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Newspaper Page Texti 5 The Oregon Scout JCNE8 &. CHANOEY Publishers. UNION, OREGON, HIS ANNAMESE WIFE. A Frenchman' TrIbulHtlon with a Pretty Nallvo of tho Orient. Dr. Ilocquard, who rocontly roturned to Franco after a rosldonco of ovor two years in Tonkin, tolls about tho An namcso brldo of a Fronoh ofllcor sta tioned at Namdlnh. The doctor visited tho ofllcor at his homo In tho big town, and thoro mot a vory pretty natlvo girl about olghtoon years old, who woro a robo of violot silk and moro rings on -hor Angers than Western belles regard as in good tasto. "You bco, I havo married an An namoso," said tho ofllcor, laughing, "Tha4 is, 1 havo bought hor from hor parents for forty-flvo francs. 'I hoy signed a contract boforo tho notablos of thoir villago.ln which they relinquish all thoir rights ovor thelrdaughtor. I cando with hor as I please, but I must treat lier woll. Ji 1 cliooso, 1 may return nor to hor parents, and thoy must rocolvo hor again. It is a vory oasy sort of dl vorco. Sho can not lcavo mo without my permission, and if she runs away from mo hor father is rosponslblo and must roturn to mo tho money I paid for hor. That is tho Annames law." "That scorns to bo a vory practicnl and economical arrangomont, "remarked tho doctor. "Not so much so as you think," ro pliod tho ofllcor. "I givo Ti San for that is hor namo II f toon piastres a month for hor wardrobo, to say nothing of tho prosonts I mako hor from tlmo to timo, and tho dlsngrooablo surprisos to which she treats mo now and thon. Tho other day, for instnnco, Ti San blossomed out in a boautiful robo of brocaded silk that I had glvon hor. Thon with ono of hor frlonda sho loft tho houso for a Jpromonado, and whilo strolling around tho town sho saw a party playing cards iu a gambling houso. "Llko all hor people, Ti San Is pas Blonatoly fond of gambling. Nothing could tempt hor to pass that houso, and bo in sho wont, seated herself at tho tablo, and was soon absorbed in tho gumo. Thoro sho sat until sho had lost all hor money, hor jowols, and Unally, tho clothing sho woro, and when sho re turned to mo tho noxt morning sho was orrayod in a lot of rugs that had boon given hor out of oharity. That 1b not all. Tho contract I mado with hor parents providos that I must food hor well. Tlnt clausosooins to in rludo hor on tiro kindred. Sho had boon with mo only two days, when hor fam ily (and you know families aro notsmall In tills country) swooped down upon us and installed thomsolvos in a houso near mine. Hvory tlmo I ontor my kitchen J And my cook preparing rlco for all thso ravonous porsons. I oflor thorn a thousand insults, but thoy novor winco, and nothing will induco thorn to budgo lrom my promisos until thoy havo had a good, square meal. You soo, marrying n Annamoso girl has its decided disad vantages." N. Y. Sun. MEN OF MANY YEARS. The Frequency of Olil I'nnnlo In All 1'arti or the World. 1 Illohnol Soils, who lives in San Sal vador in tho ropublio of llogota, is said to bo 180 yoarsof ago, and is apparently in tho full vigor of all hlspowors. Ho has novor takon any uuusual precaution with his hoalth, Is not a vogotarlan or toototalor, and has always boon a liard worker. Potor Harlow died in Dainariscottn, throo yoars ago at tho go of 135. Ho sorvod under Goorgo Washington in tho revolutionary war. Thoro Is a negro living In Lynn, Mass., who has rocontly boon on public oxhl liltion, who claims to bo ovor I!i0 yoars of ago. l?ooplo ovor 120 yoars of ngo, in tho rory gonoral dllfuslon of nows which is now posslblo, aro froquontly hoard of in various portions of tho world. Contonn rlans aro by no means tho ourlositios thoy were a fow gonoratlons ago. Soth Vorklns, who rocontly died in Norwich, Conn., was president of a railroad at 100. Chovroul, tho French soholnr, rocontly died ovor 100 yoars of ago. Frobably ovory State In tho Union contains its coutonarlau, and hoiuo of thorn perhaps sovoral. l'ooplo ovor nlnoty years of ago aro by no moans a curiosity. Tho lato Kmporor William of Germany was nearly nlnoty-two at tho time of his death. Simon Cameron was ovor nlnoty, and so was tho lato Dr. Dolllngor, tho thoologlan. Our histo rian lluncroft Is ovor nlnoty, und so 1b Cardinal Nowmau nnd Marshal Von TUoltko. , If ho many omlnont mon can bo found who havo lived to an advanced ago, It is reasonable cto Infer that thoro aro n largo number among tho moro obscure classes. An English