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THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES A CHANCEY,
Publishers
UNION, OREGON.
flELIGIOUG AND EDUCATIONAL.
Tho great business of man is to Im
prove Ills mind and govern his man
nors; all other projocts and pursuits,
whether In our powor to compass or
moU aro only nmuscmonts. l'llny.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of tho
Introduction of Sunday-schools into
"Germany was recently celebrated.
Thoro are now moro than 1,000 Sundny-
i schools, 1,100 teachers and 230,000
children in tho Gorman Empire.
Tho prcsidont of a Western college
judges that tho proportion of men from
"hia collcgo entering tho ministry, will
bo twlco as great for tho decado now
approaching its close as for either of
tho two preceding decades.
1 Examinations in English schools
go toward proving that color blindness
is ofton declared to bo present when
really no organic defect but only poor
training in tho naming and distinction
of colors is found to bo tho troublo.
l'aronls too seldom roalizo how
early thoy can turn tho baby twig In
this way or that. Infantllo rudeness is
thought "cunning." Hut beforo tho
mothor knows It tho baby is a boy, and
his rude ways bring a pung to hor
heart
No school can bo carried on in
Greece except tho priest is allowed in
"to givo roligious instruction. Owing to
tho inlluonco of Americans, tho Now
Testamont Is used as a text-book in tho
olomontary schools. Springfield ltc
publlcan. If Christian Bontlmont or any good
causo is healthfully moving onwards,
thoy who aro under Its influence should
viovo with It. If thoy do not, thcro is
danger that thoy will bo loft bohlnd,
and Hint to thorn may mean calamity.
United Presbyterian.
Novor boforo in tho history of our
country has tho number of students and
colleges been so great as it io to-day.
Could ono look forth and bco them all
at a glance, what a host; what personal
Tcsourcoa of powor, how largo a Boctlon
of tho most potont moral forces of tho
coming gonoratlonj how impresslvo tho
Bpoctaclol How can ono who thinks
liolp saying: "God bless thorn, ovory
ono!" Advance
"'' Of tho educational system In tho
Now York publlo schools, condomnod
"by tho roport of tho commlttoo of tho
board of Education, tho Philadelphia
Jlocord says: "Such a syetom causes
teachers to dovoto all tholr cnorglos to
preparations for tho expected oxamin
ution, disregarding tho roal advance
ments of tho children, and loading tholr
anomorlos with facts and llgurcs to bo
drawn out at tho propor moment by tho
lookod-for quostlon. Tho uso of mem
ory Blmply as an educational tool can
aiovor stlmulato tho mental powers, nor
enablo thorn to riso abovo tho lovol of
cut-and-drlcd uniformity."
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WIT AND WISDOM.
Frondshlps aro chonp whon thoy
can bo bought by dolling tho hat.
Labor makes known tho true worth
of a man, as 11 ro brings tho porfumo out
of ineouso.
Tho blosslngs of fortuno aro tho
lowest; tho noxt aro tho bodily advan
tages of strongth and hoalth; but tho
uporlntlvo blessings aro thoso of tho
mind.
Tho movomcnt of ovcnls Is ofton as
wayward and Incomprehensible as tho
course of human thought; and this la
why wo ascrlbo to clinnco whutovor
"belles our calculations.
It Is truo that gonulno polltonoss
springs from klndnoss of honrt Hut It
should bo Inculcated boforo tho heart
lias boon dovolopod onough to bIiow
vhothor It bo kind or not.
Tho glory of mini consists not moroly
in looking up to what is abovo him,
"but In lifting up what is below him;
tho noblost and most oxaltod character
u.1ko tho tondorost and moat helpful.
Sitting down to brood ovor our
Borrows, tho dnrknosa doopona about
us, and our llttlo Btrength olmngos to
voiiknoss; but if wo turn away from
tho gloom and tnko up tho tnska of
comforting and liolplng others, tho
light will como again and wo shall
grow Btrong. Kov. J. It. Millor.
