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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
Buddhist Temple of Java.

The Island of Java, now, and for
many years past, under Dutch rule, is
famous for its architectural remains
The ancient Javanese kings constructed
a scientific system of reservoirs and
canals for irrigation, built paved cause
ways extending for miles, and reared
palaces and temples of hewn marble, the
ruins OF which, though shattered by
earthquakes and overgrown with tropic
vegetation, still attest the greatness of
those nameless emperors.
Among the most noted of these ruins
Is that of strange, pyramidal structure
which is go feet square at the base and
l6 feet high, divided into nine stories.
1t is named Boro- Boedoer, and was
Buddhist temple of great renown, where
hundreds of Buddna monks lived, and
thousands of worshippers gathered at
the shrine of Buldha. This temple was
built in 1850, and is completely covered
with carvings of much artistic merit,
representing neurological scenes and
historical events in the lives of the Jaw
anese kings. 1t is the finest known ex-
ample oe "a Buddhstic temple
Some years ago the government of the
Netherlands determined to preserve a
record of this remarkable building. They
sent competent artists, and at great ex-
pense had accurate drawings made on
definite scale. A few copies have been
issued for the great libraries of the
world. Three were sent to the United
States, of which the Smithsonian lnsti-
ture received one, Harvard one, and the
Mercantile Library of San Francisco the
third. The text is in Dutch and French,
two vols, Svo. The accompanying
plates number 1893, and are in eight
folio volumes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
The Enlperor's Little Loke.

1t is reported in the Kleine Journal
that the German Emperor, after inspect
ing the new barracks of the Second
Guard Dragons IN the Pionierstrasse a
few days ago, contrived while chatting
with the officers in the mess room to
write few words with chalk pencil
upon he tunic of the senior regimental
captain unperceived by that officer.
This done, His Majesty left the room
laughing heartily, accompanied by the
colonel Of the regiment, Prince Frederick
of Hohenzollern. wherenpon the senior
staff officer present walked up to Capt.
Won S - and, to his utter consterna-
ton, proceeded to unfasten and remove
his epaulettes Unconscious Of having
committed any dereliction Of duty, Won
s. remained motionless while this
ominous operation WAS being performed;
but his painful perp,exity gave place to
jubilant exul.ation when tn. lieuteuar t.
colonel produced par Of majors epau
lettes and deXterously buttoned them 10
his shoulders The words hastily scrib-
bled by the Emperor upon Captain Won
SIS uniform, were "Zim Major be-
foerdert r promoted to major) and the
subsequent details of this general sur
rrise had been arranged by His Majesty
beforehand with their executant. 1t is
said that, in his rejoicing at his unex.
pected advancement, the newly-made
major called up the senior non-commis-
stoned officer OF his squadron and said to
him : "Sergeantsmajor, the squadron
is relieved from duty to-day. Let the
men have as much to drink az they
please. pay for all r
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

pause, only broken by the subdued gig.
gle Of every girl in the room.
What did it mean? His very words
to Jennie the night before !
Mr.. Fernleigh listened in blank
amazement. What could it mean 7
Had the girls been fooling him!
"Young ladies'" drawing himself up
sti1iy, 81 am happy to see you are en-
joying rather unintellight joke. If
Miss Vaughan is not in | will make my
adieux."
ooh, you want Jennie p esked Bel.
Here. Will ?" and in tumbled Will, this
time in his true character.
Trowing himself into the startled gen.
tleman's arms, he murmured--
Horace, here is your own little Jen-
ME ! Why are you so silont, love ?
Speak, if but one word, to your own
darling!' and he strangled him in a
bear-like hug
The truth flashed like lightning across
Horace Fernleigh's mind. The girls
had thrown themselves into chairs, and
were shrieking with laughter. Will
still held him in his bears embrace,
pouring words of love into his unwilling
ear. He had been tricked, duped, fooled
outrageously but there was no help
for it.
With frantic struggle he released
himself from Wills encircling arms, and
bounded through the hall into the
street, the girls shrieks, and Wills des-
pairing, Farewell my own = ringing
in his ears.
BY the morning the whole village
would know of his disgrace He left
that afternoon for parts unknown, for
the time being, at least, cured of his pro-
pensity for flirting. The girls had their
revenge and it was douby sweet.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
A Question Of Piscatory Fashion.

