiriiinii
p whom was one Shaofl'or, who, through
inlluenco and weattli, becamo tho pro
prietor of the place, and also becamo
tho father of tho littlo town. In 1715 it
had no less than one hundred unassum
ing littlo houses, several stores and
taverns, and in 170i a bell of tho Protest
ant faith rung out above a stone church
whoso tolling lias never ceased.
Hut another more interesting histori
cal fact gives dignity to tho surround
ings of this place. There is a lofty hill
that frowns with its grim heights upon
tho little village from the south. It is
styled tho "Thiirm-Horg," or Tower
Hill. On that lofty eminence a certain
William Henry Stiegol had erected a
tower, or castle, and eortain phases of
its ruins can be noticed this day. There
aro those living who havo a very cor
rect representation of tho odd structure,
given thorn by former generations, but.
in the absence of better history a very
fantastic mass of legends concerning its
owner are extant. This German Haron
was, howovor, a most eccentric man.
Ho was altogether tho most notorious
llguro in all thai region around, and tho
many lavish and extraordinary expendi
tures in business enterprises and in the
publlo gratitleatlon of his whims advor
tlsod him in tho groat social and mer
cantile centers of tho cities. He had a
most checkered career. Ho was a
Duron in Kuropo. In America ho ap
parently disrobed himself of tho garb of
a titled geutlom.tu and launched into a
a busy life, spending money like a
prince. Ho became an iron-master, a
glass manufacturer, and even for awhile
assumed tho functions of a preacher,
when later, through the changed vicis
situdes of fortune, ho acted tho school
master. His life. In tho full detail of
all itssuoeosnosand adversities, it prodi
galities of gayoty and wealth and its
pinched reverses of sadness and poverty,
would make one of the most interesting
romances In print.
Haron Stiegol hud two mtignilleont
palaces, and perhaps three. There is
little more known about him in tho tra
ditions and histories of SliaotVortowu
than belongs to his tower and to tho
eudiloii visits to it. That tower may
have served him all the purposes of an
abode while here. Hut at Mauhelm, ton
miles south of this place, he had built a
beautiful mansion for hlmelf. A little
less than forty years ago tho house was
occupied by Air. John Arudt, and there
Is no doubt but it is tho same interesting
relic to-day that it was then. A visit to
this houso might then havo given a very
correct insight into the luxuriant tastc3
of tliis old man. It is very materially
changed, but enough of tho decorations
aro preserved to satisfy tho traveler that
nowhere in the Stato could bo found
their equal. Tho walls of the various
rooms were adorned with costly designs
in tho order of their importance, gome
had scenery paintings heightened into
most lifo-likc perspectives of nature by
tho harmony of colors. Full-sized fig
ures in the art of falconry wore repre
sented of tho hunter on his chase and
other such conceptions of baronial tastes.
Tablets of china most ingeniously
painted awakened curiosity; and tho
jambs in tho houso wore not tho least a
study. The side-place of the doors and
the side-pieces of tho firc-hearths woro
of a most mechanical contrivance.
Though Haron Stiegol had this beau
tiful chateau at Manheim, ho resided in
Philadelphia most of his time. He was
a lordly gentleman, and perhaps tho
very first citizen of that city to have
the additional luxury of a country-scat.
His family stood well in society, and it
is altogether probable that if his tastes
were so extravagant among th) plain
country people, that thoy would have
had a greater vanity of display in tho
proud cit'. Anyhow, ho made frequent
excursions into tho country to visit hij
country scat. Often ho would go to
look aftct' his iron interests, and moro
especially to adjust matters in his glass
manufactoiy at Manheiiu, also to ex
amine into tho progress of things on his
farms and lands, but ho came most fre
quently on more pleasure excursions.
Ho then was attended by a largo com
pany of his particular friends and a lit
tlo band of expert servants. Ho trav
eled liko a prince. Though it was
altogether an ancient outfit, yet his
livery was perfect. His ponderous ve
hicles wore drawn by heavy arch-necked
steeds, and his lackeys ministered to
every want of man and boast. His
coming was always looked forward to
with joyful anticipations, both at ShaeC
erstown and Manheini, though it never
was a certain arrangement. His ad
vent was tho occasion of a holiday and
of feasting, anil nono of tho cmployos
wero slighted in tho festal celebration.