A good rulo for tho guidance of n
girl through tho yonra whon alio la tho
object of admiration and lluttory Is to
do nothing which shu would not bo
willing to tell now to hor mother and
hereafter to hor husband. Life may bo
made tamor for hor by observing that
rule, but it will asaurodly bo moro pure,
womanly and Biifo.-Youth' a Compan
ion. Tln truo llfo Is not thinking or
dreaming, but doing. To wait for
great opportunities, which may noyor
como, la to miss tho llttlo within our
roach. For as surely as tho houbo la
built brick upon brick and Btono upon
etono, bo tho llttlo doods, tho dally
trlfloa, tho apparently ordinary actions,
oomprluo In tholr aggregate human Ufu
wnd human achievement. Jewish Mos
sougor. Thoro aro fow positions at onco bo
dlfllcult, bo daugoroua, and bo unsntls
factory as that occupied by ono who
tries to booiu wlaor Hum ho la. Ho has
Assumed a rolo which compels constant
watchfulness, shrewdness and powor ot
deception. Ho la in continual fear ol
detection, and ovor on tho alort to pro--vent
it. Whon ho falU, ho la exposed to
tllout scorn or open derision, ami, ovun
when most biiecesaful, ho must export
bco somo degree of self-contempt for
having taken 60 uiuch pulus to secure
, OF GENERAL INTEREST.
An Eastern savant has discovered
that tho humnn body contains moro
bones on Friday than on any other day
of tho week. Itochcster FostExpre8.
Thcro was an exciting battle at
Pierce, Iowa, tho other day," between
an owl and a largo shepherd dog, tho
bird coming ofT victorious. Another
bout was then arranged between tho
victor and a brlndlo bull pup, and
ngaln tho owl wtisthn winner.
Ski running, a Scandinavian sport,
is becoming popular In Minnesota.
Tho performer slides down hill on long
wooden skates, or foot toboggans, and
at a prepared jolt mnkes a leap Into
apace. Nlnoty-llvo feet Is tho longest
ski-jump on record In Norway.
A lankoo has invontcd nn appar
atus for timing horsos. A clock with
three hands minute, second and quar
tor hand is started by tho olllcial
timer. When tho winning horse
touches tho wire tho clock is stopped
by electricity. Tho same Instant tho
current opens a camera, which photo
graphs tho horso and tho clock face.
Milan, Paris and London lead tho
world in all mat pertains to a
thoroughly artistic knowledgo of
dancing. Tho Koyal Academy "do la
lanco" at Paris, founded by Louis
XIV., and which is presided ovor at
tho prcsont time by M. do Sorla, is tho
most finished school of dancing In tho
world, and npnroaohod by none savo
that of La Scal.i, in Milan.
Texas has its own Idea of tho mar
rlage ceremony. A judgo of Center-
villa recently performed a marrlago
ceremony, which was In substance as
follows: "Do you and each of you
solemnly swear that you aro In earnest
about this business, and that you will
Btand by each other as husband and
wife, through thick and thin, sink or
swim, live or dio, survlvo or perish?"
Both partlos nodding tholr assent thoy
wore pronounced man and wife.
Sovcral of tho big buildings of
Philadelphia havo recently had placed
in them scnloB with a hopper rocop
taelo capablo of holding several tons of
coal. Thoy aro situated undor tho
sidewalk chutes, and tho coal i
dumped directly into tho hopper from
tho cart and then weighed. Tho en
gineer of ono of thoso buildings says
that thus assuring full wolght in tho
coal ho buys, ho savos tho value of tho
scale many times during tho year.
"Spike teams" aro an institution
peculiar to tho South. Tho Georgia
loam consists of a mulo or a jenny and
an ox. Thcso aro geared to an old
rlckoty wagon to haul guano and
watermelons In. Tho Florida team is
Iobs complicated and moro economical.
An ox Is harnossed to a pair of shafts
fitting to a yoke on tho anlmars neck
and connected with a pair of wheels In
which a box is placed, a rope attached
to tho orenturo'a horn answering for
rolns. Tho box generally contains a
man and a woman of a typo that can
bo found nowhoro but In Dixlo.