writer on longevity malutalvs that genius Is inimical to old ago; but this hardly hoouis boruo out by tho fnots. Carlylodled at 8-1; llryautat 3; Prof. Sir Klohard Owen Is still allvo at 60; John U. Whittlor at 82; Robert C Wlnthrop at 81; William 11 Glad stone, Oliver Woudoll Holme and Alfred Tennyson at 80. Tho throes and froutsy of genius do not, it scorns, always provo destructive to longevity. All classes and conditions of men aro liable to attain old ago, though thoro can bo no doubt that Homo occupations aro moro destructive of hoalth and, lionoo of longlUoi than others. Yankee Jllodo. ICvolutlou of the lrriiit Y," How our lotter "W" was printed In tho sovontoonth century, appears In tho little quarto of Paul Hloaut, "boorotary to Honeago, Karlo of VVlnchllsea, Km Itassadour Extraordinary," printed in JOO'J, at Constantinople, by Abraham Gabal, who requests 'thu courteous roador not to nttrlbuto tho fault, olthor to tlio printer or tho corrector, If he Jlnds Bonio fow letters misplaced, or tho lottor vv not ho noatly formed ns woro to bo wished; for tho prosso nt Con Btantinoplo, bolng but sUdomo phi. ployed, Is not furnUhod with tho imrlotloof thoso lottora which nro only jwopnof to northern lanquuffo, Chris- XKonwr to iiorwiorw mimusi.-vu- . m GREAT LIGHT-HOUSES. Jinn j- of Them Aro Situated In the Most l.'erllotK l'lncr Imuclnithln. Thoro aro botweon six hundred and soven hundred light-houses off tho En gllsh, Scotch and Irish coasts, and many of thorn aro situated In seas which have tho reputation of being among tho most steadily tompestuous in tho world. Tho Fastnot light, olf thd southwest coast of Ireland; tho Calf Itock light, not far from tho Fastnot; tho lllshop Itock light, on tho "Howling Dogs," as tho ledgo on" tho Scllly Isles aro called; and Dhu Hoartach light, oft tho west coast of Scotland, contest tho honor of occu pylng tho stormiest and most dangerous positions on tho coast of tho Hrltlsh Isles; although tho Eddystond light- houso, near Plymouth, Is cut oil wholly from communication with tho shore. Unliko thoso Amorlcan light-houses which aro situated at n distanco from shore, tho Hrltlsh light-houses do not appear to bo provisioned for a long pe riod. During recent heavy storms oil tho European coasts, tho light-keepers of Fastnot woro not only cut oil from communication with land, but were com pelled to mako signals that thoy woro short of food. Sovoral gallant and un successful attompts torollovo them were mado by volunteer crows before thoy woro finally reached with supplies. Tho koopors of tho chief Hrltlsh off shore light-houses, as is tho case with American llrst-class lights, now consist of three men. Sovoral yoars ago, when tho light-houses woro In charge of two mon, ono of tho keepers at tho Long ships llght-houso dlod at his post during a storm. Tho man's companion was forced to remain with tho dead body for many days and nights, and at tho samo time, of courso, to kcop tho lamps In ordor. Tho strain of this horrlblq situation upon his norvos was so groat that boforo ho was rescued ho had become hopeless ly insane. Tho Calf Itock light stands upon a rock which is from sixty to ninety feet high, and tho light rises ninety feot abovo tho rock. Tho Fastnot light is nearly ono hundred and fifty foot abovo tho water, but tho fury of tho Atlantic is so great that tho wavos aro said often to pass in shoots ovor tho lanterns of both, and to hido tho tops of tho towers for two minutes at a tlmo. It Is imposslblo to approach olthor tho Fastnot or tho Calf Itock light except in tho calmest weather. In tho rebuilding of tho Calf Hock houso, which took four yoars, tho workmon woro provisioned in tills way: A log was anchored, by moans of a rope, out at sea on tho loo ward sldo of tho rock. To this log tho provisions, oncased in rubber bags, woro fastened by mon in boats, and tho log was then drawn in by tho men on tho rock. It was still moro dllllcult to construct tho Wolf light, in tho Itrltlsh Channel. Sovon years were required to built it, and in ono particular stormy year, 1802, only eighty-threo hours work could bo dono between March and December, so tempestuous woro tho soas. Tho Dhu Hoartach llght-houso is forty-olght miles from Oban, tho near est town. No boat is allowed to touch tho rook upon which It stands, and all visitors to It aro hoisted from thoir boat by means of a long dorrlck. A visitor thus describes tho process by which ho wont upon tills