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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1886)
200KTXZIED MOTHER. Thoy wore talking of tlio glory of tho land bo- yoml tho side, Of the light mid of tho gladness to bo found in I'aradiHO, Of tbollowri-s over blooming, of llio novor-ce&s-Itig sours, 0 tho wancl'ruigs through thogolilon streets of liappy whiU'-robcd throngs; And said father, loaning cozily back in his easy chair (Fathor always was a maslcr-hand for comfort orcry whore): ..... . "What joyful tiling 'twould be to know that when thiH life in o'er Ono would straightway ho.it a wolcomo from thoblcBHCd shining nhoro!" And Isabel, our olilent gill, glanced upward from tlio rood Bho wan painting on a water jug, andmurmurcd, "Yen, indeed!" And Marlon, the next in age, a moment dropped hor book, ..... , And a "Voss indeed!" repeated with a most ec static look. Hut mother, gray-haired mother, who had como to Hwoop tlio room, With a patient nmilo on hor tliiu faco, loanod lightly onJier broom Poor mother! no ono over thought how much nho had to do , , And said, "I hope it is not wrong not to agroo with you, T . . Hut Bcoii.s to mo that when I die, boforo I join tlio Most, ,, . I'd liko Just for a littlo whilo to lio in my gravo and rest." , , Margaret Kytingo In Harpors. WEED BLADES. Yonng Henry Hnyloid experienced much difiiouHy m finding, in liia some what contracted sphero of operations, n vocation wliich would yield n plens urablc, not to say remunerative, return. Ono day, after having experienced with quito n number of "callings," including a mild attempt in tho pulpit, ho hoard that a school teacher wuh greatly needed in a far removed district, known as "Pnntcr Walk." Ho had begun tlio Htudy of votorinary surgery, but not be ing vory much taken with tho profes sion, ho decided to go atonco to "Pantor Walk," and begin tho much needed courao of instruction. Arriving, ho found a small log school houso, sparsely supplied with benches. Tlio farmers whom ho consulted agreed that a school was tho vory thing thoy needed, but that no ono could expect much "of a Bhowiu' till arter tho crops was laid by." This was certainly discouraging, but as young Hnyloid liadnolhingolso in viow, ho decided to stay and takohis chances. When school opened only two "scholars" mado their appearance., tho family prop erty of old ,lim Socklaster. Ono was n "gangling" boy. whose awkward form und recklessness of gait had won him thq appellation of "Windin' Wades." Tlio girl, tall and with a disposition to romp, wan rather good-looking, and woro around her hair a blue ribbon silicon streak of civilization. "And what is your nanioV" asked tho teacher. "Thoy call mo Weed, sir," slio said. " Why did thoy give you such a namo V" '"Onuso she glowed so fast," inter posed Windin' Wades. An no other pupils came, ITivyloid de cided to go ahead regardless of num bers. It was with some trouble (hat llio two studonts could bo classilled. Windin' Wades had only one book, a tattered copy of "Paradise Lost," of whioh ho could not read a lino, and Weed had brought a work treating of ngrionltiuo among tho ancient .Egypt ians. "Whore did you get theso books?" asked tho teacher. "A tramp give 'em to us for a jug of buttermilk," replied Windin" Wades. "Can your father read?" "Ho can read littlo books, but ho can't road ono as big as this one." "Your mother can doubtless read?" turning to tho girl. "She can't read now, but olio lister could." "Why can't sho read now?" "Because tho book sho learned to rendu dun lost. Hero comes pap." Old man Hooklastor enterod, nodded and said: "Mornin' to you, mornin', sir. Got sorter slim prospoct." "Yes, the children don't appear to bo coming vory last." Old SoekhiHlor was not disappointed at tho "slim prospook" in fact he was rather pleased to note what encourage ment, beyond his neighbors, ho was giving to tho eauso of education. "1 roekin you'ro goiu to go right on with tho uudortakin' jes' the sumo, as if you had a whole missel of scholars?" "Yos," said Hayioid. "I came hero to teaoh, and so loiig as I can secure tho attendance of n single pupil T shall con tinue to malco my olforta in behalf of learning," "(J lad to know