Thoro is a dog in Orlando, Fin.,
with a lino souso of humor, if this
story is truo as told by tho local nows-
papor: Ills owner frequently gives
him a pleco of coin to carry along to
inarkot. A day or two ago ho gavo
him a dollar, and tho dog was trotting
along whon ho saw a colored man ap
proaching. Ho stopped a llttlo distance
In front of tho darkoy, dropped tho
dollar from his mouth to tho sidewalk,
and then walked to tho edgo of the
pavomout, appnrontly as if ho cared
nothing for tho monoy. Mr. Darkoy
walked briskly up. mid was In tho act
of stooping to pick up tho monoy,
when tho dog How at him as if to blto,
quickly solzed tho monoy, and trotted
oil with an air of "No, you don't," and
ovortook his owner. .
DEFYING A GOVERNOR.
1 1 oh' till! l'onplo (if Connecticut ltolullo(l
AKiilnst Tyranny in 10IKI.
Long boforo tho war by which tho
thirteen American colonies became In
dependent Slates, thoy were ofton on
gagod in struggles to prevent royal
Governors from onoroaehlng on tholr
rights and privileges. In tho autumn
of IG911, Governor Flotohor, of Now
York, wont to Hartford to assort there
his authority as oomtnnndor-in-ohlof of
tho inllltiu of Connecticut.
Tho' royal commission hud ontrustod
him with largo powers ovor tho militia
of tho colony, and ho- ordered It out,
though tho season for pnrndoa had
ended, and tho charter of Connecticut
denied his jurisdiction.
"I will not sot my foot out of this
colony," said Fletcher, haughtily, to
tho Governor, "until I havo seen his
Majesty's commission obeyed."
Tho Connecticut Governor yielded
so far as to order Captain Wadsworth
to call out tho train-bauds of Hartford.
The result is described in Lossing's
"History of tho Empire State."
When tho troops wore assembled,
Flotohor stopped forward to tnko com
mand and ordered his aid to read his
Excellency's commission, Captain
Wadsworth ordorod tho drums to bo
beaten.
"Sllencol" angrily cried Flotohor,
and the aid begun to road.
"Drum! drum!" shouted Wadsworth,
ud the roll of tho drums drowned tho
aid's voice.
"Silence!" again cried tho onragod
Governor, nth? threatened tho Captain
with punishment.
Wndaworth stopped in front of tho
furious Governor, nested his hand on
his sword, and Mild, calmly: "If my
drummers are Interrupted again I'll
umke tho Mtnllght tthow through you!
N o deny ami defy your authority."
The Governor folded up his com
mlst'on, returned to New York, and
ooinplnluod to tho King of hU treat
inunt; but nothing uamu of his com
plaint Youth's Covipuntou
SOME CLEVER BIRDS
Doir They DUplnyciI Their Intelligence
mill l'nrental Love.
One morning whon my littlo sister
was walking with mamma, sho found
a young lettuce-bird in tho path. It
had ovidently fallen from too nest, but
they could not seo where it was, and
fearing tho bird would bo killed if it
wore loft in the road, mamma told
Hcssio sho might bring it homo, and,
as it was a sccd-oatlng bird, they
hoped to bo ablo to raise it in tho cage
with tho canary bird. She carried tho
llttlo thinsr homo and nut it in the"
canary's cage, which hung in tho shady
front porch.
In a littlo while wo hoard a commo
tion among tho birds, and, hurrying
Into tho porch, wo saw a pretty sight
Two full-grown lettuce-birds, evi
dently tho parents of tho ono In the
cage, were lluttcring about tho bars
with somo food for their baby. Ho
was standing on tho porch, and seemed
afraid to try to lly down; so tho canary
How down, took tho seeds from tho old
birds, and carried them to tho llttlo
ono. They did this several times.
Tho next day Hesslo mot a small boy
who had another yellow bird about
tho size of tho ono sho had found tho
day boforo, apparently ono of tho
sumo brood. Sho bought it from him
for five cents, and carried tho fright
ened birdllng tenderly homo and put
It with tho caged birds. After that
for two days tho parent birds came at
daylight and How in and out until dark,
feeding tho two young ones.
