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The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-03-06
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Couldn't Fake n Hint.

Last evening l attended a little dinner party
given in honor of a very lovely young lady here
on a visit from Baltimore. The young hostess
was gracious the parlors charming and full of
flowers, the guest selected with u view to their
congenality and the dinner perfect iu all lis
appointments. There were only six couple
invited and all arrived within the limits of
fashionable punctuallty, save the gallant Colonel
-. Finally our hostess gave him up. and the
signal was given to adjourn to the diniEg-roo
We had barely seated ourselves when the miss
ing ex-warriOr arrived, and received the formal
welcome. was introduced to few who we're
strangers, and the Baltimore belle, whose place
of residence be did not catch.
When the dessert was brought on the people
became, as they always do. more convival, nod
over the nuts aud wine some very amusing
stories were told. AT last Colonel -, who is
considerable of wit, called upon for some
of his war "reminiscences. 1t was in vain our
gentle hostess shook her brown head at him
the Colonel did not notice it. and launched ut
once in an interesting skrmish he had with
party of 'rebs.'
He had hardly spoken the hitter word when
his hostess. unable to restrain herself, gave him
gentle but insnuatng kick under the table but
the orator, as if of flint. went on, aud even when
the hint was repeated steadily Z. ued his
recital finally he pct his foot in itF refer
ence to the Marylanders, whom h5 character
lied as " skulkers," when up rose the beauteous
brunette. with flashing orbs and making him
sweeping courtesy, said 81 AT least, Colonel
-, they have too much chivalry to insult
lady at the table of friend, and left the ROOM
Great heavens what have | said ?" cried
the man of blood. =" l insult lady. neyerl"
Then said the hostess reprolchfuIly, Colonel,
| tried in vain to stop you, but it seemed as if
you avoided my eye. Didn't you know that
young lady is from Baltimore, and her father an
ExConfiderate soldier p
:" Know ! how should know !" querred the
crushed Colonel; l thought that you said
Boston,"
Talk about taking hint" chimed in his host
ess, =" kicked your leg once, twice, thrice under
the table, and ou you went"
As the latter spoke the Coonel's counte-
nance showed a struggle between anger and
amusement until he burst out with, " D--u my
leg didn't you know it was wooden one ?"
and then he begged pardon for his expressive
adjective, and rushing after the irate young
Suutherner. laid himself at her feet, so to speak
She sweetly forgave him and all went merry
Chicago Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-03-06
victor Emmanuel.s Last Hour.

The last hour of the Kings life was filed with
peculiarly distressing scenes. The Princess
Margherita was wild with grief, and had to be
taken forcibly away from the couch. The King
ia feeber voice, said to her:
+" Why do you weep my child; don't you
know that sooner or later oil must die ?"
little later. as the members of his civil and
military household passed before him to bid him
farewell, he saw the strong men convulsed with
sobs and said, with much dignity
/" Don't cry. Kings, as well as other people,
are mortal"
Shortly before the King breathed bis last the
physicians endeavored to prevent his wish to be
seated 10 chair. They advised him to remain
IN bed. but he said
Il beg of you, my friends, let me die in my
own fashion,"
And they concluded that they would
To Prince Humbert he said (this version OF
his words has been authorlzed): Hold firm and
good. and love with equal love country, liberty
and religion. Edward King in Boston Journal.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-03-06
The Czar of Russia.

The one man upon whose action seems to de-
pend the fate Of nations, Alexander II, Gar of
Russia, is man of extraordinary mental vigor
and personal power. He is thus described:
The Emperor himself is the great and sole
foundation of military honor. He watches all
personally. The theoryr is that no act escapes
bis eye. Certainly to see how his every word
and gesture Is followed by those around him he
would appear the earthly incarnation of supreme
power And his personal bearing enheuees the
reward in every case. A generous word, u friend
ly look, the well chosen expression of praise TO
suit the individual, 20 home TO the heart of the
recipient much as the highly-cherished reward
itself.
lu no army in the werlj are greater pains ta-
ken to recognise and stimulated individual enter
PRISE. Crosses, decorations, swords. and sashes
of honor are distributed with lavish hand, and
better STILL they are given on the spot, and not
US with Us, when The recollection Of the brilliant
deed has nearly died away.
Two hundred officers Of all ranks breakfast and
dine daily at his table. From the youngest TO
the Oldest every eye is fixed on him. Before the
meal, in the assembled circle as the Gar appears.
It Is seen Que day that an e.decamp behind
hun carries cushion with crosses on it, and. per-
haps, half dozen sword knots of honor-the ri
attached TO the sword bllt. Instantly expecta-
ton is at its height. The Cars voice calls the
chosen name, all make room for the envied man
TO pass, he comes blushing and flushed. receives
the prize, bends low to kiss the imperial hand.
aud retires bowling at every step. a made man
for life, the admired aud coured of oil beholders.
Then he has to 90 through the usual embracing
aud kissing on both cheeks from his friends.
The effect OF the system is like magic; it is TO
concentrate all power and authority absolutely IN
one centre. The Car is the earthly Providence
ut the soldier and officer as well as the embodl-
nent of the military power and glory of his coun-
| try. have old-oiicers SO overcome with
this mark of distinction that they went about for
| ten minutes after like children weeping with the
priced decoration in their hands, showing it
ruuni haf dazed. No system can be imagined
more calculated to stimulate individual efforts to
the utmost. Yet, with all this squirting there is
some hing wanting. 1t is the individuality and
the habit OF spontaneous action, which only the
education and modes of thought OF free people
can supply. Whether it be the long-standng
faint Of seridOm. whether it be too much imperia-
| lism. the initiative is wholly absent. You tell
the Russian what to do. and he will spring to il
like an obedient child. In year it never would
have occurred to him to do it himsef.-London
| Times Bucharest Correspondence.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01
Josh BilIings' ProNerI,s.

