THE OREGON SCOUT
JOM5S.V CIIANCUY, Iiill Inner.
UNION,
OREGON,
A Baseless Precaution.
Snow that the woman was extrcmoly
Bcnamvo, oi a highly-nervous tempera
ment, ana painfully nnxious in tho mat
tor of pleasing and accommodating her
gtiosts. Know this, and then imagine
nor feelings on tho occasion winch trans
pircd as follows :
ono had arranged lor an evening
Iarty, and among tho guests whom slio
. '1 II n it
iinu inviMJu was a muiiuo-ngeu gontie
tnnn, of liigh social standing
ana wealthy, who had tho misfortune to
havo a noso so strangely malformed as
to bo scarcely perceptible ; a simplo pro
tuboranco in place of tho nasaborgan
and that was all.
Now our good lady friend chnnccd to
havo a littlo .J-ycar-ohl daughter, who
won utterly irrcprcssiblo in her eager
pursuit of knowledge ; and, fearing that
ii. ifin iii i
mo muo ono uiignr, maKO somo remnnc
upon, or ask somo question about, that
gentleman's facial defect, sho took her
upon her knee, before tho company ar
rived, onu said to ner :
" Now look here, my littlo pet: Mr,
S will bo hero this evening, and 1
want you to promise mo that you will
not say anything about his noso that
you win neiiner asu any question nor
make any remark."
Mho child promised, and then wen..
away to help tho cook samplo tho sweet
meats.
Evening camo, and with it camo Mr,
S . Naturally enough Miss Tot
gave him at onco a sovero scrutiny. She
made a critical study of his faco : and
when sho had apparently satislled hor-
Bolf, she sought her mother.
"Mamma!" loud enough for all in
tho room to hear--"hop 'oo tell mo not
to ask 'oo anysing about Mr. H
noso for ? lie ham't dot any I"
A Quirt Spirit.
Quiet, serene workers accomplish the
greatest results. They systematical
plan out tho day's doings, nntioipaW
und provide for tho demands likely tc
be n'tulo upon them, nnd set themselves
to work to wear away the mountain ol
toil that looms up before them. Ir
their calmness is their strength. The
"waste no nerve tissue in unavailing re
gret, in needles fear, in idle fruiting
against the bars that hem them in.
'J hoy oppose to disaster a bravo spirit,
meet losses with a smile, bear disap
pointment with equanimity, and pro
nerve sweetness of temper in overt
emergency. This quietness of spirit
aids one us much in the minor nll'ain
of life as in great undertakings.
Sovero sickness, death, overwhelming
calamity, force upon us anunnntura
calmness by tho very magnitude of tin
nlllietion tlioy bring. Hut in eommoi
life, "tlio littlo foxes spoil the grapes.'
Potty accidents movo to impatience
slight annoyances destroy equanimity
of temper, trilling opposition excite!
anger. And nothing is more unrea
sonable and useless thaiujinger against
inanimate objects. The sewing ma
chino "cuts up," and instead of seeking
ouL (ho cause and removing it, the ope
rator do(lTJiies lo niako it work any
how, and guts herself Into a perfeo
fret, while tho machine remains coo
and obstinate as before. A knot geti
in n garment as it passes through thi
wringer, and is jinked throtifb. bund
ing the cylinders, "wrenching' tho cogs
Liu-owing it quite out of order
Tho children fret, and are rudely hush
od. No cure for these little ills is si
potent as patience, while the oppositt
quality but exaggerates them.
Ancient Religions Not Dying Out.
Tho How William F. Hainbiidge,
Df Providence, who has been travelling
for two years through tho missionary
Holds of" JCurope and Asia, gave his
views of tho progress of foreign mis
sion work in a recent address. Ho
said that tho popular idea that the
ancient religions of tho East are dying
was erroneous. Lying below tho ro
iigion of liiiddhaand Confucius was an
ancient supertition, which was almost
Impregnable. Tho revival of Uuddhism
was evident and they had just erected
a inarblo templo in Kioto, costing
S20(),000, which would adorn Fifth
Avenue. Tlio speaker said tho idols
worshipped la tho Hindoo templo were
of tho most shocking and obscene
character. While in llindoostnn ho
dined with several Hrahniins of tho
highest casto who hud been converted
to Christianity. Tho English language,
ho said, was rapidly coming In favor
with China and Japan, in which latter
country ho addressed over fifty native
young men who understood all his
words. Ho said much good was ex
pected by tho Christian people of
Grceco from tlio llntroductkm of tho
Rlblo in tho Greek schools. Ho
thought Franco needed American mis
sionaries on account of tho rational
istic and liberalizing spirit of tho na
tive Protestants. In conclusion ho as.
