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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
Prince Napoleon's Death.

Unfortunate as was the death Of
young Louis Napoleon at the hands Of
savages, taken by surprise, enlisted in a
cause of doubtful worthiness, and at
best not cause of his country or his
own, his death was less important than
that Of his second cousin, the Duke of
Reichstadt, who was born King of
Rome and heir to the French throne,
and died at 81, Lieutenant in the Aus
trian artillery. There seems to have
been q remarkable parallelism in the
in the fortunes of these two princes
One died at 81; the other was killed at
%. Both had brilliant prospects at
birth; both were born after long and
anxious expectation; both were only sons
and only children; both lost their prest-
ige and chances by the military downfall
of their Imperial fathers; both were
forced to quit their native country; both
were educated in foreign military schools
one in Austria, the other in England;
both were of delicate constitution; both
were amiable, generous and estimable,
without inheriting the paternal strength;
both pined for opportunities; both came
to an untimely end. The tive youths
were as gentle and likeable as their
fathers were selfish, cruel and treacher-
ous Yet their fathers had magnificent
success up to certain time, and lost
their power by overweening ambition.
There is something very dramatic in the
fact that the sole son of Napoleon l.,
+he greatest torce in modern times,
should have sickened life away at
Schonnbrunn, and that the sole son of
Napoleon III. should be pierced to death
by Zulu spears in remote and barbar-
Gus land, and in cause in which he had
embarked simply for political effect
N. Y. Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
A Disgraced Police.

The police officers OF New York are
just now the subject Of some criticism
They have been doing a great deal OF
severe clubbing lately, one Of the victims
being actually beaten to death, They
have also fallen into disgrace because Of
their omission 10 discover any clew as to
who murdered Mrs. Hull. The apart.
ments Of this lady had been robbed, and
yet they neglected what would occur to
the ordinary mind as being the first step
in the discharge 9th 'ir duty, viz, 10 search
in the pawnbrokers' shops to ascertain if
they had come into possession Of the
property and from whom they Obtained
it. A reporter Ct the Boston Herald.
with more sagaci!y, having read descrip-
ton of the articles stolen. instituted the
kind of search which the New York po-
lice had omitted, found where several
valuables belonging to Mrs. Hull at the
time of the murder had been sold, and
through the information thus obtained
was enable to track and Coase the arrest
of the murderer, who had sold or pledged
some Of the stolen jewelry to New York
pawnbroker, which fact the New York
police only ascertained after the arrested
murderer had made confession.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
Boys and Girls.

A lady who had much experience in
teaching both boys and girls, speaking
of the extraordinary obtuseness of a
certain pupil, said
"In a physiology class, this young
lady of fifteen inquired with languid
surprise, Is there not straight passage
through the head from one ear to the
otherl-a somewhat natural conclusion"
the teachar commented dryly, "if she
had ever watched the progress of her
own mind"
(Which would you prefer teaching"
asked a visitor" boys or girls q
Boys, infinitely" was the prompt
reply. "No boy, for instance, would
ever have asked such question as that.
He would before have investigated the
subject with a lead pencil. Not prob
ably, in his own ears" she added medi-
tatively, "but in his younger brothers. f"
-Scribner for July.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24

were saved, not only from the disgrace,
but from Henry's dismissal from part
nership which afterwards was the means
of possessing fortune far beyond what
we had ever in our rosiest imaginings
dreamed Of
By Uncle Jocelyn's advice we sublet
Amberley Villa, and retired to a more
roomy house in a less expensive and less
fashionable locality we sold all our SUI
perhuities, which had become actually
hateful to me, and then we started once
more with o small but certain income.
How much happier we were, and how
grateful to Uncle Jocelyn, it would re-
quire a far more eloquent pen than mine
to describe, and it was only the other
day he was giving me some gentle hints
as to the training of my sons.
It's a mothers influence that tells
upon the man, Kate ; it's the lesson she
teaches in childhood that he remembers
best p
eyes, Uncle Jocelyn," answered ;
81 know you are right hope amongst
the many things 1 desire to teach them,
one especially maynt be forgotten-you
know what that isl"
ITO fear God," replied Uncle Jocelyn
reverently.
"That first Of all, l answered A" but
l meant something else"
"What p queried Uncle Jocelyn.
"Never to buy what they can't afford,
and always to pay ready money"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
"Christopher North"

