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said he. Let me bring you a chair. ,

said he. ''Let me bring you a. chair"
"rhank you. l prefer to sit here on nv
rig, and have Miss Wells pet me, replied
Rosa, turning up her eyes lansuidly. "The
deck is my favorte seat, if l can only have
excuse to sit on it."
"But you need something oyer you" per-
sisted the New Zealander, goicg away and
coming back directly with his own heavy
gray wrap Then be seated himself on a
low camfstool beside her, folding the wrap
over the two.
4 never ,aw go rough sea as this all
'he way from Honolulu to San Francisco" +"
said e, looking out npon the gentle swell
OF the laziiy mounting waves.
Rough :" cried Miss Armour. sI am
sure the ocean Is as smooth as a mill
ronl -
oh, bat not IS compared TO the Pacific
-peacelul; it was rigbtiuly named We
have never such gales on that as sweep the
Atlantic, but only the gentlest westerly
breezes." The New ZeaIander shivered
as he 81 oke, and drew his wrap closer over
his knees. eve have the most charming
climate in New Zealand" he went en-; eve
are never tee hot and never too Geld In
fact, we never think Of the weather. And
the soil Is the most fertile 10 the world
PITY it is in such an cut.of,tae-w
part OF the earth that nobody can live
there" said Miss Armour.
'Beg your pardon, Miss: there are sew
eral English towns of 10000 inhabitants
each: and We never think of ourselves as
being out. t.ofthe way, bat rather feel sorry
Tor those who live SO far eff, returned the
other, bending his tall figure earnestly for
ward.
R"sr loaned her pretty head toward him
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When CATERING III. aEi her suceesso
amused themselves at Peterhoif, the waterr
power was taken into-.service to play prs tcical
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After the labor Of the day is over tie
weary Chiuaman hetakes himself to the
ciuh-room, tteater or opiam den for an
evenings enjoyment. The eiub-rocms are
filed nightly. The Chinaman is an invet-
crate gambler. With him it j, ,ne of the
necessities Of l;fe. lie will stint 6is stonl-
ach to save a few centS 10 crafty lis in
: tiaE!e dssi-l 70 Win or lose. lie does not
-ern' to care What the came is It is said
that in many places ia China it is 10 IN
usual si-l.s 10 see r;ea merchant, carrying
beetles anl large cras>hoEpers in the large
sleeves OF their coats. 4 certain mark is
placed ufon eaoh insect. / saucer Is pro,
iucei, and two OF the beetles are placed in
it to iGht a battle. The respective owners
make their bets, and the battle goes on un.
iii one or tie other Of tie insects is killed.
Tie same thing is gone with tame quaiIs,
which are bred and trained IL tie same
manner as gamecoeks. Since the cfTectual
raids made by the police uYoD the game Of
fanian, and the segcre penalties imposed
unon al! who are arrested for playing il
that game has baea generally abaoIoned.
The game which Is no" universally played
is "joirr ocs." io>iegd of playing the
game as whites %, tie Chinese nl.4 tue
dominoes we'll tagelher T.,o dice are
thrown for lhs cLo.ee. The man getting
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this Way The Chinaman is enabled to graft
fs his passion FOR gambling without tres
passing upon the city laas prohibiting bank
ing games. 1t happens some time that
police officer arrests the do.niao players in
mis,aka. lie secs lie dice shaken, and
being Ignorant Of tie game, thinks that
tAo man "ra playo.; a t,iee game. The
Chinese have been r4iled SO much during
the past year THAI the appearance OF a
police ca.ecr at the door Of one of their
slab- rooms Instantly creates a panic, and
it requires the assurance II the oficer that
everything is "allright" to quiet them down.
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They haI come, little group of friendly
faces, TO watch me off, with waving hand
| kerc:lefs and kindly good-byes; aud
| stood on the Stern, nodiin, and wavin =
back, TIL the steamer swept down the ry-
er cut of their sight.
knew | should have thei. prayers that
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| look for the telegram of the arrival Of our
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pilot put of irom Us, and took the last look
at my native shores.
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Hard EreTs the Way.

The foilowin. tender and exquisite lines
we're written by Judge !Iub6eil cnly twC
days tefGre the accident that Terminated
in his death:
II ard grows the vay; fond hopes depart,
And night rides shadowing down the west:
Ny pulse fhrobs family. and M heart
Sighs only now, fer rest for rest.
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Companions CT life morn and noon,
Live bct in memory, and the night
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-24
The Street and the School.