Anglers know that trout are attracted
by bright colors, that they can distin-
guish the differen. flies upon which they
feed, and that ar ifciaL flies must acss
cordingIy be made into a rough sem
bance of the original insects. Some
scientific fishermen even insist that it is
no use Offering them brown drake at
the time of year or hour of day when
they are naturally expecting red spin
ner. Of course their sight is by no
means as perfect rs our own, but it
probably includes a fair idea of form,
and an acute perception of color, while
there is every reason to believe that all
the trout family have decided love of
metallic glitter, such as that Of silver or
of the salmon scales. Mr.. Darwin has
shown that the little stickeback goes
through an elaborate courtship, and |
myself have watched trout which seemed
to me as obviously love making as any
pair of turtle doves | ever saw.
In their early life salmon fry and
young trout are almost quite indistin-
guishablr. being both marked with blue
patches known as "finger marks' on
their sides, which are remnants of the
ancestral coloring once common to the
whole race. But as they grow their
later acquired tastes begin to produce a
divergence, due originally to this select
i've preference Of certain beautiful mates;
and the adult salmon clothes himself
from head to tail in sheeny silver, while
the trout decks bis sides with the bean
tful speckles which nave earned him his
popular name Countless generations
of slight differences, selected from time
to time by the strongest and handsomest
fish. have sutlic-d at length to bring
about these conspicuous variations from
the primitive type, which the young of
both races still preserve.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
Thunder and Lightning in South
: Africa.

Natal is All awful country for thunder
and lightning, and never a Summer
passes without some damage being done
to both man and beast. No house is
considered quite safe without a con-
ductor. Maritzburg is rather noted for
its thunder storms, and though l have
seen one, or perhaps two instances of
the tail blue gums Of the city that had
been scared from head to foot by the
lightning, yet, when it is considered how
numerous they are, how frequently these
thunder storms occur, and how awfully
near the lightning approaches, it was as
tonishing how few of them had been
struck. From this tact | should say the
blue gum tree offers peculiar attraction
to the electric fluid though from these
cases mentioned, where the trees had
been scolched, but not shivered, they
would seem to have acted as conductors.
When on the subject Of thunder and
lightning, l may mention two instances
of the freaks sometimes INDUCED IN by
the latter. One happened on board ship
on voyage to Australia, when one of
the boys standing near the foot of the
mainmast, or the main rigging, l forgot
which, was knocked down by the fluid.
He remained in a stupefed state for
some little time, but recovered. The
lightning had made bald patch on the
crown of his head and torn the iron
l.aI, "a L.: E.ot, cax,ac,1
after the accident when | made the &C
quaintance of the boy, and the bald
patch still remained en- the crown of his
head. He was considered rather Il
stupid boy, but whether this was natural
or the effects of the lightning, seemed
doubtful.
The other freak happened in Natal
Mr. W---d, a settler on Moor river, was
riding acloss high range Mount WesD
when he was overtaken by a thunder
storm he recollected nothing more He
was found wandering about in rather
stupid state, and could not well account
tor his being on foot, or what had be-
come of his horse. On search being
made in the direction he was likely to
have followed from the farm, his horse
was found on spur of the ridge, dead,
and his saddle shattered to pieces. The
Katfirs believe that where lightning has
struck it will strike again, and if hut
or kraal has been hit they vacate the
spot and build elsewhere. They are
disgustingly fond of flesh meat, and will
eat sheep that have died a natural death
l have seen them gorge themselves Will
the flesh of sheep that had died within
20 minutes after being bitten by
snake, and even relish the inflamed
parts where the death bite had been
given. But they will not eat beast
that has been Killed by liohtnino
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
"Old ST."

Old 81 came rather late yesterday,
looking somewhat fatigued. After a
minute, he said:
"Dis am er monty kurus perseedin'
desc men kerryin on round hyar wild
desc fortfolyos.'
-" Did you mean the census takers ?"
81 bleeve dat's de name dey goes by"
What have they been doing now !"
"W'y dey's been bin down dar in my
naborhood jess stirrin' mo- rath dan all
de parsons inside de korpyrashum kin
put down in er munth."
"That is unfortunate. Have they
visited you yetl'
"Dat's what makes me so benin time
ter day. One oh dem cum dowI- ter my
house dis mining an tap on de gate
axed him what's de matter, an he say
he dun cum fer ter take my sensus an
he hain't no mon got hit out dan ! Sod
ter jes' 60 way from dar, kase dar
warn't no bizness in dat ar shanty for
drumS,ers from de loonvtick 'sylums."
What did he say p
"He SAYS dat eff | fools wild de sepsus
he dun gwine ter put de law ter me
an den he 'splaned de law. Den l seed
it wuz all rite an | axcd him in.
"How did you get along then F"
ave got long purity we'll ontel he
cum ter colum whar dc chillun are sot
down; den he say ter me what am de
cuilah oh my chillun lssy look heah,
you jess igger on what de- law lows an
dou't cum 'roun hvar akin sultin'
queshuns like dat. He say dat he got
ter pu. down weder dey is black or
merIatter-aA' den ole harryeane broke
| ose !"
How WAS that p
De ole oman wuz lissenin', an When
she heah dat she upset de table whsr de
fortfolyo war lynn, emptied de starch
howl all ober lie returns nm gin ter hol.
Ter, Heath Tiger, jess like de forty
thieves dun broke inter de house DE
sensus man he grabbed up his docky
ments all made fer de fence, an twixt
holdin' e ole oman an wild one han
an Tige wild de odder got most tuckerd
out"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
On Behavior in q Crowd.

