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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.