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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1885)
1 f A. ev MY 01,1) HOME. It stands upon n sunny Mope, And fronts the bi colir ho low Where pli'fijy vines have ample scope The wanton b:iok t follow; Vitch-hnzols drop Ihclr nuplc wands In search of golden treasure; And, 1- ng in the si lout ponds, The trout find quiet pleasure. The oxen turn their p tlcnt cyv Upon me; the bay lllly Neighs s ft y in her glad surprise; Hr.-tender ambs ntc chilly, And nestle In my apron wide; The ap!;leb!ooms arc sifting In eddies on tlx lau ;h ng tide, To yonder rher drlftiug. Tlie snowy rtojw-iod stars the copse, Kerns nod in frouded beauty, The v olet ha modest hopes To pay bur flagrant duty; Tl.o i.rinn duris u mottled t'uguo To Indian pipe, and vying "With every iluwt-r the muse has sung Aburtu pa'e Is tig in.'. ''J. Dream of the AiliromlacH.Mrs. liich. AFTER aJX Y 15 A US. "I nm giving you a treasure, my i). Why do you hesitate? Surely DU Iiuvo no other jOVC?" Tlio sick lusiti lifted hhnsolf on his illow, and lookoel eagerly, fearfully, a tlio faco abovo him. It was a haughty, yet frank coun iiianco a faco which mingled tronglh of will with pride, and tou orness with truth, yet had enough octie lire in it to make tho request his ither mado of Clarenco Liviugstouo a cry hard one for him to grant. For Elmar Livingstone, dying, ro loniberod tho wrongs ilono by him 'in tho days of nature," and, rccall lg a lucky venture, which, by cn iohiiig him, had beggared another sked his son to take that other's or han daughter for his wife. Clarence knew nothing of the hour f toinptation which paw his father's ill knew of no reason more power til than Christian charity which had idticed his father to adopt the ponni jss girl, whori she was left alono in ho world; and, full of fair dreams for is futuro, ho shrank from a marriage rith one whom lie had rarely scon, in is years of study and travel, and who ras to him only a shy, awkward child -no more. "I have no lovo," ho answered. 'Why do you ask this of mo, my dear alher? Make any provision you wish or Miss Monroe; dower her as riehl' s you choose. Hut leave her, as I iray you to leave me, f roe. 1 have no dvo for hor, nor she for me; wo aro Grangers. Let us remain so, lost in aating us as you would you do both ives injury." "Stoop down, Ciarenco. She loves ott ; you have boon her horo, her idol, years. 1 have fostered her ielola ry, for 1 have wished to atone for tho rnrng I did her; and thoro is but ono fay to make her tho wifo of my only on. My hoy, jou will not ioiuso to fcako my last hour easier?" , "Father, I would purchases your seaoo with my 1 fc, were it possible. lut thoro is surely soino other way ! ban this, and I will hnd it. What is ho wrong of which you speak? I list know it, s.nco 1 am to atono; aid trust mo, my father, though it ftko my life, I will not fail to mako he atonement a complete one." "There is no other way," nioauod ho sick man; "and since you bid mo Uiseal my lips, I will toll you how 1 allied my wealth, and planted my ifo with aloes of rcniorso, my sou. ly cordial! Tho story is not long, but cry hard to toll very hard, my bey -for it will make you blush for your kthor." And, while the summer night closed a, gray and spectral, Claronco Liv agstone, listening to his father's tory, of a credulous friond betrayed, lid wealth snatched from a too trust Dg hand, bout his young hoael in a itimiliation wholly now and wholly Dtolerable to liiiu. Without, in tlio clustering shadows if tho veranda, drooping like a lily on ts stem, stood Lena Munroo, drinking o tho t'tlo, with puhos boating as trougly as those in tho broast of her 'laronoe, in hor own girlish bosom miu as keen, rogrot as bitter; for she ad loved Elmar Livingstone as a so und father, and felt tho sin of tho ying as keenly as tho wrong done he dead. Hosidcs, anothor pang was hers or Clarenco had bogged his fathor ;ot to nsk him to bo more than a trangor to her! Tho story was told, and tho old nan lay panting on his pillows, his ace damp with dows of coming death; ,nd tho girl, peering into tho chamber fith wide darkened eyes, saw Clar nco on his knees beside the couch. "Forgive