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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1888)
0 . GIRLS IN COLLEGE. tTlint It Cost to Kutct iho Ills Institution of I.ariilnj;. At Vitssar Collcgo tho smallest sum cn which u jfirl can pay hor bills, aside irom scholarship aid. is about $J50. Of this amount $100 is for tuition and $S00 for boiird and washing. A genius in thrift ami Vnssar noes nuch a geniu3 now and thon can buy liar books anl stationery and supply her self with tho mnall incidentals dear to school girls for tho remaining $50. Car faro, ir nho goes homo between terms, and L.j larger items of dnwa arc not included. Necessary expenses at Smith, Wollcaloy ana Byrn Mawr do not greatly from tho figures. iFivc-hundred dollars would represent the :-: "to yearly expondituro of no amnil p.o;.ortion of the girl students in V. a schools. Six hundred dol lars i- n Kbcral nllowanco, and 700 more il. "i luxurious. Tho largnst suu- pr it hardly rlso above tho rain imv.M 'A'.!'1-, tho president duoniod lioipf. :' for' comfort and pena of mind at C mbridgo. Boston University, of tho co-education:. 1 i I'lioois, has no dormitory sys tem, and girl student:) from a di3 lanc exercise no small ingenuity in housing and feeding themselves with out overwhelming board bills. Four doll.-w a wool:, whon necessary, some of tl urn I'iid it possible to livo for, or $1JS for thirty-ovon wooks in tho city. Add $100 for tuition and $50 'for bookf, cu-faro and incidentals, and a jcar'fi sr-h'ioling is provided at a cost of $3L. Somo of tho country colleges, while .giving a substantial education, treat tho pocket-book with great lenionoy. St. Lawrence University, in tho north ern I'Dvt of Now York, for instance, tutor t young women as well as 'on for ?I0 a year, and tho townspeople take them to their hei'.rts and their Txat .uest chambers for $11.50 a ccit Education there still costs Hubslnnllnl ly what it used to at tho older schools in tho pioneer days. To work ono's way through oollcgo unaided Is a hard task, but is now and then accomplished by a sturdy girl. A lnrgo-cyed brunolte, not sturdy, but, fragile-looking, graduated from Bos- ' .ttn T n 1 1-r.i.a t i, i f,m vi, iuj fi tri litr ilndlng a situation as waitress ina restaurant, wearing tho whlto apron . during tho rush hours at morning and flight, and in vacation soison tho day through. To save is somotimes easier than to earn, and I liavo tn mind one group of four girls, two from Boston Unlvcrhity and two at tho Harvard Anno:, wiio cngagod two ndjolnin i rooms in a (pilot house in Boston and J oonrdod themselves on an average o i $3.70 per week. Their rooms coat , or S1."'' . ah. Tlioy took breakfast at ) st t malt i tauvaut, whoro oatmoal and if at oak i. t 'Jo cents. They ate an tip i nlo and n -limVf bread for lunch and ii n'jrnt thoy poo'.od resources, sproud ing napk.'H on tho top of a trunk and feasMii r on bread and milk or broad 3nd a taslo of eanuod meats. Once neighbor surreptitiously insortcd six classes of jolly in tho bureau drawer whiih secvod as commissary depart raont, and thon they dined Voyally for Mcvcral days. Tho food cost them ench 35 cents per day, and nono ol them Hullered by tho experiment, lhoir expenses fit" clothing wore no create in prop irt'on. One mom Ler of the quartette possessed a single gown, a well-worn black cashmero, llolng invited to a professor's roooptlor ono evi'hiug, she remained away froir day's ivltntlon while oho sat in n cloak and petticoat cleaning anc pressing and freshening with rlbboiif her old apparel. At night she onjoyed .lieraelf unite as thoroughly as the rest i f tie company. A'. Y. Cor. Jn dianapuhx Journal. BONE-MEAL V6n POULTRY. It Is "Xiuiltlivt anil NtrfiiKtliniH tlu llmiri utiil 1. (;(. ' Mnnj farmers think that tho lions mny shift for thomsolvo. If thoy dc well, all right: if thoy aro found dead or dying it Is not much loss. Tor th tfnpltnl invested no stock on tho farn will pry a well as tho poultry well carod for. Ono of tho llttlo things thai ought to bo looked after to have tlx poultry