In the fourth year after his marriage he
lost his whole fortune. Adapting him.
self, without whine or whimper, to the
change in his position, he left his cottage
home on Windermere; settled in Edin-
burgh, taking up his quarters in his
mothers house, and addressed himself to
the labors of literary life with buoy
ancy that gave his descriptive essays the
freedom aud flashing beauty of sea waves,
and sustained intensity of application
that would have done credit to the veries,
hack. 1t Is impossible to read the tale
OF the establishment by him and Lock
hart, aided by The judicious management
and instructive shrewdness of William
Blackwood, Of Biackwoods Magazine,
without being astonished at his prodigious
vitality, his productive opulence, his wild,
unequal, frequently oppressive, cut on
the whole, genuine and racy hnmor. 1t
is, no doubt, true that great deal of the
famous "Noctes Ambrcsiana" strikes En-
glsh readers as the mere Aorse-play Of
overgrown schoolboys, dependent for its
enjoyaoleness on eXuberance or animal
spirits. But there is an irrational element
in all wild humor, and we must not allow
ourselves to be drilled and foimalized by
our critic OF the French high art school
into capacity to laugh at such fun as
moved the Homeric gods TO inextinguish
able laughter at the limping of Hephais-
tos, Homeric heroes 10 similar delight
when Ajax, on the point of winning the
race, came flop into the bloody mire- heap
left by the sacrificed bullocks; Without
the genious Of great poet, agrest novel
list. or great philosopher, Wilson pos
essed faculties eminently suited to criti-
cism. Mr.. Gladstone has pronounced
his Homeric critiques supremacy good,
and some of his papers on Shakespeare
Society. are brilliant and suggestive. 1t
is perhaps. however, in his descriptive
essays as in that upon Streams, that he
is at his best. These bring US into the
very sound Of the hil-breeze, the very
scent and sight of the blooming heather.
The Spectator.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
Sickness at Harvard.

One OF the rules at Harvard is that the
students must put in an appearance at
prayers, early in the morning. The bell
for prayers has been rurg regularly for
almost two huadred years. The students
are averse to getting up earlier than they
otherwise would, on account OF prayers,
and consequently it has been found neces.
sary to evadc the solemn hour. The
average Harvard student is never at loss
TO overcome obstacles, especially when
they stand in the way of his ideas OF "duty."
And now Preslden, Eliot says that the
slim attendance at prayers is not, he thinks,
owing to the i'll health of the students.
A large majority Of the students, it ap-
pears. have ingeniously avoided the prayer
shop by getting physicians certificates
to the effect that their health will not
permit them TO attend prayers" Presi-
dent Eliot may yet pu, these sick students
into the hospital. Letters written by the
President 10 the parents of those students
whose conduct is not always what it should
be, do not promptly reach their des,ina-
ton. The student, when he fndelh out
that the President has written complain.
ing letter to pa,erfamilias. seeke h to bribe
the loyal Postmaster, whose sympathetic
nature is taken advantage oil, and then the
student rejoicsth at his success in "beat.
ing" the head Of the University. Har-
ward is the nursing mother Of New Eng
land intellect, but its college life is Just
what it should be. A man goes to col
lege only once during his life, and he is
bound to get all the fun, as we'll as the
good, he can out of ii.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
English Skies.