rook: "Whon tho boat is in position, a ropo, with a loop at tho end of it, is dropped Into tho stern. You put ono foot Into tho loop, hold tightly to tho rope with both hands bolow tho block, and uro first holstod into tho air, and thon pulled downward upon tho rock. "Thoro you aro clasped in tho strong arms of ono of tho koopors, and boforo you aro roleasod from tho friendly grip, you aro reassured by a kindly voice, bid ding you 'Wolcomo to Dhu Hoartach!1 " Youth s Companion. BRITAIN'S PARLIAMENT. An n l'ollllrnl School tho lloimn of Com mons Ik h Cninploto I'ulliiri. Tho House of Commons Is failing, as all thoroughly democratic assemblies fall, In tho function It onco served, ad mirably, as a political school. It fails doubly first, In getting a number of Boholtirs young enough to learn; and noxt, in giving them their lesson when it does got thorn. It may bo questioned whether wo havo at present, properly speaking, any parliamentary youth at all. At tho present moment wo can hardly recall any but Sir E. (hoy, Lord Carmarthen and Lord Cranborno, who poporly deserve that title, and ovon of thoso, tho llrst two will coinploto thoir twonty-elghth and tho last his twenty ninth yoar respectively this year, and can certainly not bo called boys. We can not recall a single member who camo into Parllamout at Pitt's age, and though wo do not know tho average ago of tho members, wo suspect that it would turn out to bo not much, If at all, bolow llfty. Tako It all In all, It Is cer tainly a parllamout of middle-aged or old mon, and by no means as good a school as tho oarllor parliaments of this century havo boon foryouthful states men. Almost ovory thing tolls unfavorably on tho election of very young men, be cause largo constituencies, such as aro now universal, always prefer a known man to an unknown, and it Is liupossi bio for a young man to bo known to such constituencies, except In rare cases as tho son of his father; and al most ovory thing tolls unfavorably on their training, because tho concentra tion of tho attention of tho democracy on single questions, llko tho Irish homo rulo question, Involves a monotony of political subject, and to Insure success, a vehemence of political declamation which disgusts young men of any llvoly political intellect, and repels them from politics. Finally, ovory thing tolls mi- favorably on thoir oratory, because tho Immense wnstu of tlmo on obstruction, and tho perpetual re-dlscusslon of tho samo HubJvoU, render It hardly posslblo for thorn to speak often, ovon if thoy nro olocled, and Inspire tho loaders with aversion for thoso party monibors who twice up the ftumo house, instead of press ing for a ilivlttiuii. For tho most part, tio "priMiii-uiig joting mon" of the party nro men of tinny-eight, at least- Lou dou Saturday li viu.v. COSTLY NEGLIGENCE. flow Tramp nml ConvloU Are Made Ont of Many Promising Hoys. If an observer will tako a stroll about Hoston and tho other cltlos and largo towns of tho State, ho may And at street :orncrs, railroad stations, and other places, many idlo mon. If ho should mlnglo with thoso mon ho would find that thoy may bo divided into two classes laborers who oxpect employment later in tho spring, whon work of one kind or anothor usually bo jlns; and young mon, mostly graduates of grammar or high schools, who feel i littlo too nice to work at common la bor, yot havo not acquired tho skill to 3o any thing else. And, though there Is a demand for skilled labor, tho mak ings of many skilled mechanics stand timlessly about because thoy havo not had tho opportunity to learn some trade for which thoy aro adapted. It is this latter class of Idlers that would arouse tho concern of tho thought ful observer; for among them ho would see many youths whoso future seems my thing but hopeful. As far as teach ing its youth book learning Is concerned, society does much of its duty; but in tho equally important matter of teaching them how to mako an honest living so ciety does little or nothing. "Twonty per cent, of tho mon ongaged in mechanical industries," said a prom inent builder, "aro really skilled me chanics; tho other eighty per cent, arc fair or Indifferent workmen." At first thought it seoms strange that only ono in flvo of thoso mon is really skilled, but whon wo consider tho more matter of chanco by which boys are drawn into mechanical industries it would seom strange if this wore not tho case. A green boy, seeking a chanco to learn