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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-03
TIE MYSTERY OF DEATH.
BY EDWIN ARNOLD.

"She is dead!' they said to him. "Come away!
Kiss her and leave her-thy love is clay!
They smoothed her tresses of dark brown hair:
On her forehead of stone they laid it fair
Over her ewes that gazed too much
They drew the lids with gentle touch;
With a tender touch they closed up well
The sweet thin lips that had secrets to tell;
About her brows and beautiful face
They tied her vail and marriage lace.
And drew on her white feet her white silk
shoes
Which were the whitest no eyes could choose
And over her bosom they crossed her hands.
"Come away!" they said; "God understands.
And there was silence, and nothing there
But silence, and scents of eglantere,
And jasmine and roses, and rosemary;
And they said: 'As lady should lie, lies she"
And they held their breath as they left the
With shudder to glance at its stiffness and
gloom.
But ne who loved her too well to dread
The sweet, the stately, the beautiful dead,
He lit his lamp and took the key
And turned it-alone again-he and she.
He and she; but she would not speak,
Though he kissed, in the old place, on the quiet
cheek.
He and she; yet she would not smile
Though he called the name she loved ere
while.
He and she; still she did not move
To any one passionate whisper OF love-
Then he said: "Cold lips and breasts without
breaths.
Is there no voice, no language Of death?
Dumb to the ear and still to the sense,
But to heart and of soul distinct, intense?
See now: Twill listen with SOUL not ear;
What was the secret Of dying, dear?
Was it the infinite wonder Of all
That you ever could let life's flower fall?
Or was il greater marvel to feel
The perfect calm DER the agony steal?
Was the miracle greater to find how deep
Beyond all dreams sank downward that sleep?
Did life roll back its records dear,
And show, as they say it does, past things clear'
And was it the nue-most heart Of the bliss
To find out so, what wisdom love is?
Oh perfect dead! Oh dead most dear,
hold the breath of my soul to hear
listen as deep as to horrible hell,
As high as to heaven, and you do not tell.
There must be pleasure in dying, sweet.
To make you 50 plaeij from head to feet!
would tell you, darling, if were dead,
And twere your hot tears upon my brow she'd
/ would say though the Angel Of Death had
laid
His sword on my lips to keep it unsaid.
You should not ask vainly, with streaming eyes,
Which of all deaths was the chiefest surprise,
The very strangest and suddenest thing
Of all the surprises that dying must bring"
All, foolish world; oh, most kind dead!
Though be told me, who will believe it was said?
Who will believe that he heard her say
With the sweet, soft voice, in the dear old way
"The utmost wonder is this--I hear
And see you, and love you, and kiss you, dear;
And am your angel, who your bride,
And know that, though dead, have never
died.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-03
The Real King Of Paris.

The real King of Paris is the editor OF
La France, its best newspaper. Perhaps
some day the editor of news-sheet may
be King of London. It is also true that
the great French editor is also the finest
gentleman of his time and nation though
his birth Is doubt and he fought his
way upwards. He first advertised him.
self into fame, and though wise men may
have now and then read his advertise
ments with smile, he took care that
they should be worth reading. There is
hardly anything which human wit can do
that he has left undone, and his long life
has been almost one unbroken series of
lucky hits. To think that among other
things he was the inventor of cheap
journals is alone enough to take ones
breath away so stuperdous thing it was
lightly considered.
He seems to have been always thought
too clever for office, though, strange to
say, he has frequently desired it, yet he
is not only one of the founders of the
Third Republic, but he overthrow the
Due de Broglie almost single-handed.
Night after night the thunder of the
France battered down the last bulwarks
of the Royalists, and his artillery was SO
skilfully served that even the reckless
vigilance of NJ. de Fourtou dared not
bring him to trial. When the fight was
over it was known that he wanted to be
made Minister of Finance, but Gambetta
was frightened of him, as Napoleon III.
had been. There exists curious letter
rom ''Plon- Plon" to the Emperor about
this master mind. "Plon-Plon" thinks
it might be safe to make him Project,
if he would give satisfactory guarantees
for his good behavior; and he remarks
on the genial manners and social infiu-
ence of the celebrated publicist. The
Emperor, however, though having many
traits of character in common with DE
Girardin, did not dare to offer him any
place of authority, and it was not till the
close of his reign that he gave orders for
Emile's patent to be made out as Sena-
tor; indeed, so near the end of it, that
the nomination was never published in
the Doniteur. It is wh'msically said
that no French statesman has ever appre-
ciated NJ. de Girardin's value as a col
league till he was about to fall. Theirs,
therefore, who had malicious wit meet
ing him on the threshold of his study
when Girardin came to visit him during
his Presidency, shook him cordially by
the hand, but whispered in his ear
"Pas encore, mon ami; pas encore. =
Loudon Truth.
mn CtooL Dooor.1 SAWS
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-03