it. You'ro tho only rjght sort of a teacher vvo'vo hud in this community for Aomo time." . "By tho way, Mr. Soeklastor, theso cooks whioh your children have been provided with aro by no means appro priate." "What's tho mattor with em?" "Ono treats of agriculture sevoral thousand years ago, tolling of wooden plown and ox threshing machines, the othor is a book which only advanced btudeutn can read and understand. "Wall, tho feller wo got 'em of said they was good books, and he's an older man than you are. Hotter lot 'em worry along with them books awhilo, an' nrtor they've dun learnt all there in in W, wy then I'll get thorn Knnin lirltur (inns, (loud dav. Wlisll you mighty woll with your undcrtakin'," Fortunately Havloid had brought a fow books for beginners. Ho had no irniil.ln in fTiil iiitr mi mcelianuo. for tlio bright pictures at once settlod the question of their worth, wmiim Jimiio and Wood had scarcely exploded the invstenes oi the aipiiaiiot, uui inoy pfoved to bo attentive and evinced such a desiro to loarn that Hayioid did not regret having commenced with "such tilim prospects," Tlio teacher boarded in ft quiet fam ily, where tho sunlight that a ilttlo child bring is unknown, where n doaf old man and a knitting old woman sat down nightly to the exploration of thoir own thoughts. .All that Hayioid cpuld get out or the old man was "hah" with ono'haud behind his earand as the old Jady Boomed to drop a btitch ovcry timo ho uddrossed her, 6ho was allowed to nitrsue an unintotruptod courso of solf-investigation. Windin Blados and Wood, day by day, continued to bo tho only pupils Corn was "laid by," and tho farmers' boys had no particular work to perform, yet tho census of tho school remained iho same. To watch tho development of Weed's, mind was an interest ing study. Sho was remarkably bright, and learned with ( a readi ness which surprised Hayioid. Win din' Wado was, aftor all, inclined tc bo idle. Ho had a passion for carrying grasshoppers in bin pockets. Thcsoin sects occupied his entiro timo on the playground, and at last, after much ex periment, ho sucjeeded in harnessing them to a diminutive wagon which he had constructed, Tlio teacher remon strated with him concerning this useless absorption, and onco ho spoke to his father, but tho old man instead of Do ing displeased, smiled until the tobacco puce run out or mo corners oi in mouth. "Let him go," ho replied, "I was sorter o' that turn myself when I was n boy, an' daddy allowed I wouldn't amout to nothin,' but arter a whilo 1 turned out to bo the best plow hand in tho country." Winter camo, and still no other pu pils appeared. By tho blight log fire, whilo tho snowstorm roged outside, Hayioid found himself better contented than ho had ever been before, and his interest, instead of growing loss, be camo greater. Tho teacher hid at first decided that ho would not beg for pupils, and on no occasion did ho nsk tho farmers to send their children. Ho was treated politely, yet ho could sco that the peoplo of tho neighborhood cared nothing for his society, but as this lndillcronco was mutual Jio spent very littlo timo in regret. Ono day Windin JJIados failed to como, but Weed, with her faco nil aglow with healthful exorciso, camo as usual. When she had hung up her homespun cloak, and shaken tho snow from tho bright hair, Hayioid asked: "Wlioro is your brother r "Ho ain't hero." "J seo ho is not hero, but where ia ho?" "At homo." "Why didn't ho como?'1 "Had to go to mill." "Weed, don't you think you aro learn ing vory rapidly?" " l'os, sir." "T don't think I over saw any ono mako such progress, Ion havo a fine order of mind, and J hopo that aftor I leave tho neighborhood you will pursuo your studies still." "You are not thinking nbout leaving nro your looj.ing up witu eyes in which thoro lurked shudows of sad- ness. "I shall not leavo immediately, but in justice to mvself 1 cannot remain here much longer." She twisted tlio llnx Jiomo-matio but ton on her dress, and gazed fixedly into tho roaring lire. "Do you want mo to stay hero t lio asked. "Yes," twisting tho button. "But you know 1 cannot stay hero al ways." "No," sho replied with brightening eyes, "wo cannot stay any where always. Who havo to die some time." 