Now tho use of theso castles or towers
como into play bore. Thero woro two
of them one erected at ShaofVerstown,
as already indicated, and another near
Manheim. Thoy wero constructed of
stone out of the mountains and occupied
tho loftiest spot of tho whole range.
Tho erection of them ts entirely under
tho supervision of tho Haron hiiiVsolf
and when they had reached their com
pletion one could seo from their lofty
outlook tho country around for miles
and miles. Tho weird-liko stony struc
tures upon those heights gave tho quiet
valleys below the apparent aspcut of
feudalism, but "Thurin-Herg," for its
liberal and eeconlric founder's sake,
was the signal of hilarity and prosperity
to tho inland people. Those towers
were mounted with cannon for tho ex
press purpose of firing a saluto when
ever I lie inllated nabob would make his
appearance in tho country. A watch
man would observe his coming, and
then from tho mountain heights thero
would thunder tho cannon's roar and
all the inhabitants from near and far
would startle to their feet and shout:
"Haron Stiegel is coming!" Thoy would
rush out to view tho pageantry upon tho
highway, and the lordly master would
Invite and welcome all to his tower.
At Manheim this salute created still
greater excitement, for thero was his
palace and his little army of employes.
It was a pleasant episode in tho even
rut of their lives, and tho littlo village
was as much astir upon that occasion
as it would now bo upon tho arrival of
the grandest menagerie. When tho
festivities on "Thurm-nerg" wero gono
through with, tho equipages wended
their way southward for Mauhoiin.
The furnaces woro stopped and tho
"lass houses wero shut up for tho one
grand celebration of Stiegel's arrival.
The workmen washed tho soot from
their faces, donned their best garments
and took their musical instruments to
repair to tho castle and thence to the
mansion. Wo in the kitchen came up
tho steaming roasts and dishes of poul
try, and from the collar the finest
brands of foreign drinks, and so, liko
In some palace of a Scottish chief, they
sat down to the feast. As tho wine
poured out and the glasses clanked so
incessantly, tho toasts became most
nattering to Stiegel's baronial hospi
tality. The instruments rang out sweet
musio in time-keeping to the whirling
ilaneers, and every thing passed oil' as
tho highest entertainment to tho jovial
lord and his guests.
Hut oven Stiegel's wealth was not
unlimited, nor his business foresight
altogether perfect. Ho lived quite be
yond his means and failed. Ho oven
was Imprisoned for debt. Before the
Revolution of 177(i had even cut oil' his
resources in Kuropo, a special act of
December iM, 1771, was passed for his
relief. But he never recovered. His
towers stood as the castles of folly and
all his former luxury mocked him. He
died in obscurity when he graced no
higher position than that of village
schoolmaster. Philadelphia Times.
In Marshall, Tonn., recently a
mountaineer mailed a lottor bearing a
confederate postage-stamp; another a
revenue stamp taken from a matqh-box.
Both were senHo tho dead-letter olllco
to bo einbalnied. Louisville Courier
Journal. A patent has boon granted in Kn
glund for a crush hat for women to
wear. Let us havo it here, and right
speedily, that there may be no more
complaints by thontor-goors of the big
itagehidiug bonnet.
THE WARRIOR AGE.
Europe nt Present Plnclng Military Glorj
Above All Other.
Standing nnnies constitute ono of the
most important factors in tho socialistic
problem in Europe. Hundreds of thou
sands of tho strongest and most active
young men of these countries aro taken
from the industrial ranks, and the bur
don of their psvy and support, as also oi
tho immense caravans or camps, arsen
als, fortifications and all sorts of military
supplies and equipments is thrown up
on their parents nnd weaker brothers
and sisters left to work at home. It is
pitiful to mark tho contrast be
tween thes" soldiers, with theit
fino physique and gay uniforms,
lounging around the camps ot
strolling tho streets, swarming like
locusts everywhere, and the miserable
peasants with their wooden shoes, rag
ged clothes and half-starved looks; old
men and women, young girls and little
children, toiling in tho hot sun ami in
the dirt, struggling to thou utmost
strength for their poor and insufficient
food, and taxed to the last soldo on
every mean article they buy or own tc
keep this enormous force of their stout
brothers in the army.
Traveling in Germany seventeen
years ago, I heard everywhere the
boasted fame of its great scholars and
its great schools. To-day tho talk is
only of its soldiers, its victories and
its military power and greatness.