A couple of boys were caught in q
church at Aurora, Illinois, few days
ago, where they had been busily engaged
in robbing the church organ of the pipes
which they pounded up and SOLD tor Ola
metal. The audience room of the church
had not been used lately, and the boys
crept in at broken window and had un-
disturbed possession with ample time to
carry on their pilfering work. They
damaged the organ to the extent OF 81
600. They were finally caught in the
act and have been sent to Jail. These
boys were but two out of large number
who roam about the streets, lawless, and
rapidly developing into criminals. The
present law provides no way of reaching
idle boys and arresting their downward
career. It is not until after they have
graduated in wickedness and violated
some law of the state that they can be
reached. Then it is generally too late,
so far as moral reformation is concerned.
The evil seed is sown and has taken deep
root. The conscience is scared, habits
formed, the finer tastes obliterated and
the pathway to crime broadened. And
1t is difficult task to find any real
remedy outside of the school house.
Children that have parents and home
cannot be arrested and sent to reform
schools, except for actual commission of
crime. And yet many Of them may
have vicious parents and homes totally
devoid of any moral restraints. What
is to be done in such cases2 The law
cannot step in and take the child from it's
legal guardians upon preferment of
charge that the child is not growing up
under good moral influences. Every
home is its own kingdom in this respect.
Nevertheless, society owes it to its own
protection to check the increase of our
criminal population. The only practical
solution of the question in the present
Of society is to take the child
from the street and put him in the pub
lie schools. If the parents prefer to
send him to private school, that will
answer the same purpose. The secular
school may not break up the boys vi
cious habits; it may not surround him
with all the moral influences which the
home ought to do, but it at least has the
effect to withdraw the boy from many
evil surroundings. He is better off un-
DER the ulsclpllne OF the SCHOOL room
than the unrestrsined freedom of the
streets. 1t is in this respect that COM
pulsory education is public necessity.
1t is based upon the principle that an
ounce of prevention is worth pound of
cure. 1t is calculated to depopulate the
reform school, the Jail and the penitenti-
airy, and add to the honest and indus
trious classes of our populatiOn.-Bur-
linQton Haaok Eye.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-24
Whittier Telling at School.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer tells this anecdote of the poet
Whittier's success in aiding little girl
at school examination:
You know Whittier's love for children.
The aged poet this winter has renewed
his youth, like the eagles, in a handsome
overcoat Of the purest Ulster pattern,
clad upon with which he attended last
weeks school examination up among the
Berkshire hills, SO dear to him. He was
standing beside the teacher, who was
catechising dimpled little dot in geog-
raphy:
"What are the provinces of Ireland2"
asked the teacher.
potatoes, whisky, aldermen, patri-
otism, and"-began the child.
mo, no." interrupted the teacher; II
didn't mean products; l said provinces.
"Oh," said the girl, "Connaught,
Leinster, Munster, and-and"- Here
she stuck, put her chubby finger in her
rosebud mouth, and sought inspiration
successfully in her toes, the corner of her
apron, the ceiling, and the poet. All
children love the dear old Quaker poets
kindly face. He smiled; her face bright
ened alphabetically. The entente cor
dale had been established between them.
He patted his coat significantly; she
looked at him inquiringly; he nodded,
and she burst out
"Oh, Miss Simmons, know now.
They are Connaught, Leinster, Munster,
and Overcoat!"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-24
Geographical Distribution of Animals.

DISTRIBUTION BY SwIMMINa.-Veryf few
mammals can swim over any considerable
extent of sea, although many can swim
we'll for short distances. The jaguar ira
verses the widest streams in South Amer
lea, and the bear and bison cross the Mis-
sissippi, and there can be no doubt that
they could swim over equal widths of
salt water, and if accidentally carried
out to sea, might sometimes succeed in
reaching islands many miles distant.
Contrary to the common notion, pigs can
swim remarkably we'll. Sir Charles Ly-
ell tells US in his Principles Of Geology
that during the floods in Scotland in 1899
some pigs only six months old that we're
carried out to sea swan five miles and
got to shore again. He also states, on
the authority of the late Edward Forbes,
that a pig jumped overheard to escape
from terrier in the Grecian Archipelago,
and swan safely to shore, many miles
distant. These facts render it probable
that wild pigs, from their greater strength
and activity, might under favorable cir
cumstances cross arms Of the sea twenty
or thirty miles wide; and there are facts
in the distribution Of this tribe of ami
mails which seem to indicate that they
have sometimes done so. Deer take bold
ly to the water, and can swim consider
able distances, but we have no evidence
to show how long they could live at sea
or how many miles they could traverse.
Squirrels, rats, and jennings often mi
CRATE from northern countries in bands
Of thousands and hundreds of thousands,
and pass over rivers, lakes, and even arms
Of the sea, but they generally perish in
salt water. Admitting, however, the
powers Of most mammals to swim consid-
cradle distances, but we have no reason to
believe that any of them could traverse
without help straits of upward of twenty
miles in width, while in most cases a
channel of half that distance would prove
an effectual barrier.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-24
Anecdotes Of Misers.