Bortod that Americans, by reason or
their training, made tho best mission
aries. Ho would not sond unmarried
men to do mission work, nor inexper
ienced young women.
An argument oneo arose in which Sid
ney Smith observed that many of tho
moot eminent men of tho world hud boon
diminutive in person, and, aftor miming
several among tlio ancients, ho added :
" Why, look there at Jell'roy ; and there
is my litUo friend who has not
IxxVy enough to cover his mind decent
ly with ; his intellect is improperly ox
posed." Gihls, if thoro is ono thing more than
another that holds tho young men of our
day back from matrimonial ventures it
Lb tho disheartening spectacle ho often
presented thorn of their dear papa and
mamma walking into church glorified
respectively by a $12 ulster and n $30
bonnet. That's what scares tho boys.
llurdcttc.
The perfection of conversation Is not
to play a regular sonata, but like tho
JJolian harp, to await inspiration of
4J.e paulng Drees.
1II1X10NS IN HODA-WATEH.
Fortunes llndn In the Iluslnegg, and Where tho
Most hxtcnslvo Trade Is Done,
With tho near approach of sumnior
tho various soda-water factories in tho
city aro busily engaged in preparing
for tho coming hot season, when
enough of tho cooling lluid will bo
qualfod to float tho Great Kastern and
tho American navy thrown in. "Tho
soda-water business has grown to im
menso proportions." roumrked
wholesale manufacturer ot soda-water
and apparatus up-town to a reporter.
"Fifteen years ago it began to boom
and since then has more than doubled.
Each hamlet, village, and town in tho
far west, on tho mountain slope, in
tho valley and amid tho burning sands
of the plain, all havo their soda-water
fountains and squirt tho foaming bev
orago during tho longsiimmer months
Millions of dollars are spent and tor
limes are made in tlio course of sever
al summers. A man at Conov island
last summer cleared over $20,010 alono
on soda-water.
now niucli niarblo do you use in
your factory per annum:' '
"Jiiist year wo ground a, .11 tons of
white marble into dust to generate
carbonic acid gas. It cost Sl.Sfl per
barrel ot 420 pounds. 1 Ins marble is
quarried at Pleasantvillo, N. Y. All
tlio year round wo have a machine
pounding it lo lino dust, getting a
largo quantity ready lor tlio summer
rush. It is a popular fallacy that so
da-water is made of sulphuric acid and
marble dust, but the fact is they never
eonio in contact with tho beverage.
Soda-water is simply pure water
charged or saturated with carbonic
acid gas.
"Why don't von use cheminr m.it e-
rial than marbio to generate carbonic
acid gas?"
'It is cheaper to uso when conve
niently near than bicarbonate of soda.
IJioarbonntu of soda is utilized when
marble can not bo had. In England
whiting is used extensively, and atone
time it was universally used both hero
mm! there. This whiting is a carbo
nate of lime-fossil, and the fossil con
tains aiiimaleuhe, which often give the
water a lishy taste. On that account
wo dropped it. So much soda-water
is consumed every your, and so many
scares have started about its being un-
lioaitliy lrom contact with copper and
other metals, that the chief aim now
of manufacturers is to produce appa
ratus so lined with pure sheet blook
ti n containing no adinixtnro of lead or
other injurious metal, that absolutely
no danger is apprehended. Last year
the board of health passed an ordinance
forbidding tho use of fountains lined
with brass, leail.eoppor, or other metal
or metallic substance that will be
all'ected by liquids, so that dangerous,
unwholesome, or deleterious coin
pounds aro formed therein. J Do re
sult of this ordinance has been bene
ficial, although many fountains had to
bo relined and overhauled."
Do you expect to do a lanro busi
ness this sumnior?"
Tho present indications aro that
more soda-water will bo used the
coming season than over before.