Soldiers are the most welcome
guests in the fashionable salons of it
capital, and it is complained there that
the Englii-h-born Princess Imperial will
still invito to her receptions eminent
artists and men of letters. Its great
universities aro still crowded, but it is
largely with foreign students, and be
cause the strict requirement of a uni
versity education for admission to the
liberal professions compels the attend
ance of young men seeking a profes
sional career. But tho army is now on
the highway to honor. The soldier,
not the scholar, is in fashion; and I have
heard German students even wish foi
the outbreak of war that they might put
to proof their military discipline and
havo a chance to win the promotion
so slow coming in civil life. Young
Germany talks, thinks and dreams
of war. Its heart lias gono back to the
ago of iron. If tho sciences and arts
and commercial interests did not bind
Europe to nineteenth century progress
tho general degradation of its civiliza
tion would bo inevitable. As it is the
amenities, the moral principles and the
intellectual refinement which mark the
highest and best civilization, havo al
ready sudoral great loss. Europe is
proving the truth of tho old ltoman
maxim, inter anna leges silent, which
for the occasion I will translate:
"Among armies civilization slumbers."
Ohio State Journal.
PA R i SIAN styles.
1'IiihIi (iiirinriilH lorn Popular Tlinn Seal
anil Other J'ur AVrups.
Long cloaks falling to the bottom ol
the dress, princess style, aro not in as
great favor hero as last j'oar. Ladies
prefer tho shorter plush garments,
which in themselves aro very orna
mental, and provide for tho display oi
elegantly fashioned dress skirts. The
Queen of Italy has just ordered sev
eral superb plush garments from
Worth. She is said to bo tho best
dressed woman in Europe, and there
fore her toilets are much cited. Among
these wraps was a sealskin plush, short
in the back, and with long front panels
gathered at tho ends and finished oil
with long tassels of brown, beige
chenille, and old gold bullion. The
wide sleeves wero lined with old
gold satin; the whole gar
ment was bordered with a heavy
passementerie of tine brown chenille
and old gold; in front plush rcvers
opened upon a vest of Swedish leather,
covered with old gold embroideries.
One to wear with a heliotrope plush
dress was a short garment, half visite,
half dolman. It was made of helio
trope satin covered with antiquo Vene
tian guipure, drawn and embroidered
with threads of gold; it had epaulets
and Medicis collar of old gold guipure
and an old gold "motif" in tho front,
ending with cord and tassel of tho
same precious metal. Worth slashes
most of these garments in tho back, so
as to allow room for puttings.
The now opera cloaks, made long to
envelope tho form, aro lined entirely
with the long-furred white Thibet; this
fleecy lining extends over the velvet as
plush and forms collar, bands
down tho sides, and cull's
on tho sleeve's. A superb one,
made by Worth for a Hus.-iau Prig
coss, was of Persian fabric of the dull
red and blue, heavily wrought in silver
and gold; over tho edges of the Thibet
fur fell aiguillettes made in passemen
terie to match tho Persian stutV; the
same passementeries formed tho wide
Louis XV. collar. Clasps of eld gold
fastened the garment down the front.
Tho traditional cashmere shawl
which was formerly considered an in
dispensable part of a lady's trousseau
has been lately replaced by an assort
ment of expensive furs the sealskin
cloak for usual wear (that fur is al
ways considered domi-toiletto in
Franco), valuable bands of marten for
the trimming of calling garments, and
chinchilla for evening cloaks. Paris
Oar. Chicago Times.
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Awkward Pauses.
Magistrate) You are evidently a
suouudrul.
Prisoner 1 am iwt as muuh of a
scoundrel as you
Magistrate (fiercely) What's that,
sir?
Prisoner Seem to suppose.
Magistrate Well, may bo not. Here
after don't indulge in any awkward
pausos. Philadelphia Call.
A FIGHT WITH WOLVES.
Tlie ITso to Which n Norwegian Tarmer
Put n IJIg Wn1i-Tul.
In former times wolves wero numer
ous in Norway, and committed enor
mous depredations upon sheep, and
consequently were much feared by the
owners of llocks, whoso only weapon
for destroying them (before tho intro
duction of fire-arms) was the axe. It
was dangerous for a man to travel in
lonely places, for these ravenous
beasts had been known to attack hu
man beings when very lrungry. In
these days they aro seldom seen, and
both wolves nnd bears havo been well
nigh exterminated.