'Why, Weed, you aro running ahead of von studies. You havo jumped from tho fourth reader to an advanced book of philosophy." sho did not thoroughly eompreiionu his meaning, but sho laughed and bo stowed on him a glance which for ovor remained a pleasant memory. "J)o von, so fresli nnd vigorous, with such bloom of perfect lifo ovor think of dying?" "los," sho replied sadly, "my iitno sister was tho picture of health, with more bloom than I havo, and with a faco so bright that everybody wanted to kiss it, but she died. lion thoy said that sho could not got well I did not believe thorn, but bno morning, wl'ion I wont to the bed and found tho bloom all gone, I knew that they had told mo th'j truth. Now 1 know that anybody can die and that tho bloom does not mean life, but many times means death. " Ho looked at her in surprise ITo had takon great pains to oarroct hor language and had from day to day notod her advancement, yet ho was not prepared for the expression of such views, common enough with older poo plo, but rare with one so young. "You are right, Weed. The roso may bo bright to-day, but to-night a frost may kill it; but wo havo wandered irom our subject. What was I trying to toll you, anyway 1" "About your going to leavo.' "Oh, yes. You know that I cannot remain h'ue much longer. Very few men would have staid this long, but I have nothing to do " "And did you stay hero bocauso you had nothing to do?" "I don't osaotly mean that. I mean that I could not havo remained had other business engagements pressed 1110." "But von would not havo como horo had other engagements pressed you. "You are developing tact us woll as philosophy. Now, to tell you the truth, aftor staying here three days no busi ness could havo called mo awny. Only ono person could have inllueiiced mo to leave." "Who?" "Yon, and you alone." "How could I have had any influ ence?" "You possess nil unconscious influ ence tuat is stronger than iron. Jf you had said you did not want mo to re main I sliould have gone away. 1 have studied your face closely, and haveofc-r seen, or fancied that I saw, loudness and welcome in your eyes," "Isn't it time to take in school, Air. Havloid?" "No, there is timo for nothing but to tell you of my deep love for you. WoYd, vou'aro tho causo of my remaining here. I love you with n heart that was never before moved." Bho hud twisted off tho button, and sat changing it from ono hand to the other. "No woman, no mattor haw cultivat ed, could win my love from you." ")o you know why I have loarnod so fast?" Bho indeed dropping tho button and ohiphig hor hands. "Bccauso you havo a bright mind." "No, because I lovo you." Ho caught her in his arms and was pressing hor lips when Windin Blades bnrst into tho room. "Thar now," ho said, stopping in amazement. "Thar now, Mr. Hayioid. Don't say nothin' moro to mo 'bout kitchen' "grasshoppers. I'd ratchor be kotch puttin' gear on grasshoppers than to bo kotch puttin my arms 'round a gal. Whoop 1" and Windin' Blades, in celebration of his conquest, soized a bench leg und belabored tho writing table "Pin goin' to tell pa on you, sir," said tho girl, "I'm goin' totoll him on you," again whooping and striking tho table. I don't see how anybody can study when you'ro keeping up such a noise." "Htudy, bar yah, whoop 1" and ho raised a deafening din. "Wall," when he had sufficiently commemorated his discovery. "believo I'll go homo of thar ain't goin' to bo no school." nnd boforo n protest could bo made, Windin' Blades had leaped from tho door and disappeared. "That was unfortunate," said Hav loid. "audi would give almost any thing if it could bo recalled." "Are you sorrv that you told mo?" "Oh, no." "Then you aro sorry that you tried to kiss mo?" "No; for if some ono had stopped in and shot mo I should not have regretted my action." "And do you lovo mo as truly as you say you do?" "Deeper than I can cxiircss, I want you to bo my wife." "Don't you think that I am too much of a child" "No you aro quito a woman. We can study together, nnd your bright mind can blossom into a llower cf brilliance and beauty." They were standing in front of tho lire. j "I will bo your wife." Ho