Grand preparations at Coney island
and all tho watering places are going
forward to receive thousands of pleas-uro-seekers,
and as last season was
somewhat broken by cold spells this
one is expected to bo lino and un
broken." "Do you soil many fountains in t'Q
south?"
a great many. Wo havosovon
or eight men traveling in that section
all the tune, Tho women and chil
dren drink soda-water, and tho men, as
a rule, prefer something stronger.
Hut the fountain is frequently made
to pour forth good old rye instead of
sirup of sarsaparilhi. '1 heso, though,
aroused in tlio prohibition counties.
Hut here in New York during tlio dead,
hot, still summer days tho great drink
ing of soda-water is done. Tlio factory
is kept running all the time, marble by
tho ton is ground to dust, ten thousand
gallons of water Is littered and purl
lied a day, and many hundred gallons
of extracts and fruit flavors aro pre
pared daily. This great rush lasts
frequently four months without cessa
tion, and often live. As Col. Sellers
said, tlii-io aro millions in it, if once
started w'tli the proper trim in tho way
of capital and energy," Xuu Vo. k
Mail and Express. I
The Chinese- lliliiuify Soldier.
Tho economical habits of the
Heathen Chiueo aro notorious, and
thoy are well illustrated by a corre
spondent who, writing from J'ien-Tsln,
says: "Tho Chinese infantry soldier is
paid once a month, when no receives
!)j taols of stiver. This sum, which is
equal to about $1.75, is given to him
in scrap bullion; and during tho night
preceding each pay-day tho paymas
ters are busily engaged in weighing
out silver and making it up into neat
littlo packages for distribution. As
soon as lie has obtained his share, the
soldier takes it to tho nearest shop
keeper or money-changer, who, in re
turn for it, hands him !,f00 copper
cash, tho aggrogato weight of which
is quite as much as ho can convenient
ly carry. Out of this tho soldier lias
lb keep himself in food and clothing;
and the pay can not, therefore, be
called excessive. A Chinaman, how
over, lives almost exclusively upon
rice, a month's supply of which costs
less than 1,000 cash, and many a pri
vate net Only supports a family upon
tho balance" of his earnings, but puts
by a few hundred cash every month."
A New Postal Card.
Largo numbers of people sutler from
Hit almost unconquerable repugnance
to letter writing, and for their bonotit
a country "publisher in England has
prepared a special post curd which,
he thinks, will overcome the tlillloulty
to some extent. The back of the cant
is divided lengthwise into ten unequal
spaces, and tho energies of tho reluc
tant serlho aro spurred by the follow
ing suggestive headings, ono of which
is conspioously printed to tho left of
uach of tho divisions: 1. Date. ''.
Kxeus for not having written sooner.
3 State of health (a) of self, (b) of
family. I. Tho writer's recent ex
periences. 6. News. C. Family gos
blp. 7. Questions to he answered in
your next. 8. Lovu to . 9. Love
from . 10. Signature.
QDKKrt TIlINtSS IN TflADK.
Whence Conies tlin Jlnw Material for the
American Old's (Jhewlng-Ontn Peculiar
l'hrases of Commerco In South Ameri
can Countries.
If anybody imagines that tho Vassar
girl is not a great factor in the com
merce of this country, writes a Wash
ington correspondent to The St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, he will bo astonished
lo learn that during the year 1884 tho
republic of Mexico exported 8131,537.
G.O worth of chewing-gum, nearly all
of which camo to Pittsburgh for manu
facture, nnd during the fourth quarter
of last year alone exports from Mexico
of this enchanting raw material
amounted to $11,233.70. When the
public understands that tho caoutchouc
exports during tho past year only
reached Sl'O'-YI'JO.O!), and for the last
quarter only $10, l.W. 10, it ill begin
to appreciate the exciting race be
tween "the rubber goods and chewing
gum furnished by the Aztec country.
According to Minister Morgan, our
total imports from Mexico for tho last
twelve months reached the enormous
sum of $LM.821,400..';, exceeding bv
over $L000,000 the imports liom Mex
ico by any other nation. Of this
amount more than one-half, or $12.-
822,210. was in precious metals, the
remainder being distribute! in lrtiits,
fine woods, hides, live animals, collee,
sugar, and tobacco.