The wholesome element, the safety
valve OF crowd, says writer in Lon
don Society, is the good example that
may be set. Happily good example
is as infectious and efficacious as bad
one. AS a matter of social ethics every
man ought to have made up his mind
what will be his conduct if he happens
to be in crowd. 1t is impossible alto.
gether to eliminate the explosiveness of
mob. A crowd very soon forms, and
puts into expression popular judgment.
If member of it shows any shortness
of temper or badness of conduct, he is
speedily hustled and bonneted, and so
left to form his own conclusions on the
nature and character OF Democracy.
There are always elements of danger
stored up in crowd. Not without rea-
son Socrates spoke Of the Athenian
crowd as kind of wild beast that re-
quired watching and studying. Often
enough crowd has proved itself kind
Of wild beast that will tear its victim to
pieces. That great moralist, Mr.. Pick
wick, has given us an important lesson
or behavior in crowd. When he ar.
rived in The borough of Estanswill and
found it in state of uproaiiou excite.
ment, his friends asked him what they
had better do. "Shout with the crowd"
was the truly great mans ready response.
''But if there are two crowds2" they in
quired. "Shout with the largest" "Vol-
umes," said Dickens, could have said
no more;" if, indeed, they could say as
much. Unfortunately truth is not de-
pendent on majorities. 1t is not to be
asce, tanned by any method of the mere
counting of noses.
An historical essay might De written,
which might prove very sad and terrible
reading, on the enormities of crowds. A
crowd Is peculiarly liable to be acted up.
on disastriously by panics. In a panic
more people are killed by the terror than
by the circumstances that inspire the
terror. A mob will 60 utterly mad with
fright. 1t will prove itself utterly de-
ticient in caution, GOODNESS and courage
Thus Oh board a sinking or burning ship
some people will 90 mad with frenzy,
and others break into the spirit room I
once heard of the case OF a clergyman
who, just before preaching, discovered
that the church was on fire He never
theless assembled the pulpit, gave o.t a
text, and delivered what was the short
est sermon in the world He then dis
missed them in quiet and orderly
fashion. The reverend gentleman had
an admirable instinct respecting be-
havior in crowd.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

Mistaken in the crop-A traveller
stepped into western hostelry before
the place bad its morning sweeping done.
He congratulated himself and the land
lord on having arrived at place where
he recognized such large grapes strewed
about the floor. "Them's not grapes"
said the landlord; "thems eyes gcuged
out last evening"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

Lightning has struck vast quantity
Of houses in Maine this spring. and vet,
when the populace SEE fellow keeping
in advance OF cross dog and farmer
with . pitchfork, they know he is road
agent. Maine farmers are very set in
their notions .tt
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

1t is strange how soon, when . great
nan dies, his place is filed; and SO CON-
pletely that be seems no longer wanted.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