took her in his arms, and was in tho net of kissing her when old man Soeklaster stepped into tho room. "Hello ! Wall, by jinks, this is a fun- ( ny sort o'school." I Hayioid blaniincrcd an unintelligible reply. "Sort o' kissin' ecliool, nn' must say that if Weed h is larnt as fust in that ar branch as sho ha.i in her books, slio's a a might apt scholnrd. Can't you sorter 'splain yourself, mister." I "There is not much of an oxplnnation I to mako, old gentleman," replied tho teacher. I lovo your daughter and sho loves me. I havo asked hor to bo my wife, and she has " "Told him that f am too young," in- ; torposoJ tlio blushing girl. i "Wall," said the old man in expletive, for ho could reallv sav nothing, and only said "wall" to gain time. "Wall, I reckon that a gal what takoB so nachul I to kissin' ain't much too young to get 1 married. ' "Did you meet Windin' Blades?" asked tho girl. , ' "No, .1 hain.t seed mm sinco ho lolt homo. Here ho is now." "Pap whut you reckon?" "I reckon a good deal." " Wall, Mr. Hayioid lias been or lasstn of Weed." "He's got a right to kiss Weed. He's goin' tar bo yer brother." "How?" "By inarryin' Weed. Wall, I reckin the school 'iul better break up for tor day. Como an' we'll all go home. Mur will bo glad tor hear o' tlio 'gageniont, for she's mightily pleased with Weed's larnin'. A woman can go through life or larnin', but airtor a boy gets to bo about 21 ho thinks ho knows it all an' don't larn no moro." Tho old lady was indeed pleased to hear of tho engagement, and she "tuck such a likin' ter the young man" that sho opened tho pear preserves whioh bho had been saving for the preacher. At night, whilo in contented half circle thoy sat by tho tiro, Hayioid re marked : "J t has over been a mystery to mo why T did not havo moro pupils. I was told that tho people of this neighbor hood wanted a school." The old man laughed. "Day after day," continued tho teach er, "I expected to receive additional en couragement, but as you know I was disappointed. What kind of people have von in this country, anyhow?'' "Fust-rato folks." "Thoy evidently do not care to soe their children educated." "Oh, yes, they're mighty keen for cdyention." "Then thoy cortninly havo n poor opinion of my ability as a teacher." "Ah, no; thoy think you'ro n mighty smart man." "Well then, confound it, why didn't they send their children to school." "I'm soon tor bo yer daddy-in-law, ain't 1?" "Yes." "An'j-or won't think hard o' tho olo man if ho tells yer a joko." "Of course not," "Well, when it was knowed that yer was coniiu' horo, I went 'roun an' told nil the folks that yer owed me money an won't goin to teach no chillun but mine. They would or sent oil' an' got another tonohor, but you boo I rented tho school houso fur a year. Now." and tho old man laughed heartily. "I'll go Voun in' explain. Pin pretty well fixed, thank yer, av.d what I've got is voum." Horry and Weed now conduct ono of the most flourishing schools in Arkan saw. nnd old Soeklaster, it. is said, has learned to write his own name. Arkau Baw Traveler. Novada has the largest proportion of persons of foreign birth of any of the 1 states or territories 11 per runt. and . North Carolina tho smallest only ono fourth of 1 por cent. Next after Nova da comes Arizona, with 10 por cent, ol foroign-born persons, mainly Mexican; Dakota, US. -I per cent.; Minnesota, 111.21 per cent.; California, 513.1) per cent.; Wisconsin, !U).t) per cent. ; Vtah, 5H).fi i por cent.; Wyoming. '2.7 per cunt.; Montana, '2(M) per cent.; Ithode Island, I per cent.; Massachusetts, til.U per cent.; and New York, 'JJl.t) par cent. From this point the percentage do scends Btoadily- Gus Pcnnoycr's Ghost Story. Interview in Philadelphia News. "Many years ago, I will not say how many, for no law compels a man to criminate himself, I held tho humble position of call boy in tho Mobile The ater, long since destroyed by fire, and of wliich Mr. J. W. Field (now deceas ed), tho father of tho well-known and popular Kate Field, was manager. Years prior to my connection with tho theatre an awful tragedy in real life had been enacted on the stage and in presence of the assembled audience, an incident in the play