Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-12-09

LOU WHICH, iOllWCu lilo IcNOIuJOn Ol
Thaddeus Kosciusko many of the truest and
best Of the sons of that ill-fated country were
forced to flee for their lives, forsakeing home
and friends. Of those who had been most
eager for the liberty of Poland, and most
bitter in the enmity against Russia and
Prussia, was Michael Sobieski, whose ances-
tor had been king a hundrd and fifty years
before.
Sobieski had two son in the patriot. ranks
and father and sons had been Of those who
had persisted in what the Russians had been
pleased to term rebellion, and a price had
BEEN set upon their heads.
The Archduke Constantine was eager tC
apDrehend Michael Sobieski, and learned
that the wife of the Polish hero was at home
in Carcow, and he waited upon her.
MADAM" he said, speaking politely, fol
the lady was beautiful and queenly, II think
vol know where your husband and sons are
hiding"
Iknow, sir"
IF you tell me where your husband is
yolr sons shall be pardoned.''
And shall be safe..?'
sYes, madam, I swear it. Tell me where
YOU husband is concealed and both you anG
your sons shall be safe and unframed"
Chen, sir'' answered the noble. woman
rising with a dignity sublime and laying hel
hand upon her bosom, she lies concealed
her,-in the heart of his wife-and you viii
have to teal this heart out to find him."
Iyrant as he was, the archduke admired
the answer and the spirit which had inspired
it, and deeming the good will Of such a wo
man worth securing he forthwith published
a pardon for the father and sons.
DEAR RURAL:-In a late number of your
excellent paper [ read a very sensible article,
under the heading of "Om Homes;" How
few of us who have happy homes appreciate
them. Wefeel, jealous of some of our friends
and neighbors who are able to have more
expensive ones than we have, and fitted up
more costly, forgetting the old saying: "Al
is not gold that glitters." If we We're to stay
a month at the so-called s'homes, ;" we
would be glad to get back to our humble
abddes. where, if the furniture is cheap and
the ornaments, many of them rude and made
by our own hands, love, not discord, reigns
and guides our actions.
Home should be made as pleasant as pos
sibh. 1t should be a heart place-the place
where the affections center-the most lovely
of all places on earth. Not necessarily III
grandeur; for the humblest homes are hap
piest, if love and contentment dwell therein
bright and pleasant, always fair with a
longing to be there, is a pleasant home. Let
us then strive to make our homes both neat
and tasteful, where each heart will rest con-
tented and happy, and where the purest and
best thoughts will linger. "'iis home where
the heart is, be it ever so humble How
true this is, and how pleasant to be able to-,
cherish happy thoughts of home-to know
wherever we may be, that we have a home
which will be made more homelike and hap
Ply by our appearance.
Oh we cannot do too much to make our
homes happy ones. We want no jar OF dis
cord there, nor anything else which will mar
the pleasure and happiness of its inmates. !
believe that if women would try as hard TO
make her home pleasant, as she does TO keep
up to fashion in regard to dress, etc., the
world would be a much better one than it is.
Do not think now that | am a sour Old bach
elor, for I belong to the opposite sex, and |
believe in g woman's rights so far as they
contribute to home happiness, and no fur
ther.-Cor. Re2ul Nen Yorker.