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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27
The Gallant SkObeleff.

| went with the Emperor to the posi-
tions before Plevna to-day. | find l had
far underestimated the loss. The stat
gave it as over thirteen thousand before
r,evna alone, that son the It'll and 18th
only. find also that Skobelctf Cid sue
coed in taking two of the four redoubts
on the Sofia road at once in his assault at
p. NJ. on the nth. He lost nearly eight
thousand men (out of 1S,O00) in doing So
He himself led the assault ON horse back
right up to the glacis of the redoubts.
His horse (the seventh he has had killed
in this campaign was blown to pieces
under him by she'll which burst right
under his belly, but he escaped unhurt
and led the way into the redoubt on foot,
sword in hand. Though my friend and
|, both old soldiers, watched this affair
most closely, we both thought he had
been repulsed. The day began with a
heavy fog at II, that turned to rain, a
continual drizLle, so that it was impossi-
bic to see clearly in the mixed fog and
smoke that hung like a pail over the spot.
Earnestly hoping for Skobeleff's welfare
for he has been exceedingly kind to us
both, sending us invitations always to
reconnaissance where shells were the
principal feature, and which we grateful
~ but firmly declined-we yet both
thought he had been badly repulsed.
The roll of fire against him, which we
now find must have been partly his, in
beating off counter attack after he was
in, was like one continual long roll on
the drum for more than fifty minutes.
The Turks must have lost heavily in their
counter attacks, for we saw them come
bodily into the open space three times.
There are four redoubts on the Sofia road.
Skobelett carried the two furtherest east ;
that is, nearest the town of .Plevna and
lower down the hill. They were rect
angular and all open at the gorge pur-
posely, so as to be commanded from the
higher western ones. He only succeeded
in retaining them for twenty-four hours,
for on the night Of the 12tn the Turks
pounded him out of them by close artil-
lery fire from above.
All the army hears with satisfaction
that Skobelef has been promoted Lieu
tenant General to-day for his splendid
conduct on the 18th. Lieutenant General
at thirty-two. Yet the rank has been won
step by step.-London Times Cor. before
PleUnd.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27
Double Riddle.

There is word OF music's own
That lifts the soul to see and do
happy word, that leaps alone
From lips bypleasare touched anew.
Which, if it join thy parted name,
o Blessed Virgin! bears curse,
Than which the fatal midnight flame,
Or fateful war, holds nothing worse!
What is this word, with balcful charm,
To change the sweetest name we know
To one surcharged with subtle harm?-
And what the strange, new name of woe
And If o guess this riddle well,
And speak this word in answer true,
How may it lift-l pray you tell
The tuneful soul TO see and do?
j. g. Holland, in 81. Nicholas.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27
Traits of a Gentleman.

Why does every traveller feel that an
Arab Is gentleman, or that Turk is a
gentleman2 Because both the Turk and
the Arab manifest perfect self-possesson,
without touch of self.assertion, have an
air OF command devoid of arrogance, are
tranquil amid riot, and composed amid
difficulty and disturbance. These quail
ties seem to us to spring from habits OF
command, and from an inherent sense OF
superiority, and the observation will apply
with equal force to English gentlemen
A gentleman is gentleman, and there's
an end ont. He does not want to be
anybody else, because he does not recog-
niZe any superior, save of the titular or
disciplinary sort. Your vulgar person,
or even your person who, without being
vulgar, is not a gentleman, is conscious
OF his inferiority, and periodically labors
to conceal or cloud it. There is no con-
cealing it, and the attempt only exposes
the fact more glaringly to view. This
sort of person, too, is not calm, not self
possessed; be is fussy, solicitous, domi-
neered by circumstances, instead of
quietly settling down to a level with
them. This by no means implies that a
gentleman must not cope with circum-
stances when they are important enough
to demand the exercise of his energies.
But when he comes cut of the battle, or the
Senate, or the hunting field, no matter
what he has gone through, he is compo sed
and quiet once more. He never swag-
gers; he never makes unnecessary apollo
gies or explanations. He takes things as
he finds them. Now and then. no doubt,
the idiosyncrasies of genius will lend an
exceptional fervor to the manner of a gen
tleman; and Lady Blessington was so
unaware of this that she expressed her
self surprised that Byrons manner in
conversation was not as quiet as she
would have expected from person of
his rank. The observation was at once
stupid and snobbish. There is no cut
and-dry receipt for gentleman; but he
is as unmistakable to those who know
one. as the color of flower, or the scent
of a leaf
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27