One effect Of the climate OF England
Git must, think, be the clmate) is the
mellowins of all sights, and particularly
of all sounds. Life thee seems softer,
richer, sweeler, than it is with US. Bells
do not clang so sharp and harsh upon the
ear. True, they are not rung so much
as they are with US. Even in London on
Sunday their sound is NOT obtrusive. In
deed, the only bell sound in the great city
of which have distinct memory is Big
Ben's delicious. mellow boom. In coun-
try walks on Sunday the distant chimes
from the little antique spires or towers
float to you like silver voices heard
through the still air. Your own voice is
hushed BY them if you are with com.
panion. and you walk on in sweet and
silent sadness. l shall never forget the
gentle, soothing charm Of the BoIney
chime in Sussex, which. as the sun was
leaving the world to that long, delicious
twilight through which day lapse into
night in England, l heard in company
with one whose sagacious lips then hush
ed tor moment, are now silent forever.
These English country chimes are very
different from those that stun our ears
from Broadway steeples. They are sim
pie, and yet are not formless jangle; but
the performers do not undertake to blay
opera airs affetuoso and con expressions
with ropes and iron hammers upon hol-
low tons of metal.
Whether l wassiavored by the English
climate l do no, know, but in addition to
this soft, sweet charm which the air
seemed TO give TO everything that was to
be seen or herd, l found late Autumn
there as verdant and as variously beauti>
full as early summer is with us, and with
out the heat from which we suffer. In
Sussex the gardens were all abloom, wild
flowers in the woods, blackberries ripen.
ing in the hedges, The birds singing, and
everything was fresh and fragrant. Among
the birds, observed the thrush and the
robin.redbreast; the latter not that tawny-
breasted variety OF the singing thrush
which is here called a robin, but little
bird about half as large, with thin,
pointed bill, breast of crimson, and
note which is like loud and prolonged
chirrup. II would be charming if we
could have this man-trustiag little feather
ed fellow with US; but fear that he could
not bear our winters. In Warwickshire,
l found roses MISUNDERSTANDING in
great masses halfway up the sides OF a
two-story cottage on the road from Strait
ford-on-Avoa 10 Kenilworth; and this
was in the very last days of October.
True, l had only few days before SILVER.
ed through rainy morning dive in Es-
sex, when the chill dampness seemed to
strike into my very heart; but on the whole
found myself under English skies
healthy, happy, and the cnioyer of sue
cession Of new delights, which yet seemed
to me mine by birthright. Atlantic.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24

The difference between the real and
the bogus journalist is so great that it is
almost impossible to conceive how any
one can be imposed upon in the matter
Real journalists, the genuine article, are
ladies Or gentlemen, as the case may be;
they pay their bills as other pople pay
them; their demeanor is, as rule, that
of well-bred persons; they ask no favors
in the way of free railroad or steamboat
passes; they rarely mention the journals
with which they are connected, they are
not perp ;ually Boosting of their infu-
ence or iinportance-of what they will
or will not do. The tramp journalist, on
the other hand, is exactly the reverse of
the picture. He lis heralded in society
journal, and the local papers from place
to plac'. All his movements, and those
of his sisters and his cousins and ibis
aunts, who generally accompany him,
are announced from day to day and al
most from hour to hour. Newspaper
notoriety of the cheap order is his
stock in trade.-N. Y. Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
Stage Life.

How many of you straight-faced
ladies, who so savagely condemn the
actress without recommendation to mer
cy, would pass scatheless through the
ordeal to which she is subjected, the
temptations by which she is surrounded
To be nomely in mind and face, without
beauty or wit, to be born and reared and
coddled in all the responsibilities and
conventionalities; to be watched SO care
fully that you could never find an OPP
portunity of going astray, even if you
desired it; in short, to develop into an
immaculate matron, is not such a mar
vellous matter to congratulate yourself
upon.
But to be born altogether out of the
ortLodoxes, left to your own wild will :
to be poor, beautiful and brilliant, to
see the handsomest men signing at your
feet, doing homage to your talents as
well as to your face, and then to come
out of the fire unscathed, as many an
actress has done and will do-then,
lady, you have the right to look down
upon one who has hot been blessed with
your power of resistance.
Bigoted ascetism revels in those
gloomy pictures in which the shadows
are unnaturally deepened and the lights
are omitted; but gentler morals might
draw from that same source the bright
est examples of noble selftdevotion, un-
daunted perseverance and divine charity.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
MY MOTHER AT THE GATE.

Oh! there is many silent picture
On memory's silent wall;
There's many cherished image
That tenderly recall.
The sweet home of my childhood,
With its singing brooks and birds;
The friends who grew beside me,
With their loving looks and words.
The flowers that decked the wildwood,
The roses fresh and sweet,
The bluebells and the daisies
That blossomed at my feet
All, all are very precious.
And often come to mo.
Like the breezes from better land,
Beyond life's troubled sea.
But the sweetest, dearest picture
That memory can create
Is the memory of my mother,
My mother at the gate.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24
Wealth Of Great Britain.