x trade, but ignorant of what ho is adapted for, is moro likely to drift into tho wrong trado than into tho right ono. IIo may mako a poor carpenter when ho might mako a good mason, or a poor machinist whon ho might mako a good architect. Or, if ho does know what ho is adapted for, tho chances aro that un less ho is of unusual porsoveranco ho can novor obtain tho chanco to learn it woll; for master mechanics and thoir foromon do not want to bother thom solvos with teaching green boys. It is for this class of boys that a pub lic industrial school system is much needed. A littlo practical instruction would dovolop a boy's tasto to such an extent that if ho desires to learn a trado ho will know which ono ho is host ndapted for, and bo taught accordingly. Tho tendency of such a system would bo toward placing youths whore thoy can do tho most good for thomsolvoa and society. And tho people would bo re paid for tho extra burden of maintaining tho system; for who can estimato tho present loss to society in tho waste of tho genius and powers of so many of its mombors? For a peoplo not to provido thoir youth with the moans of obtaining an indus trial education is Indeed a costly negll gonco a negligonco that leaves eighty per cont. of our mechanics fair or indlf- foront workmon; a nogligenco that ieavos great numbers of boys and young men wasting in idleness tho best part of their lives; a negligonco that tends to mako tramps or convicts out of many onco promising boys. Hoston Globe. AN OLD-TIME LOCOMOTIVE. Kcu'iii'il from the Si-rnp-l'llr, Sho In Still Doing (looil Scrvli c. A largo, woll-mado locomotivo is an object of admiration to all who havo an opportunity to closely oxamino tho in tricate nmko-up of this woiulorful mochanlsm; but a great many rotnembor tho days whon railway engines woro not so largo, nor nearly so handsome as thoy now aro. In tho V0s engines wore much smallor than thoy aro at present, and woro gen erally moro docorated with brass work. A great many of thoso old titnors aro still in uso by railroads, despite tho fact that It is commonly accepted that boil ers and machinery glvo out In a certain numbor of years. Many havo been re built, and aro doing switching sorvico; while others are used In hauling light suburban trains; but tho greator major ity of thorn aro lying in tho "scrap piles" at tho companies' shops. Ono of thoso old locomotives, with qulto a his tory, although almost wheelless, oylin- dorless, and, in fact, devoid of tho esson- tial running gear, can bo found in tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way yards, giving good sorvico ovory day. Sho is tho old Prairie du Chlen, No. 51, built about 1S.V7; and In hor palmy days sho flow ovor tho rails be tween Mllwaukoo and Madison, Wis. Years of sorvico on tho lino woro out hor machinery, and with many sighs from old railroad men sho was relegated to tho sorap-pllo. Here this combination of machlnory lay until hor cab nearly rotted away. Tho tondor was attached, to anothor ongino, and all tho valves, pumps, gear and brass-work that cohld bo utilized woro transferred .to other onglnos as ropalrs woro made. Fow suspected that this old, ritst-eaton ongino could ovor bo again brought Into sorvico. Hut ono day last fall an ordor was received to load hor on a flat car and bring tho old ongino to Chloogo. Hero sho was lodged In tho yard, and boforo many days sho had sunk Hovoral feet In tlio mini. Ashes, clndors and yard refuse accumulated about her, until ono would havo ex perienced dltUoulty In recognizing her as a locomotive. Cars heated, by steam from tho road-engines woro to bo formed Into trains and backed Into tho depot. 1'hey must bo warm. It would bo un wise to build tiros for that short trip, nml impracticable to attach tho road- onglnos to tho trains while switching was to bo done. Now, hero Is where tho old loconiotho, shorn of all hor flnory, camo In handy. Hor old bollors woro utllltod to supply tho necessary stoam which was convoyed to tho heating ap paratus of tho oars by flexible pipes. Wedged In among n lot of cars, old, di lapidated, and forgotten by tho votonin railroaders, this cnglno, saved from the scrap-pllo.ktHI contributes Its part to the operatlntr of a railroad. Perhaps sho has Di.tlutvt tho engineer who llrst pulled ti.i- tlrtttlt and occupied a scat lu lur iU t aUajo Nona. A CONVICT'S STORY. rriloneil After Spending Thirty Year of Ills 1.1 fa In Prison. After more than thirty