always in good trim is a sup ply of bono-meal. Poultry Alison should not neglect to use sutllclent raw bono either crushed or in tho form ol meal. It contains limo as do oystoi shells, but it contains animal mattui -which is of great value. Bono whei burnt is of comparativoly llttlo vnlui over oyster shells, but when orushoc or ground raw supplies value pooullai to ltsolf. All classes of poultry aro ox tremoly fond of iL Caro should bt taken to havo it pure and Hweot. It it good for all classes and agon of poultry Por young chicks It should bo used it tho form of meal, mixing a smal quantity two or throo times a wool with their eoft feed, say one quart to i bushol of corn-meal. In young turkeys it Is almost impos siblo to pn vent leg weakness. Abou , -tho tlmo of their "shooting tho red,' whon their health becomes establishe and thoy grow npnee, tho dovolopmou' s f ft.rittina mill lirvu ,1 1 .... raoro iiuuini iimbiiihiiiuuh ui iimiuiiu 111 1 I ... 1 1 ... I I , I.. f than can bo a Horded by thu usual artl oles of focd. It l woll to begin t mix a little bone-meal with thu feoc of young turkeys and from tho Unit thoy uro four weeks old It can bo uset , froely, iu JiJJUi ions uiiuuia ii iwiiun, 1111 it Is nutritious nnd strengthens thi bones and legs. All ralsors of younj I ono of tho ovjla to which thoy aro ox ro ed and this 1b n natural provontlvo nnd horo is ono or tho casos wiier. iirovoution ia bottor than ouro, Bmh f . .... .I. . i ... tun ami oinor Asiatic oiiiuks ir wu wo reason uro groatly bonolltod b ,H wq.OMo toultry Journal, SQUELCrtEO. A Story Trllni-'n IMa Hj:aMl Only on One Cnr.illtlrm. "I IJPow." tliij nortticrii nipnilKir mi!il oo caxlntuill? nay, "that ih.'o;! wmiJd lirMntr to j iK'Iio'o nniiio of tho Hung I imve lti toll- i.c; uiioiu my criflri',iu'',; in iio war, uui Uiov iiiv all tino t iliu lef.or " "t iloii't dmibt for n moment." satil t!ie ucHiorti insu, "lio nn't in tlia wir "And now Jnc; li t mo toll you l.ttlc mnritanu rtliry- :nm icyotiil u dcuit nail not l:i tito I wist (Uiiy, tuiiigb I will iimfMN UIaaooIiI tlmt It Unf Ijuits on It A orouJ of tnfti u-i.'n. siltii.g hi n vilnoii nn nilit n:nl u ir.na up nnd comineacfil to rulatu tin esprt-f!ic;-uf liiR own. It inn lilic tlili 'I iramffa slii;ten yiinosi wliliMi uas wreckctl In intil ocrnn. JJany ut tho KUetiHrs did not sue eifd la tct,tic lato tlio life inmw at.tl sotno i:f ii3 IkkI to Jump Into the water. 1 inn.! n.,.1 l.(.!i mnnitrfnit tfi hold at n pircfj of thn'.icr Jiwt blf. t:iiiij;li to nip)Mji't itkv lipcovorlng my Ircath I c-ot:.i-alutjjl tnyticlf on Imving iujport I'tiouz'.i to puMiibly !;cfp nw rilln.it until 1 coiilil ins pickoil tip li.v wi.'tiu lawiiiig vawH'l. Sud:!nly 1 fth tr,ecitd of inytirabrr -u down, and tarnliiR inr lieml, ii:aco-eml that niwIixT arm Im.l crcbUxl hold of my lamlmr. In a lantr.Mitor two o tveixi about toi!i!t. I u: ;;i'l tilin to bo caroiu', but be r.ca:!il n..t lu-iii mo. '.Vo drlfwd along lor korio nu :i, v.t!n I iiiud'up my tiiind tbut oao or t'.ie w! ;:cr of u:i nnulil bavotngodoirn, for with mucIi prtiuiv It wa-t only u matter of t.':ne when '. would both low oar plocof timber. 1 ll:ri!!y oilxwl my way uptotVo taaii and clioklug him, iar.de him rolcnto his grlji. lie fell o.T, and I Mippim diowiud, for 1 paildlod r.wny i ru:d wi'v him no moro. It was a cruel thing to do, bat self pro-ervatlou I(OUik tho lii-st law of aatiiiv, I looked out for ."o. I, Vo'Qvnay not boiiuvo this., bat, Rontlo men, it Im thu truth.' "Tlicn." tho uu.;tcr congressman went on to relate, "a Uls m-in. with buv board nnd ilorce loolo'o; oyebnP.'H, nroo from n corner and wiids 'Alua for yoa, it as trno. 1 vrut tin) man yon pushed that awful day from tho pinco of timber. Hal ha I ou thought yon liod drowned mo; but 1 live to faco tho man who treated mo so. Ivital fortune, when 1 tirrM) from bon-j-.'.i the nnry -wnves, seat nlo.iR p-t 'i r pioco of timbor, and, though I' ' uy yon, I liiiiorensth enough left to ..;( Ilho an oyster to my timber, and in u few hours I waj rescued by a pasning ship. For nearly trn loa,-; years 1 havo been hunt ing you, sir, and you shall tlio. I will gfvo you ilvo minutes to prepare for death mora than you would k'vo mo in mid ocean.' '-A-If '.'