This life is like game of cards. We must
play the hands dealt to us, and the credit is
not so much in winning as in playing poor
hand well
When hear II man Dragging about what he
did last year and what he is going TO do ne6t
year, | can tell pretty near what he is doing
now.
Don't despise poor relations. They might
get rich sometime, and then it would be so
hard to explain things.
The reputation man gets from his ances-
tors wants about as much altering TO fit him
as their clothes would
There is no woman stationed on the face of
the earth who tries so hard TO do right and
fails oftener than the average mother-in-law.
Falling in love is like falling down stairs
it's hard work to find out just how the thing
was done.
man who has been waiting for the last
fifteen years for something to turn up is still
in the same business.
A poodle is a woman's pet, and have seen
some l would like to swap livings with.
Mice can live anywhere comfortably but in
a church This proves that they cant live on
religion any more than minister can.
The worst tyrant in the world is woman
who is superior to her husband, and let's every
body know it.
Love is like the measles, you can have it
but once, and the later in life we have it the
tougher it goes with us.
Great thinkers are not apt to be great whis-
tiers When man can't think of anything
he begins to whistle.
The man you can have to work on farm
for nothing and board himself just about
earns his wages
Neatness in my opinion, is one of the vir-
tues. have always considered it twin sister
to chastity, but none work so hard as the vic
tins of ecstatic neatness. l have seen a neat
person who would not let a weary fly rest
long enough on their best wall paper to take
breath, and who would chase Il single cock
roach up and down stairs until his legs We're
worn of.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01
The Cure for GOnaIp.

What is the cure for gossip? Simply cul-
ture. There is great deal of gossip that has
no malignity in it. Good people talk about
their neighbors because they have nothing
else to talk about. There comes to us the
picture of family of young ladies. We have
seen them at home, we have met them at the
galleries of art, we have caught glimpses of
them going from bookstore or n library
with fresh volume in their hands. When
we meet them they are full of what they have
seen and read. They ore brimming with
questions, One topic of conversation is drop
ped only to give place to another, in which
they are interested. We have left them, af-
ter a delightful hour stimulated and refresh
ed and during the whole hour not a neigh
bor's garment was soiled by so much as a
touch They had something to talk about.
They knew something and wanted to know
more. They could listen as well as they could
talk To speak freely of neighbOr's dOings
and belongings would have seemed an imper-
tinence to them, and of course, an improprie-
ty. They had no temptation to gossip be-
cause the doings of their neighbOrs formed a
subject much less interesting than those
which grew out of their knowledge and their
culture.
And this tells the whole story. The con-
firmed gossip is always either malicious or ig-
norant The one variety needs a change of
heart, and the other a change of pasture.
Gossip is always personal profession, either
of malice or imbecility and the young should
not only shun it, but by the most thorough
culture relieve themselves from all temptation
to indulge in it. II is a low, frivolous, and
too often dirty pastime. There are country
neighborhoods where it RACES like a pest.
Churches are split in pieces by it. By it
neighbors are made enemies for life. In many
persons it degeneates into a chronic disease
which is practically incurable Let the young
cure it while they may Exchange.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01