come to this pace they ahead; horse
tom; wolves caught 'nm this side woods
We look there"-and Taycuathonto point
ed IL the very course taken by the horse
and rider
1t So happened when Allan was thrown
from the nurses back that his rifle flew
from his Land and struck, muzzle down,
in ii hollow stump. where, imbedded in
the snow. it stood like sign to mark the
scene # the last struggle of the lost boy
The Suow had whitrned all its hither
sid". When the Indian came abreast OF
it, he cried
Told you so. See! Adams gun. And
here rest of em'-p~intirg to the little
heap over the ruins of the old cabin.
Kicking the snow hastily aside, the In
dian examined the ground carefully a
M mcnt and then said: No, only horse
Allan further on"
The InGian, with head bowed down,
walked quickly forward. threw up his
arms, and disappeared, He had stepped
over the clean edge of the cellar and
sunk exactly as Allan had. A few des-
pera,e plunges sutiiced 20 take the strong
Indian through the intervening snow and
into the protected corner where Allao,
just rousing from his second sleep, sat
bolt upright. The Indians coming dis
turbed the snow so that a glimmer of
light penetrated the dark space. Allan
supposed a wolf had found its way down
there, and hastily drew his large knife,
bracing himself for an encounter.
The Indian sputtered, thrashed about
to clear himself from the snow, and in
so doing raped his head smartly against
the low ceiling of legs.
waugh! waugh exclaimed he. "Too
much low; Indian break 'em head; look
out"
Allan instantly recognized the voice of
the Indian. his comrade on M my a fish
ing and hunting tour
"Tayenathonto," he cried, "dear old
fellow, Who would have thought of you
finding mel
The Indian quietly replied:
"Tayenathonto no find; come like
waterfall; couldn't help hissef"
a very few minutes sutficed to pat
both on the surface again, where Allan
was received like one come from the
dead" and closely folded in his fathers
arms. Oh, the JOY of that embrace. The
past grief and suffering were forgotten in
the bliss of that moment.
The Indian had to return with the
happy father and son to their home, where
he was hailed as Allan's rescuer, and en-
joyed to the full share of the festivities.
In after years Allan married Esther
Inn.an, and now, by the tireside in winter,
he tells his grandchildren of his escape
from the wolves, and the little ones
never tire of petting their faithful old
Tayenathonto.-G eorgs Dudley Lawson, in
81. Nicholas
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27

DEADwooD IN BRIEF.-There is no
such place anywhere. 1t shows up in its
worst forms the "fast and flash" Ameri.
can trait. A little/over u year ago the
site of this swarn4n camp was part of
the bowling wilderness. To-da there
are along the streets and up and down
the gulches, within a mile, over 10000
people. Here is city of 1900 inhabi.
tants, with floating population of p
900 more. About 800 houses and huts.
and hundreds of tents up the hillsides,
an academy, church, two daily newspa
pers, four banks, twenty lawyers, physi-
clans, dentists, artists; club houses, thea
tres in full blast every night, the streets
throngcd with spectators, tramps and
bummers; gambling bells open all day
long, and 'cappers" on every corner
watching for the next "victim"-such is
a hasty glance at Deadwood. 1t is a
place IN which the few prey upon the
many. You can not buy anything for
less than quarter; your living costs you
double what 1t would at Denver or Salt
Lake CITY. You can't step in any direc-
tion without facing some device for get
uhg ria OF your money. They have even
go, corner" on postage stamps, and
you must pay from dime to a quarter
Tor tbree-cent stamp.-Cor. If Nep
York Times
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27

AN old but vigorous looking gentle
man, seemingly from the rural districts,
got into Car and walked its full length
without being invited to sit down
Approaching Que gentleman, who had a
whole bench to himself, he asked, as this
seat occupiedl" "Yes. sir, it is" imperti-
pently replied the other. "WelI," re-
piled the broad shouldered agricul,urist,
Il will keep the seat until the gentleman
comes" The original proprietor with
drew himself haughtily to one end and
looked insulted. After while the train
got in motion, and still nobody came to
claim the seat, whereupon the deep
chested agriculturist said: "Sir, when
you told me this seat was occupied you
told me lie"-such was his PLAIN Ian
guage-"I never sit near liar, if | can
avoid it; | would rather stand up.-
Then, appealing to another party, he said,
'Sir, may ! sit next TO your You dom
look like liar" We need hardly say
that he got his seat, and that the original
proprietor thought there was something
wrong about our social system. Balti-
more Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27