The Kentucky Live Stock Record says
that John NJ. vanmeter, Maple Herd,
near Midway, KY, has bought of Mr.. A.
J. Alexander, Woodburn Farm, Spring
Station, the short-horn bull 7457 Both
Duke OF Airdrie, red and white, calved
April -, 1878, by 1893 7th Duke Of
Oneida, dam 9th Duchess of Airdrie, by
1856 Royal Oxford. The 9th Duchess Of
Airdrie is the dam Of the Goth, Oath, 18th,
9th, 18th, Goth and 3lst Dukes Of Air
drie. and the 18th and 10th Duchesses Of
Airdrie, most Of whom are celebrated
and noted animals.
, 1881-01-30

The moon was new last night. She will De In
her first quarter next Saturday Mt 7:oa p. IN.
She will be near Venus Tuesday night, Jupiter
Thursday night. aud Saturn Friday morning.
The suns upper limb will rise on Monday at
:13z II. n, south at Ism. 47.1as p. m., md get at
5:1+H p. u.
The suns upper limb rises Friday next at 7:ooA
a. m., souths ut IAN. l364s. p H.. and sets at
5;l0s. p, N.
The sidcreal time Thursday mean noon will be-
20h. Sem. 0o.77s. .
. Mercury will south Thursday at 0:41H p n.,
and set at 5:44 p. n. He Is now approaching bis
castern clougnton, wn!ch will permit him to oe
seen Us IN evening star little more than n'thrce
weeks hence.
Mars will south Thursday at 10i1. ION. a. m,
rising ut 5:38 H. m. He Is d not very bright OBJ
3ect iu the morning twilight. between the prin-
clpal stars Of SagtrtarIus and those OF Capricorn.
Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are now three
splendid objects In the evening sky, the distance
between the two FIRST being about twice as great
as the distance between Jupiter and Saturn.
The Distance Is rapidly diminishing, though
Venus is now moving among the stazs Ut almost
precisely tho same rate as the sun Venus
souths Thursday ut 3:T p. u., Jupiter at 4:te
p. M, and Saturn at 4:3i p n. They will set
that evening In the sumo order,-Venns at VIZ
, 1881-01-30

WE print elsewhere an abstract OF the
latest political brochure which has been
published under the title OF "Solld Tor Null
hooly," and advise everybody who has ever
had occasion to observe the sham OF local
politics to read it. The cutting satire OF ti!s
pamphlet, sufficient extracts from WHICH
are given to reveal its character. ap-
plies to every large city which mas
been cursed with "Boss" rule, and illustrates
the nature and aim Of ward politics with so
much Justice and such keen insight that II
cannot fail to make deep impression. even
thnugh it shall not Indicate q remedy.
"Aiichael Mulhooly" and blossom Brlck
are yeritable types Of local politicians ana
every city will claim the possession OF tue
originals. There will be less doubt every
where Of the psrsonages who sat 1or tnese
mixtures than there has been about the
models for Disracll's characters In "EndSm-
ion.n for they will be recognized by the
knowing ones Of every large community as
having been drawn from every local circle.
The political nlaxims OF Blossom Brick are
tbe ruling principles Of the men who nave
run the caucuses, with possibly an exception
to tie last one: If the people ever tumble
to our game hell will be to pay" This Is as
true as the other maxins, but the machine
men do not trouble themselves aboutat 10
thosa who are not familiar with the char
acter and methods Of ward politics, 'Solld
for MuIhooly will be revelation.
, 1881-01-30

"Ir Is curious thing" says the Palt MoU
Gazette, .'that three Of the most expressive
words In the English language should have been
added to it, ii not By Irisbnlen. at least By men
belonging by residence or descent to the west Of
Ireland. To burke, to lynch, and to boycott
have all taken their places, If not exactly in
classical literature, Mt teust in the yeruacular
OF the Engltsh-speakiuR race, all over the
world" The origin OF ITO burke" and 'to
boycott" no one will dispute,-especially that
of the atter,-but what about the American
"ro lynch? We desire to be just to Ireland,
but 1t is rather hard to give up to it Il word
which we have SO long supposed to be native
here. And yet the Pail MaH makes out pretty
strong case for the Green Isle, provided it Is not
rely ing on its Imagination for its facts There
are two persons, according to tho G'uphfc, who
figure in American tradition as having given
rise to this expressive phrase. The most popular
is the Virginia farmer, or Squire. OF the name.
who won fame through bis rnugh and ready way
OF Furnishing evil-doers; next comes the Judge
Lynch who was sent over from England In
16TT1-'.s TO suppress piracy. The real, genuine,
original Lynch, however, 1t Is now claimed, was
Mayor OF Galway at the close Of the fifteenth
century, who hanged his own son out OF I'M up
per-stosy window Of bis house In retributton for
robbery and murder. Probably all these Lynches
contributed to making the name famous In
their tin,e and each IS entitled to ut least part
Of the credit due.
, 1881-01-30