.SrT. ft A k f i i r e 6 ri'SfeAr.r 'G'AUif-- ill r r, a, n&r n "T!u crowd Kceracd ili'-ncted to intorfcro, but the li:g niati with Imuhy bwutl drinv two pintoln, ard called out: 'Utnml l.wl;, every iiiiflyl' and with tho death dealing weapoiw ho eiivercil tho party who had narrated tho ocean osprrlL'tice. Tho latter pleaded for iiv.'icy, and ovcnttir.Uy tho big man with tho bushy board calil: 'I will hparo your lifo only on ono condition.' " 'Xamo itl' gasped tho frightened man. " 'That you will confess to ritla crowd that no Mich thing os you havo related over oc cerrod, and that you havo simply lioeii tell ing a whopping lie, thinking that theso peo ple would beliuvo you.' "Asipilek as u fla.'.li tho man admitted that lio had simply bo-.-a roaumemg. Ho wna for given, but not until after ho had tiruted the homo." Detroit Tribune. A DiuigumiM SutOoct. Killtor-iu-Chlef (to suhordlniitel As John Ij. Is about to die, you may wrlto a neathlng article, revlan ing his hfo and congratulating tho cotritry on his exported demise. HubKiilinnto Tlio morning dispatches an nou.ic hat Sullivan's chancer for recovery am rvccilent. liditor-ln Chiof-r-In that casa yon may writo cn editorial uuggestiag that ICtlrain may yet meet Ida match. Omaha World. Of Two KvlU. Dealer I wiy, Jahe, It's lieginning to rain ud thoro gw old Noverpay acriiss tho street with tho now h?it ho got hem last week. Tako him out an umbrella or he'll havo it ruined heforo ho Rots home. Clerlt Why, sir, ho'll keep tho umbrella. Dealer lio matter hurry up I'd rather Iomi tho umbrella than trust him for another hat. Djtrolt Fmi IVcsm. An Ax lu I.lou of it Ptlo Urlrrr. "Why did ycu hit Kato Dunmn on tin bead with an r.xl" nsketl .lustlco Ford of llridgut Alagulro. of iVi Madison titvt, in tho H'-jsos Mnrkrt ixilico court, this morning. "Yer honor, thero was tiothiu' heavier handy," was tho candid reply. Tlio Mauiro wnn held lor oxamhiMion. New York Uvoaing WorhL Ono Wuy. Doy Say, mister, father wants to know what's tho chetipckt way of cottln' UctU lu crtwl. Vlago Dentist Woll, I reckon the cheap est way that I know of Is to conic mid ktcal my apples when my bulldog's uiimiul.Ei chauga None of lilt ItulnPM. "John," Mild his wife, "go out and stop thOMi toys from torturing that cat, Tlio cries of tho poor thins ahuot Urlvo mo eruxy." "Just shut tho wimlow,"jUo wild, without looking up from his pair. "It isn't oar eat." Now York livening Sun. linoiiiy. First Dame Whatkhall wotlo today I Let'i po to tho mutiueof liecotul Damo Can't; wo haven't nny money, it takes money to go to tho mriuro. First Damo no It docs. I did not think of thau Woll, let', go i hopping. Philadelphia Kecord. Hun short. Iiakor (to foreman) Ain the pls lu yet, Fritxl Foreman No, ln I'm waiting for tho boy. lie's gonu mound to tho I hi fiber Unit ing and Packing coaijvmy (or a foir moro bottoms. Life. Too Much for tlr Onliiiu. Walter (to cintomer)Fln' do ktivilt uu" onioat all light, talif Customur idutiioiuiyi elKir I tmuk ilia stwk UkM uway wimewhat ttet tUvor of the onwus. i'osm Slf Ullffa. ti j'.r A r CAPTUREO BY INDJAN3. In ttomntitto JINtory nf Mexican ipn rriil's Steit-llii'ntiter. J.ilsa JoEwio Lacombo.-, who Is mnkiug i abort visit to thi.i city has a romantic history. Sho is tin stop-daughter of General Lagrmto, a retired Jioxlcan iJlicor, w ho became a citizen of tho United States many year ago. Mlsa .Jos'lo Avas stolen from hor par in's in 1871 by tho It.initto tribo of i ad:an3 of Northern Id..ho. I'or thir Uon years hor parents wei-3 unaware of her whereabouts, and intmy tiniiM had givon her up for dead. The mat ter was bro'ifjht to tho attention of tho t'-rted SiteHOovcrmrant, and a search bogan. Cionaml Sherilan wa3 the man selected to Iwk up tho case, and after i prtrastad invojtigatifm, in which the d. partmont at Wnshintrlon tx pmdod many thousands O dollars, and during which tnrsny ii?es wero lot, she w,.s re- ouovl