Tho stoiy is told of a Norwegian
farmer of seventy or eighty yoars ago,
who was conveying one of his swine to
another estate in the night. His road
lay across a pond which was frozen
over. Upon his sled ho hael fastened
a very strong, high tub, in which he
placed the weighty animal, and covered
it. The tubs which aro in common use
for washing, as well as other purposes,
are nearly four feet deep, and are sup
ported by three feet.
The middle of the pone? was reached,
when in the stillness was heard the
faint patter of feet and the distant howl
ing of a pack of wolves, and the farmer
knew thoy were pursuing him with
swift directness. Now was his time to
exercise the coole.-t bravery and tho
most adroit skill. Ho at once loosened
his horse from tho harness ami let him
go. The voracious creatures wero al
most upon him when ho threw them
the fat porker. He then overturned the
tub and hid beneath it as his only ref
uge, his axo his solo weapon.
After devouring tho delicious
booty tho wild beasts tried to get
at the man and make him their
prey by thru-ting their paws or their
noses unde.r the tub. But ho wielded
his axo with energy, and his well-aimed
blows cut oil' tho intruding members
steadily. The ferocious animals foil
back on the ice', one after another,
bleeding and helpless, but tho farmer
remained imprisoned until daylight.
When ho knew by tho silence that he
was alone and safe he crept forth to
view tho scene and mark the result of
the adventure. It appeared that eight
or ten of his foes had been destroyed,
and tho bloody tracks upon the ice
showed that others had been wounded
and had crawled away. By tho bounty
which he received for killing the
wolves and tho sale of the skins taken
from them the farmer gained a round
sum, although he lost the animal ho set
out witli. The horse had trotted back
to his stable. Chicago Tribune.
FRENCH IN DIPLOMACY.
Introduction or the Kiigllslt LancuiiRo In
to Correspondence AVltli I'orelgn Na
tion. It is admitted that the representa
tives of England in foreign courts ought
to know not onlv French, but Spanish,
German, Italian, and, if possible", the
Oriental language's as well. But it is
urged that the Foreign Secretary need
not know any other language than En
glish. If this were so ho would bo
absolutely without means of direct com
munication with tho representatives of
foreign countries here, and would be at
the mercy of secretaries and chief
clerks. Diplomacy is a social art as
well as a' matter of business. Inter
national relations require an interna
tional tongue. In the days which fol
lowed the revival of learning, Latin, as
tho language of the church, the profes
sions and the men of science and letters
in every country, Mas the natural me
dium of communication. It is now used
only in the state papers of the Pope.
Henry VIII. and Elizabeth and James,
and the statesmen of their time, were
able to converse in it. The ascendency
of Spain led to the not infrequent em
ployment of the Castilian tongue'.
When Louis XIV. made France the
dominant power in Europe, and nearly
every war and treaty was, in one as
pect or another, a French war and
treaty, the French language naturally
Qame into the general use which it has
retained. The choice was made by a
process of natural selection. Wench
had been polished into an instrument
of almost perfect sharpness "and pre
cision for the purpose of exact state
ment and facile intercourse1. But with
tho decline of tho French monarchy,
tho monarchy of tho French tongue is
challenged. Lord Greenville', ' in
his reply to tho overtures fur
peace which the first consul ad
dressed to George HI., was, with the ac
cidental exception already referred to,
the first to introduce tho English lan
guage into correspondence with a for
eign nation. Mr. Canning, who was
erroneously credited with tho author
ship of tho dispatch, defended tho inno
vation on the ground that, though it
might bo proper to employ the French
language in correspondence about the
a Hairs of ailother State, yet a manifesto
as to the policy of England ought to be
in English. There is an early precedent
for this proper national self-assertion in
the case of Sir Richard Faushaw, who,
being sent amba-sador to Spain, on his
lifft audience "delivered his message in
English, haing first procured his Cath
olic Majesty to be prepared to accept it,
and spoke Spanish only in paying his
respects to the Queen." Saturday ltc-
I'll'K'.
Easily Identified.
A New York lady on board of one of
the ocean steamers askcil one of tho
officers:
"Can you tell mo, sir, whore the cap
tain of this vessel is?"
"Yes, madame; go up on deck and If
you seo a man walking up and down
with a reel board and a $19,000 a year
salary that's him." Texas Sitings.
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