years in prison Patrick E. Hrady is again at liberty and is going homo to Ireland to see if any of tho playmates of his youth are still liv ing. Hrady's life has beon romantic in a measure and ho has Ixoen In all sorts of crime, from deserting from tho navy to burglary and accomplice in murdor. His exact term of sorvico to the Stato was thirty yoars, oight months and fl f- toon days, and as ho said to a World re porter, "It's a long time." Hrady was born In tho North of Iro land in 1840. When qulto a boy ho ran away from homo and wont aboard an English schoolship. hen ho was sov entcen yoars of ago ho desortcd his ship at Havre and signed as ablo seaman on board an English bark about to sail for Quobec. At that port Hrady again de- sorted his ship and in company with sovoral companions mado Ills way to Al bany, living by Stealing and begging. When Hrady arrived at Albany ho was arrostcd for burglar' and was sentenced to three years and six months' imprison ment. After sorving all but eleven months of his term Hrady and an other convict named Sowoll escaped. Whilo escaping Sowoll killed tho head koopor. Tho convicts woro re captured after two days of liberty. They wero placed on trial for tho murdor o tho keeper and Sowoll and Hrady wero sentenced to bo confined in Clinton prison ono year and thon executed. This sentonco was found to bo unconsti tutional and it was commuted to impris onment for life. That was in 1S02. From that timo until last July Hrady was confined in prison, occupying sev eral positions in tlio jail. Last .Inly ho mado application to bo transferred to tho Albany prison and his request was granted. Tlio fact of tho transfer was published In several newspapers at tho timo, and it was read by II. O. Wills, a former convict who had reformed and was then conducting a revival mooting nt Detroit. Mr. Wills, who had been one of tho sev en convicts who wero concerned in tlio escape, knowing that Hrady was not guilty of tho murdor, intouested himself In lirady's behalf, and paid three viRits to this Stato in order to properly put tho caso before Governor Hill. Mr. Wills got Don M. Dickinson and Smith M. Weed interested, and Governor Hill pardoned Hrady last September. Since that time Hrady has beon living In De troit with Mr. Wills. Sewcll died in prison, but before his death ho mado an aflldavit that Hrady was not guilty of tho murder. N. Y. World. MARRIAGE A FAILURE. Orrut Mon Who Dltl J.'ot Know How to (Illooso I'll tint; Wives. Tho question has beon recently dis cussed, "Do ablo mon mako wiser mar riages thiln other peoplo?" and tho im pression seoms to bo that the question should bo answered in tho negative In stances aro given of rulers who had tho faculty of choosing men by tho oyo who mado bad blunders in tho choico of wives. For example, Justlna had tho koonost eyes for ablo agents; witness his choico of Helisarlus and Narsus a choico which tho Palaco must havo re garded as a moro caprico of dospotism and tho mon who codified Itoman law: yot .Justinian picked Thoodora out of tho wholo world, and tjiat lady, ovon if, as is probable, Procopius libeled hor, can hardly havo beon a success, oithor as wife or Empress. Ilonry VIII., who must havo had wondorful oyos for mon fitted to carry ont his will, who picked out Wolsoy and mado Cranmor, and gavo a start to the first Cecil and tho first Itussoll, and used exactly thoVight parliamentary agonts, mado a comploto muddle in choosing wives, ovon if wo deduct Kathorino of Arragon as imposed on him and consider tho dlvorco of Anno of Clovos only a bru tal expression of personal repugnance. Charles II., who know thoroughly every man about him, from his brother down to his valet, and whoso judgments histo ry has never rovorsed, has novor socurcd oven a faithful mistress, unless It were Noll G wynne, and onco admitted tu that lofty post a paid spy and agont of. tho7orolgners. Marlborough was not only tho great est General of tho age, but tho most successful diplomatist, both characters' Involving rare judgment in mon; and he married a termagant who was certainly able, and who may possibly havo loved him, but who kept him in constant fear. Tallnyrnnd, who made it tho business of his life to read mon, and who never fail ed, reading as wobeliovo, oven Napoleon more accurately than any othor man in his court did, choso for his wlfo a fool! and Mottorntch, who managed three generations of difficult characters, U said to have been twlco mistaken