mo my sou! I uid the rong for vou," camo hoarsely to her rom tlio drawn lips of tho dylii". Make her your wife, and all will bo eli. She Is puro as a llowor unpluck cl. She has grown tlear to mo as a laughter nnd, my boy, sho loves 'Oil." A hot flush crept into hor facoat tho ow, broken words, but it died in tnntly, for Claronco was replying, n d sho bent hor, face to her hands as lie llstoned. "Sho may bo all you say," camo in he clear tones of theyoung man; "but lio is no moro to mo than a flower fhioh I havo no wish to gathor. If lie loves mo, it is with a childish loro, rhleh will not lltigor. Rest content, n 'hor, sho shall not suffer through your your regard for mo. I wll giro back every ill-gotten dollar. Hut I will keep my freedom; I can not sell it, father." "What do you mean?" "That 1 will make over to Mis'? Munroo every acre that you leave mo every farthing that is lior duo. Nay, not ouo dissenting word?" as the o'd man strove to speak. "Let me keep my houosty, and mako my own way with clean hands, if empty ones. 1 would not oiler my hand to your ward now, oven though I loved her, which I do not" . "Claronce, my son!,f "Father, say no more, but trust to me; now you shall sleep." The girl, shaken by hushod sobs, turned from tho silvory night, and glided into tho house like a shadow. Ere morning dawned, tho soul of Ehnar Liviugstouo had gono, whore human eye could not lollow its flight, free of that clogging clay, to its judg ment. And, as untraceable, it would seem, as tho spirit of tuo mail who had wronged her, yet guarded hor youth, Leiia Munroo had also gono with the night, leaving no token behind her, bidding no farewell. Six yoars later the accident occur red on tho midnight train which tilled tho hospital of G with moaning life, orerushod and shapoless bodies, in which was loft scarcely strength to sigh. 'Tho nursos went from pallet to pal let, holding bandages, aiding to bind up great gaping wounds, shrinking from the sight of severod arms, but putting personal feeling away before tho great needs that mot them. Ono nurse, with sweet, blue eyos, tender and pitiful, gavo a low cry at last, as tho surgeon, whoo assistant sho was, paused besido a cot on which a young man lay unconscious. "You know him?" tlio surgeon asked her regarding her blanched faco curiously. She bent her head in silence, a sob bursting from hor lips. Half an hour later ho lay there un der her eyes, cold and still, witli strips of linen across his bosom, a broken, bandaged arm, and court plaster hold-' ing together the red edges of a gash, that ran perilously near the temple; and sho knelt beside the eot with an ashen pain in her young face, as she stroked back the hair lrom his fore-' head. "Aftor six years!" she whispered, soltly. "Oh, my lovo! aftor six joars, during which I havo striven to forgot your lace, to see it so cold and wh:te! Hut you shall be more tenderly cared for than though you had a sister near you; and when you are well onough to know me, wo part again." For tho crushed and wounded man was Clarence Livingstone, tlio kneel ing nurso tlio girl to whom ho had re fused his dying father to mako oiler of his hand Lena Munrco. Long days and nights lollowed each other, and Claronco waked from stu por to mad delirium, in which ho told patient nurso all of which sho already know, and much besides told her ofi the wealth ho had vowed novor to touch, lying in his solicitor's hands for tlio girl ho could not traco; of; struggles and trial which ho had gono! Or) O ' through, which mado her bluo oyes; dim. Hut ho said no word of any woman whoso lovo was his guerdon, and sho was glad that wa3 sparcel her. Once in a midnight hour, when tho ward was silent and the lights low, about them, he suddenly put lorth his, uninjured hand and took ono of hers; his eyes, brilliant with fovor, wero fastened on hor face. "My fathor loved you as a daugh ter,'' ho said, softly, "and ho told mo you loved mo; but I did not believo, and I wanted him to loavo mo freo. Child, why did you lly from mo? Did you fear 1 would learn to lovo you?" She bent her face, and tears flowed silently down hor cheeks. It was delirium, sho know; but she, who had been uuablo to