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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1885)
THE GERANIUM LEAF. o m It is very strnngc, when wo como to think about it, on wha small cogs and pivots tho wheels of fatoturn,and what a slight jnr will do toward chang ing tho wholo machinery nnd set it to turning in an entirely different dircc tion. It was a geranium leaf that altered tho whole courso of my liie; but for the trivial leaf, picked by a young girl m thoughtless mood, I should not be Bitting hero to-day in this pleasant dining-room, whero tho sun comes in through tho vino-wreathed windows and falls upon the geranium pots in Bide; nnd this little girl would not bo upon my kneo, nor yonder rcd-chcekcd maiden on tho veranda with young Sniithors; and neither would that very handsomo matron who has just passed into tho parlor havo been in her pres cnt condition. If you will listen an hour or so I will tell you my story, It was just twenty years ago this sum mer that I fell in lovo with Carno Dean. Sho was 21 and I 27 both old enough to know what wo meant nnd what wo wcro about; at least was, but Carrio was such a little coquetto that I used to think sho had no nunu of her own. Oh, but sho was lovely! all rose-col ored and white, and brown-tressed, and pcarly-tcothcd, with tho roundest, plumpest figure, as graccful as a fairy in every movement, and witu uuuuti' ful, shapely hands that woro a con stant delight to tho eyes. I was just homo from college and sho was on a visit to my step-mother, her aunt, and my half sister, IjUIu, ana Her cousin. 1 hadseen ugood manycirls inmysoven years at collcgo, and somoof tho belles of tlio land; but I had never yet had my heart stirred by any woman's eyes ns Carrio Dean stirred it when her ehtneo mot initio in greeting; and tho touch of her soft fingers completely sot mo alloat on tho sea of love. I was hor slavofrom that hour not her slavo either, but her passionate lover and worshiper. And, of courso, she know it and, of course, being a finished littlo'flirt, sho queened it over mo right royally. Thero was Fred Town, tho country physician, and Tom Delano, tho hand-. Botno young farmer, both as badly off as I was; and a pretty time wo had of it. J. red anil J, old chums in for mer days, woro at swords' point now and hated ench other splendidly for a low wcoks. And Tom J held in tho ut most contoinpt, and railed at thorn both whenever opportunity presented itsolf, for Carrie's edification after tho mannor of men, and was repaid by seeing her bestow her Bweotcst smiles and glances upon them tho next timo they mot. Fred drovo a splendid span of bays, nnd almost every day thoy diuthod up the avenuo and (lashed out again with Miss Carrie's added weight. And Tom was on hand nearly overy evening, and sho was just ns sweet to ono as tho other, and just tho samo to mo; nnd that was what maddened mo. I was not to bo satisfied with a "widow's third" by any means, and I told her bo at last, and asked her how tho mat ter was to bo sottled. "I lovo you hotter thanthoso brain less fops know how to lovo," I said hotly. "And now decide between us." Sho had listened to my lovo confes sion with blushing cheeks and down cast eyes, but when I Biiid this sho turned defiantly on mo. "Thoy nro no moro fops than you are," sho said, "oven if they havo not spent seven yonrsin collcgo. Thoy nro gentlemen, and I can't say that for every man of my acquaintance." And hero sho shut tho door botween as with a slam and left mo to my pleasant reflections, and half an hour lator I met hor at thognto with Fred going out for a rido, which was vory aggravating, I must confess. I thought over my conduct that night and concluded that I had beonabruto. Tho next morning I fount Carrio at tho dining-room window alono and sought her side. Sho had her hand among tho leaves of a Bweot-sconted geranium, and just as I approached iho plucked a leaf and twined it around 'lor braids. 