1 lie state of Colima is dwelt upon at
length by Consul Mahlo, of Msinzanillo,
as a niagnilicent country for American
investment in coll'ce estates, which are
said to bo wonderfully successful and
remunerative Tho Colima collee has
become an arliclo of export to the
United States, where it realizes the
highest prices. It resembles Mocha,
has an expuisite llavor, and sells for
20 to 25 cents a pound. Colima ranks
second as to quantity and first as to
quality in the coHec-produeing slates
of Mexico, but Colima, in addition to
wrestling now and then with yellow
fever, is on the ragged edge of a lv-a
ing volcano, which almost" destroyed
tho city in 1818, and killed two thou
sand people in 18')0. Nevertheless
Consul Mahiostys: "The wholesale
trade of Colima is ehiellv in the hands
of Germans, who aro doing an im
mense business, and many of them
havo been able to- retire, after a com
paratively iiort residence here, to
their native country as rich men." It
may not bo amiss to add that tho pre
sent consul intimates that he will re
sign if his annual salary of $350 (in
fees) is not increased, and there may
yet bo a chance for somo of the
patriotic democrats Of Missouri to-
'catch on." Consul General Sutton.
of Malasaoras, calls attention to tho
immense prolit in establishing ranches
on a largo scale in Tainan inus and
iiising catllo and horses for export to
the United States ami-Cuba.
A curious feature of t ho annual re
port of Consul l'risbio is that of the
$2,788,200 02 worth of sparkling cham
pagnes imported by the United Status
from ltlioims during tlio past. 3 ear St..
Joseph. Mo., received 30 cases direct,
while St. Louis only imported 10 cases.
This is almost unaccountable, when
Now 1 ork imported 178.255 eases.
Chicago 1,21)2 cases, Cincinnati 174
cases, and Louisville 30 cases, unless
it bo that St. Louis buys all her im
ported champagnes fn New York at
second-hand. Hut it looks like a bad
showing. In Hlioinis at the presont
time there are 10,000" mechanics and
other Jtth'.M'ing people out of employ- j
incut, but the city puumnues U"l an
original tiling by furnishing employ
ment, to nn vi-inil nimi 1 1 1 1 v 011 niililii'
improvements at 35 cents a day.
Consul Irish, of -Cognac, reports
$1, 135,0!)0 22 worth of brandy exported
to the United States last year, besides
$5.'M,0!)3 in porcelain and $13,15)0 in
paper, for which wo exchanged wood
for construction, wheat, and a small
consignment of manufactured tobacco,
A peculiar item in this report is
$178 71 worth of "show-Cards and
circulars" exported to this country.
Consul Irish remarks: "Groit for
tunes await the successful efforts of
ingenious Americans who shall intro
duce and develop trade that shall
revolutionize the present order of
things. Tlio people aro wealthy, fond
of their own country, and rarely emi
grate." Consul Cliarlesworth shows that the
wine trade of Madoria has steadily de
creased in exports to gio United States
from $30,303 in 1880 to $17,210 in
188-1, Last season's grapes were finely
matured, and the wine s lid to bo of
better quality than for 3 oars past. It
may shock the tender stomachs of St.
Louisans who drink Madoria to learn
that tho veiw ancient practice of tread
ing out the wine with the feet is still
in ogue. Consul Cliarlesworth says
the grapes aro placed in a largo wood
en or stone vat, in which the peasants,
with legs bare to the knee, travel in a
circle to tho cadence of an extempor
ised song the sentiment of which is
suited to the occasion until the grapes
are reduced to a pulp. This is placed
in a primitive press with a long sweep
and wooilen screw. If not too far
front shore, tho must as It is now
called is put in casks and conveyed
by boats to the merchant in Funehal,
In whoso hands it undergoes the vari
ous operations of racking and fermen
tation. It then receives tlio necessaty
amount of spirit, and cither undergoes
the artificial heating process or is stor
ed in warehouses until it lias acquired
tho proper age for uso. Tno consul
adds, by way of solace, perhaps, that
all the wine firms have steadily refus
ed to handle any adulterations, and
their brands may always be relied
upon.
Consul General Heap writes from
Saloniea that this is a most favorable
time to introduce agricultural imple
ments into Macedonia.