in the ladles ho choosn for wives at least, If it is understood, as in tho last caso, tc choso a wlfo who dlsbollovos in you. Chatter. Sobriety Among tho .lovt-n. Dr. l'ichardson cltos tho Jews as living example of tho advantages of i brlety. Tho remarkable vitality of the race strikes him as something ustoun lug. Oppressed by cruol laws In the past, and living in abodos whoro others havo died, yot thoy contrived to exist. Tho explanation, according to this indo fatlgablo apostlo of Hygola, Is that which was given by llallor, a leading German doctor of tho last contury. It Is, that they lead, as a rule, simple llvos, and aro mindful of tho oxprosslvc maxim In Proverbs, "Wlno is n mock-or."- Dr. Herman Adlor has pointed out that, although Judaism does not do nounco tho taking of wlno In modera tion, thoro rutin throughout tho Hebrew literature thu strongest condemnation ol intemperance. It is, howovor, wo arc told, a mlstakoiuldoa that during Pass ovor Jews uro forbidden to take for montod wlno. What is forbidden is the product of fermented grain, for which reason strict .lows nt such a tlmo aro re strained from the uo of such liquor at whiiky. London Daily Nown. A short-hand reportor In Placet Counts, lab, charged for pti ttur't mark as if U.i v tw ! il-i, and ti.e count want fciOl.wd rouuusd. THE PAY OF AUTHORS. j. Bcti for Tergon Who Think Thst titer; nturo 1 Heil of Itones. J' T rmifrht nnn of our bCSt known ttU' thors In a confidential mood recentlj and his coramonts on tho rovonuo of au- thorship, which ho gavo mo pormlsslofi C0mmon, ovcry-day politeness. Tho afterwards to print, carry intorest with rut, is thatavorago politeness is supor them. I may add that tho namo of this flciai. it expands itself in formalities; author is ono of tho most widely known jn what is called tho payment of social in Amorlcan literature to-day. "Sovon j0bts; in tho prompt roturn of calls and years ago I choso botweon law and lit- ti,0 exact rendition of social obligations, craturc I had ovory opportunity to j5u(, t,n0 ordinary courtesy which ought succood at tho bar, for, through hard t0 k0 every-day custom, or, rathor, a study and my connections, a lucrative part, 0f tho nature, is woofully neglect practlco seemed oponod to mo. Hut I e(i Disregard of propriety begins with turnod to authorship. To-day I am tno children. Ono can recall In thoir what 'tho world calls a succossful an-aCqualntanco fow families in which dof thor. My last novol was bid for byer0nco to ago, respect for parental au throo publishers, and my royalties, I aintlorjtyt for tho wisdom and oxporionco told by my publishers, aro highor than0f their eldors, havo beon inculcated thoso of tho majority of their writers. Iwith regard for truth, honesty and puri havo tho ploasuro of hearing my hooka ty of thought and speech.: and namo hawked on tho trains whenI it is not required of a child that ho am traveling, tho newspapers givo inpsjiau sav .'p0()(i niornlng" when ho on from a quarter of a column to a column torg y10 room at breakfast or "good and a half reviews. Hut what has llt-nigi,t when ho loaves It for his bed. It oraturo brought mo in money? Lot tnenovor occur3 to him to rlso and olTor his open my vost-pockot book to you. Hcrecnajr t0 ,g par0nt3, or dlscommodo is my actual rovonuo for 1SS0, and in-jmgoif i any way for tho convenlonco eludes, as you see, royalties on sixpiand comf0rt of othors, becanso ho has my novels, magazino articles, etc., andnovor b(jcn taught to do so. every thing is collected. Hero is the VVith all tho progress that bus boon total -S2, 170. -10 Compare thoso actualm!ulo in avt and science, and In eSuca figures to tho paragraph recontlj tlon) go fav ag it portalns to tho mlh(l circulated, in which I am reputod tcand bodVi tho batl breeding of tho or oarn $10,000 from my pon. Kjainary human being appears only tlwo it any wondor that tho unsophisticated ni0ro"garinff. Street cars and stoam enter literature with falso hopes? Yps carg aro Illlf!(l wlth mcn who spit incos. print these 'icts if you wish; only.Jo. 3antlV) defiling tho lloor and frequently courso, withhold my namo and Idon thQ p.arnionls of thoso who, unfortu tlty." I roproduco horo tho facts n; natoiy, must sit besido them; with gum- ligures as tnoy woro given to mo-i ouly wish it woro possiblo, for tho saki bod of rosos, to givo this author's name givo uus auuu rs name facts in general mustib -I T J, uowovor, iuo lauis in guuuiin iuuhiw sumciont. k am constantly askea oy literary dc ginners us w u...