ALL confidence which is not absolute and
entire Is dangerous. There are few occa-
sions where man ought to either sell all
or conceal all, for how little soever you
have revealed of your secret To a friend,
you have already said too much if you
think 1t not safe To make him privy to all
particulars.-J. Beaumont.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27

IN Russia no lists of killed and
wounded have been published since The
commencement of the war. The conse
queEce Is that every one thinks that his
own friends and relatives in the army have
been killed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27

a WICKED man killed himself in the
lowest level of a mine, and the account
says, THUS his alleged soul was saved
over half mile of transportation"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-27
Slow and Sure Wins.

We are often more hasty than sure in
our affairs. We accept our undertakings
which when fairly realized and begun
are beyond our strength, and land Us in
discontinue aud misfortune. Had we
measured time. and our ability with
more exactness, we should have saved
ourselves from the modification of fail
ure, or tho terrible strain and conse.
quent reaction following on the fulfill
ment of our promise and tho exact rem
dering of our assigned tasks. And if we
ever DO succeed in the rendering Of those
assigned tasks We are certain not to have
done them so we'll as if We had taken
more time about them-been slower and
so much surer. This hasty work, in
deed, is the ruin of all things; aud in
this We must confess that women are
generally to blame. They will not 90
slowly, and therefore surely, save in the
AS yet exceptional instances where they
have begun their career from the begin.
ming fairly and honestly as men. The
uneducated and unframed among them
expect 10 leap at a high bound into the
place of head center without having
climbed the ladder by the steps Of gradu-
al development and in the labor of ap-
prem ticehood; and in consequence their
work fails, the reins snsp and they turn
over into the ditch, where they lie calling
loudly on Heaven to help them and smi,e
the injustice of man, instead of thinking
that perhaps they, like Phaeton before
them, made haste to drive before they
had learned to hold the reins. Haste in
making ones plans is less valuable than
slowness and sureness in the consdera.
ton, and all due speed and promptitude
In carrying them out. Hasty impressions
OF things are as certain to be wrong as
hasty impressions of people; and that
half knowledge that results from super
fetal scamper through places is almost
worse than no knowledge at all. Undue
haste, indeed, which must not be con-
founded with energetic action wisely con-
sidered and powerfully performed, is a
form of unwisdom to he deprecated
wherever met with and is sure never to
come to good ends.--7he London queen.
THE other day an unlicensed cigar
vender was arraigned before L. s. Com
missioner Osborne, charged with violat-
ing the license laws Of the United States.
The fellow pleaded in answer as follows:
why, Commissioner, these are not cigars.
These are only cabbage leaves and not
taxable" "Ah. if that is so, responded
Commissioner Shields, "why do you not
procure some corned beef, and furnish
your customers with the edible that
should properly accompany the cabbage
leaves and without which their consump-
ton Is not usually considered agreeable
fear ! shall have to hold you, in de-
fault OF the payment of the special tax"
The prisoner was thefeupon held in $500
BAN to answer.-N. y. Independent.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13

other construction2--was not 'the end
of the next session of the assembly, so
far as Phair's case is concerned, reach-
ed IN November last? If we are cor
rect in this construction, had the gov
ernor any power TO reprieve PhairY If
moi. what is the status of his casc2
The meaning of the clause is clearly
nothing like that which the Globe gives
it. II of course forbids the governor to
pardon in treason and murder, and it
puts limitation to the power TO re-
prievc in such cases. But this limita-
ton is plainly one as to the time for
which repricve can be granted. A
repricvc can be granted by the govern
or at any time, but he cannot rcpricvc
a murderer for life, or for twenty years.
lie can rcprieve him only "until after
the end of the next session of assem-
bly," after the granting of the reprieve.
The rcpricvc does not alter or affect the
sentence of the court; and at the end of
the reprieve execution takes place by
the sentence of the court, and not by
any warrant of the governor, who has
no more power to hang murderer than
he has TO pardon him. The constitution
of Vermont differs from that of most
other states as to the power TO reprieve
and pardon, but nobody but the editor
of the Globe would raise such an extra
ordinary question as to its meaning.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13
Fun nj POri Henry.