Angtist 7, 1881. Tho guide whom (lo.ioriil yheridan cmployjl dt'rin.; his search iru the famous Dosh KonMnglo.i, u groat Indinn ucout and fr.ituer unun. litii', i;aoomocr is a woman perncps two!i!y-ix years of ago, nnd although giving no ovidenco of earoful education, i i quit.! intelligent, and ia not in any wise rotic?nt about relating tho history of hor captivity. When she had ar rived at tho ;igo of thirteen, ono of tho chiefs of tho Bauitlos decided that lis would make hor his wifi'Q Sho indig uaiitly refused, declaring that she wished to go back lo her parents. In order to forco her to marry tho copnor-eolorcd Captain tho Indians resorted to easy methods of torture, but. finding it impossible, gradually Increased thu dose. As ovidenco of tho ordQil which sho suffered, Miss Latiomber now oxhibi t s sl.O een wounds, the result of knifo gashes on hor per son. Finding thoy could not prevail upon hor to comply, tho barbarians forsook tholr brutal methods and for tho remainder of hor stay contented Ihonisulvos in keeping a strict watch upon hor movements. After being rescued Miss Lacomber wont to hor home only to find that her fnthor had boon killed by Mexicans along tho Bio CJrando for participating in clearing some renegades from Texas. Since that limo sho litis busied hor itlf in traveling among her friends, and is now going to Washington to as certain if sho can get sonio indemnity at tho hands of tho Government. Kensington, tho scout, has a history which, wh'tlo not as thrilling ai his lady companion', contains many points of interest, olio is a typical Westerner. Ho was born in Colfax, Co!., and iiis parents wore killed, while ho wa-i an infant, by tho .Modocs. Doshwas taken a prisoner .and kept until ho was t-?n years of .170, when ho was rescued by Colonel Cheatham and placed in the Government school at San Francisco, where ho romuinod four years. For uixtcen years ho was in tho em ploy of the Government, and was with Gftioral Custer just previous to the battle with Sitting Hull Ho was sont with orders to Hono just boforo tho massacre, and whilo ho was absent the light occurred, lie started with Gen eral Grant on his tour around thu world, but was summoned back from London. IIo accompanied White Cloud, Jlig Hoar and Golden Kaglo, of tho Umatilla tribo, to arrange for tho transfer of tlioir rosorvatlou to tho (iovornniont. Aftor this duty was com menced ho was assigned to duty in the mooushlno districts in Kentucky and Tonnossoo. Since that time ho has performed various duties for Unelo Sam. 0Ki'iu (Xd.) Cor. N. Y. Jour nal. CLEANING TOrlBSTONES. V (juror Iliislnen Curried On lu tlio IIx Sinoky City. "Do you over havo orders to clean old tombstones?" asked a roportorat ono of the largo.it marblo-cutttng shops in Pittsburgh yesterday. "O. yes, that is a big part of ovory monument builder's busluoss," repllod the proprietor. "Until tho Introduction of natural gas as fuol, I'lftsburgh and Allegheny had tho name of having tho dirllost tombstones and monuments in tho world. Tho snioko from tho iron mills flooded in clouds over Allegheny, S9. Mary's and Uulondulo oouietorlos, and bogrlmmod all marble. Tomb. Htonos in those comoterlos used to actually get black. Tho busluoss of cleaning them llourlshod thon. But natural gas has changed all that. Still wo aro called upon frequently to shlno up headstones and shafts which aro ngo-f talncd or soiled by tho elements. If caro is tikoti like this tho lifo of a tombstone in this climate euu to pro longed twenty years longer than If it was left to Itself." "How do you clean tomllonos and not spoil tho enamel?" "By a vory simple process. Wo mix one-fourth of a pound of soft soap with tho same amount of pounded whftlug; one ounce soda and a pioco of stone blue tho slso of a walnut. Wo boll those together for a quarter of an hour, and while hot rub it over the tombstone with a piece of flannel and leave It on twonty-four hours. Thon wo wash this off with clean water and polish tho marble with a piece of coarse llauuol. "I originally got this roolpo from an old colored woman In BaUiinoro. Marble uttips to houses aro vory popu lar thero and she had madothc mixture during a llfo-tlmo to oloati the tops. This old lady also told me what sho nid was a good way to paint 011 marble, so that it won't rub off. It was to uo the ordinary gold pitiiit Mid by art itorod, counting of powdered brass nd oil of turpentine. But nil sueh llHtd. 