According to late estimates, Great
Britain is not the wealthiest country on
earth, as has been believed France
values her private property, real and
personal, at s43,ll0,60O,O0O, and her
navy, palaces, public buildings, and other
public property, excepting highways, at
81, 475,OOO,OOO, making s44,5s5, 6OO,-
600. The aggregate estimate for Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland, without
reckoning public highways, is s42,5OO,-
100000. Real estate in France greatly
exceeds in area that of England, while
in the latter there is great excess of
personal property over the former.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24

Twenty-Five years ago Missouri boy
left his home and starlId out to become
President of the United States He
got as far a. Cincinnati The boy is
now . man, and is also one Of the best
shoemakers in the Ohio State Prison.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24

Linen lawns in new designs and
colors, are sold.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-24

The Stewart mine of Utah produced
$40, 220 in gold in june.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18

tary Journal announces, ION the best possible au-
thority,D that Carey would be sent back to his
regiment, the military authorities being of opinion
that he had done nothing, and omitted nothing, to
call for censure--still les. for punishment. This
opinion adds the military journal, win be heartily
approved from one end of the army to the other
We are to take it. then, that the British Comman-
der-in Chief and his staff and the Generals and
other officers of the army of opinion that when
party Of British troops fired on, they are 10
run away and that the officer in command does his
duty if he leads the flight. II the party happens to
be specially detailed 10 escort foreign Prince ana
runs so quickly that he cannot accompany them,
that does not alter the case. If It appears from
the evidence that the foreign Prince was try
ing to mount his horse and that had but one
trooper stayed his flight FOR second to hold the
guests bride. the Prince might have got safely
away with the rest that does not alter the case II
It be proved that the retreat headong flight,
in utter panic that the officer in command, by his
own admission, did not know nor stop to think
whether the Prince or any other Of the party was
with him, that does not alter the ease. Lieutenant
Carey has done his duty and back TO his regi-
meut. leave you to imagine what will be said OF
this astounding conclusion in other European
armies. To me it seems that the English arc so
thoroughly ashamed Of their outburst OF ldolatry
toward the Prince and of maudin grief over his
fate, that they are disposed to obscure the memory
Of their recent words. They wanted VICTIM
They now want Enthusiastically who can
swear that It was not much of shower after all.
You are desired 10 believe that, because Carey goes
scot free the mourning for the Prince was decorous
and moderate, and that Europe IL mistaken in re-
garding the attitude Of the English upper classes
toward this unhappy boy as deporable and ABB
surd. q. W. s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18
TELEGR1PHLC NOTES.