a CORRESPONDENT asks for brief expla-
nation Ut the Three Irish F's," and contempo-
rary furnishes this one:
The first is " Fair Rent.' based on new vnl-
nat1on OF the land exclusive OF ali Improvements
made by the tenants themselves. The second Is
- Free Sales" the right Of the tenunt to sell
hts Improvements whenever he gives up bis
holding. This is the Ulster custom The third il
" Fi1ity Of Tenure" whereby. tenants will be
higher rents. All advocates Of land reform rec
ognize the necessity Of facilitating the trtnsfer
OF land by aboltshing nf1 restrictions OF primo
geniturc and entail, and removing difficulties Vt
title. This is the natural meaning ot Free Snles.
although the phrase hns come to be used In
special sense. The necessity of building t1pa
new eass of peasant pruprietor9 and Ut reclaim
Ing waste iands, und thus extending the urea un-
der cultivation, is also admitted BY au students
who have examined this subject.
, 1881-01-30
AZ
A NATInNaG. TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.

Adyltes fr.m Washington indicate pre-
vailtng IMPRESSION. there that, 1.-THE Govern
ment, acc,rdlng,to English .precedents, can
not otain control oftthe telegraph lines
witha1tpaying the valre estimated upon the
int6lnW IF the companies" ~ This view OF
flle cas1 is an utter mlsdpprehension OF the
aim a1b scope Of postal telegraph system,
and itbrobably emanates from the control
ling q ueu in the Western Union alnal2anlated
nonPoly. IT it means that the Government
canu|t take possessionof the existing lines
wlth(pt paying for them. the proposition Is
seif-Vldent and the Government would not
tbinl Of anything else. But If it means that
'theiGovernment has no authority to proceed
wittfAe construction Of 4 Separate and indie
penfnt system Of telegraph lines, the as
settInnis absurd. Nobody will deny that
the fovernment may charter new cont
, 1881-01-30

MANY people think there ought to be
hundred more policemen III Chicago. WORK
could certainly be found for them, and they
conld be made very useful to the public. But
the money >necessary for their support call
not b. obtained from taxation. as other and
more pressing demands on the Treasury WILL
exhaust the per cent tax Iiniit.-tor the
law for the taxpayers protection limits ap-
preparations to 3 per cent on the value OF
taxable property. But there IS source OF
revenue which 1t is surprising the Council
has not thought Of, that will provide the
money to support hundred more much
needed policemen. Let the saloon-llcense
for the sale OF whisky, brandy, rum, GIN,
schnapps, etc., be 500 per year, and the license
for beer and wine remain at $50 per year.
This Is a change which public sentiment tWill
sustain. A whisky license should be at least
double that of beer license The increase
viii, not affect the Germans, who, with few
executions, never drink whisky, but satisfy
their appetites with mild lager. There Is no
sense lin letting whisky slip in free of tax
under a beer license, which practically is the
fact at present A whisky license Of S1oo
would have the effect Of wedding out the low,
disreputable dives and doggeries, and concen-
trating the business in the hands OF the more
responsible class Of sellers. The money OBJ
tained from 500 whisky license would pay
and equip 100 stalwart policemen and leave
money in the Treasury besides for other useful
purposes, such as STRENGTHENING and better
sanitary inspection and removal of filth.
, 1881-01-30
CUMMINGS BILL.
The Five Hundred Million Penaoa
SIEIndle on the Taxpayers" =.
.Guth" to Cincinnati EnQufTsS.. -