1 remember just how bright nnd green it looked among hor dark locks. "Carrio," I began, "I fair I was very rudo yesterday." "I know you woro," sho said, look ing indifferently out of tho whitlow. This was a bad beginning, but I went on: "Hut, Carrio, I lovo you so, and when I boo you with that Fred" Hero Miss Carrio turned on hor hcol. "lam not going to listen to you whilo you Klandor my friends," bIio jaid. "When you call speak respect fully of Mr. Town I will return," and sho loft mo again, I left tho house then, nnd did not re turn till afternoon. As I catno up tho path I met Tom Delano. Poor follow! lie looked liko tho last roso of sum Dior after a rain. "Good-by, old follow!" ho said, gloomily. "I'm going away. Sho has lent mo off and I can't stay in tho plnco. I hope you aro tho happy ono I do honestly, Al. Sho said hor heart was givon to another, and it's sithor you or Fred. I hope it is you, nil God bloss you!" Hero Tom dashed away, nnd left mo taring after him in amazement. "Givon her hoart to another!" I re peated, with a great pain in my chest somewhere. Well, it is evident that I mil not that other, and that Fred is. I'oor Toml poor tno! Tho best thing I can do is to follow Buit, and loavo too, I can novor eo hor tho wife of (mother, and tho soonor I'm off tho better for mo." So I wont moodily up to my room and packed a satchel, and I got all things in readiness for a speedy de parture. On my way P I ut Car rie, just emerging from her room, KiTayediu her tiding habit, and I could hoar Fred's deep tones tihoutlng 'whoul" in tho yard below. 1 watch ful hor trip down tho wtutra and out vl bight, thlnklnu It wa tho lubt time I should sco her for years, pcrnaps forever. When I had strapped tho buckle on my satchel, and all was in readiness, I went down to Bay good bye to father, mother and Lilla. Lilla was not in doors, nnd my parents looked at mo in amazement. "Huh. Allan, mv flon." nlcadcd father, "I thought you vould enter into business with me. There is a grand opening fo you, and I havo "I thank you for all that, but I want to travel a year or two before going into business," was all I could answer, anu my miner gave up in ue snair. Lilla was still absent, but ifc was quito dark, and tho train would leavo in half an hour, so I left a "good nyo" for her. and nasscd out into tho hall. It was a long, nnrrow hall, reaching tho whole length of tho house, and with several rooms opening into it, but ns yet it was unlightcd, and was as dark as Egypt. About halt wav through it, I heard tho street door open and shut, and a moment Inter ran full ngaint some one who was entering. "It is Lilla," I thought, and reach ing out mv arms, caught her between them. "Is it you, Lilla?" I said; but sho did not answer, only twined her two nrms about my neck, "Why, little sister," I said, softly, "do you lovo mo so much?" for Lilla was not demonstrative as a usual thing, and I was surprised at her movement. "Oh, oottcr than all tho world be side, Allan," sho said in a whisper, and then as I lifted tho face to my lips, tho sweot odor of geranium perfumed tho air, and my heart gavo a great leap. It was Carrio, not Lilla, Avhoni I held in mv arms! Sho was trying to iliscn gago herself now, but I suddenly caught her light form m my arms, and open ing tho library door I carried her into tho brilliantly lighted room, ller faco was hot with blushes now, and her eves full of tears. "You aro too bad!" sho sobbed. "And I hato voul" Hut then sho noticed my traveling attiro nnd nauscd abruptly. "Why, wliero aro you going'" sho asked, with interest. "I wasgoing away never to retarn," I answered. "But sincoyou said what you did in tho hall I havo changed my mind." Carrio poutod. "I was only speaking for Lilla." "Then I shall go, shall I, and leavo you to marry Fred?" "I detest Fred!" sho cried. "And you lovo mo better than all tho world?" "So tho flirt was conquered at last, and I was tho victor. "Hut how did you know that it was not Lilla?" bIio asked, as wo sat to gether. "Hy tho goranium leaf I sawyouput in your hair this morning. "And but for that von would havo gono away and not como back for years t "ics; perhaps nover como back lor that toll-talo loaf." "Then wo will keen this leaf al ways," sho said, taking it from her hair. And so wo have. I procured a littlo golden box, and thero it is to-day, ono of our tlearest treasures, ut courso i married Carrio, and of courso that blooming matron is she, Tom Delano didn't dio of a broken heart, but married a lovely girl out west a few months after his doparture; and Fred Town is our family physi cian and has a pretty wife of his own. Mnrry. Tho Dotroit Journal publishes from an old nowspnpor, tho Gazotto, dated July, 1817, tliofollowing, which is good advico for 1885: "If you aro for pleasure mahry! "If you prizo rosy health mauky. "And oven if money bo your object MAURY ! "A good wife is heaven's last host gift to man his angel and minister of graces innuinerablo his Sal Polyeso iium or gem of many virtues his Pan dora or casket of celestial jewels. 