This count r has lost caste in Car
acas. Oleomargarine has done the
job for us, and many American goods
are now looked upon there with sus
picion. Nevertheless, Consular Agent
Kohl says tho United States exports to
Caracas enormous amounts of Hour,
lard, canned oysters, canned hams,
deviled ontreinonts, gum-drops, con
densed mill;, beer, paints, sulpluto of
quinine, pharmaceutical sundries,
ropes, gray drills and domestic
prints, clocks, cheap jewelry,
electro -plates, pianos, carriages, har
ness, wheel barrows, trunks, limiting-
knives, axes, nnd hatchets, motive
steam-engines and steam-pumps.
Tho agent reiterates the complaint
made throughout the world thai the
moment American exporters get n
trade on a certain article thoy com
meuco sending out inferior goods un
der superior brands. England aud
Germany aro never guilty of thf?
inoic.
In tho matter of immigration Chili
would niako a tnossback fairly howl
with rage. That government actually
hires people to go there, and then
pays them to stay. It gives the im
migrant third-class passage for him-
self and family, to bo repaid by small
installments; "deeds him sevent3'-live
acres of ground, with thi-soveti
acres additional for ever3 unmarried
son between tho ages of 14 and 25, and
gives him fifty years to pay for it.
Tho colonist is also provided with a
.1 yoko of oxen, a milch cow, ono hun
dred boards, a kegof0uails, $5 worth
of seeds, and $15 a month in money
during the lirst year. As a parental
government CUUms in advance of tho
world, and if Col. Charles Mansur had
been permitted to go there his "point
ers" would havo been of great value
to tho Missouri legislature. The ni
trate of soda exported to the United
States from Chili amounted to $8 10, 107.
while Great Hr&atn figured for the
enormous sum of 829,31)3.40 1. Of the
large iodine export tlio United States
took $118,825 worth.
Every cloud has a silver lining, and
it will bo refreshing to learn from
Consular Agent Neurer that the ex
port of accordions from Gera to the
United States has decreased from $82,
881 in 1883 to $13,827 in 1881. The
bulk of exportation from Gera to this
ootintrv' is, however, in worsted goods,
of which wo received last voar $1,081,
133 worth.
Vico Consul Tappan, of Merida,
says there is a good held 111 Xuoataii
for American cordage manufacturers
and consignment business of a general
nature.
There is a strong demand in Switz
erland just now for turkey feathers,
which are extensively used in the man
ufacture of dusters. Consul 'Gilford
ot I'.asle, reports that in consequence
of this demand the price of these
feathers has more Uhau quadrupled
the supply remaining inadequate.'
I'ara exported to the United States
last year $22,577 worth of balsam co
paiba, in addition H $10,000,000 worth
of india-rubber, $131,003 of Hrazit
nuts, $80,014 of 'doer skins, and $57,
200 oi Peruvian bark.
Medical Ig&oi'iu)we.
Tho 03-cs of all tho world liar been
direetftd to tlio catw ot Gen. Graat. P.
will ory twriously impair public cou
lidenco in medical wcienco and .skill.
At the sumo timer it will cucuuragu
alltiotod people not to abandon hope
of life because the most learned doc
tors pronounce their malady incurable.
When their doctors give them up
they need not give up themselves.
That is tlio moral of (Jen. Grant's
case. It encourages tho sick and
suffering to hope for recovery lrom
their disease, however sad the croak
ings of their medical advisers, provid
ed U103' havo the constitution to re
cover lrom their doctors and tho good
fortune to escape "heroic treatment."
Dr. Fordyeo liarker, one of the con
sulting pln'siciaiis, still adheres to the
cancer theory." Hut it is in the teeth
of other medical opinion and is refuted
by the fact that Gen. Grant is recover
ing rapid!'. It is not a feature of
cancer that as soon as doctoring
ceases convalescence begins.
Tlio learned doctors who hacked
and tortured poor Garlteld to get out
of the front of his bod' a bullet which
had buried in his back and released
itself, kept persisting that tho lead
had in somo mysterious manner found
its wii3' from his groin, where their
wonderful skill had mislocated it.
"Throw ph'siu to the dogs!" was
tho exclamation of Macbeth. Probabby
if all tho physio tho cancer-credulous
doctors gave to Gen. Grant had been
thrown to the dogs and all their heroic
treatment had been practised on cats
tlio distinguished patient would beforo
now havo been driving in the Park
and indulging in tho luxur3' of a
Keina Victoria.