serving for Iho perpetration of a criine.and which tho , lookers on mistook for fiction. j "Among the company engaged at tho time wero a husband and wife, tho former holding, in stage parlance, tho position of juvenilo man, tho latter that of leading lady. The man was remarkably handsome; in fact, a per fect Adonis in form and feature. Tho woman, though a lino actress, was onlv passably good looking. Sho was , intolerantly jealous of her spouse a jealousy so keen that it approached insanity. It was said that tho hus band had given butlittlocausofor this feeling, and that sho fancied wrongsto feed upon. An anonymous corre spondcnt.nn enemy toboth,hadmndo her believe an intrigue existed between lier husband and a well-known society lady of the city, and so wrought on lier feelings that, in her mind, nothing but tho death of one or both could sat isfy her. "At this timo a play was being pro duced at tho theater in which tho wife had (a character) to stab her husband to death, jealousy shmular to say, be ing the cause, it was Saturday night and the last of tho production, but the curtain fell on a truly bloody ending, and the mimic tragedy had been an awful reality, for thero prone upon tho stage was tho husband with blood streaming from a dreadful wound, and on tho floor, were he fell, was a crimson-stained knife. The wife had disappeared. Search was made foi' lier, but it was of no avail. Sho had jumped from tho back of tho stage to tho ground, ten feet below, scaled tlireo fences, and made her escape. What becamo of her after I never heard. Tho wounded man was assist ed to his dressing-room, situated at tho foot of the stairway leading to tho street and directly opposite the exit door. In that room sealed in a chair ho bled to death. Tho murder created considerable excitement at tho time, especially in theatrical circles, in which both mail and woman were well known; and that one particular room seemed j to havo a stranse fascination for each I new company, for it was said tho bloodstained floor could never be cleansed. j 1 For some years after this crime it was found extremely difficult to keep a watchman about the place oneaft cr another they would depart, soma quietly, ashamed of their fears, others loud-spoken as to the gnastiy nguro of a blood-stained man with a knife in his ribs, who would wander beneath and about tho stage. This lasted up to the season when Mr. Field took the theater, and ho win at his wits' end how to keep a watchman. Ono day ho saw 'in a morning newspa per the announcement of tho ar rival of an emigrant ship from Ger many and it struck him as a good idea to try and find among tho home less Gerinan a candidate for tho po sition of watchman of tho Mobile theater. With tho assistanco of a German friend ho succeeded, and broimht back a stout young fellow speaking nothing but his mother tongue. A member of tho company, a fellow countryman, explained tlio simple duties, but with no word of tho past crime, and it is as certain as death that tho new watchman knew nothing of it when left that night in quiet possession of tho theater. At 'J o'clock tho noxt morning tho city watch man on that beat saw a man with blanched cheeks and staring eye balls rush from tho stugo door shriek ing loudly: 'Mein Gott in llinimel! Ein ninnn wird drinnen ungebracht' (My God in Heaven! There is a man murdered in there.) This, on my word, is nn entirely truo tale." Plucky and 'Mannish Women. "There's a now racket on tho road," said a commercial traveler to tho Chi cago Herald. "It's a female drum mer. 1 met her the othor day, and sho is a dandy. Sho travels for a Chicago hom-e, and she sells goods likoa Janu ary thaw." Tho inalo drummer then noes on to describe tho qualities of his feminine rival and competitor for cus tom, how she beats down landlords, howhalf thelotel clerks aro "mashed" rii Iwh- imil 1iriv wluKllipontR. furnish ing goods, and the young men who us- ' uitlly keep that kind of stores buy of , her iis if they hadn't seen a coinmer-1 cial traveler in six months." The bead nnd front nf lier otfendilic seem , In n lint' kiiiws in n linn nf husillOSS ' winch male drummers-have heretofore had to themselves, 'if sho had been