On tho third day tho malo bird camo
alone, and wo feared tho llttlo mother
had boon killed. After about a week,
howovor, sho camo again, bringing
with hor a third bird about tho slzo of
our two pets. It seemed clear that
after trying to care for tho divided
family together, tho intelligent birds
had agreed that tho father should take
care of tho caged birds, whllo tho
mother tonded tho lonoly birdllng in
tho nest until it was ablo to lly, when
sho brought it to visit its brothor and
sister. Thoy woro all by this tlmo old
onough to lly, so, although wo grieved
to part from our littlo friends, wo de
termined to reward tho wibo and loving
paronts by giving tholr children tho
freedom all birds lovo so well. We
oponod tho cage door and after a fow
timid twittors and lluttors, tho young
birds How out and tho rounlted
family How away in tho sweot summor
air. As for tho canary, vlrtuo had to
bo its own roward, but it seemed to
satisfy him, for ho followed his depart
ing guests with a beautiful burst of
song. Swiss Cross.
Some Things Worth Knowing.
Thoro aro 3,001 langungos in tho
world, and its inhabitants profoss moro
than 1,000 roliglons.
Tho number of mon Is about equal
to tho numborof women. Tho avorngo
of llfo Is about thlrty-thrco years. Ono
quarter dio provious to tho ago of
soventcen. To ovory 1,000 po'rsonsonly
ono roaches 100 years of llfo. To ev
ery 100 only six reach tho ago of slxty
Hvo, and not moro than ono in 600
lives to eighty, years of ago.
Thoro aro on tho earth 1,000,000,000
Inhabitants; of thoso !53,033,O.M dio
every year, j 1,02-1 ovory day, u.rM ov
ory hour, and GO ovory minute, or 1
ovory second.
J ho married aro longor lived than
tho single, and, abovo all, thoso who
obsorvo a sobor and Industrious' con-
duet Tall mon llvo longer than short
ones. Women havo moro chancos of
llfo In their favor provious to Hfty
yours of ago than mon have, but fowor
nftorward.
The numbor of mnrringos Is in tho
proportion of 75 to ovory 1,000 indi
viduals. Marriages aro more froquont
after equinoxes that Is, during tho
months of Juno and Docomber. Chris
tian Union.
Vnluo of Punctuality.
It is astonishing how many peoplo
thoro aro who neglect punctuality.
Thousands havo failed In life from this
causo alone. It Is nut only a sorlous
vice in itaolf, but it is tho fruitful
parent of numorous other vices, so
that ho who becomes tho victim of it
ots involved In tolls from which it is
almost Impossible to escape. It makes
tho merchant wasteful of time; it saps
tho business reputation of tho lawyer,
and It Injures the prospects of tho
mechanic, who might otherwise rise to
fortuno; In a word, thoro is not a pro
fession, nor a station in llfo, which is
not liable to tho canker of tho destruc
tive habit. Many and many a time
has tho failure of ono man to meet his
obligation brought on tho ruin of a
score of others. Thousands remain
poor all tholr llvos, who, If thoy woro
moro faithful to their word, would 60
ouro a largo run of custom, and bo
make tholr fortunes, lie punctual, if
you would succeed. N. Y. Ledger.
Expecting Too Much.
A small man with a great doal of
voice got his mouth shipped In a
Grand Hlvor avenuo biiIooii tho other
evening, and omo of his friends In
sisted that ho Ball in and redeem his
personal honor. Ho refused to do so,
and thoy taunted him with cowardice.
"It Isn't cowardice, gontlumon," ho
oxplaluod, " but you are expecting too
much of 1110. I got licked on Michi
gan avenue on Monday; was half killed
on the markot on Tuesday, and a chup
011 Fort street mopped tho earth with
mo yustorduy. To-day 1 am taking a
vacation and using three kinds of
plasters and live brands of liniment,
and my perounl honor doesn't demand
tlmt I let this follow drive me Into tho
mirth h foot or t-,"
And he pUnktii) nx:pU.-l M L. ..uj
wtilkvl oil. - Detroit Free Prow.