forgot, re membered that long hour in tho early night loo vividly not to again fool some of its pain as she hoard him. It was weeks later whon, after a long sleep, ho wakened to full con sciousness ouo morning at day-dawn. Tho lights wero low, tho scono spec tral, as his languid eyes turned lrom objoet to object. At last thoy restod on tho quiet iig uro of his nurse, asleep in her chair, and thoro they 1. tigered. How sweet and girlish tho weary faco was, under tho still' cap! and sad, too, as though this life was not such as her heart yoarnod for. And the hands lying idly in her lap wero so fair aud while and slender, dainty enough to be ducked with gems, fair enough to bo kissed, but too frail and white for toariug of linen and lifting of dyiug heads, ho told himself. Thou a sort of memory camo to him of thoso soft lingers on his brow, when it had seemed burning; of that sweet faco bent over him iu his delirium, when he had taken it for tho faco ol an angel. Ho had soon it before, but where? Porhaps In ono of his day dreams. Now ho would never forgot it, ho told him self, as, his own eyes closing ho drop ped oft to sleop. It was mid-day when ho wakod again and found hor bending over dim, and this tuno no recognized her. "Lena!" he cried, trying to put out Sis hand. Hut he was too weak. It fell on the jottnterpniio. "You know me?" sho said softly, airing paler. "1 know you, and I want to tell rou, ho whispered, faintly, but with a warm glow in his oyes "You aro an iioiress; thero is no need for you to do this work. My fathor" "I know it all," sho broko in; "and that was why I loft Lynn as I iid. Did you think I would beggar rou? And vour father had beod kind to mo. 1 forgave him because ho ioved mo. I will not go back; I will aot take a farthing of that money; it is yours." "Then sharo it with mo," ho said mftly. "I would not :vk you once, beeauo 1 did not lovo you. I do now, because love has grown in my heart for you in an hour. Lena, you have nursed mo back to life from what must have been very nearly death. Will you learn to caro enough for mo to sharo my future?" "l'ou lovo mo!" sho said, incredu lously. "When did you learn tho les- sour' "At day dawn, while I watched you asleep in your chair, ero I know who you were. Lona, do not doubt mo! "I do not." She knelt at tho cot and put back his hair, as ho had dreamed sho did while ho was uncem scions. "Aud I will own to you, Clar once, that 1 havo loved you always since I lirst saw you. That was why I lied from Lynn." "And now you will como back?" "For the same reason." she smiled, although her lips wero tremulous. "Lovo sent mo forth then; love recalls mo now, and 1 will sharo tho posses sions with you which wero neither honestly yours nor mine, but can bo long fairly to us together. Yes, Clar onco, I will go back!" Mary C. l''?cs (on. Curious Coins. "What is that curious-looking cop per piece?" asked a reportor of a deal or in old coins. "That is tho Roman Acs, a coin which was in use in Homo about 2,''00 years ago. It is an original; it could not bo spurious, and for tho reason that though tho coin itself, so far as its outward shapo is concerned, might bo coiinnterfeited, it would bo impos sible to imitate the red patina, or coat ing, upon it. Y'ou see, this coin has two coatings of colored matter ono green and the other rod. Won, tho green can bo imitated by modern in genuity, but the red stuff can not bo put upon counterfeit coins by any pro cess at present known to tho world. "Whore do you got those ancient coins that were in use so many yoars tgo? Where aro they found?" "Well, you see, people iu thoso an dent times d d not havo banks and bank vaults to deposit their wealth in for safe-keep ng. As you know, the Honians wore almost constantly on gaged iu warfare with others, and thoso who had nionoy would frequent ly hide it in tlio earth or secure it in tho walls of their dwellings when thoy went to tho wars. Thoso who wore killed left, quite often, no trace of where their wealth was hidden, and so it remained to bo resurroctcd by somo modern relio huntor. A groat many ancient coins havo been found also in river bods. 1 think then in niatiy instances thoy wero put into rivers