1 bHTo found, will wash oil In um."iff&HfyA Z?tpufcA, , RAPID TRAVELING. Tlio Rnsllsh I'.nliton of Oettlnff V'l'erd Out if an JCuni'ie. "What is tho limit of speed?" "Thoro is none," replied Sir Edward; "I don't sco why you shouldn't go one hundred milc3 an hour if you had ex press line dirough lines that 5a. without good3 and slow passenger trains crawling over them. Mr. Wntkins Jr.. m a raa of greater experience in this particular matter, olwwrve.I that tlio attainmsnt of such a spcd would bo prevented by tho diffi culty of getting rid of tho steam, "b ciufe," fi iid In. "tho htghor yo i drlvo the engine above a eor'tnin bpoud tho moro tho b.vck pnwiurc io." "What was tho highest spooJ ttnv elod tdiiy? S.;vonty-two?" queried SiirWutkin. "No," wai o:in practical man's roply. "not rnarj than s:xty-tl?e. Anysperii aboro si-fly milos an hour is got on a road witJi a failing gradient, 'lliey cavil hara gone iwyond Bi:ty fivo e.isily enoucfh to-dp,y. but thero wa.i no need thisrc vrtw uo hut Uraj to r.ako ). Thoy kepi a lovol speed all tho way. bat they had a steady train and an easy loal. only four carriages; and l'uunicg with a light train like that, you are running under the best possible conditions." 0 "Tho great secret In sot'.lng u steady train." romnrkol Sir Edward, "is to havo V.q vjhlclos tho sains length, the samo weig'it and all coujilod wtdl to gether. That waiQio caso to-Ov. u-nd I never experienced oasie.' running." "I remember well," the voteran wont on to say. "whe?i f was a boy of cloven, at tho opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway, when poir doir old Iiuskison was killed at n.rin'iill, old George Stephenson came down with one of his engine. to Manchester to got doctor.?, and T remember the Manchester papers next day said, 'marvelous to relate,' the engine bear ing Georgo Stephen .ion coming into Mancho.Uor, 'attained tho extraordin ary speed of thirty-four mios an hour.' That was looked upon as a marvelous thing in thoso days." "Is thoro no0additional danger in sevonty-miles-nn-hotir trains comp.cje.l. with slower?" "O, tharos 110 danger 1:1 seven ,y miles an hour at all, oxcopt in crossings and hidings, and not there if tho points are kept proporly cleaned ami oiled. You may go through a station sa'.O.y with many points and crossings, but if tho points aro no proporly kept, clown and oiled you may go with a bang in to something that sticks. So in all the-se trains there should bo vory groat caro about poi:itsa:id crossings." Pall Mull liudijrl. WASHING A TIGER. low 11 Co'tx'.icl: I'jcIUi-iI mitl I'k'.Tieil it II 111;.) Wltd r.i'lirtt. Soon after I'o.on's arrival at Moscow for the fair, 0110 of tho men employed In his menagerie died, and it became necessary to find a substitute, as his staff of attendants was rather limited, and tho others had as- much to do as thoy could manage. His choice fell upon a moutjick, a lino specimen of a Cossack, who of course did not under stand a word of Froneh, and the terms of the bargain wero settled in dumb show. Tho lion turner had then to iu otrucl his new servant in his daily duty of cleaning out tlnAagos, and by way of a lesson, 1'ozon picked up tho re quisite articles and went to work. Tho moutjick watched him very elosuly, and appeared to take.lu all tho details of tho operation. Next morning, armed with a broom, a bucket and a sponge, he opened tho first cage ho came to and quietly stopped in, as he had soon his master step on tlio previous day in to two cagos of harmloss brutes. But this trno happonod to bo tenanted by a splendid tiger that lay stretched on tho floor fast asleep. At the noise made by closing tho door tho crAturo opened ha eyes and turned its green eye-balls on