AMRIONETTES IN ITALY.
now l'olltlcnl Mutter 1Vero Onco Upon
Tlmo rltlcNcil by J'uppct.
In tho olden days of petty princi
palities tho pollco and tho censor were
nowhere moro active or Interfering
than in Italy. Thus, nil popular opin
ion being completely suppressed, nnd
especially on tho stage, It followed
that tho peoplo turned to the puppet
show for any thing llko criticism on
political or social matters. This was
particularly tho case at Home, whe?
tho subtle and keen-witted nntivos
I recognized a whole volume In tho ex
pressive gestures of tho burattinl.
Kallct and opora, oxquisitoly and
elaborately performed in most com
plex fashion, were mado tho vehicle
of cutting jokes lovcled at tho Govern
ment, and, indeed, served as the most
available vehicle of public opinion.
In no country wero thoro so .many
grades of marionette performances,
from tho box of homely puppets per
forming by tho roadside rfp to tlio com
plete theater with seats, lights and
orchestra of tho most beautifully
wrought, costumed and manipulated
figures. Whole operas musicians
and vocalists of tho first class being
bohlnd tho scones and dramas in live
acts woro common achievements
of thoso aristocratic marionettes.
Their audiences comprised people
of all ranks. Ono of tho learned
librarians of tho Vatican, Aliacl, who
hold that olllco during tho pontificate
of Alexander VII., was a constant
visitor to tho mimle theater as a ro
laxatlon from his brain work. Nor
were tho Italian marionettes confined
to miscellaneous audiences. A prac
tice grow up of engaging n company
of tho puppets to perform at private
parties. A wealthy entertainer con
sidored his viands, wines and music
incomplete unless ono of tho best
troupes of burattinl was engaged to
make mirth for his guests. On those
occasions brilliant hits at political and
social personages and occurrences
woro indulged in, and so completo was
tho mannor in which tho performance
was carried out that each popular
charaetor put on tho stago had the
words of tho part spoken by a special
artiste who could accurately Imitate
tho tones of tho original. Anothor
great point in tho Italian marion
ettes was their oxquisito ballot danc
ing. Every kind of dance, every nour
ish nnd pirouotto In which famous
living porformors oxcollcd was imi
tated most accurately by the puppets,
and their bows in response to tho
unanimous npplauso woro as olaborato
as thoso of tho originals. In fact, the
Roman authorities at ono time passec
what was practically tho highost pos
sible euloglum on them, by making
the mimic ladles wear culecons, mucti
as tho King of Naples did in Inter
days with his actual corps do ballet!
Gentleman's Magazine.
ABOUT MIDDLE AGE.
Why It Should ISn One of tho Most IJcim-
til til Sl'll'rilllM Of I. Iff.
Ago commands attention becauso It
Is ago, youth becauso it is youth. The
ono is supposed to rost and nave a
good tlmo becauso it is boyond the
cares and exactions of life, tho other
because it has not yot reached thorn.
Hut what of middloago, that highly ro
spectablo but plodding and generally
considered prosy and unintorosting
poriod? , It Is true that during this
period tho labors, cares and responsi
bilities of llfo, as a rulo, weigh heav
iest ui)on us, and yot it nood not bo
barren of joy aiifl romance,
Middlo llfo will bo to us what wo
chooso to mako it. It brings its own
friends, its own peculiar ploasures, II
wo will only accopt thorn; and its
trials and cares enablo us to onjoy
oven moro than wo did tho companions
and joys of youth. Indeed, If we
havo lived and developed as wo should,
wo discover a fullness, a satisfaction
in tho blessings of middlo ago that we
poroolvo was lacking In thoso of
youth. Tho springs of joy as well as
tho springs of sorrow riso from a
deepor source. Life should bo pro
gressive; each stago should bo a pe
riod of preparation for tho noxt H
it is thus viewed and accepted wo
shall find that tlmo, so far from rob
bing us of joy at each successive stage
of our earthly existence, brings it to
us in richer forms, thus gradually
preparing us for that unspeakable
bliss which "oyo hath not seen," of
which "oar hath not heard."