1 lor prcsonco forms his best company hor voico, his Bweotcst music hor smiles, his brightest day hor kiss, tho guardian of his innocenco hor arms, tho palo of his safety, tho balm of his health, tho balsam of his life her in dustry, his surest wealth hor econ omy, Ids surest steward hor lips, his falthfulcst counsellors her bosom, tho softest pillow of his cares and her prayers tho ablest advoeatos of heav en's blessings on hor heart. If you lovo tho Creator, you ought to marry, to raise up worshippers; if you lovo tho ladies, you ought to marry, to mnko them happy if you lovo mankind, you ought to marry, to porpotuato tho glorious race if you lovo your country, you ought to mauuy, to raise up soldiers to defend it in lino, if you wish well to earth or heaven, you ought to mnrry, togivo good citizens to ouoand glorious angola to tho other." Homeopathic Perfumes. Tho odoriferous molecule of musk must bo incomprehensibly small, whou wo aro told tho particles ono grain of musk had, in a radius of ninoty feot disengaged in one day. No microscop ical power has yot neon conceived to enable tho human oyo to sco ono of these atoms; yot tho organs of smell havo tho sensitiveness to detect them. Wo cannot imagine thoir smalluass, aa it is stated that tho biuiio grain of musk undergoes absolutory no dimi nution in weight. A single drop of tho oil of thyme, ground down with a piece of sugar and a little alcohol, will communicate its odor to twonty-flvo callous of water. Haller koptfor forty years papers perfumed with ono grain of nmborgris. After this timo the odor was as strong as ever. Hordonavn has vnluated a molecule of camphor Bonslblo to tho smell to 9,202,58-1,. 000th of a grain, lloylo has observed that oiio drachm of nHsnftutidu ex posed to the open air had lost in tlx days tho eighth part of oiiograin, front whuh Kuill eonnndiw that in one min ute it hud loat Ut), 120th of u ijrutii, Bill Arp Ills Children ami Ills Grandchildren. Our grandchildren aro havingagood '.imo ow. They ha fiftshed break ng tho bull calf and aro very busy making flutter mills under tho fishpond dam. The fall is about fivo feet nnd they keep tho water busy fiid tho fthee!, too, and aro' talking about a littlo saw-mill attachment. I just lot them go along and uso my tools and dull my handsaw and gap my ax and tvaste my nails and leavo everything wliero they didn't find it. for they nro on a big frolic now, nnd will havo to jo back to school in a few days. 1 overheard them talking about school, nnd ono said: "I wish thero wasn't Buch a tiling asschool!" And another 3nid: "Well, I don't, for tho school is nil right, nnd I don't want to grow up a dunce, but I wish my Bchool days wero all over that's what I wish." Hut Jessie, our Jessie, my Jessie, has left lis. Sho has gono to town to school, and wo will not see her but one day in a week. It is mighty hard on us, for sho is tho light of tho houso and tho comfort of my ngo. Ono by ono they havo to leavo us. Ralph has gone to Florida to live nnd work, and wo arogetting lonesomoand homesick. Wo miss them nt night and in the morning and at tho table. Even tho dog looks sad and watches tho road for their coming. Hut all's well that ends well, nnd wo aro thankful for tho good that is left us. Carl is hero yet and a lot of grandchildren. They car ry their sling-shots with ns much impu dence ns a town boy carries his pistol in his hip pocket. Two of them made a target of sonic fino pears in tho top of a favorito tree and left tho littlo rocks in tho pears. I promised them a whipping but somehow or somehow else they didn't get it. unero isniways somebody around tointerfero with my arrangements. So they wanted to go to tho baseball again this evening nnd I just put my foot down and said no. I determined to punish them nnd now my opportunity has come. When I tako a notion I am boss at my own house, and now 1'vo taken a notion and I'll show tho littlo rascals how to shoot rny pears. I'll teach them a les son. Later Thoy havo gono to tho base ball with their maternal anccstor,and that's tho kind of a man I am. At lanta Constitution. The Aurora Horcnlis. From the Literary World. What is tho Aurora Horealis? many men havo asked and asked in vain. Scientific personages havo been much interested in the matter. It was as a participator in tho work of tho international Polar Research Ex pedition that Ilerr Trombolt visited tho most distant parts of tho Euro pean continent. His task was to tako observations