A tremendous explosion is in contem-
plation at Port Henry, or rather at
Mineville, short distance from the
Port, on the 10th inst. The No. Fl mine
of the Port Henry Iron Ore Company is
the oldest mine in that vicinity, and has
been worked more successfully than any
of the surrounding beds. When the
first excavation was made, the entrance
TO the pit was very much larger than
ordinary openings, and for quite dis
lance valuable vein of ore is disclosed
to view which has been undermined TO
a considerable extent. From the open
ing shaft has been sunk about one hum
dred and forty feet in depth and extend
ing under ground some distance. Sup
porting the roof of the lower excavation
are -four large pillars, which are now
being charged with nitro-glycerine pre-
paratory to exploding, and uncoyering
the entire mine. The earth has been re.
moved from the top, and il is anticipat-
ed that by this explosion many thousand
tons of ore win be rendered almost
ready for shipment TO the furnaces at a
comparatively small cost. Numerous
invitations have been issued, and as the
explosion will be one of the most gigan-
tic eyer attempted In the world, large
number of scientific gentlemen will be
present. A special train will run from
New York for the accommodation of in
vited guests.-fR Rutland Herald.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13
ANOTHER MURDER SENSATION
Claim that Lewis, Convicted of the Bald
Mountain Murder, Is Innocent. De-
tfctives and False Swearing.

For the past week, rnmors have been
rife among the profession" that Ar
ling, the chief witness against, and sup
posed accomplice of Lewis, in the Bald
Mountain murder case, was about TO
speak and reiract the testimony he gave
in court. The Retormer, with its usual
avidity for news, sent reporter to New
fame to get the bottom facts in the case.
Airing himself, by advice of counsel.
refused to say much. lie frankly adj
miis, however, that his plan is to get
out of Jail on writ of hdbeas corDus.
when he will make such full affidavit
of the facts as will clear Lewis, and i'm
mediately leave the country. But he
has repeatedly told his fellow prisoners
the whole story since the trial. His
stories, If true, reveal one of the most
villainous plots against the life of an in
nocent man ever devised For some
reason, Airing and his father seem to
have strong grudge against Lewis.
lie says il is because he has in his hands
proof of highway robbery against Ar
ling's father, and they want to get him
ont of the way to prevent his ever testi-
lying. The detectives were thus able
to make Airing an easy tool in their
plan TO gain reputation for themselves
by convicting and hanging Lewis.
They visited Airing in Jail, and told
him if he didn't turn states evidence,
Lewis would; and that in order to save
himself he must tell story that would
hang Lewis. They also promised him,
If he would turn states evidence, he
would escape punishment himself, and
be released from prison as soon as Lew
is was convicted. Airing told his story
against Lewis, ms they wished, but did
not get out of Jail. On the contrary, he
was refused trial this term, and Or
dered TO be remanded to Windsor.
Hence have come the revelations 10 his
fellow prisoners. BELOW we publish
voluntary statements from several of
the prisoners. in their own handwrit-
ing, and word for word as they gave
them. We have more which we shall
publish next week. OF course they
have no object in disappearing the
matter now, and their Statements are
undoubtedly true.
March 20, 7I.-Mr. VIM. Airing to.l me today
that what he swOre TO In the case OF POISONING
pemlng, Was % get revenge for his father, Thai
ne knew that Lewis did not give any morphine to
lilm'.bul u was made up job. JAMES HER.
VIM, y. AIRING told me at two different times
tiiit OIL he sWnrt 10 was the ruth, eNcent the SIN
~ OF the morphine; he said The delectlse made up
swear 20 H. He said he did not know anyfhine
about morphine, he never saw any mornhine
lie also said the detectives told him that Lewis
was going 10 turn states evidence, and he must
do this to save himself ). ). WoOLsEY
The story of the murder in Holyoke,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13

