The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-11-08

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The Prince of Wales has scored
several points in the line of popu
larity this summer, at which ope
may be the moro satisfied because be
never aims at popularity. Instead
of the rutnors of fast Irritation at
Tronviile or elsewhere, which in
other summers have reached the
clubs and percolated among the peo,
pie, the gossip this year is all.of
healthy, hearty, rustic kind, such as
paterfamilia loves to rehcarse to his
daughters as proof that the Prince
has sown his wild oats. and that tho
high character OF the throne is safe.
The Prince has been picnicking in
Devonshire and yachting and making
himself agreeable to humble people.
On one occasion while pienicking
with aristocratic hosts it is found
the cream has been left behind; tea
is ready all but that. The Prince
espies in the distance another pic
nicking party, rushes of, and ex-
plains to the ladies the melancholy
condition bis party is in. He cries
"Wc are creamlesslr The ladies
give him plenty of cream, not know
ing to whom they were giving it,
for the Prince has a taking way
among ladies which wouid avail him
were he only Mr.. A. Edwards. And
now behold the Prince walking DER
moor and fen, o'er lonely sands By
the wild sea waves, bearing jug
full of cream without spilling It'll
This will remain for some future
laureate to place among the Idyls of
the King! or Emperor!
The other day the Prince con-
cluded he would like to see the in
terror of Kent's Hole, which is just
outside Torquay. Popular tradition
says that the cavern's name is de-
rived fiom the circumstance that a
dog which went in there once came
above ground in Kent county, about
1870 miles away. But the clerical
tradition is that it is a by-way to an
unmentionable place where the
Prince of Darkness forges fossil re-
mains for skeptics to fling at Moses.
The scientific exploration of this
cavern is under the official superin-
tendence of the geologist Pengelly;
and it being necessary that cave in
which human remains are found
along with extinct animals should
not be tampered with by fanatics,
care is taken that parties shall not
be admitted to the important part Of
the cave without Pengelly's permis-
sion. Pcngelly is nearly always
there, but he happened to be absent
when the Prince called. The Prince
knew nothing of the regulations; he
walked about two miles to the spot;
he found there boy of sixteen at
the door, As he was entering the
boy said: "You can't go without a
candle" "Will you please give me
a candle?" asked the Prince. II am
ordered not to give a candle unless
Mr.. Pengelly tells me, and he is
away now" So spake the boy, and
a fire breathing .dragon could not
have been q more effectual guardian
of that Hades. The Prince asked
the boy for a light, lit his cigar, gave
the lad a piece of silver aud trudged
back again, no doubt rejecting on
Frederick the Greats definition, IN
Prince is only the first of subjects, :.
we'll enough translated in the motto
"Ich dien.''
Finally, it is pleasant to know
that the Prince of Wales, having
sent his sons on voyage round the
world, has gone on his yacht to
Copenhagen, no doubt to visit his
wife's relations.-Londoa Corr. Gin
cinndti Commercial.