Lucifer matches were NAL e IN 1929.
, 1880-03-21

nnd;+Ja.-o 49, LILLY gives This account OF the eL-
NY ny regiment, First Maryland Cavalry, COM
44aa.aea oy Co!. tafterwart1 Geuernl} Bradley T.
n 1onnSon Of this city, in Juue, 1864, was lying
nther t1enond aeIl together with large force OF
Win several days rations. / was quite unweli
as the outset, grew worse, and "a the first night
81 s6orl arca ecH1a1t %as hnrt by horse applied for
ments were On foot which be co,Iid 1,ot djsnnse
but ~ which I would regret not to share HrreI
fas, s ~ 5 5aetnaln with tho command. did so. 4
drevlillan d.. Station and fought him for three
aass, when nc returned to Richmond and We
T9arcncd On Washington and Point Lookout in
,,''hs. n9mfr harSland, nr where there was large
;;!upEr ;tr OF confederate prisoners, whom We
lntenaed nu1 to release. heard nothing more, ex-
Gspt Gp sague rumors ct the movement to which
eiosc @ 'o1ms0n Mhs., referred until after the War
Hooh, had planned the capture Of Mr. LincoIn
~ at rs Soldiers Home, where he was then spend
ing the summer, This plan would doubtless have
oe;n executed or attempted, had not Gen. Early
2sdered Gen. johnson to cover his rear while be
burg "| ~ a'n'
me only matter 10 dispute Is whether Wilkes
1,aa 1nhoe9 and John H. Surratt were privy to the
P!aa TOT the capture Of President LINCOLN which
zen. johnson attempted to carry OUT. or whether
tue plot ~ which they were engaged WIS 10 be
exectited by other agencies At the trial Of the
assags if was clearly proven that Wilkes Booth
to capture Dir: Lincoln while he WIS sojourutnr 1t
the soldiers Home. and John H. Sufratt. when
ne vas subsequently tried for his connection
ta mlan tne assassination plot, escaped punishment
."e,a because the evidence against him seemed to
relatc to the plot to capture Mr. Lincoln rutber
tnan The plot to assnsinate him. The statute
VI limitations saved him from being tried rs IN
acG;essory ;s IN the aforementioned plot. Being
only o Q misdemeanor, no prosecution could be
brought after two years.
, 1880-03-21
Women Who Tfpple-DrinIkfn@ Habits
Of Some Of the Women orNeHv York.

Ne1n York Correspondence Grnni Rapids Dtnlscrut
woul not 20 so fur us to sny that New York
insies drink to excess supposing that public
Ito say and see thAt ladies here are drinking
great dcnl of both wine and spirits. Young
1.dles-not 5ast grls-shen out shipping go into
u hot Scotch " with us little hesitation rs n
Grand Rapids lady would order n pound of tea.
have written about 1t In New York and Boston
papers have read what others have said con-
corning the nlNtter. and believe observing men
gcncr1tiiy will agree that the custom is grow
ing. fetrvery time the subject is raised il the
papers there is grent hue and cry, and the
thing is denied very pcrsistcntly: Notwithstand-'
ready caused. affirm. Of my own knowledge. It is
true. 1don't know that have often seen indies
Intoxicated here. sslye at Lic<[crkrAnz or Arion
hatls, but have seen hundreds Of them drink
freely. am not writing of drunkards now, but
of women who drink wine or something strung-
er every day Of their lives ut home or abroad
society. too. who are crunkards, there tAn be no
denying. i lndy whnn have known for ten
years has died since was here last summer,
from the effects Of har,i drink. She was benu-
tifui ws'nan, ind rs brilliant as she was bad.
Nevertheless, society It'll the metropolis has not
ccAsed mourning for her ret. know whereof
Affirm when say that beer is the most popular
beverage in New York t,~tlay i glance at the
tables III Roster l. Diai's. Thfcss', or any Of the
public OF priyate places h:re, will convince the
most credulous. You will see ns many womeu
as men enjoying the foaming cup. At the hotels
or In private houses. unlesstwsnc is commonly
used. sou Will find beer TO- be the ordinary
drink. Yesterday afternoon sat In the saloon
Of n little German hotel on Fourteenth street,
tAlking with an actnr whom Grand Rapids
E<nows, and to whom It delights to give bix
houses when very nice looking middle aged
[ady, dressed In Widows weeds. entered the hu-
tel, sat down at a table, and drank glass Of
beer with evident RELISH. should not have no.
Iced tho circumstances particularly ii she had
been one Of party, but drinking her beer tn
such IL solitary way seemed q little ont Of the
usual course.
, 1880-03-21
Rit LIZARDS.

PARIS March 20.-S1osson aud Vigneaux, the
principals In the great international billiard
match, have finally come to terms after wordy
disagreement Of eighteen days over the seiec-
ton Of referee, Vigneaux refusing all Amer
leans, and insisting upon Que of bis own coun-
trymen unable to speak English Matters were
finally amicably arranged on the following con-
ditions: The match to begin at o'clock on tho
evening Of april 8, In the dining-roo Of tho
Grand Hotel, and continue four days. The
game will be +0UO points up; the stake $1,000.
There will be two referees, one an American
amateur, residing in Pnris, and the other Il
ing the first s0o points will havc the privilege OF
selecting the referee for the last night, Tho
Jockey Club has l00 seats for each night, and
great interest is felt Vigncaux is the fAyorit
by big odds, and is looked upon US sure winner.
He is in his best condition.
, 1880-03-21