Middlo life, If rightly considered, is
a beautiful season. While it still re
tains, or should retain, much of tho
pootry, romanco, beauty and lire ol
youth, thoso aro tompored, softonod,
ripened as it were by tho experience
and wisdom of added years. Thus it
is brought Into a sympathetic rela
tionship with both youth anil age,
which opens up to it a wide Hold for
usefulness, Tlio demands upon those
in middle llfo are certainly great
Elder loved ones aro still with us and
about us looking to us for comfort,
sympathy and support Youth de
mands of us not only guidance, but
warm interest and more or loss partic
ipation in its pursuits and pleasures,
which wo must cheorfully rondor If
wo would win and retain its confidence
and affection.
Middlo ago is tho autumn of life,
and llko that season should be rich hi
fruitage to both delight and nourish.
Lot not those, then, who havo passed
tholr spring and summer look back
upon tho past with regrot, or forward
to tho future with forebodings, but re
joice iu and make the most of their
glorious prosont. Christian at Work.
"Say, Sam! When you proposed to
Mis Shekels did yen tn-l dow n rr your
kTt ---. ," N i-ut in.ui, I . 11 Ir't.
hhi. eitiu- u tLoW -Cj.vouUi
Spectator.
MISS PHELPS' COURTSHIP.
tt rimt Sho Itefnurtl Vounff Mr. Ward,
Hut Aflerwnrd Sent Tor Him.
Kov. Herbert Ward and his wlfo, neo
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Phelps, aro
spending tho winter at Hampton, Va.,
wheroMr. Ward Is teaching tho In
dians and colored students.
Their marrlago has been moro than
a nine days' wonder in Hoston and
elsewhere, and much interest has been
manifested by readers of Miss Phelps'
stories in tegard to hor unexpected
course. In all her books Miss Phelps
has idealized hor young lover who
went to the war and who died of fever
shortly after ontering tho service. Tho
young peoplo wero entirely devoted to
each other, and his sudden death was
a shock from which sho has suficred
continuously. Ono book, dwelling en
tirely on their plain meeting and part
ing, win so personal that tho family
bought up tho wholo edition rather
than have It appear. It is said that
tho book would have had a larger sale
than "Gato-i Ajar."
Miss Phelps becamo a writer for tho
Independent shortly after her lover's
death, and tho editor,-Dr. 1 Ward, was
a great admirer of her stories. It is
said that lior story of "Jack" mado
so deep an impression upon him that
it was whllo meditating upon it that
ho was knocked down in tho street by
a wagon and soriousl injured. As
soon as ho could be moved from tho
hospital ho went to Gloucester, Mass.,
accompanied by his son, and thoro tho
latter met Miss Phelps, who at the
tlmo was writing "An Old Maid's Par
adise." Tho acquaintanco grow, young
Ward proposed and was rejected, with
tho understanding, howovor, that
should she at any timo relent sho
would send for him. Tho summor
passed pleasantly at Gloucester, and
Mr. Herbert Ward finding himself re
jected, was becoming consoled by an
affair of tho heart with a much young
er maiden from ltoxbury, and had
gono to Now York on a briof business
visit whon a quite unexpected recall
camo from Miss Phelps. Ho returned
to Gloucester, and tho nuptial knot
was privately tied at tho collcgo in
tho presence of but ono or two friends.
It is tho hopo of Mrs. Ward's admir
ers that sho will writo a book dealing
with tho quostions of tho union of
young men with women who are their
seniors in years. It would bo a com
paratively now fiold, for in all fiction
thoro is but ono book now recallod
dealing with it, and in this book,
"Diana of tho Crosswnys," by Georgo
Moredlth, tho heroine did not marry
hor young lover, sho refused him and
married a man older than herself. In
tho common, matter-of-fact world there
havo been many Jiappy marriagos liko
Miss Pholps', and thoro is no reason
why thoy should bo otherwise. Women
who aro financially independent, and
aro money-getters, do not havo to take
tho practical view of matrimony that
young and inexporienced girls must,
who oxpect with a husband a homo
and a llfo-long dependence upon him.