tho man, who, all unconscious of his danger, stood in a corner dipping his big spongo into tlio bucket. At that monumt Pezcm enmo out of his caravan and was fairly staggered, for onco in his life, tit tho terrible sight that mot his gaze. Vhat could ho do to warn the man ol his danger? The faintest cry might cause his death; hotter wait and bo ready to rush to his assistance if tho tigor9tteiupted to budge. Tho Cossack, sponge In hand, coolly ap proached the animal and Dogan rub bing him down with tho stolidity of a military brtbluek polishing bin cap tain's boots. The suddon application of cold wutor to its hide evidently pro duced a very agreeable affect on tho tiger, for it bogan to purr, stretching out Its pawn, rolling over on Its back and complacently offering every part of its body to the vigorous treatment of the mouyii-k, who went on .crubblng with might and main. All the while l'eon stood thoro with his eyes wldo open and as If nailed to the spot. When he had finished his job tho Cos sack left tho cage us quietly as ho had entered It. and It required tho most energetic and oxpiMslvo gestures on tho part of tho lion tamor to prevent his repeating tho experiment on a eec imd wild beast. . France (lu Xurtl. lieonomy with the corn crop menus that tho foddor should bo stored undor cover and not left staudiug in the holds U oflon practiced. Good fod dor i valuable uud highly rolitdied by all eiiibsea of stock, but it oun be In jured by exposure as onfily n hay. No niattor how much caro Is takun Uie tdiocks will plot over lu win ter, by which tuetui h Lrg share of fodder is ruin I oy iM-lvjjf on the frouud. W t'.' aiv .uru'.l ou it thoy will tr-unplo h tortIou alw. Tho burn U '.ho proper plaoo for It. A ROMANTIC CAREER. lloir a C1iV:i?v Man Acqiitrail Wealth anil roltlon In Kcritl. dno niz!it just after the big fire three younr nun sat down in the ruin and talked "about what would probably be their fate. Those throe men wore II. G. 1 rout, a Mr. libardman and r newspaper man. I'rout was a qui t dotormined sort of fellow whose horn was in Iliversido. His occupation wo that of a civil engineer. His proposi tion was that thoy should leave the city and tlio country and cast thei: fortunes with the Khedive in Egypt. He made a glowing picture of the lam: of tho Nile and predicted fortune and famo. There was no outlook here. They decided to go. In tlie midst ol their arrangements Boardman received a flattering offer to go to New I'or':. whidi ho acoptsd, nnd tho :iewspap-. man received or.o to go olsowhfjie which he acceplo.l. Prout accopttfl his fate and Uu'td alone for a world he had never teen and of which he know comparatively little. Of hi journey there and hi first experience there is not tauch to sr.y. In tiroi he reported to General (Chinese) Gordon nnd became one of his most faithful and trusted aids. After a short service ho was promoted and had tho titlo of Governor-General of the Provinces of tho Interior. His capital was Lado, a point ono thousand miles south of any white settlement. Here tho young Chiengon it ruled and reigned in a sorl of Oriental magnificence for that country which makes his lifo ono of romance. Ho had hlsO.ourtiers and couriers, who did hini tho homago due a potentate. Many of the manners and customs of the people of that land were retained by him. IIo had his troops, and with then made invasions ntjrjj eor.quesN. uud now and then dis covered a race of beings of which his tory and explorations had made no uie.ition. In the fastnesses of ono of tho mountains he found a tribe of blacks who were giants in p'cD'siquo and moro than tic av:;.