of tho reniarkablo phe nomenon known as tho Aurora Ho realis, or Northern Lights, and princi pally in conjunction with tho Norwe gian station at Hossekop,in Finmark en, and tho Finnish ono at Sodankla.in tho vory heart of tho wilds of Finland, to effect measurements lor determin ing tho height of tho phenomenon nbovo tho earth's crust. Science, ho owns, is. still at fault; but in answer to popular hypotheses, it can de clare that the Aurora Horealis is not sunshine reflected from tho icq fields of tho Arctic regions, nor tho re flection ot sunshino on tho surface of tho sea, nor tho reflection of sun ijays in ico crystals suspended in tho upper strata of tho air. Further, scienco tells us that tho Aurora Horealis is of Electrical naturo, and closely related to tho mngnotic forces of tho earth. While our author was at his post every night tho Aurora Horealis ap peared; at any rate, thero was not a1 singlo clearoveningwhen itwasnbsent. Bomo times it filled tho wholo sky; of ten its displays wero confined to insig nificant and faint phenomena, low in tho north, just liko thoso observed in Southern Scandinavian; but sometimes thoy obtain a mngnificenco which defied descrip tion. Ho camo to thoconclusion that tho great many different forms might cortainly bo reduced to a fow siniplo ones. In most instances tho Aurora forms belts, or zones, which stretch across the earth in the direction of tho magnetic east-west, which zones nro formed by a conglomeration of thin sheets of luminous matter, ranged ono behind tho other, their direction being parallel with tho inclination needle. The luminous matter in theso sheets is oven, or diffuse, or divide into streamers. Tho red color in tho lower edgo of arcs and bands often under goes reniarkablo changes, nnd becomes crimson, or purplo, or pink, or red ochre or viojot. Tho light, however, is weaker than was to bo expected. Americans liusliing to the Cities. From tho Philadelphia Press. Population seems to seek its kind, and such inducements as our cities af ford prove too attractive for tho rural population. In 1880 only one-ninth ol tho population oi imnnesota uvea in cities. If tho Btatocensus, just pub lished, may bo credited, ono-lilth of hor present population lives m cities. Speaking roundly, it may bosnidthat, in i uu, ono-uuruoin oi mo popula tion of tho United States was found m cities of moro than S.000 population; m 1800. ono-twentyfuth; in lblO and also 1820, one-twentieth; in 18110, ono sixteenth; in lS-10, one-twelfth; in ISfSO, ono-eiglith; in lbOO, one-sixth; in 1870, more than ono-iifth, nnd in 1880, half-way between one-fifth nnd ono-nuartor. The tendency of modern civilization is to mass population. Tho strong lights and bhmiows of oui cities, the lovo of poeioty, the satisfac tion of bolter sheltor, hotter roads, stronger institutions, load men to crowd together, oven when unable to bo anything but dependents inthesys tetn to which they unite theuuolves. Sidewalk venders In Chicago pay $100,000 a year to property owners. Steps are to be taken to compel the payment of tlnwe revenues to theoity JENNIE JUNE IN EUIIOPE. "Untcr den Linden" and tho Palaces of King William and Hisnmrck Herliii's University and tho Students ho Slash Each Other in Duels. k Palace with rillnrs nnrt Ceilings Studded with (Jems Sans tioticl, Frederick tho Great's 1'nlnce, Where He Died, and its Curiosities. Special Corrcsiondeuce. Beiu.in, August 28. It UFcd to be said, "free I'ar s and die." The saying might be re versed now to "See Berlin and live." Berlin Is a great town quite as much for what it is and promises to be as for what it has been. It Is a curious mixture of military glory, classic culture and rardern enterprise, ami a splendid txample of military methods applied to com mercial and business uses. B r.In has grown great very recently. The popular Idea that ita claims to leauty and consideration on the part of tho tourist are principally based on Unter den Linden Is a grr.at mistake. Ui.ter den Linden Is a dlsuppolntm nt. It might hare hecu a grand promenade lefor Pans created Its systtm of mtg'dflcent boulevards and other Urge cities throughout the civil zed world fol lowed the example, but it is no longer unique, no longer without plenty of rivnis, some of whom surinss It in cxt'iit if not lu beauty, and the realization of this fiv 1 has do crm lied Ite Government to extend It one mile beyond Its present limits, nnd thus add lothcopportu ni'Ics for tine residences and public