OyERwoRK VERSUS RUSH AND HURRY.-
1t is not overwork which kills the Ameri-
can it is an incredible lack of prudence and
common sense in the doing of the work.
Stout beer-drinking German scholars go
through more hard grinding labor in study in
a year than our students in lifetime Eng
lish men of business at sixty manage gigantic
schemes through the day, and sit down rud-
dy, portly, genial, in the evening to task of
heavy vy-feeding which would appal any New
York epcure the European statesman GER
tainly has affairs as complicated and vast as
our party politics to perplex him; yet when
do you hear of his sinking at middle age from
an@mia or nervous prostitution? The secret
lies in the fact that the German or English
man assumes that he will have sixty good
working years at least. and takes his time.
The American sets of in the race AS if he
would have but ten. The Englishman does
not leave school until the age when New
York boy is practising profession he takes
frequent holidays eats slowly, and more than
all. moves in the smooth ruts of religion, bus
ness and belief in which his father left him.
II would be absurd to urge any American
to follow the example of his heavier-blooded
cousin. You cannot make mastif out of a
greyhound. One or two precautions any man
may take, beside the ordinary hygienic one,
to lengthen his days. First, to keep his brain,
as far as possible, at work at one subject at
time. 1t is the multitude of conflicting ideas
which wears it out by actual physical strain.
Hence the brain of a man who controls the
divers occupations of other men, or who il
accustomed to carry on separate trains of
thought, will give way sooner than one which
is confined to one branch of study or work.
Secondly, to make absolute the pauses for
rest; the stOppage of work must be complete
to be worth anything. Thirdly if possible,
TO have a hobby-some manual work which
requires also an exertion of the mind totally
different from its ordinary work. Gardening,
music, drawing, cabinet-making, have been
salvation for many brain stretched and
strained TO the verge of exhaustion. These
are homely hints, but they are meant for those
who know how to value simple remedies.
N y. Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01
Wy Kingdom In the Clouds.

/ sat and gazed into the burning sky
where, like some dying king, the parting day,
In calm majestic prescieHcc OF decay
Lighte his pyre, that he king might die.
And I, whose thought upsuars on wider wings,
Since thy pure soul has breathed into my life
quickened kinship with diyiner things
| buided there, remote from din aud strife,
A spacious solitude, where thou and
Might reign untroubled by the pace Of time.
How with thy feetest wish the cloud would thrill,
And, like some sweet, unmedi;ated rhyme,
Bend with melodious impulse to thy will!
And !, strong in thy love, unqualiDgly
Would rreCt the gaze Of dread eternity
H. II. BoVssgH in March SrribHsr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01
Miscellany.
FoR THE VERMONT PHDNII.
Life..MOtiVeH.

Life--M olives.
As DER the shining stars at night, meath which
Tho weary traveller walks his lonely way,
There comes the darkness Of a cloud, aud shuts
Them from his view, and leaves his pathway dark,
without nor light nor guide; so over all
The vision of my spirit-sense there came
A darksome doubt for could not discern
The drift of all the many duties which
Arise from out the multitudinous
And iutertwined relations Of this life
And was cropping darkly my way.
In my desire longed to reach unto
Some golden cord which might follow, and
From out this labyrinth be led into
The light. And suddenly felt steal DER
My consciousness the quickcning influence OF
An haowed voice which bAde my motives be
Of Love and Charity, Self-sacrihce
Aud Faith; and they should be my guide, Tor they
should compass all the Obligations which
Could spring from any earth-reation; and
II | would listen fer their mystic voice
| could not go astray, for It should lead
Unerringly Alright Aud then knew
That Love aud Charity, Self-sacrfce
And Faith were heayen-borD, and given down
To earth 10 soften life's Asperities,
And thus renew the strength Of fainting hearts.
Ny thought was deeply burdened with sense
or duty unfulhlled, FOR darkly
Had buried all these sacred things beueath
My sclhshness. And then questioned thus:
oh, II this life is but a leeting part
OF an existence which shall never cease,
why should strive to win a name, soon
Forgot7 Why should strive for worldly wealth,
So soon foregone? why should strive to deck
This body Of day with flowers that soon
Must fude and thus withhold the ministries
Which heaven bequesthed to earth, from souls aud
hearts,
Whose life, when all the spheres and all the worlds
Shall cease to roll, shall be but then begun2
MoscLAIR.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01

When shall s'etp with hands that lie across
heart grown silent, what will be my fate
Will my soul mourn for knowledge learned too late,
And count its boosted wisdom but as dross?
Its long, long days a weary weight Of loss
or will 1t, by the new life made more great,
Sweep on through space prince Of bOundless state?
Roam where embattled clouds their banners tuss2
And, mid the radiant beauty of the stars,
Reach the grand heights so often seen in dreams,
And looking down from thence through crossing bars
OF amethyst and amber light, that streams
From deep to deep Of air, feel the Sublime
Make me the master Of that tyrant, Time
Thoua, :. CoYi,r.
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An enthusiast is an individual who believes
about four times as much as he can prove,
and can prove four times as much as anybody
else will believe.
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The Vermont Phoenix.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ny
FRENCH ~ STEDNIAN.
once No. . Granite Row, Main street,
BRATTLEBoRo, VT.