Womon who do not havo to mako of
marriago a business can afford to bo
romantic, nnd romantic marriages aro
usually successes, as. for instance, tho
Haroness Hurdott-Coutts, Lady Hoa
consfield, Georgo Eliot, Lady Max
well, and many othors. Apropos of
this subject, it is reported that a well
known Now York literary woman has
becomo engaged to a rising young law
yer who is hor junior by twenty years
or moro. N. Y. Cor. St Louis Globo
Democrat 9
Savage Ideas of Books.
Tho testimony of travelers In various
parts of tho world shows that most
savages think that books spoak to tho
roadors. Somo Esquimaux, seeing a
priest read from tho Hiblo, thought
that ho hoard tho book and ropoatcd
tho words to them. A Fuegian, after
hearing a rondor, took tho book unl
put It to his ear in ordor to hear tho
sound of tho voice that 6poko to tho
reader. Thosavagosof West Australia
used to be greatly puzzled by tho
"speaking papers," as thoy called
books and letters. Thoy could not un
derstand how a porson receiving a lot
tor announcing the sending of a num
bor of sheep was able to dotect by it
that ono wius missing. Somo Cochin
'China Haunols wero in liko mannor
astonished at finding that a demand
for payment for carrying a letter was
defeated by tho letter Itself, tho writer
having announced tho payment of tho
feo. A California Indian, having
by a letter been detected in tho
theft of one ot a numbor of
loavo of bread that ho was car
rying to a missionary, tho noxt time
that ho had a liko orrand hid tho note
undor a stone that It should not see
him 'out tho broad, and thus bo ablo to
tell of tho theft N. Y. Sun.
Technical Education.
Tho technical schools of Germany
havo received of late groat expansion,
and are most carefully patronized by
tho State. J ho plan generally in oper
ation alms to familiarize tho pupils
with machinery nnd the different
branches of constructive Industry.
Thoro are tho englnoor schqols, or
classes, and tho mastor-workmon
schools. Tho flrtt Is for thot-e who
please to build and own factories; tho
second for thoso who purpose to be
come skilled mechanicians. Anion''
tho tiTohnlcals aro spinning, weaving,
milling, browing, and the making of
all sorts of wares, machines, building,
furnlturo, etc Constant and intlnmto
relations aro sustained wiUi all bort
of industrial establishments, and scfeii-
Uiie excursions lira frequently imi,!-- t.
fnotorlu to study tlwlf kjk i .iti.m J ,
jias of Auu riian hu .i'iuh i t,,
Uu. ut Utio pitfotkui v.iivotuii. bt
LouIj Globe Democrat
YANKEE WIVES ABROAD. N .
An EnglUh Journnl CUvc Somo Kxcmo for
' Their Foputurlty.
Tlio frequency with which English
men of distinction select tholr domestic
partners from tho United States may
well sot peoplo asking what it is that
causes the. occurrence. Tho fact that
Lord Randolph Churchill. Sir William
Harcourt, M. Clcmcnceau, tho Duke of
Marlborough and tho successor of
Count Moltko in tho important military
post with which his name is associated,
havo married American ladies may
tempt philosophic Inquiries to go in
search of a truo and efficient causo f
tho occurrence, now brought still more.
Into prominence by tho marriago of
Mr. Chamberlain. If wo nro to Imltato
them, wo might find a certain number
of plausible explanations; but, at tho
end of the oxorciso of our best ingenuity
wo should havo to confess ourselves
puzzled!
That there nro a number of Ameri
can young ladle's who aro most attract
ive -and charming will readily bo ad
mitted; but, without posturing as out
rageous patriots in this respect, wo -aro
disposed to thln.c tho English girls can
hold tholr own against oven their fair
American cousins in tho matter of good
looks, and decidedly outstrip them in
tho qualities which most Englishmen
regard as engaging and irresistible.