buildings, the must of which occupy thctmposlng.cctliin between Royal Pa'acc and Brandcnbourg Gate. 7oyjL "PfjLfCE - rids palace Is the residence of Ihc Emperor, the one he always occupies when lie is in Ber lin. He Is very accessible, and almost always In viewof the people as they p.iss the palace, llttlng near the window of a small room which he calls his working room, and which like all those he occupies Is furnished In the simplest ainnncr. The window our guldo pointed out ivas the third one of ttie thieo near ihe pillared trout of the palace which wo were not ib'o to enter because it was undergoing re pairs. It Is not in the state of the Emperor or that maintained by the royal family that the great ness present or prospective, of Berlin couslsts, kut in the pp (cntlon by the Government of ill Its resources to great public works, to en terprises that will conllrm Its strength a a na tion and conduce to the welfare of the wholo people. As an example may bo mentioned the iplendld sstcm of metropolitan railway which encircles the wholo city, connects all the de potswhich nro the liucst lu the world aud tncihtatos business, nnd tho movements and mclnl life of the people In a hundred ways. Primarily, the object doubtless was to facili tate military operations and nrrauno for the massing of troops in any direction, but the ef fect is to furnleh an aduilrablcst stem of trans portation, which is nt the same time inexpen sive nnd Inexhaustible. In other respec's tho aieans of locomotion nro very abundant and niarvelously cheap. Carriages can bo hired or a mark or less, uccordlujj to their appear ance and th" excellence of the horses tliat Is their streuuth and swiftness. The police rcjr alate this matter, and every Inducement is of htrcd to do and bo tho het, exactly opposite to our system lu New York, where tlie pre mium i put upon incapacity and the faculty lor not dulnir thrives better than the capacity fordoing. Tho eystcm of tiamcars is also complete, the cost trill nc aud regulated by Slstanee, so that the short route people aro not taxed to pay lor the lonii route people as w th ns, but each ono pays wlint is just nnd every opportunity affordeil for pursuing business or pleasure without wastlug time or money. Tho auiman Government not only provides tho bulldliurs in which Its work is performed, but furnishes tho principal olllcers of the State with suitable residences which belone; to tho e-lllce, not to the individual, although the indi vidual uses It at his pleasuic, aud preserves its privacy intact if hu so pleases. -si "i cf Tho palace of Prince Bismarck, for example. Is not open even in his absence to tho general public it Is ns Inaccessible ns tho Prince him iclf, who is never seen except on public occa lions, and cites nothing of the sympathy nnd reraonal devotion which Is so conspicuous a part of the proper feeling for the Kaiser 'Kaiser Wllhclm," as he Is alwnys called. Tho Mllclal residences add much to'the Imposing iterlor of the city, aud thev enable the official to maiutaln his position without resorting to petty tricks and meannesses or wholesale bribery aud corruption. Indeed, the standard of public moral'ty Is said to be, and seems to be lu reality, verv high. A man who would ileal from an individual, Unit individual his own mother, would not steal from the Govern aient. Thelowes' depth of dcprav.ty is reached ivhen a man will defraud his country his fatherland; nor could he ever recover his itandlng toclallv or lu a business way if ho bad oucit committed any fraudulent act, for It It considered that he wrongs not ono Individual iloue, but tho wholo community, and exercises i publicly degrading inllueuce. An instance of misuse ot public momy Is hardly known in tho history of local governments. 'Tin public knowledge of aud uiscuitdou ot Government doings Is much less than wllh us lu a quiet way. Within the past ten or tlftcen year railroads have been bought until thev urn Dearly all owned, ma ascd, ollleered, equipped md run by the State. "Great Industrial, edu Mtlotml and eclentlHo ruterprlss ami institu tions lure been built up without nalse alino.t Hthout comment. Tno system of Improve ments, too, is not routined to the city of Her II lu At Hanover lias hrcu built the tinest rail road depot iu the world aud wh eh will remain l uutiltt is eclipsed by that of Frankfort not in be completed for two year. In the smaller pla es the school houses and public works of every doscript an have been Improved aud built