a solicitor otsubscription to books and everybody knows what artful ways such women have in wheedling men Into buying books they never read sho would have been tolerated by some of the male drummer kind, and admired byothers.but when sheboldly assumea what they regard as niasculine func tions, and sells "gents' furnishing I'onilrt' tliov nn innlnua of her. and n " - - 7 - -. - j .... j i (. bestow upon her ironical praise m the copious and florid language of tho northwestern vocabulary. Ualtimoro Sun. I An unrepealed law of Now Jersey, ! pabscd whilo tho Stato was a British ' colony, reads as follows: "That all women, of whatever age, rank, pro fession or degree, whether virgins, maids or widows, who shall after this act impose upon, teduco and betray into matrimony any of His Majesty's subjects by virtue of scerts, cos niotics, washes, paints, artificial tooth, fulso hair or high-heeled shoos, shall incur the penalty of tho law now I in force ngainst witchcraft and liko j mUdonionuor5."Albany Journal. J Effects of Temperature. Tho effects of temperature on man do not depend so much on tho moan for tho day, month, or year as on the extremes ai when tho days aro hot and tho nights comparitivcly cool tho energy of tho system becomes partially restored, so that a resideco near tho sea, or in tho vicinity of high mountains, in hot cli mates "is, other things being equal, less enervating than in tho plains, as the night air is generally cooler. It is com monly believed that hot climates are necessarily injurious to Europeans, by causing frequent liver derangements and diseases, dysentery, cholera and fevers. This, however, is, to n certain extent, n mistake, as the recent medical statistical returns of our army in India show that in tho now barracks, with moro careful supervision as regards diet and clothing, tho sickness and death rates aro much reduced. Planters and oth ers, who rido about a good deal, as a rule keep in fairly good health ; but tho children of Europeans certainly degen erate and after two or threo generations dio out. unless they intermarry withna tivs and mako frequent visits to colder climates. This fact shows that hot cli mates, probably by interfering with tho duo performance of tho various processes concerned in tho formation and destruc tion of tho bodily tissues, eventually sap tho foundations of lifo amongEuro peans; but how far this result has been caused by bad habits as regards food, exorcise, and self-indiilgenco I cannot say. Bapid changes of tcmpcraturo in this country aro often vory injurious to tho young nnd old, causing diarrhea and derangoments of tho liver when great heat occurs, and inflammatory diseases of tho lungs, colds, &e, when tho air becomes suddenly colder, ovon in summer. Nature The Story of an Umbrella. From tho Denver Timos. General II. F. Sickles, tho Colorado Commissioner to the Now Orleans Ex position, was tolling some friends a fow days ago about tho first glimpse of a mountain lion. Ho said: "Wo woro living up. in tho mountains and had quito a herd of cows, among them ono, nn old cow, who woro a bell. The cows had been missing for several days, and tho boys were out searching, nnd ono afternoon 1 thought I would try what I could do. So I mounted a pony and rode quito a distnnco, when I thought I heard tho old cow's bell. I dismounted and started to prowl around among tho rocks and bushes. "It ha 1 boon raining during tho early part of the afternoon, and I had an um brella. 1 tied tho pony to a trco and started. After I had gone a short dis tance I caught a glimpso of tho cows. As I staited toward them, suddenly thoy lifted thoir heads, crooked their tails, and started away on a dead run. I was just wondering what frightened them, when I heard a rustling in tho bushes behind mo. "I turned around, and thoro, not ten feet away, was a big mountain lion standing "on a rock staring at mo. I as sure you, 1 never felt so bashful in my lifo. I hadn't a gun or oven a jack-knife, nnd thoro was that beast staring nnd getting ready for a spring. All at once I thought of my umbrella, and as quick as thought I raised that much-borrowed article, and spread it right in Mr. Lion's faco! Ho didn't