- p K""J ?! oy magazines lor literary . , courso, In my answer, I must bo undori stood as only referring to beg nnors , nd thoso who havo, by constant praotloa, . , , . 'Till llJJL ll 111. IIJU w o I1UUUU1J become experienced with tho pen anlj common am tboso i th know what Is most desired by editors , x j t It is safe, . think, for beginners to 1 opportunity to soo and pond upon tho following prices: I'oona, eanl aro tho least marketable, but whoro li por"sons wl0 COnsider themselves suf poom of average length is accopted-i nciontl colll.teous neglect tho small say four vorsos of eight. linos oach-tbimaUor9 although in lho groator thoy price is from $5 to $15 each. A shor ho fastjdlously oxaetig. Thoy story of 3,000 words commands S2o to33i j n-oro th(J uegtlon9 in lettors. tboy at tho lowest, 5.-.0 to . 8100 at tho highes , ' 1(Jot t(J rotm.n tbo book ()r wbatovnr ovory thing depending on tho strongt , 3lg(J bW0 be(jn borrowed; or, if it Of tho story and tho magazino to whicl hn9 bo(m uuavol(lablo dolav fall to mako it is sold, Proso artic os o any merit' tb(J osplanatIon and apology that aro whatever t-ango from S4 to 810 per tho, T, fall to acknowledBO bv word Hands woras, tho avorago being about 84 lnftm. ' rvn- . AW not lmsitato Of courso, pricos for literary work.Ja priccsfor dry goods or any thing -ohH vary aceoraiug to u.o quuy ui , and tho rich and thoso who aro greatly goods, but thoso I havo quoted aro; 1( J0U,bt think, safofor boginnors toflapend upon Tho (r0nuinoiy.COurtooiis act is llko provided, of courso, that thoyfall into. tho m f inoroys it is twlco blessed, tho hands of roputablo magazine AbiU, .g ploasur0 to tho recipiont if ho ruio tno goou magazines pay upewjt coptanco of a manuscript. Edward Hok, in Chicago Journal. I j THE PENITENTES. llnrfourous l'crroi-ninnrrs of 1'anatlcs Sow .Mexico. Tho I'onitontos seom to a new corati in the country to bo a strango ordor lot 111 tUU UUUULI V IU UV u ESLlclIlU UIUUIIW superstitious fanatics, tho old flagellant! of tho dark ages, who havo como dowa' by some ecclesiastical legerdemain, J landing in this corner of tho torrestrial j foot-stool. Thoir performances are a touch of baptized barbarism clutchlBB at tho skirts of this ninotoonth contury. I Tho horriblenessof seoing thorn at work flagellating thomsolvos on Good Frldaj is akin in tho recollection to tho heart rending moans of tho wounded and dying in a torriblo calamity. Thoy com noso a socrot orcanization that Is fast dying out, and is not now sanctioned by struggle for culture it is too much cul-7 tho dominant church, and tho worst oi tivat on of brains alone. Intelligence their doings aro supposed to tako place I that is woll bred s ton times as useful in their lodge rooms. Thoy aro scon to that which makes moro intellectual outsiders only whon marching in pro-1 ability an oxcuso for all sins of omls cosslon, carrying each a rough wooden sion or commission. In this onhght cross, nearly heavy enough to crush oneil ago no man, though ho bo as wlso thon. under Its weight. Thoir backs are ; as Solomon, has a i-ight to bo a boor. usually bare, and as thoy stagger along i as best thoy can, weighted down by thoir burdonsomo load in body and their sins in mind, thoir brethren beat them with clubs and prick thorn with cact? till, in many instances, thoro isn't an inch of tho ilosh that isn't torn and blooding. Not ir.frequontlj thoy dlo from tho offects of tho torrible punishment Inflicted. A doleful chant ing, in which thoyspocify tho particular sins thoy aro trying to oxpiato, is con tinually kont tin. And vet this von class Is usually composed of tho rabble olomont of tho community. Ofton, when thoy got through thoir ponances, thej go straight off and got drunk and run up anothor score of ovll doods uono in bodv creator than tho last, lhey sc to hold Implicitly to tho boliof tl.it ovory sin committed must bo paid for in i sulfering, and tho moro pain ono ft- his dream of boauty is roalizod and duros hero, tho loss ho will havo liOre-1 takes a clearly defined form, bohold at tor. Thoso poor, doludcd penltorjtn 1 how patiently ho works through long nro not attompting any moral imprOt I months and yoars on sky and lako, on monts. Thoy aro merely ondoavorisj . troo and flowor, and, whon comploto, It to shorten thoir stay In purgatory, nt. I roprosonts to him moro lo'vo and lifo, horrid work thoy mako of It. Any (oy j