-:igo uncivilized tribjs in in! -ibvt. lie gave drer-s pa rades before them and made sneh osten tatious dihpluy that they enlisted under his hnnuer. Ho found their percep tions qti'.c.:. Thoy learned tho evolu tions of ills tactics in romr.rkahlv abort time, and every thing he taught they grasped with eagerness, and made jood roldiora. Ho was resiles and in consequence 10 pP.shed his invasions and cpmo back loaded with Iho richness of some remote tribe. He had enough of the romantic in his make-up to adapt him-f-o'f to tho religious foriu.i of the coun try, and his capital at times presented a strangg appoaraac-?. Having Kpcnt nrich of his tinio in the service of thu Khedive in tho manner staled, tho government at length con cluded to negotiate with Knfjjand for tho pm-ehaso of gun-boats for its service. General Gordon sent Prout to London for that purpose. Ho had a leave of absence in order to do rlils work. Having mole his purchases in London, ho naked for an extension of his leavo of absence, which was grant ed. Ho turned his faoo toward his native country. He reached Now York, tarried there ono day and camo West. IIo reached St. Louis and saw his friend, whom ho lud left in Chicago, and tried to got him to go with him to Texas, whoro he had a rail road scheme. Ho left St. Louis on tho afternoon of tlio day of his arrival and wont to Fort Leavenworth, whore ho married a young lady whoso ac quaintance ho had formed before ho loft the United States. Thoy wont to Paris on their bridal trip. Tho life in Kgypt had made in roads on tho constitution of I'rout. IIo placed himself undor tho caro of a noted physician, who told him that a return to Kgypt meant cortaiu death. He resigned his position in tho sorvico of tho Khodivo nnd, having made an (tended tour of tho continent, ho re turned to tho United States. To-day ho is at tho head of a big printing con corn in Xow York City, and has close associations with his old friend Board man. Tho other friend is in Chicago in the nowspapor business. Prout's Kgyptlan romance and ex perience notted him a small fortune In cash, and gavo him an Insight of life that has made him a contented man. Chicago Mail. What a Child Did. Only a few days ago a mother and her daughter, on their way from Phila delphia to Ouuihn, wore changing trains at one of our passenger stations. Suddenly tho girl caught sight of hor father, a San Franciscan, on his return journey from Now York. Ho hud parted from his wife six years ago on aceouut of somo domestic Infelicity. The child called his namo "O papa! Thoro's papa!" and ran to him. He clasped hor in his arms. But her work as poacenmkor was only begun. "Now come over to mam ma." bho continued, eagerly. "Do fc-peak to mamma. Sho has cried so much, and has told mo often how good papa always was." Tho appeal was ir resistible. Tho husband and father looked ut the wife and mother, ho stopped quickly to hor, they clasped bauds, and tho uulooked-for reconcilia tion vw jtu nuooiuplishod fact. The west-bound train boro away a reunited family. Interior. A physic Inn who has studied the uumfeer of yfUow(evtM visits to this country has found that it Hue baett hero la eighty i.'"t ihrtweot yajtr. 'IV Oral known omn oi lh forr In Amer- loa was In 1693. DELAYED AM HOUR. How to rin.l ihe Trno Wclcltt nil Valuo of Thins la t!in WorI!. The train stopped suddenly botweon two stations. Several of tho passen gers rtiBhed out of tho car excitedly, and camo back with the tidings that fiere was an obstruction 011 the track which would cause tho delay of an hour. Tho countc:rneos of most of tho passenger instantly fell into depths of gloom and despair. "Thii is simply intolerable!" mut 'lored one middle-aged man to his com panion. "I shall not roach the oily lxiforo the market closes. It will cost mo?2.000or?3,000." A physician dropped his nowepapoi and paced impatiently up and down the car. "An hour lata with all my pa tients!" he exclaimed. "Are nny of them in immediate danger?" a.-kcd a bystander. "Xo.t But an hour late! If. is un bearable!" A young girl looked r.t her compan ions with the tears in bar eyes. -I am goin? into tovn : the trimming for mydrais. Now it wU! nit 13 donu.in time. 1 shall havo U wear : old blue to the party." A abor:, pompous old man talked loudly and Incessantly, scolding con ductors and brakomcn. as if they were personally responsible for the delay. "I am lo lecture this afternoon be fore Ihe Lyceum." ho explained in hot indignation. "Tho audience will have to wait twenty miuutes." O A young man sat immovable, his head bant upon his breast, his faco set and hard. "My little bois dying," he said tc some o:i3 who questioned him. "1 was tele-rraphcd for. 1 shall not see hira alive." But whilo. with most of the passun- r-.