by people who wished to havo their history reinoinborod by tho com ing ages. There havo boon coins found in the Thames near old London bridgo by which wo can traco many ot tho Roman emperors. Tho fact that thoy havo thus boon found in order seems to clearly indicate that they were deposited on purpose by persons dosirous of perpetuating tho names of the rulers." Thus, by thesu coins of anciont Home, many thing portaining to that great empire which ruled as unstress, of tho world aro made known to us. Mail' Ihings are indelibly impressed upon tho mind by glancing at these coins and afterward becoming interested in tho subject. I do not believo there can bo a bettor educator of tho history of any coun- try than a collection of its coins. The symbolic devices and inscriptions upon them have a priceless value In lixing upon tho mind the great facts and epocs to which thoy refer. Not only does this apply to anciont coins; It is equally truo of modern coins. Hero is something that to tho thinking man indicates a great sooial and busi ness revolution In the mannor and cus toms of tho pooplo who usolt, for hero you seo a specimen of tho largest coin over known to bo iu usoanywhoro." 'Iho reporter wits struck with amazement whon informed that the huge square copper plattcr-liko nftiur wus a co"n. Frt'cooellng, tho dealer said: "Yos, it is a Swedish ploco and gen oralis wolghs from C to 7 pounds. 1 is ono weighs CJ pounds. Ills 10 J lMelios.wido by 9 inches lone, and is a very raro coin. It was mado durinc tho reign of Frederick, king of Sweden, iu Iho year 1723. In the center of the piece, inclosed in a circle you see th stamp '1 dolor,' aud underneath tin words 'Silf mynt' (silver money), ami iu each of the four corners, and it order to provont tho coin being clipped, they were stamped with tin royal coat of arms." Boston Ulouc. FACT AND FANCY. Wiscassot, Mo., has an anti-slang society. Orange wine is bocoming popular in Honda. Georgia is full of tramps with old straw hats and linen dusters. It is said that sixteen colleges in this country are looking for presidents. A creinatorv is to bo erected in Hull'alo bv a builder from Milan, Italy. Hutte, Montana territory, ships an average of $120,000 a week in silver bullion. One and ono-half tons havo been lift ed by electric power forty feet in one minute. The l'ackor memorial church of Lehigh university will cost over $2oo ooo. The town of Hrooklyn, Conn., has voted )?.00 toward a monument to Cen. l'utnam. It is estimated Iliac thoro wore over thirteen thousand marriages in Penn sylvania during tho week previous to the taking effect of the now marriago la w. A fishing schooner at Gloucester, Mass., one day last week took in three hundred barrels of iish in half an hour that sold iu the market tor 82,'.'GS.7.r). It is estimated that tho strike of tho Albany, N. Y., moldors, which ended on Wednesday, has cost tho workmen aud manufacturers iu the neighbor hood of $200,000. One hundred thousand colored chil dren in North Carolina attended school in one thousand ami ninety school housos last year. The average cost of the buildings was less than 100 each. A California newspaper calls upon Riot Ilarto lo revisit California and "bruh ii) lis social information." Tlio California which he knew is nl- logod to bo utterly unlike tho Califor nia which exists to-day. The New York Ladies' club, pro jeeted witli enthusiasm, has died bo fore it was formed. Its aim was siui' ply amusement, imitating the features of the men's clubs, and its premature death is not surprising. There is a woman living in Davidson comity, North Carolina, who is the mother of seventeen children, cloven of whom aro living. She has oighty soven grandchildren and thirty-two great grandchildren. She is now 72 years old. A valiant Georgia editor w rites: "1 will put our dog Trailor against the world lor treeing opossums. A fow nights ago our boy .Jim Ripples caught lifleen with him, ami it was not a good night for the business, as tlio moon shone too brightly." Tlio now capitol in process of orco tion at Atlanta, Ca., is of tho same style of architecture as that of the cap itol at Washington. Tlio building is to bo a 17 foot long and 272 feet