POoTRACE FOR $1,000 A SIDE.
CALAIS, Me-, Aug. ia foot-race last night for
81 900 side between Gus" Bennett and Fred" Harmon
vas won by tho former.
NEW CHIEF OF THE oHERoKEEs.
member Of ana " the LIBERIA party Of The
Cherokee Nation has been elected chief Of the nation.
THE COMING STATE FAIR.
UTICA, N Y, Aug. 1.-THE entries for the State
ger than the sBgune Of the committee expected
CANADA BIDDING FOR EAIGRANTs.
ToRoNTO, Aug. 1.-The Canadian Government
oar England to report on the agricultural resources Of
TUE CANADIAN NOTE CIRCULATION
OTTAWA Ont, Aug IA statement of circula-
o2 pS RaSfG By fs s cd aaS % ss
T72 : excess of specie, sIss6.
NOT DROWNED AFTER ALL
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. Ill appears that the
we're not rowhed reported 9ut landed on sHal beach
and escaped without serious injury
CINCINNATI. HAMILTON AND INDIANAPOLIS h K
CAPE MAX. Aug. 17-President Shoemaker has
received cable telegram announcing tha the Cincinnati
10 51 the ssItianssnT ADOPTED last
BRITISH WAR VESSELS CRUISING.
QUEBEC Aug. 1.-THE BellerophJn, with Ad-
ms ingsdeid on board, Is % make brief visit here "a
% d9s sisa S S @ own N9 1P hs s sGS
BETTING on THE BOSS-sMITH BOAT-RACE
HALIFAX, y. g., Aug. l7.-Bcttlng has commenced
Warren smith. OF Halifax. the wagers have been
about ono bet has been made within lew days OF
THE CHARGES AGAINST POSTMASTER TYLER.
BALTIMORE. Aug. 1.-THE special agents If the
Post OGce Department continue their Investigation Of the
charges against POSTMASTER Tyler az tho Custom House
WITH closed doors heretofore Among the Wltueses was
G. O. fulton, esq editor and proprietor OF The Ansrsa
THE DEATH or GEORGE w. BENSON.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Aug lille Hon. George W.
Benson. brotheriG law ~ t2 ate William Lloyd Carlson
A. lead al his residence A. ls cty, Ia his seventy Grst
wear MT Bensol was a pomneut AbouonIst IN nassa-
chuet IN the early days VI the antsavey struggle, but
Lal lived IN kansas fOr the past twenty-five years.
THE BANK OF MONTREALS AFFAIRS.
MONTREAL, Aug. 1.-The reSlgnatlon OF IL. y.
Angus general manager o. the Bank OF Montreal was de
ce uon by HIN months ago IL Is IN way connected
with tue suspension OF u MoInpes Co. of Hamilton BY
whom bank VAL iosc only $4,000 MI smitherh Of sew
YORK 10 whom position general manager offered
prefers 10 remain al the head OF the Nevlors business
Walter Watson may aceepiAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON. Aug. H. 1879,
The Secretary Of War has ordered the contracts foe
headstones for soldiers graves 70 be awarded 10 d. W.
Whitpey of Troy. A. Y and Samuel q. Bridges. OF
Reokuk Iowa The price Qt the headstones furnished
aud erected, WILL under these awards average aDous
81 rs each.
Colonel John B. Brownow, son Of the late Senator
Bvowulow, who originally appointed To the luz
terna Revenue service at the nstanee Of Secretary
shermau mas pied position III the Treasury De-
partment, rendered him three months ago equal In
value that vacated IA the Internal Revenue service
The Consular reports prepared for publication at tho
Department OF state showing the state Of labor In. and
the condition or the vOrkiugncn OF Europe. have
passed through the priners' bands and ready
Tor distrtbutiou Congress- ordered the printing OF
$4,000 copies these reports, OF whieh 5000 copies
wore for the House OF Representatives, 4oOO Tor the
senate aud 5000 for the Department OF state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18
SUICIDE From 4 SOUND STEINER.
A YOUNG WOMAN JUMPS OVERHEARD.


FALL RIVER. Mass, Aug. ia young
woman named Roche committed suicide by jumping
from the Sound steamer Bristol last night when about
fifteen miles from New-York on the way to this city
she was one the last on board and was
evidently laboring under mental depression or the
effects Of drink and about ten minutes after procuring
stateroom che to Office and requested the
purser to charge OF her pocketboOk Shortly after
ward she drank part Of bottle or wine, and then went
70 the saloon promenade deck where. IN few moments,
she laid aside her hat ana stepped 10 the rail, and sud
denly went overheard. Her head struck against the
guard aftcen feet below, producing noise that
was heard all the boat, and she was probably n-
stany killed her body was not seen after II zen INTO
water. The stopped az soon As pOsDe,
but unit half mile from the place where inc
woman went overheard. In view OF the fact that the
body was not rise, and several small boats
were sailing at the time, II was deemed useless 10
send from the steamer which EepJ on her course
In the vOmaus purse was found note addressed 10
Joseph Laugfeldt No. 500 Archt Philadelphia stating
she could not live any longer without him, ana tlnt
She hoped he would not feel unkndly toward her. The
deceased woman wore a black silk dress, linen duster.
a black bonnet and diamond earrings. She was APP
parently twenty-five or thirty years old and OF nght
con
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18

them. Shrewd observers say that the repudiatOrs
stand fair chance for success. General Dezendorf,
of Norfolk, leading Virginia repudiator, who is
thoroughly familiar with political affairs In his
State. says that the Malone faction of the COnser
vative party is using every effort to induce the Re-
publicans TO vote with them to upset the debt COM
promise agreed upon between the last Legislature
and the creditors of the State. As a simple matter
Of right and honesty. he SAYS the Republicans of
Virginia dc not look with favor upon the
promise bee il cheats the creditors Of part
of their dues, but knowing that the settlement al
ready agreed upon is the most favorable that
can be obtained, the Republicans will almost unan-
lmously vote with the more honest element of the
Conservative party and preserve the agreement.