The Ideal of tho States is. notoriously,
not quite tho samo as that which for
tho most part prevails in this country,
and wo suspect it would bo found, 011
searching and impartial investigation,
that tho Amorican standard is loss of
what is usually meant by an ideal than
tho English standard. In other words,
it is, liko Americans themselves, moro
practical. Just as, for tho most part,
they educato their children not so
much with tho object of making them
fine scholars and cultured gentlemen,
as of making them capablo and success
ful citizens, so, probably, thoy aim,
oven unconsciously, at preparing girls
not so much for a brief passago of ro
manco as for tho long and unromantlc
business of Ufa At tho back of tho
head, as tho phrase is, of most English
girls is tho idoa that Lancolot, or
Princo Charming, or somo oqulVident
of thoso-ngreeablo and seductivo per
sonages, is living somowhoro in tho
world; that it would bo delightful to
meot him, and that, conceivably, that
happy fato is reserved for thorn in par
ticular. In a word, English girls aro
what Is called romantic, and American
girls, if -romantic, aro so in a less de
gree. Liko tlio rost of their race, thoy
aro educated to understand and bo in
harmony with tho hard and soniowhnt
cynical conditions of tholr life.
Thoy havo less "nonsonso" about them
than English girls. Thoy aro sonsiblo
women of tho world, "knowing all
about it," not easily deluded, and quite
equal to tho task of confronting exist
ence in all Us various phases.
Hcneo thoy enjoy considerable suc
cess in society, ovon on this sido of tho
ocean. Society does not ask .for ro
mantic disposition, for refinement or
delicacy of temperament, but, on tho
contrary, for practical good sense, for,n
cortain business-likp quality, and for
thoso gifts which enablo peoplo to suc
ceed in deal ng with their fellow-creatures.
It is ofton remarked that Amer
ican women push their way where En
glish women, possessed of no greater
personal advantages, would fail. Tho
reason is that tho former understand
tho conditions of success hotter and ac
commodate themselves to thorn. They
aro not tho 'women that stir tho pas
sions or inspiro the t-ong of thopoots;
nor will thoy go down to posterity as
heroines or charmers. Hut they hnvp
tholr day. Thoy succeed in London
drawing-rooms as their brothers suc
ceed In "dry goods storos" in Now
York, and for much tho samo reason.
Wo havo no doubt thoy mako excellent
wlvos to men who llvo In tho full glare
of socioty, and profor a clover, capablo
associato to a tendor domestic compan
ion. London Standard.
DEEP SEA FISHES.
Mow They Aro Cimlilml to lle'ur tho I'ros
Hiiro of tlio Water Aliovo Thorn.
Fishes havo been found, it is said,
three. miles below thosurfacoof the son.
and whon a specialty has beon made of
deop-sea sounding as In tho voyago of
tho Challongor and others, tho ocean
depths have boon found to bo very pop
ulous. Plants, howovor do not livo in
the deepest seas, and it is supposed that
the deop-sea animals cither prey upon
ono anothor, or got tholr food from dead
organisms and plants which sink down
to thorn. Tho phosporoscont fishes which
light up tho waves about them so bril
liantly, aro found as far as a mllo below
the surfnee. Tho most of the fishes
Inhabiting what aro called tho "abyssal
zonoa," havo only rudimontary eyes,
but they have longfeolors, which enablo
thorn to grope their way along tho bot
tom of tho soiu Othor species, how
ovor, havo very largo eyes, and thco
aro suppose to follow thoVphosphoros
cont fishes, who act as moving lamp
posts for deoi-ocean streots. The light
of tomo of thoso phosphorescent fishes
brought up by deopoa dredges. ' Is so
bright, that during tho brief spneo tho
animals survivo it Is quite easy to read
by it Tho reason that flshos'and jnol
lusks that llvo ovon threo miles under
water aro able to bear the pressure of
tho wnvos above thorn, which amount
to sovoral tons to tho 6nuaro inch, is
because they havo oxceodlngly looso
tissues, which allows tho water to How
through ovory instorstico and thus to
equalize their woight Indeed, it is as
sorted taut whon this pressure ia ro-
moved they porlsh. Tho account ot
1 he Cha''e:i'or c-XHiIltion states that
..II t!u si 1)11 up f ii(a a depth
..f tin- . u:i: ttr- i-f .. ni!i- wero dead
iiufu.u ti.u,v ;.!hMl Uitt kurfocc. Chi--iitfo
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