SAYING esaying had the smallpox. ouly got out yes.
! m teruay' and sure enough this morning he~called
6as ad naa d. ang 9a to be polite to hin
sent sen Tor the doctor. Giving him the wink, held
ont N ~ H hand. and inquired: -.
:. .nrhoetor' what marks are those on my hand?'
! the doctor. e'>'
tarovs iwsh" L = said aid .its all over me-. It's con-
ro., very sk eontasious indeed he replied, *and
nore y rss, slsttor, who had been getting more and
no :. !ongGr' 2 4'!a' and rising, said:
H.. wei, Mr- Linealn. can't stop any longer.
st"rfd dI ~ h, 70 see how you were and then he
ase3R2 ahst mtnSfe want to talk to you said
,,a,, nExcuse tS;c ne Mr; President. You are not
well this morning and won't bother you.' said
he, showing toward the door.
~ Never mind said /; don't be in hurry.
1ss,a5 20 5'sa , ana II yon are going to get the
might as we'll sit down.. '~~
,,., rhank YOU sir but I'll call again. he re-
ter!y retreat from the fearful contaTion with
which nc supposed me to be afflicted
,"'Now; said Uncle Abe, 1t viii be all over
and you cnn contradict the story, but want yo,i
10 TO, promise : you won't repeat what have Just
Wade laughed until he WAS wcak. and;vhon ha
could get his breath sufficiently to speak he
looked ut the clock, as was bis custom and safd:
go @ VAL
Don't CO." cried Uncle Abe, and laying his
mead In bis hands on the desk In front Of him be
iinughed until he shook all over. Presently r,is-
ing up his face from between his hands he pipeti
his eyes and blew bis nose uutf the report sound
eu like the winding OF a horn. After another it
Of laughing he s,id: -"
- Wade. you should have seen him, and how
scared nc was. III bet that fellow never comes
buck here while nm President
hs might have been expected, hardly had Mr,
Wade quilted the White House when he heard
tne PRESIDENT had the sn1All-po and was very
sick. Wnde promptly contradicted the story. but
that night it was telegraphed all over the coln-
Try, and many people will yet remember the
story nf Atr Lincoln's having the yariolod dur
Commenting on the report, Uncle Abe said to
Ntde: Some people said they could not take
my proclamation very well, but when get the
have something ereTubody can take
JAMES s. RRISHIy
, 1880-03-21
Greek Rriwandarpx

On the 18th Of October last Col Synge, an En-
glish Commissioner for tue distribution OF RELIEF
Tricoyista II letter in which occurred this pas
sage: 1.-THE assertion that 1T is unsafe to re
2 few miles beyond the walls OF salonica
Or Dublin On the 18th of February
he returned to Tricovista from tour along The
Bulgarian frontier, and five days later q band
notorious lender, Niko, invaded and pillnged bis
residence, and carried of himself and his wife,
bound to the saddles Of their horses. The
Blunt, the English Consul ut Salonica, explain-
ing the circumstances of bis capture
The London Telegraph, in this connection,
It was tn April, 1870, that ruffaus of the same
breed seized and carried oil, close to Athens the
qnfortunate party naking IN excursion with
these, Mr. and Mrs Losd and cbili Ge H. Vynns
n1r Edward Herbert, Secretnry to the British
Legation: and brother Of Lord Carnarvon, with
Legation;, The ladies were released on the first
night. after mich rough usage. and Lord
Muncaster WIS allowed to return to Athens. to
pardon which the villains claimed. The Greek
Government OH that occasion bchnyed very u.1-
wisely, being unwilling to dishurse the money,
They were, besides, shamefuly hampercd-it
Was said-by agents Of the opposition. who cprn-
munfcated secretly with the brignnds, encnur-
amnesty in order th1it it might become
necessary to convoke an extraordinary
session., thereby nfrorsling- opportunity to
drive the Ministry from Office. Contrary to
its pledge, the Kings Government sent armed
troops utter the bandits, who, being enrnged ut
this, and in danger Of capture, massucred all the
four prisoners remuiufng in their hands. They
Mr.. Herbert and Count de Boyl near
Dhilissi, and the next day killed Mr. Vyner and
Dir. Lloyd at Ski1natari-three Of the fuur
corpses bearing wounds in the back, which
showed that they had been stabbed from be-
hind BY the cowardty assasins. The
Unhappy gentlemen bore their lone r ordeal, % and
he miserable official bl1nders which led TO their
leath are passages Of IN indelible memory, dis
;r.accfui to Greece, and poorly atoned for By the
fine which WIS exacteti, or BY thepur-
uit and execution Of the greater part or the
snng. The heuds of some 1T the fnnlefactors
we're indeed exhibited ut Athens, but, If we re-
member rightly. the chief escaped, and has per-
laps since gratiiea hisappetitc for other peoples
in actire political life and BY patriotic
gitntions for the acquisition Of Turkish terri |
Ory."