wThe Rutland Globe, which is eel
ebrated for its asinine criticisms of Yer
mont institutions and laws, gets tangled
mp over the question of the governors
power to reprieve. Its Interpretation
of the clause in the constitution grant
ing this power will hardly stand. The
clause Is as follows:
"TheyQhe governor and counci)
shall have power to grant pardons and
remit fines, In all cases whatsoever, ex-
cept In treason and murder, in which
they shall have power TO grant re-
prieves, but not to pardon until after
the end of the session of assembly; and
except In cases OF impeachment, In
which there shall be no remission or
mitigation of punishment, but by act of
legislation"
After little discussion of this clause,
the Globe comes 10 the following con-
clusiOn:
"What, then, is the true construction
of the Vermont constitution? Is il not
that In cases OF murder and treason the
governor shall not have the right OF
pardon, but may reprieve until after
the end of the next session of the gen.
eral assembly, and only SO to reprieve9
If so-and will the language bear any
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13
A TRAGEDY IN MONTPELIER\
Two Men ShOt.--The Murderer com,
mits Suicide.

About three o'clock last Tuesday af-
ternoon, W. ii. Arbuckle, living ot
East Montpelier village, about six miles
from Montpelier, borrowed large
navy revolver, of number twenty cali
bre, and went into grist-mill and
there shot Young man about eighteen
years old, named Short, in his arm and
through the lungs, and then went to the
blacksmith shop of his brother-in-law,
George Bancroft, opposite the mill, and
shot him three times, the last shot, as he
was running across the road, passing
through his head and killing him in
stantly. Arbucklc then went to his
house near by and informed his mother
and brother of what he had done, and
told them he had made will and in
tended to do the deed for some time.
His brother then said to him, "There
comes the officer" He replied that
they never would take him alive, and
went out of the back door and shot
himself through the heart, dying almost
Instantly. Arbuckle was about twenty
eight years old, single, and well known
in the place, and, except as being known
to have violent temper and of rather
Il revengeful nature, was considered
otherwise ms an industrious and intelli-
gent fellow. George Bancroft was a
good mechanic about forty years old and
aside nom being rather tyrannous In his
treatment of his family, was considered
a respectable citizen. Arbuckle's ha-
tired toward him was the outgrowth of
law suit. Arbuckle's motive for
shooting Short is said to be on account
of Short being engaged TO young lady
that Arbuckle formerly kept company
with, and on account of collision of
teams, and the breaking ofwagons, etc.
The later accounts say that Short is still
alive and may recover.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13
CTATE OF yERMONT-DIsTRICT

~ Of AI1I1IHONl 81.
In Probate Court, held at Middlebury, within
ID. 1871.
An instrument, purporling 10 be the last will and
testament of Mhilheld Walker, late Of Whiting
Geo. s. Walker one of the executors therein
named. for probate IL is ordered by said court that
at session thereof TO he held at the Probate Oice
in Middlebury, In said district, the LIST day of
May, A. ID. ls77, at 10 O'Clock. In the forenoon,
and show cause, II any they may have. against the
probate OF said will for which purpose IL is fur
Their ordered, that this order be published three
weeks successfully In the Middlebury Register a
newspaper printed at Middlebury in this state,
previous TO said time OF hearing.
BY the court.-Attesi
SAINT +, COOKE, Judge.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13

FUNERAL OF A. A. NIcHoLsoN.-Th
funeral of Arson A. Nicholson, ESQ.
was attended from his late residence,
Cottage street, on Monday afternoon.
A large gathering of friends assembled,
including the members of the Rutland
county bar, accompanied by Judges
Powers and Dunton, TO pay their trib-
ute of respect to the memory of the
dead.
The services begun with singing by a
quartette composed of Misses Bessie
Ripley, Fannie Eastman, Messrs. A. f.
Walker and Horace Baxter, with Prof.
Mietzke presiding at the piano. A fit
ting funeral address was delivered by
Rev. j. G. johnson. pastor of the Con-
gregational church. The religious SER
vices We're concluded with prayer and
singing.
The pail bearers were Hon. Martin
G.. Everts, Col. w. G. Veasy, f. j..
Ormsbee, Esq, Henry ii. Smith, Joel
G. Baker and George f. Lawrence.
The arrangements We're under the super
intendence of Joel Nj. Haven, Esq.
The burial was made in the family lot
at Evergreen cemetery.-[Herald.