up tu equal proportion. Tne new Technical hchool of Berlin on the road to San Soud is the gn-utrt tMu of the kin I lu ill world. It u our Cooprr Iiutduto lliacilllled about 100 tunas -it I Hi fa t ttie woikofn powerful government Inspired by the mum ninth e is a lmuoilenut and nybl" mind! lud tldual. Wlii-ro tho money otmies from for these great Murks Is u(iu a quesilon with the Uvrllmu th-nue-lvis, Taxes are low aud ue pi jSI strain Is put upon the people; It Is believed, that every mark nnd cent of the indemnltj money received from France has ben put iiibi the acquisition of railroads bv Ihc Government nnd the build nc of great public works. Iow that n great t chnlcai school has been secured, the next great cflort Is the building ot a new Itathhaus. The old ono Is very small the new one is to be worthy of Ihe greatness and glory of the German nation, ami Is to take sevcu years to bull J. Tho ground has hem boucht, but the buildings are hardly beaun. Naturally, muchoi the business pro?pcrltv nnd preat ac tivity observable in every department of indus try throughout Go. many are due to the extent and variety of the public constructive energy throughout the empire, and wh ch dates from the rcorgaiizaHon. Government is the greatest -mp1oyer, nnd its efforts are not con fined to one town or citv, or one department ot industrr; neither is "it controlled by tho wretched contract system, which deliberately puts a premium upon dishonesty nnd Incompe tence. The work must be the best, woithy of tho nation ns well ns the individual. State palaces are rarely the favorite nsidcncrs oi Kings, nnd the State pa'acc in Berlin Is no ex ception to the rule. It Is n ctntcly pile, how ever, wlihout much claim to architectural beauty, but verv good for its purpose, wh ch Is the giving of "slate balls and receptions. It stands nt one end of tho Ui.t r dcu Lin den avenue, tho Brandcnbourg Gata forming the llimlt at the other. Itlsnlsont tho entrance to the palace often ca led tho ''Elector's" Bridne a statue of the great "Elector" occupying a niche beyond tho rail ing. The brldire is adorned with numerous' marble groups and figures, como historic, some military, and eoino mythological. In deed the mixing up of objects of veneration in Germany is curious, not to eav confusltur. The military system hero seems to be perfect,, anu me imuutry men ttie uuest in tne world. They arc generally tall, splendid looking fel lows, and always appear In public as if on dress paiatle scrupulously clean and neat lu their appointments every button shining, every thread in its place. 'Every Sunday they aro marctied to church, which Is little odd.con slderlng that Sunday Is kept more as a holi day In Germany, as well as In France, than ns n day for strictly religious observance. In this respect Protestant communities (Berlin contains only 50,000 Catholics out of its 1,2."0,000 of population) are no more exacting thau Catholic, showlni; that it was not tho Protestant but tho Puritan element that is re sponsible for the rigid observance of tho Sab bath, since It is contlncd to Great Britain and America. This obligatory church-going is Jokingly said to be the principal cause of ills-, satisfaction with tie system of military ser vice, which Is, physically, a training for the. common people disciplines and teaches them cleanliness, order, and Is making of the German nation the best equipped race in the world for all great einerucncies. Of course much is done to foster military pride, power and glory. The new Artillery Museum, not yetcomplctcd, is devoted to tho exhibition of offensive and defensive instruments. Every weapon that has ever been known or used Is Included In tho collections. It is, in fact, a history of tho art of war among all nations and at all periods of time, and it is not tot complelcd it Is still being enriched by paint ings, oy Btatuary anu oy urrcies oi contnuu tion or nurehnso. The milltarv m-stein is at. very perfect and its dcta Is so evidently pro-i scribed that one cannot help wondering why some regulator or regulation ooes not inter fere to luinrovo ono featuro of the costume. This consists of the exceeding tightness and sllmncss of tho legs of the trousers, which aro in painfully thlu and Insufficient contrast to the heavy overcoat, tho toplieavy hat and the large feet of t! e average t!crmauso!dier. Ho reminds you of a house built upon piles, con stantly liable to disaster from tho inadequacy of Its uuder'-plunlng. Tho rifle practice among