stop to examine, but mado ono groat jump clear across a gorge, and when ho lighted, gavo a yell that shook tho hills. "I saw no moro of him. Whon I got home, tho cows wero thoro." Franlrfort-on-the-Main. In allEuropo thero is no moro lovablo city than Frankfort-on-tho-Main. I havo met Americans who woro as en thusiastic about it as Madame do Staol was about Paris, nnd us much delighted to mako it thoir home Tho Frankfur ters themselves regard it as an excel lent plneo to stay. Not many of them, indeed, especially of tho oldor stock, can bo persuaded to leavo it. Thoro nro not n fow of its families whoso per spicuous annals of residenoo extend back through a long line of ancestry, for two or threo centuries. There aro banks and other business houses whoso present namo and location havo been continuous for 100 to 1F0 yoars. The city itself dates back to tho timo of Charlemagne. Ono of its stono bridges, spanning tho ltiver Mam, is said to havo been built eight or nino centuries ago. A legend tolls us it was placed thero by his Hantnnio Majesty, on n special 'contract with tho city fathers, that ho should have tho soul of tho first creature that should pass over it. Whon it was finished tho shrowd Frankfurters sent ft rooster across it, thereby show ing themselves snnirtor than tho sly party of tho second part. An imago of tho rooster, surmounting a polo Bet up on tho bridgo, commemorates tho event and confirms the truth of the story. Chicago Current. Italian Marriages. Prom London Society. They aro prolific people. To bo childless is regarded an intense calam ity; and no matter how shallow tho purso, no now corner is welcomed othor than with smiles and gladness. Now, is it possible that a people so homo-lov-inir. so affectionate, so fond of offspring, Bhould bo so depraved, so immoral, no wo habitually denict tliem e have too long looked upon ono sido only of tho Italian character; it is high timo wo learned to know tho other. Anothor favorito idea of ours is that tho Italians novor mako lovo marriages. No doubt thoir marriages, liko thoso of tho French, aro often arranged by tho par ents:but.unliko thoso of tho French, as a rnlo a veto of choico is left to tho vouuc neonle, and if wo could collect seatistics upon tho point, I am inclined to think that wo should find that tho lironortion of thoso marriages, founded upon a grouiuiworK oi reason ana bocial compatibility, which turn out well is .Lsereat as. if not creator than, that . , 1 of our marriages founded ou youthful capneo and unreason. A State Prison Incident. An tho train neared tho heavy wall frowning down upon the iron thorough fare, tho pale-faced woman with sad eyes, with streaks of gray among hvi hair, pressed tho littlo golded-haired girl moro closely to her sido. "Sing Singl" rang out tho trainman's voice. I havo passed tho station timo and timo again, but always tho sound oi that name falls upon my cars with dis mal import. In tho glow of a summer miu-day, when all tho earth is beau teous, when songs of gladness -fill the air the namo sends a chill of despair to my heart; a sympathetic fooling for thoso who are condemmed to pass long hours.wooks.dragging months nnd weary years within tho3o dismal walls. At midnight, when the wind whistles among tho Hudson river palisades, and whou tho fleecy snow clouds scurry along the black horizon, I've often been awaken ed from a pleasant dream of homo whero dear ones nro gathered, by the sound of that name Sing Sing. And, within n stono's throw aro hundreds sleeping, dreaming perhaps of other days, or tossing upon hard couches, with tho grim lingers of despair drag ging from tho heart's coro the conscience stricken cry of remorse I chnnced to catch tho look of utter sorrow that camo upon tho woman's foco as tho trainman sang out "Sing Sing." Tho train stopped, and sho got out with tho child. Hero, thought 1 to myself is a lifo chapter about to be reversed. Having timo to spare, and knowing that I could catch another train in an hour, I followed tho pale faced woman and child. To tho great iron gates sho went; thoy wero open when sho showed a slip of paper to tho man in charge Ho, as chance happened, was not unknown tc mo ; lio