moro hopo and ambition than tho living who was ovor so unfortunato as t l. child at his sldo, to whoso concoptlon locked into ono of their lodges mtst j and antonatal dovolopmont not ono admit that a fooling of unoasinossps. j soulful thought was ovor glvon. To this uncertainty crept ovor him whilo the. impresslblo porlod of human lifo fow Porchanco a dim light, as tho scono Bnij 1 parents glvo any thought; yot horo wo bo doscrlbod, mado awfully IndisUwt must begin to cultlvato tho virtues that and ghastly tho rudo form of Chrlstoj can alono redeem tho world, tho cross; tho mon strotchod out (ftj , How oblivious ovon our greatost phl longth on tho ground, more llko corpse , losophors seem to tho well-known laws than living boings, and tho wrotobj 0f physiology. ThiAk of a man llko objects who piled tho scourgos on th.es. eoIvos and tho othors, making tho bjccj spurt at ovory stroke, whilo tho yolli, 1 walls and howls woro indoscribablylto rlblo. 1 Hut such barbarous practices will soa havo bocomo obsoloto in Now Moil , family Is plain from his published lot Evon now it is only tho woll-lnforjt! tor8( jn which ho doploros his condition, who can point out thoir hiding pl and groans lost his physical nflllctiona whon ongagod in thoir fiagollatioM. bo visited on his children. Alas! who Las Yogas Optlo. d can ,n0asuro tho miseries of tho raco ro- Social oconoray Mrs. Scrooge-. ! "I'm writing to ask tho Ilrowns to attt tho Jonocos horo at lUnnor, and tiilu. Jonosoa to moot tho Hrowns. WoTjt, thorn both you know." Mr. Seroogf "Hilt I've heard they'vo justuarm and don't speak!'' Mrs. .STotiggoSL"! know, Tl.t y U refuse, nnl wc ncolrt givo a dinni r party at all." Punch. I THE SMALL COURTESIES. By Obcrvlnir Them tho Friction or un Coum e mmij ... Tho friction of lifo, which wears upon 'health, norvos and tompor, could bo Vastly mitigated by tho cultivation of ci,owiiijr mon and women both, and u, son3 who thoro discus3 their privato ailairs in tones that may bo ovophoard by tll0 driver on tho platform poo . wIth no undcr3tanding or ap People ng or ap- prcci!vtion frequent tho theater and . u do nofc car0 to hear thom- selves; they aro thoro to solves; inuy aro inuro iu uo seun, ur 10 that thoy wontj ad thoy ruin tho . nl of -ovory body nrollnd thorn, ThJj vul it is not conllnea to tho , f lf ta ,ilo1l1 to accept, and worso than all, discrlm- inato bot;vcon tho poor) the friendless, rv , .,nm.eciatlvo nature, and it is a- . , ,i,r. t m.v bn n sninsh . M.nnunstion. but a worn- 11)11 W n w " 1 ' an can nor afford, fer her dignity's sake, to bo insolont, ovorbearing and con temptuous in hor treatment of thoso who aro, perhaps, orroneous'Jj classified as- her social inforiors. iSolMesso oongo; ' . the greator hor advantages, financially, mentally and in point of bMrth-for blrtli may bo an advantage oven in a for democratic republic tho more siouia bo requiretl ol nor in ovory way. Indllteronco to tho feelings ofan equal may bo simple rudeness; to otjo WHO in some respects may oo tuu lir- forlor, but by no means in all, is no't only rudeness but it is cowardico aa woll, for it is taking advantage of a poA sition which permits neither dofonsoj nor retaliation. In all tho modern j "oi.hi u nnu iu uv u.uui tumi genius and loarnlng thoy possess, tho moro gracious and rofinod should, bo tho manner. Chicago Intor-Ocean. THE MARRIAGE RITE. Its Sarrpdni'ss l'lctured In ICInquent AVorilx hy I'lizabeth Caily Stanton. Tho first stop toward making tho Idoal tho real Is to oducato our sons and daughters Into tho most exalted idoasof tho saerednoss of married lifo and tho responsibilities of parenthood. I would havo thorn givo at loast as much thought to tho creation of an immortal boing as tho artist gives to his land scapo or statue. Watch him in his hours of solltudo, communing with groat nature for days and weeks in all hor changing moods, and whon at last Darwin, so closo an obsorvor of ovory form of lifo, so firm a bellovor in tho laws of horodlty, venturing on marrlago and fatherhood whilo ho was tho victim of an incurable horedltarv disease That i,n thoutrht of this whilo ralslntr a lanro suiting from tho Impure and unholy mnrrlngos into which ovon intelligent) mon and women so rccklossly ontor. Ellraboth Cady Stanton, in Arena. A lady of Alpharetta, Ga., has a breed of chickens that sho say will eat only six imnt lis in tho year; they fast tho otn x. and aro as fat at tho end of their fa-t ai fiey wem bofcro.