at the greatest depth. From the center a dome is to r.so to a height of 210 toot. A learned professor who was asked tho question, "What is cholera?" re plied: "Cholera is a po. soiling by urieinia, by ehoheniis, by oxtraoti lueinia, analogous to what is pro duced by ptomaines, analogous to 'cholera stiblo' or to 'cholera arseni cal.' " Mrs. Mary E. Townsond, of Stono Ridge, N. Y., has a biblo in her pos session datotl l ll. J no volume is profusely illustrated, and is in a re markable state of preservation. It was tho property of Josaias Robinson, of Kripplobush, bearing on tho lly-loaf tho date 17G9. A Philadelphia damsel with "noth ing to wear," while at a New Jersoy watering-place tlio past season, was bedecked with a dog collar of dia monds outside of hor walking dresses, a diamond buckle at her waist, largo sditairo "lu-a. Might" earrings,, aud several rows of bracelets and rings. Toinporanco people in many parts oi Connecticut aro Iu high feather. They aro uxohaiiging congratulations iu the country press over tho victories for no license at the polls on Oct. !J. Thoy had waged a war of unwonted vigor against liquor-sollors, and wore re warded with unusual success. In commending the proposition to change the datoof tlio national thanks giving to Oct. 12, the day on which Columbus first s ghtod tho outlying islots of tho Now World, Tho Toronto Uioba asks why Canada should not join in with tho pooplo of tho United Stales. Arguments both of a senti mental ami of a practical nature are urged iu support of such an interna tional holiday. Tho national museum is said to have been a groat gainer by the New Or leans exposition, where it had a large representation. About ouo thousand boxes wore sent as a part of tho gov ernment's display, but over two thou sand wero returned, the collections having boon greatly augmented by gitts from foroign governments and private sources. Tho msinngorof an olootrlo company says that it is found that wherever steam is used to obtain twenty-live horse-power or loss, oloclrlolty Is more economical. The advantages are: a smaller space occuplod, much less noise and no heat, ami the fact that the power can bo turned on or stopped at will. Thoro is no boiler required and no fire, as tho power Is supplied to tho motor by wires from a centrul station, on tho samo principle thul gus or bteam boat Is supplied. THE BL'I.OAUIAN UNIO.'f. A Tint Iiookhur to tlin Deposition of I'rlnci Alexander WnMrniar of Dcninark Ills l'robable Sueeessor to the Throne. A London special cablegram to lO.e St. Louts (llobc-Democrat s9ys: Tho apparently sudden outbreak of tho war fever in Greece causes an immense sensation, but there is really little prospect of actual hostilities. It is a matter of fact, and capable of demon stration, that tho present outburst has been in preparation for weeks with the full knowledge of King George I. The whole proceeding looks very much like a game of brag, but it Is growing exciting. The relative mili tary strength of Turkey and Greece prerhides any idea o( the latter power begiuning a war of conquest, unless, indeed, the whole Ralkati peninsula gets ablaze, and Turkey needs her sol diers elewhoio. At the present mo ment, Turkey has troops enough on the Greek frontier to promptly squelch any attempt at invasion, while tho Greek army Is weak, poorly equipped and ill-dis iplined. The Groek forces ire alleged to number 100.0J0, where as, in reality, tho only ollicient por tion of the army numbers but 10,000 men. Tito most curious and suggestivo fact about the Grajoo-Turklsh question is tho attitude of King Georgo, and to understand this his family relations must bo taken into account. King Georgo is the second son of King Christian IX., of Denmark, and is the husband of tho Grand Duchess Olga Con.stantinovn, cousin of the Czar of Russia. King Christian has now suc ceeded in placing all of his children, save one, on present or prospective European thrones. His eldest sou, the Crown Prince Frederick, will become tho King of Denmark; his oldest daughter, Princess Alexandra, is the wife of the Prince of Wales, aud will bo Iho Queen of England; his second son, King Gorge, is King of tho Hellenes; his second