tucmis saiu to oo carrieu io periection, and tho drilling usually nctlvo and suvctc. Germany docs not Intend to le taken at a dis advantage, and great exmctatlons aro-fcascd on tho uccession of the Crown Prince to the throne. Others, however, think that tho Crown Piinco would be content to pursue the present pol cy of fostering the Arts of Peaco whllo Keeping prepared for war. He might have tried his hand at initialing great changes had ho come into power earlier, but as people grow older they giow conservative, -they know that great aud bcuefle nt movements nro of slow growth and are developed from tl.e in side not applied to the ouls'.do of tho body pol tic. The Crown Prince, too, is much under the influence of Ills wife who. slmnlc. energetic aud kind y, f till inherits something of tho conservatism of her motber, Queen Vle'orla, of Eng and. The University of Berlin Is tho largest and perhaps the best equipped in tho world. It has upwards of 5,000 students, GOO of whom aro American, all graduates of our colleges or. the German GyiuuHsia Tho svstcin is, per haps, as perfect as any system ol education lu the world, but it is defaced by one glaringly brutal and barbarous feature which ought at once to oe wiped out for tho credit of human ity nnd the redemption from butcherdom ot the nineteenth century. A scarred face Is a mark ot honor, and Pr nc BlMuarck has car ried all h's life evidences ot his reputation as the gr atest tighter or his university. His ex ample may have had something to do with perpetuating the savage practice, which is not engaged in from any enmity of individuals or sections, hut to maintain the lighting stau tard of the corps to widen tho student b -lougs. On the occasions when tho combats take piace tho parllclp m's are encased lu armor ad out tho top ot their heads und faces, nt which they aro permitted to stab away as violently as they ploaso fur fifteen minutes. Pnvslclaui are in attendance to prevent fatal conse quences, but the students are often disfigured for lite. A circumstance occurred to a party consisting ot two young ladles and a gen tlemau at a cafe lu Berlin quite recently, which Illustrates the honesty ol the studenti and tho frequenters of such places. Ii was s highly rcspictulilo restaurant, fiequeuicd bj professors uipi siudnuu, particularly Ixx-ausi it was the agency of a c.-lebra'ed Nurnb.-rgei beer, ami t'C lltt e party of llireo had Just called for some witu the usual aicompaul ineiito, when a ervu:it camo to the table aud atkcal if one of tne vounx ladies had lost a wnteh. At llrst inrtli hi n, but on examin ation ono of l!n voumr l-idies dls-oyervd that hr ur'teh and ehslu, very beautiful and coa ly, wore gun. The en nt was followed am) llio f set nud kiiovcn II- askou the lady tc dciiribohci properly, wh ch the did, and Im mediately after he brought It to her. Sh gave the man a gratuity nnd nsked to be al lowed to thank trie finder, who was said to have picked it up outside the ca'o, at the en trance. The finder declined to be tiiauked but was pointed out In Ihe person of n distin guished looking studeut hand-omeln spite of a tcrrlblv scancd face accompanied by two magnificent greyhound. Tho girls weic from Cincinnati, O , and will vouch for the strict truth of this story. The new picture gallery ot Berlin, and called the "National" Gallery, Is hack of the Ilovol Museum, and contains principally Wagner's col'cctlon. The most reniarkablo picture, at least the oue that draws the largest crowd, Is Hans Mukart's fa mous 'Catherine Connro." The Itoynl Mu seum scon at the si 'e with Its dome Is popu larly known as the "Old" Picture Gallery. It contains pfe'ures gleaned from tno iovu'1 pal aces especially from S.m Soucl and largely collected by Frederick the Great. The galler ies nnd museums arc always open on Sunday and are usually well flllel. Thousands too embrace the opp jrtun'ty for cxcursioe-s to Iho country, so that every means of conveyance Is crowded. Formally the shops wero kept open a few hou-8 in the morning or till church time now they aro ma nly closed ou Sunday aud the tendency more and more Is to wards suppressing buslues3 on that day, but opening every possible uvenuo to self-Improvement and the enjoyment of the "out-of-uoors," which Germans so love and from which so many aro cut off by their daily avo cations. From Sans Souci one must return and rlda quite to the other side of the towu to sco Bab. bclsburg. This Is the private reddencc and property of the Emperor