-o.-a t1!..... vr'nj n sm-.t. mivif'.,inn that Qhe wheels of the universe had stopped because thoy wore delayed in their pur suits of work, ono women sat silent and tranquil. Sho wan nmr tho end of a long life of pain and hardship and oxperienee. Sho had conv. too, near enough to God who ruled ovor all lives to under stand how every event and accident, groat or little, lias its place and ptir poso in tho Eternal Order, as have motes ".eating in tho sunshine. She was close enough to tho gates of the future life to see how little in it3 infi nite height and meaning was the old ball drojs, or tho fall of slocks, or oven the loss of an hour with the dying child. 0 "One of the most singular studio3 in life," says BoueheQ "is to note how dinoront men, each with his own ocales, weigh the tititno objects, and at tach to Iht'Q.O.lilVerent values." The lost bit of iinary which brought tears to tha oyes of tho school-girl was lighter than a feather in tho eyes of tho f,to2k broker; and his loss of thou sands was contemptible to tho man whoso child was going from him into tho grave without a word; and doubt less oven his pain soond momentary and trivial in tho vision of tho unguis, to whom u thousand years aro as a day, and death but u momentary ehnngo of life. How, then, are wo to lind tho true weightand valuo of things in the world? In tho United States Mint, whon thoy built a machine for weighing coin with absolute accuracy, thoy sank a shaft deep into tho earth and through upper formations, which tire shaken by pass ing jars, and rested tho foundation upon the immovable granite beneath. Tho man who digs in this way to find :i foundation for his lifo, through tho flowers and surface growths which shako with ovory storm, to tho ever lusting rock balow only can weigh tho events and belongings of tho world at thoir real value. Youth's Companion. GREELEY'S PUGNACITY. How thu Grout llclltm- ltipriiviil u Crowd if (iiilll 1111 SUillki'rs. , Horace Grjeloy, as is woll known, was ti vory pronounced non-resistant, yet ho was ono of tho most pugnacious men in tho world. A curious instance of this incongruous temperament and its )"csult came under tho writer's obser vation oa ono occasion, occasioning him uomo9.irprlso. It was tho general opinion that tho old follow was a coward at heart, and made uso of his non-ro-sistant professions as a scroon to pro tect liinisolf from personal injury at tho hands of an opponent. It was a Sunday morning in Now York at tho vory commencement of tho war. just after the great Bull Una scare, and tho Gjvorninont authorities at Washington wore frantically calling for troops. Tho Metropolitan Hotel of Now York, then tho great up-town exchange, was tlllod by a motloy crowd, drinking, smoking and discussing tho situation of bo leagurod Washington. Among thu ovowd, were soveral army officers in full uniform, smoking their cigars and criticising Lincoln as couiinaudor-In-chlef in a sneoring way, when a com motion occurred in tho doorway, and Greeloy, with his old felt hat on thu back of his head, rushed through thu crowd aud up to tho group of oflleern and addressed them somowluit lu'tor this stylo: "Why are you loafing about here, you mluerablo cowards? Why aro you not reporting yourselves At Washington? 'I his i. a reort for skulkers. Aren't you ashamed of your selves?" The biggest follow of tho group was terribly angry, and lifting his hoavy sword he thundered out, "Uepcut those words, old mau, and I'll split your skull!" Greeley throw oil the old felt hat oxclaiuiing: "Strike m soon as you please; I repeat what 1 have nlremly said. " K very ono praaeut xpoUttl that the old man would bo Mildew 1. in-tc:il, the follow turned u bin h 1 . . ig "Coniottwny, boyi, l-i,u! . .-1 i tU luaatlc." Gra-, ley gave tnem on oontemptuowi U!e, v mid tvHiihl departure. Uj-( Htuhttt.