daughter is tho Czar.na of Russia; his third daughter is tho wife of tho reigning Duke of Cumberland. A.TIIKON'K VOU WAMMClfAlt. The only one of the numerous brood unprovided with a crown is tho youngest chihl, I'rinee Waliloinnr.wliti will bo 27 yours old this mouth. Ho is about tt) be married to a French Princess, but thero is little cliauco that either she or ho will over reign in Franco. Therolore, it is desirable) U) give eclat to the alliance by providing tlio young pooplo with another throne, and it happens eipporlunely that a va cancy can now bo mailo cm the throne ef Hulgaria. The present incuinbonl, Prince Alexander of Ilor.se, has mor tally offended the great Powers by his action iu annexing Eastern Roumelia without asking their permission. He has forgotten that ho was a puppet, aud lias acteel as though hu wore really a king. Whatever may be the fale of the Hulgarlau union, Prince Alexander must be disciplined, and the most probable form of punishment is dethronement. His thremo is want eel for Prince Wahlomar. Despite tho denials from Pan Slavlst sources, the rumor is general ami persistent at St. Petersburg that tho young Danish Prince will soon succeed Alexander as tlio King of United Hulgaria. The King of Denmark is known to have great iniluetico over his son-in-law, the Czar, and it is positively nsserloel by certain woll-iuformoel diplomates that the former has secured from the Czar the reversion of tho Hulgarlau thremo for Princo Waldoinar. The Czar has nenv been visiting for several weeks at the Court of his father-in-law. ami there has been ample time and oppor tunity for perfecting this arrangement. It is natural to suppose that King George ef Groeco Is also thoroughly in favor of providing a thremo for his brother, Princo Wnliloiniir, and recent events iu Greece exactly fit this theory. rOJIKNTUI) iiv fiicoiton oy aitKr.on. There was a probability thatTurkoy ami tho Powers would accept tho Hulgarlau union under Prince Alex ander's rule as an fait accompli. This would not suit thoso who aro seeking Alexander's throne for Waleloinnr. To prevent it, It was necessary that there sliouhl be pretonilod outbreaks iu the western ami southern portiem of the Halkan peninsula. Thoso would call for the Intervention of the Powers lo prevent a general conflagration in Europium Turkey. Then, whon it was found that everybody would bo pneilied by the deposition of Alexan der and tho elevation of Waldoinar, that change could easily bo made. This programme scorns now to be in process of fulfillment. The lead has been taken by Greece and Sorvia. Either of them could be crushed by Turkey, but their simultaneous action, together with fears for the peace of . i ,.. .i ir i i.. .1... i jwuainu anil .naceiioiiia, ooiuuim in tervention. Many interests would bo served by the elevation of Prince Waleleinar to the Hulgariau throne, and Ills quite possible that this may be, at least fur the present, the solu tion of the whole problom. The Criminal Out of Prison. The subject of prison reform, first Introduced to tho attention of the civ ilized worhl by John Howard and Kl'zaboth Fry, has coucoriiod Itsolf chiefly wllh the welfare of the criminal md the protoution of society after tho criminal has committed his crlmo and b shut up in prison. Tho idea that the prison, like tho county jail of to day, was a li"!d fer propagating iiumnti weeds instead of a nur.-ery for ilnvel oping tlieni into valuable plants, was the new eli-eeivory which thoso emi nent philautluopists helped reveal lo the worhl. The inmates left them far worse than I hoy entered. To oradicato such a system has been the principal work of prison reformers from that day to this. Study, ingenuity, bene volence have all contributed to their store to this important problem. Have thoy succeeded? On tho wholo it must bo admitted that, measured by tho labor ami time expended, their success has not been brilliant. As a rule most criminals on thoir roleaso from prison betake thonisolves to their edel associates, thoir olel haunts nnd their olel evil ways. This is partly duo to tho attitude of society, which distrusts them, but mainly to (ho in grafted lovo of tho crime in. Which they indulge. What