The true miser loves to look at his gold,
in which he finds more beauty than else.
where exists in the universe; consequently
when Sir William Smith, a wealthy Eng
lish miser, was at seventy years Of age,
deprived of his sight, he felt it to be a
terrible affection. He was persuaded by
Taylor, the celebrated oculist, to be
couched; who was, by agreement, to
have sixty guineas if he restored his pa
tient to any degree of sight. Taylor sue
ceeded in his operation, and Sir William
was enabled to read and write without
the aid of spectacles during the rest of
his life. But no sooner was his sight re-
stored than the baronet began to regret
that his agreement had been for so large
sum; he felt no joy as others would
have felt, but grieved and sighed over the
loss of his sixty guineas. His thoughts
were now how to cheat the oculist; he
pretended that he had only a glimmering,
and could see nothing distinctly; for
which reason the bandage ON his eyes was
continued month longer than the usual
time. Taylor was deceived by these mis-
representations and agreed to compound
the bargain, and accept twenty guineas
instead of sixty. Yet Sir William was an
old bachelor, and had no one to care or
provide for. At the time Taylor attend
ed him he had large estate, an immense
sum of money in stocks, and $4,000 in
the house.
When the government desired to Dor
row large sum of money from the i'm
mensely wealthy miser, Foscue, he re-
fused the loan on the plea of poverty.
Fearing, however, that some of bis neigh
bors, among whom he was very unpopu-
lar, would report his immense wealth to
the government, he applied his ingenuity
to discover some effectual way of hiding
his gold should they institute search to
ascertain the truth or falsehOod of his
plea. With great care and secrecy he dug
a deep cave in his cellar; to this recepta-
Gle for his treasure he descended by lad
der, and to the trap-door he attached
spring lock, so that, on shutting, it would
fasten of itself. BY and by the miser dis
appeared; inquiries were made; the house
searched; woods explored; and the ponds
were dragged, but no Foscue could they
find; the gossips began to conclude that
the miser had fled with his gold to some
poiC Wucic, ny lEiuS WC0S"tto, ho Couiu
be free from the hands of the government.
Some time passed on; the house in which
he had lived was sold, and workmen were
busily engaged in its repair. In the pro-
gress of their work they met with the
door of the secret cave, with the key in
lock outside. They back the door and
descended with light. The first object
on which the lamp reflected was the
CHASTITY body of Foscue, the miser, and
scattered about him were heavy bags of
gold and ponderous chests of untold
treasure; candlestick lay beside him on
the floor. The worshipper of mammon
had gone into his cave to pay his devoirs
to his golden god, and became sacrifice
to his devotion.-Ne,o York Mercantile
Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-24
A Welcome.

Open the window this CHEEKY morn,
Enter, o sunshine, rare;
Seek out the couch of the invalid,
And kiss her forehead fair.
Come in, thou breeze, from the tropic cline
Give hope to the fainting heart,
Light to the eye, and bloom to the cheek,
For these thou canst impart.
Out on the green this golden morn,
The children shout with glee,
For the air is warm, and the daisies smile,
While leaflets deck the tree.
Over the pebbles the clear brook falls,
With soft and silvery CLEAN;
Its tone is sweet as seraph's voice,
That comes in peaceful dream.
Dull is the sense, and cold the heart,
And the lips that fail to sing,
With earth and air, an anthem Of JOY,
To welcome the dawn of spring.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-05-24

The first intimation that most of the
people of the world had that there was
such King or Kingdom as Araucania,
was that the King was dying. The king
dom is q sort of Arcadian territory, stu
ated on the southern borders of Chill,
bounded on the west by the Pacific, and
on the East by the Andes. 1t has about
as much area as the State Of Indiana, and
population a little exceeding that of
Toledo at the present time. The people
are said to be very brave and unusually
intelligent. They raise cattle and horses
to procure what they need from the out
side world. They imbibed such hatred
for gold, on account of the excuses that
they saw it induced the Spaniards to COM
NIT, that after they had expelled the
Spsniards they closed up all the gold and
silver mines in the country, which re-
main unworked to this dsy.-Toledo
Blade.