bu It with his own money, ouo room at a time, when he was Crown Prince, and the most cosy, delightful, homey sort of a house in the world, it Is a low, Irregular structure, and looks exactly ns if it had been built a little nt a time. "Tho rooms arc up and down two steps and como upon ynu in the most unexpected manner. Unlike Queen Victoria, who likes to keep Os borne House to herself, the Emperor permits Ihe freest Inspection and seems to be happy in having nothing to conceal and lu living In harmony with his subjects. It is ut Bab belsburg tnat the fannus room was upholster ed in Scotcli plaid out of compliment to tho Princess Victoria on her marriage with tho Crown Prince. The hideous result can bo Imagined. Tho prettiest room Is tho ono dedicated to the use of the Emperor's daugh ter, tho Grand Duchess of Badcu. It is up bolstcrcd in dark green velvet and embro.d eredlna design of wheat and asters lu gold and paler s-hades of bule. In tlio Emperor's room Is a chair that tho Crown Prince made of f ine when he was learnlug to bo a carpenter, t Is not ornamental. It Is a motherly housekeeper who shows you over the domain at Babbclsliurg, nnd sho ex hibits with great prido a stick' cut fiom tho forest by Kaiser Wilhelm's own hand nnd says it is the one he always carries. Tho dining room is a lovely high room, with a eallery and shelves, upon which are ranged quantities of tho most beautiful Venetian glass, enriched with tho arme of various, countries. All this has liecu received as glf s and Is highly prized and treasured. Ono end of the dlnltig-room looks out on the park and tho other on a lake, upon which were two yachts and miniature men-of-war, owned by members of the royal family. At the head o"j the stairoas'! aro trophies of the chase lu tin shapo of -deer heads and antlers; also tli contribution of 6on aud gr.in'ison. Iu manj respects Babbelslmrg Is moro simple thai many a country -homo of a rich merchant prince, but it bears every evidence of beln one of the happiest homes In the world. It Is a little curious that the growing wealti of Bcrliu is lessening the ni.mi er ot personi who live In apartment houses aud rapidly in creaMug tho number of line houses and ludlvl dual homes. As wo aro taking up and rushing Into apartments aud great apartment houses, Berlin is getting away from them so that tin conditions which existed in regard to dwell ings in tho two cities a few years ago may b reversed within the next decade. Copyrighted 1885. Wliero tho Scorpion Gets His Poison. When ho strikes yon with tlio cud of his tail, liko a wasp, ho exudes a ven omous liquid, and ti man might hotter nold a red-hot iron in his hand than to lot a tenth part of this liquid into his blood. It is not liocossuriiy fatal, par ticularly in tho 15 a hum ns; but it con denses tlio hunt of forty furnaces. In some parts of South Aniorica scorpion bites aro frequently fatal, but 1 have not hoard of any ono having boon killed . by thorn lin Nassau. This is easily accounted for. Tlio scorpion likos to feed on docayod wood. In South Aniorica, whoro dyo-woods and other poisonous woods abound, the scorpion foods upon them, and thus work into ttiomsolves a good supply oi ouLsido poison, which, takeu togothet with his naturally poisonous liquid, does its work for whoever is unfortun ato enough to bo stung. But, in Nas sau, such poisonous woods aro fow, and tho scorpions havo to fatten thorn solves respectably on pino, cedar, ami aiahogauy. Nassau Letter. An Electrical Phenomenon. Trof. Tyndall, in a recent loctnro on electricity, produced tho clothes of s man who" was taking rofugo undor treo when it wns struck bv lightning. It was a foolish thing, ho obsorvod, tc go under a trco during an electric storm, nnloss a person stood sotno dis tance from the trunk. In this particu lar case, however, the man's olothei woro vory wot, and, though thoy wen much torn, thoy formed a suflloiontly good conductor for tho lightning, and ho escaped with his Hfo- Hnd hi; raiment boon dry ho would inevitable havo been killed. Producing tho man'i boots, tho lecturer pointed out that tho uppors woro torn to pieces by tin oloctrlo 11 u id in its anxiety to roach tin earth, but tho solo. Into the construc tion of which iron largely entered ii tho shape of nobnails-funned a gone oonduotoraud was not hurt. Clevelanc Herald. Agriculture Is a dangsrous tmilutsi lu Call fonila, Last wtxtk squash broke loose fron vine, rolled down lull, smashed In a fid a bam and killed a hoite.