seamanship auel the pleasures of an roving ocean life aro to tho sailor; or fox-hunting and tiger-shooting aro to tho inveterate sportsman, burglary is to the natural born burglar. As tho painter lovos his art, as the actor loves tl.o stage, so tho forger and counterfeiter lovo tho exercise of that skill which enables them at a singlo stroko to enrich thoni solves at the expense of their fellows. Moissonier iloos not roeoivc tho 10, 000 chocks which millionaires pay him for one of his pictures with moro pleasure than the forgor feols when the cashier hands him tho nionoy which attests tho excellence of his false draft, anil although overhanging it all is tho ponl of punishment, the anxiety is probably nmro than com ponsatoel by tho risk ami sp lit of tul ve nt tire. I u spito, thorcforo, of tho many abuses in prison management that have been roinoilieel, little pre)gross has yet been made in the conversion of the criminal class into a law-abiding aud useful class. The attention of reformers, thorc foro, U turning to another phase of tho problem iu his earlier stages; to his vaccination rather than to the dis ease after it has broken out. Having been pronounced almost if not quite incurable, once it matures into an eruption, tho prevention of it before hand has assumed a now importance. This is only following the tendency in treating bodily disease. Cleanliness, sanitary regulation ami inoculation are taking new prominence in medical science. In moral disease, orphan asylums, Sunday schools, reform schools, hotues of all sorts for home less or neglected children, the separa tion of children from criminal or pau perized parents, all havo thoir origin in the admitted failure of prisons to reform the criminal. Hut thero aro still several phases of tho problem which prison-reformers have yet barely touched, and In ro garel to which tho reformation of ju risprudence ami change in public opin ion tiro siully nooeled. One of thoso especially domniiding attention is tlio want of oversight auel restraint of tho notorious criminal who is not m prison, includiug tho valuable right of habeas corpus itself, the laws which were iu early days instituted for tlio protoctio of tho weak against Iho rich and pow erful, and of the individual ngainst a despotic governing olass, have in tho process of civilization tailed to keep stop with otlior improvements. They are now ono of tho chiof shields of tho criminal classes. Thoy aro straiuod to the utmost iu his behalf. Thus tho burglar or forgor has a double advantage. Hehastho benefit of many of the groat inventions from lino slcel instruments to otlior and dynamite, tho best lirearms -but, after he is caught, which Is nuidu by those inventions all the moro dillicull, lie has the benefit of the antiquated usages of t'ne laws, which have not been roneliiplcd lo the new era hi civ ilization ami government. Whon notactually engaged in break ing the law or in undergoing its pen alties he is almost wholly free to pur sue his criminal occupation. Ho is, it is truo, subject to the vigilance of tho police and the detective, but he is not obliged to account for himsolf, his time, or his pursuits. Ho can plan a raid upon a bank or a dwelling liouso with all the deliberation and secrecy of a commanding general plnunhig a campaign against an enemy. Anil there are notorious resorts nnd ro'.roats, whore he may stay unmolest ed until somo oriino is committed which allows the intorfonco of the po lice. During tho political progross ol mankind, individual liberty has be come) so exalted that although Its pro toctlon to the good citizen is growing almost superfluous and gouernlly au coptod, it has become like tho aban doned temples of tho Crock gods, o refuge anil a sanctuary for tho bundiU auti beasts of proy that make war up on society. Thoso aspects of tlio erlmlual prob lem nood thorough discussion, and thoy aro elestlnod to roceivo groatoi prominence horeaftor than thoy hnv yet hud. While it is not protondod that all has boon done which can bi dono for tho criminal iu prison, tin criminal out of prison has been oyer looked aud passed by. Detroit Vrtt JVmj. A child vim recently born at Mom RHg Me., with but ouo baud.