Tho whole of this prolonged case is
anything but creditable to medical
science. Wo cannot forgot that at 11
consultation Gen. Grant barely escap
ed 13 his physical weakness from a
painful and terrible surgical operation
lor cancer, which would have left him
speechless fur the rest of his life, and
it is now acknowledged bv some of
these same experts that Ins is not a
case of cancer at all.
However, if our confidence in the
doctors lias been impaired, our fear of
cancer has also been shaken. It is
not within tho power of tlio physicians
to tell us how many eases of so-called
cancer have been heroically treated to
death, which, had thov been as pub
licly watched as this, might havo turn
ed out to be simplo cases of ulcerated
throat. AV10 York World.
lie Couldn't Make It Out.
The proprietor of a tannery having
erected a building 011 the main street
for the sale of his leather, the pur
chase of hides, etc.. began to consider
what kind of a sigiiNvouhl bo the most
attractive. At last what ho thought a
happy idea struck liliu. Ho bored an
auger-hole through tho door-post and
stuck a call's tail into it, with the
bushy end Haunting out. After a
while ho noticed a grave-looking per
son standing near the door, with spec
tacles 011, gazing intonth at the sign.
So long did he gazo""ihat tinalby the
tanner stepped out and addressed the
Individual.
Good morning!"
"Morning," replied the man, with
out moving Ids eyes from the sign.
"You want to buy leather?" "No."
"Want lo atl hides?" "No."
"Are you a farmer?" "No."
"Are you a merchant?" "No."
"Lawyer?" "No."
"Doctor?" "No."
".Minbter?" "No."
"What in thunder aro you?" "I'm
a philosopher. I've been standing here
half an hour trying to decide how that
calf got through that auger-hoiu, and
for the life of me, I can't make It outJ"
- A'wrif Other S-dunlau.
EXPEMEKES WITH COXTICB.
BY A MASSACHUSETTS EX-WARDEN.
From tlio Youth's Companion.
In 1830 a boy was born in an obscuro
house in what was then a disreputable
street in tho city of Boston. His moth
' cr .wl! was n.evcr strong, and who had
probably weakened herself from dissi
pation, died before ho reached his eighth
year. His fathor was a professional
thief, and brought his son up to follow
in his footsteps. The only education
tho boy over received was in that di
i rcction.
Ho early developed into a shrewd
cunning and successful thief. At ten
years old ho would havo surprised even
tlio noted Mr. Fagin by his dexterity,
Ilis career though brilliant was brief!
In 184G father and son, the latter then
only sixteen j'ears of ngo, woro commit
ted to tho State Prison, tho first for
five, the latter for two, years, for rob
bing a store. In consenuonco of his
youth, and of his being a bright, sharp
witted fellow, he received a great deal
of S3nipatli3', and was finally pardon
ed.
Ho was discharged from tho prison
with one dollar in his pocket. He had
no home nor a friend in tho Wide world,
otitsido of his criminal asspciates, to
whom ho could apply for advice or as
Eistauce. As a matter of course ho went
back to his old friendJ.
Supccss attended him for somo time,
but beforo he reached his twentieth
year ho was acain arrested. Ho had
become so noted that tho District At
torney felt justified in pursuing an untis
ual course that of making each ono of
eight larcenies a separate charge against
him. lie was convicted upon each
count, and was sentenced to the State
Prison for thirty years.
Tortiinatoiy lor mm, he looKed upon
the bright side, llo proved to bo per
severing and industrious, and became
an excellent workman.
Reserved and. quiet, he had no com
munication with tho other convicts, and
seldom asked a favor, obeying th rules
faithfully except in ono respect. Hav
ing been onco pardoned, ho had no hopo,
for iuaii3 years at least, in that direc
tion : his onlv chance of freedom was to
esc&pe, and ho wo fruquently detected
in some schema for tknt purpose.
lint unlike most others cng&gd in
such plans, no dangerous weapons wero
Ter found uixn Iu'm. A long time of
nnusual quiertnww, on ct occasion, bad
mo to suspect that, lik Um cJm, it wo
tu forerunner of a norm. I became
BftUufled th4 he tfaa making quiet
preparations to escape, but how or in
'ht manner I could not conceive. Ho
had nothing in his cell except a table,
high cricket and Hible. I had examined
theso very carefully many times with
out being able to discover anything
wrong.