recognized mo and allowed me entrance without a pass. I followed tho woman to official head quarters. I saw her speak' to tho gen tleman sitting nt tho desk, and I saw a strange look como upon his faco. He pressed a button in tho wall, and to the young man that responded ho whispered a few words. Then tho womnu nnd child followed tho young man from the room. Hastily stepping "forward, 1 told tho oflicial I was a member of tho press. Ero I had finished ho pointed after the departing two and said: "Follow them. You will find a sml but interesting theme to write abo'nt by so doing." Through tho long, black halls I traced tho trio. Into a well-lighted and aired room they entered, and I af tor them. Thero was 3mell of medicines, that deop, hcavv silence, telling mo, if 1 had oven boon blind to tho long rows of snowy cots and palo faco3 that I was in tho prison hospital. Tlio woman stood still for an instant, clasping the little one's hand tightly as sho gazed around the great room. Ah 1 a sudden light came into thoso sad eyes as they fell upon ono particular cot half way up tho room with a wan, hollow-cheeked faco upon tho whito pillow. There was no necessity for tho young oflicial to conduct her to tho cot. Love lovo wliich years of bitter separation could not destroy pointed tho way. Swiftly sho glided to tho cot. Sho knelt by tho sido of it; sho pressed a kiss upon tho pallid brow, over whioh tho parchment-hko skin was tightly drawn. "James, James, do you know me?" camo from her palo lips. Tho sufforor's lips moved, but no sound camo from them. Tho oyes woro fastened upon her faco burning eyes, deep-set among hollow sockets. Did ho recognize her j1 Sho lifted tho littlo girl up. "Kiss poor papa, Hattie; poor papa is sick." Liko tho touch of dowy rose-leaves tho sweet lips of tho littlo girl were laid upon tho hollow cheeks. Th an a strange, inquiring look came into tlio man's oyes. Tho oyes turned from tho little girl to the toarlul taco oi tho woman. Tho lips opened nnd in faint husky tones came tho faltering words: Who who is it i "Our babv, James. Littlo Hattie You havo never scon Hattio before. Sho was not born when when " Tho horror upon tho man's faco cut short tho wife and mother's words. "Don't talk to long too bun, madam; ho is vory weak," said tho nurse who approached. Thero sho knelt, the poor, palo-faced woman with tho won dering faco of her littlo girl prossod to her cheek. Slowly tho minutes slip by, nnd the sunshine coming through the window falls upon tho cot. It touches tho man's faco. Ho lifts his oyes to tho ceiling, and as tho wife's arms tenderly draw tho head to hor bosom tho littlo girl kissos poor papa. "Ha Hattio, wife freo free The woman's head bends lower; hor lips touch tho pallid brow. Then, rising, sho presses tho littlo girl to hor ns she gazes tearfully upon poor papa who ia freo at last. Jonnan Hiding School. Tho "Equitation" or officers' riding school in Hanover, Germany, is proba bly tho most complete institution of its kind in tho world, nnd it is mainly ow ing to its thoroughness that tho light cavalry of the German Army is so efli ciont in tho field. Tho host rider ir each cavalry regiment is, upon recom mendation of his Colonel, sont thoro for a period of threo years, and, botng nl rcadva good rider when ho rocs, ro turns to his regiment at the end or thnt time a most accomplished ono, and ren ders valuable service to tho riding class es of Ins corps. An officer at tho "Equi tation" rides four or flvo horses a day, and, as thoso aro continually ohanged, ho becomes familiar with ovory vice known among horses. Particular at tention is given to tho breaKingin oi "remounts" or young horses destined to tlio cavalry service, nnd tho officers usually find their relaxation in stoople chases nnd "papor limits," wherein Colonel Boseuborg, who was in charge of the "Equitation" for ft long timo, earned tho reputation of boing-parhaps tho moat admirable horsoman in Ger manv. Biding is. very woll taught at West Point, but it seems ft pity that officers assigned to cavalry regimcntsdc notrecoivo a special training that would enable thorn to raise tho standard ol horsemanship in their branoh ol Vat Borrico.