Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-12
Louis Napoleon.
PERSONAL REcoLLECTIoNs OF QUEEN
VICTORIA.

i PERSONAL RECOLLECTIQNs OF QUEEN
VICTORIA.
; l think it will not be uninteresting tt
note down some of the Impressions which
| have gathered, and the purport of thu
conversations which have passed between
the Emperor and myself, during my sta!
Of four days, with him at Boulogne. Isaw
a great deal OF him during that time. hav.
ing been thrown entirely into his company
particularly during our drives to and from
the different encampments Of the troops.
! cannot sufficiently acknowledge the
openness and want of reserve with which
he preached all the most important topics
OF the day, and hope l was as open and
unreserved in the expression of my opin-
ions.
He appeared quiet and indolent from
constitution, not easily excited but gay
and humorous when at his ease. His
French IS not without a little German ae-
cent; the pronunciation Of his German
better than that Of his English. On the
whole observed good deal IN his turn
of mind that is owing to his education at
Augsburg, where, he told me, he was
brought up at the Gymnasium. He reci-
ted poem of Schiller on the advantages
to maR of peace and war, which seemed to
have made deep impression upon him,
and appears to me to be not without sig
nif1cance with reference to his life.
His court and household are strictly
kept, and in good order, more English
than French. The gentlemen CON ,posing
his encourage are not distinguished by birth
manner or education. He lives on a very
familiar footing with them, alth ough
they seemed afraid of him. The tone was
rather the ''ton de garrison" with good
deal Of smoking; the Emperor smol ling
cigarettes, and not being able to under
stand my not joining him in it. He is
very chilly, complains of rheumatism, and
goes early to bed; takes no pleasure in
music, and is proud Of his horsemanshiIt-
in which however, could discover not b.
ing remarkable.
His general education appeared to me
very deficient, even on subjects which are
of first necessity to him. mean the
political history of modern times, and po--
litical sciences generally. He was remark,
bly, modest, however, in acknowledging
these defects, and showed the greatest can
dor in not pretending to know what he,
did not. ALI that refers to the Napoleonic:
history he seems to have at his fingers
ends; he also appears to have thought.
much and deeply on politics; yet more
like an amateur politician, linking many
very sound and many very crude notions:
together. He admires English institutions.
and regrets the absence of an aristocracy
France but might not be willing to allow
such an aristocracy to control his own
power, while he might wish to have the
advantage Of its control over the pure de-
mocracy .-Mensosrs of the Prince Consort.
What to Teach the Boys.
A philosopher has said that true educs,-
ton for boys is to ''teach them what they
ought to know when they become men 20
What Is it they ought to know. then?
l. To be true-to be genuine. No edu-
cation is worth anything that does not in
elude this. A man had better not know
how to read-he had better never learn u
letter in the alphabet, and be tr ue and
genuine in intention and action, rat her than
being learned in all sciences and in all Ian
guages, to be at the same time false in
heart and counterfeit in life. Above all
things teach the boys that Truth iia more
than riches, more than culture, more than
any earthly power or position.
2. To be pure in thought, language, and
life-pure in mind and in body. An i'm
pure man, young or old, poisoning
the society whore he moves and
lives, with smatty stories and i'm
pure example. Is moral ulcer, a
plague spot, leper vino ought to be
treated as were the lepers of old, WHO
were banished from society and compelle
to cry unclean, as warning to save 9th
ers from the pestilence.
8. To be unsel6sh. To care for the feel
ings and comfort Of others. To be polite.
To be just in all dealings with others. To
be generous, noble, and manly. This will
include genuine reverence for the aged
and things sacred.
4. To be self-reliaut and self helpful,
even from early childhood. To be indus
trious always, and self-supporting at the
earliest proper age. Teach them that all
honest work is honorable, and that an idle
useless life Of dependence on Others is dis
graceful.
When a boy has learned these four things;
when he has made these ideas part of his
being, however young he may be, however
poor, or rich. he has learned some Of the
most important things he ought to know
when he becomes man. With these four
properly mastered it will be easy to find all
the rest.-Alfred L. SewcU.
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FROZEN KINDNESS world is full
Of kindness that never was spoken, and
that is not much better than no kindness
at all. The fuel in the stove Is what makes
the room warm, but there are great piles
of fallen trees lying on the hillside where
no one can get them-These no not make
anybody warm. You might freeze to death
for want of wood in plain sight Of all these
fallen trees if you had no means of getting
the wood home and making fire with it.
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