. One day, I noticed that tho heads of
tho nails in his scat, which was mado
of inch Imrd, wero oovored with putty.
On removing tlio ptttty from ono of
them, I found that the seat was fastened
with screws instead of nails. With
a scrow-driver I removed 0110 of
tho sido pieces which secured
tho fogs, and tho secret was di.
vulged. Tho edgo of tho board
which formed tho leg had been mortised
out, making quifo arocepfaclo, in which
was concealed n set of keys, fitting all
the locks from his cell door to the
outer one.
I sent for him and showed him what
I had discovered. His head dropped
for a moment, then raising his eyes,
with a look so sad and sorrowful that
tho impression has not yet passed from
my mind, ho said,-
"Mr. Warden, thus" pointing to tho
keys "vanish into air hopes that have
buoyed mo up for tho last thico yeais.
I havo ono moro, tho key to the outor
door, on which I am now at work.
Permit me to return to tho shop. No
ono else can find it, and I will deliver it
up. It is of no uso to mo now."
Tlio ko3 was found concealod in the
floor undor his bench.
I felt that any punishment 1 had tho
power to inflict would bo slight compar
ed with what ho suffered from tho dis
covory of his plans, aud tho destruction
of his hopes of escape. Ho was there
fore permitted to return to his work
without being punished.
Years passed. Ho maintaind the same
quiotdomeanor, giving no trouble, mak
ing no moro attempts to oscapo until ho
had reached his twelfth year in prison.
Tho rebellion had broken out, troops
wero caljed for. Ho bocamo quito in
terested in the result, and early express
ed a desiro to tako part in tho conilict,
that ho might, as ho said, to somo extent
by his services, or oven his lifo, com
pensate the community for the wrongs
ho had committed.
Feeling a great intorest in the man,
I laid his caso beforo Gov. Andrew, who
granted him a pardon. I saw him en
listed in ono of tho Massachusetts regi
ments, and was presont when ho left for
tho seat of war. Ho assured mo I should
hear no ill report from him.
On tho night following the battlo of
Fredericksburg the Union commanders,
uncertain of tho movements of the
enemy during the uight, called for somo
one to volunteer to go to tho front, and
if possible ascertain what thoy wero do
ing. D ,as I shall call him, was the
first to atop forward. Receiviug his
instructions, ho silently disappeared in
tho darkness. After along interval of
almost intolerable suspense, tho silenco
was suddenly broken by straggling
shots followed by a volley all along the
enemy's linos. A few minutes later our
spy emerged from tho d.ukneas covered
with mud and the blood streaming from
half-a-dozen wounds.
Ho had Biicceeded in penetrating
their lines, and had obtained a correct
knowledge of their plans. In attempt
ing to return ho was discovered, fired
upon, and wounded in several places,
but not seriously, Tho darkness favor
od him and ho "eicapod.
His information was so important
that tha commanding officer withdrew
his troops undor cover of tho darkness
and established another lino which com
pletely destroyed tho plans of the one
my, thereby saving tho Union army
from great peril, if not from destruc
tion. D was complimented in general
orders for his services, and ove- one
expected that ho would receive a com
mission. Dut it got whispered abroad
that ho had been a convict, which not.
only prevented promotion, but had a.
tendency to alienato from him many of
his old associates, who from that time
avoided him. Notwithstanding this
unjust treatment, ho continued to dis
charge his duties in a faithful manner.
Somo months later ho was mado
a prisoner and taken to Richmond.
His skill as a workman became
known, and every inducement was
held out to him by the Confederates
to induce him to inter their work-shops,
but in vain ; ho remained true to his oath
ia3 aCfeoldicr.
After many wearv months, sick and
emaciated, ho was exchanged. His con
stitution was so shattered by tho hard
ships ho had gono through, that ho ask
ed for, and obtained, a furlough to como
North. In this ho had a doublo pnrposo
to recruit his health, and to obtain.if pos
sible, somo information in regard to a
sister, who, on tho death of ln'3 mother,
was taken in charge 13' somo kind peo
ple, and whom ho had not seen for
twenty-fivo years.