TEnMs.--To County subscribers, s2.00 per annu,r (;
to subscribers outside Of Windham County $2.25; al
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-08

EVERYWHERE the Republican party
is coming into line IN defense of sound
currency doctrines and of honest deal
ings with public and private creditors.
In Wisconsin there will be no State
Convention this year, but the Central
Committee has held meeting, and al
dress urging consistent and harmonious
action in the Congressional District
Conventions, submitting platform
containing the following excellent
financial planks; zsa -sf
We rejoice at the prospects of the
resumption of specie payments by the
close Of the present year. A stable
non fiuctuating currency, pGsSessin z
intrinsic value-coin, or gold, OR silver,
atthe pleasure of the holder--is the
only secure foundation of perment
business prosperity. Such currency
will impart that steadiness to prices
which is ane5sential condition for the
successful prosecution of legitimate in'
du+try and enterprise, and is equally
demanded by the true interests of the
l4borer and the business mau and the
cap taIist.
The value of all paper currency,
whether issued by the Government or
by the banks, consists in the promise
it bears of payment, AMI in the degree
of credit attached to that promise. II
it cannot be converted Ht pleasure into
currency OF intrinsic value, it cannot
remain at par, and its depreciation will
be in proportion to The prospects of its
being con vertable within longer or
shorter period. The printed bits or
paper which some wild theorists pro
pose to employ as currency, and which
they term "absolute money" contain.
ing no promise of payment and no in
trinsic value, would soon become ab5o-
lutte In one respect only. They would
be absolutely worthless. This and. I'LL
other cheimercal projects by which it il
proposed to find cheap and worthless
, substitute for the measure of value ac
cepted and employed by the civilized
world, are based upon delusion, if not
dishonesty, and II adopted would re-
suit In disaster and shame. We hold
it to be the duty of Republicans and all
good citizens TO oppose with uncoIn.
promising firmness all thuse misch:ev.
Gus theories, as well as the cognate
doctrines of Communism and interna.
tionalism, which nenaces society, in:
individual liberty and the accumulat'
led savings OF industry.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-08
The Achievements of Stanley,
and Other African Explorers.

Being q complete History Of Stanleys ErplO-
ratiOns IN africa; together nth concise
account Of tie late explorations By Baker,
Cameron aud Others By Hon. J. r. Head
ley. Hubbard Bros, PAiLadeiphiG, Chicago,
Cincinhui and Springfield.
No recent event has excited deeper and
more widespread interest in the country, than
the brilliant achievement of Henry NJ. Stanley,
in the field of African Exploration. Ever
since the announcement of his arrival, in a
famished condition, at the mouth of the Congo,
the public have eagerly awaited detailed ac-
count of his thrilling eXperienceR, and the re-
tsults of his discovery. The announcement
therefore of this volume, from the pen of so
brilliant and popular an author as Mr.. j. T.
Headley, will be received with lively interest
ard satisfaction, and this interest will be great
ly heightened by an examination of the book
itself. 49,
Since the death of Livingstone. the work of
egploration has been pushed with great vigor
Sir Samuel w. Baker with a small army and
under royal authority, assembled the Nile, and
was the first European to penetrate from the
north into the great Central Lake region
Lieut.. Cameron, of the English Royal Navy,
reached the same region from the east, and
then pushed across the Continent overland, to
the western coast, and last and greatest of all,
the daring and intrepid Stanley, breaking thro
the barriers which had proved insuperable to
all former explorers, in the face of thousand
peris bv savages, cataracts, disease, wild beasts
| and starvation, forced his way down the dark
river, 25O0 miles, and solved the great mys-
terry by proving the Luaiaba river discovered
| by Livingstone to be verify the headwaters of
the mighty Congo, and thus opening a grand
| highway from the west coast to the heart and
treasures of one of the most populous and pro-
ductive continents of the globe. A more in
tensely interesting and exciting narrative we
have never read. To follow the brave Stanley
| in his marvellous voyage down the unknown
river, fighting thirty-two battles with man.
eating savages, passing fifty seven cataracts
and rapids, to read of the desertion of large
number of his party panic-stricken at the ter
rors of the forest; of threatened starvation in
the middle Of the great river whose banks were
filled with hostile savages; of enormous labor
in hewing through dense jungle to pass the
great cataracts of the vast Wonderland bor-
dering this mighty river, rich in ivory, miner
ais and fruits, where "Every prospect pleases
and only man is vile;" to learn all the incidents
and adventures of this marvellous journey, and
of the grand ovations which have everywhere
honored the indomitable American, one must
follow the thrilling pages of this book.
The publishers deserve great praise for the
superb manner in which they have brought
oui the work. The beauty of its typography
and binding and the number and excellence
of engravings, are in keeping with its value
and character. Undoubtedly it will be more
extensively read than any other book of the
yPar