His search for her was unsuccessful.
Discouraged and almost penniless, ho
unfortunate lnct ono of his old com
panions, who induced him to violate his
good resolutions, and cngago with
him in a schemo which be had perfected.
and was about to C.11T3' into execution.
JLho result was thov wero arrested
in tho act, and beforo his furlough
had expired ho was in the Stato Pris
on again, sentenced for twenty-thrco
years.
With tho samo calm, nniet manner
he wont back to his old bench to work.
and resumed his former ways.
Two years later, on a Sunday even
ing, on my return from a meeting I had
attended, I was informed that two
convicts had escaped from the jirison.
JLlns man was ono of them. It is un
necessary to enter into details, but it
was an exploit for ingenuity and shrowd-
ness worthy of a better cause.
His absence was bnof; in less than
two months ho was arrested," and back
again in his old quarters, wlioro I left
hrtn when I retired from office in
187J.
Seven years ago a ladv called at my
louse to Heo mot Sho introduced her
self by saving that sho was tho sister
of D . Sho was a fino-lookinc
woman, elegantly dressod and appar-
antly well educated. She resided in a
neighboring Slato, and had como to
Uoston to soo if. anything could bodono
for her brother. I did not hositato to
tell her that Iliad grefft 'doubts of her
uceess, reminding her of the fact that ho
had been pardoned twice ; a third tirno
would bo unprecedented in tho history
of the prison. I introduced her, how
ever, to tho Governor, to whom sho ap
pealed in such language as onlv a sister
tan utter when pleading for a brother.
The matter was referred to tho council,
a hearing was appointed, and several
gentlemen interested in tho caso appear
ed in his behalf. Tho result was,, he
was again pardoned. -
On calinig to bid mo good-bv, beforo
leaving the State, ho attempted to thank
me for what he thought I hod dono for
him, but broko down. Wringing my
hanfiis, tho tears streaming down his.
cheeks, ho said.
"I havo no promises to mako, but
may Uod so deal with mo hero and
horeaftor as I prove truo in the future."
Seven years has passed smco ho enter
ed upon his now lifo. In a largo city
in an adjoining State, engaged in a suc
cessful and prosperous business, is ono
just past middlo life, respected and be
loved b3 all who como in contact with
him, noted for his benevolenco and
charit3 ono who is novor appealed to
in vain. No ono, no, not oven tho des
pised tramp, is over turned from big.
door with scorn or empty-handed.
Gideon hayxes.
Wot a Good Market.
Washington Letter to tho Chicago Tribuno.
Washington cannot bo considered a
good matrimonial market. Tho young
women do not find husbands easily in
the society of this place. Tho proof
of the fact is that thoro is hardly a
leading official or wealthy family here
that has not ono or two old maids upon
its hands. This is notably true of somo
of tho most prominent and distinguished.
Hero aro daughters whoso fathers have
largo wealth and handsomo positions.
Yet their daughters, who are thoroughly
trained, well-mannered and educated
do not. find husbands. Whether it is
that theso young ladies aim too high
or not is unknown. It may bo that
their fathers aro not able to give them
monev enough to set them up in
establishment, equal to their own, and
as a natural consequenco theso young
women may prefer the prcstigo and
comfort of "their fathers' handsome posi
tions to tho obscurity of marrying an
humblo citizen or tho uncertainty
involved in marrying a man who is not
rich. I could name at least twenty
young ladies who havo been belles in
Washington society for at least ten
years. There aro very fow marrying
young men in Washington. Tho army
and navy fellows aro tho principal candi
dates for matrimony. You may add to
this list thirty or forty half-starved
attaches of tho different legations. But
all theso young men aro thrifty and
are looking out for rich wives. Tho
noble and energetic young mun who is
making his own way in the world and
who is growing up with tho country
does not comu to Washington. Iho
men who do co.ne hero and vho havo
monov aro generally already provided
with a family or aro beyond middle ago,
when men do not act hastily and are
not apt to set up now establishments or
incur now ties. Tho only real eligibles
aro the widowers. They are considered
as fair candidates and every now and
then one of them succumbs. Tha
number, however, i limited, and out
side of their monoy and position would
not bo considered anywhere else u
prizes.