The Five Hundred Million Pannoa
SwIndle on the Taxpayers. =:
"Guth to Cincinnati EnqutFss. -,
: WASHINGTON, D. e., Jan. @.-HaTms
heard that the enormous sum Ut over So".
000, 600 would be required to pay claims uhuet
the Arrearage-of-Pension bill, called On
Tuesday afternoon on Mr.. Bentley, Of NJ:
consin, the Commissioner Of Pensions. ~
occupies the fire-proof building which bos9'
Shepherd built, and which broke him do"n.
on account Of its cost. Nlr. Bentley SA
yuungisi1 man. Of a plain, sincere. mannel'
and Il countenance that inspires contidelssr a,r
I asked him what it would COST " pa3
claims under the new bill. t.t,on
!" l sent an estimate into the Appropl.nsiiaUsr!
Committee yesterday said ar: be1!n 'srin,I1
in the evening newspaper The sun 80 naiInt shst
was S5lo.o0,03o. I think 1t will cos' u'e@
amount" - ,.,...,h
How in the world, Mr. Bentley, dld sssa =;
a bill. involving such consequences, p@sS 'ntet-
.Well; SIR" the Commissioner said, 4uier 4';r1
ly. III s,ipp,se it was because Congress Knsn
50 little about what they were gtss1foaz -, "a
They allow committees and i1divluua1s ~ XII wuJ
the work, and take great deal lot eaatfaIa
They thought this was bill to htlp t ev1it It il
and soldiers are voters; SO tney luz ~ s,ate,
pass. But the consequences nave ~ o&e
"Mow did tits thing get into ieF's'at1ep'
Mr.. Bentley" :. ,.o,osea
well. M. Rusk, of Wisconsin, pEoposs:at pt s;:t:
bill and estimated the cost Of pt!asi0,ls ~,
der il at about 80, ,oo 900 lie vas ~. KIprd rot
lican. Gen. Rice, Of Ohio, Democfat, ,,6H III
W bill and he thought the expen;;,gi WINES
Le about SI5,u0o. COO. The present bill foISt Int
from Mr.. Cummings, OF Iowa, VIM .',, niil.
now In Congress. 1t was s"eeplnk k:nvrn
Congress pissed it without knowlnS: KIT. MaSi ani
about it, except that it was Soldier o"'' -
It will cost $5l0, ,0O0. .O00.'' - h31f..
s'Wnat Is the nature OF the Cunnlue'
Mr.. Bentley?' o.n+tor Mt
the close OF January. 1879; but Sonle +, T. IN. m
provisions tult been enacted e;triiel. ~ mt
viucs that all pensions. past or futu1:, ries
ed in consequence Df either wounu!' ~ 1.haij
ordisuast contracted in the Rebellion, RIA
Commence either fron! the discharge 1ta ~ ri
victim from the service, or from he ;9a'1h fhaf
his death. Tht. amendments pfOElue u ~.
the rate Ut the pensions shall be eInuwsu
curtiing to the uel.siuher's disabilities NC
"How much will Il cost 10 pas peA' ::
tiInk about Sc, ,oo0, co.," said tho t,,ra ConI
missioner. lit viii Inerease FOR ssstitn1 ;stint1
years to come. The ratio Of the expes;td
If death Is mitch higher III llle!i VINO en'ii + il
in the army and survived th6 War tha!i y - ~
in Carlisie's tables of insurailce- HeIe!1hpn hspn:
the 'hIghrst il cost us for pensions lias ..,
SIS, eco n year. The United States ; ;t;sa
know. pays more for pensions tn:ais )" :.
rest Of tue Governments OF the woflo" ~ :.
, 1881-01-30

mt allowed, but landlords have liens for rent.
which con be- enforced by. attachment: pre-,
ceedlngs in Justices courts"
In Michigan distress-warrants are not a.
lowed. .~.- ~ ~.
In Louisiana dlstress-warrants age wholly
w. submit that the three millions and more
of free people in Illinois should aooHsn?any {
barbarous, cut-throat law which antnoazes al
any man to write out a warrant antn92Fctz1ng 2c
himself to seize and carry of another'maRs
property, without an oath as to the saadlty
Of his debt, and without bond or other SC, SC
cnrity for the property setzed and carried OIL
, 1881-01-30

THE result of the recent municipal elec-
tfons in France Is great triumph for Gambetta.
His only defeat seems to have taken place in hts
own old constituency, Bellcyiile, from which he
WIS elected In 1859. defeating Carnot. There his
defeat only partial, Drataret. his old friend,
having obtuined a plurality. The two extreme
Radical factions Will probably unite in support
OF Lebe4ue and elect him on the second bal1ot.
The elections hive been more disastrous to the
Communists than to the C!ericais- The latter
will have seven Representatives in the Paris
Municipal Council instead OF three. One Of
their new members. II. Herve, n Creole, born III
the 1sland Of Reunion, Is a nun ut more than
ordinary ability, and, though a Clerical, is not
greatly opposed to the Republic.
, 1881-01-30

THE TRIBUNE has commented several times
of late on the barbarian law Of distress which
disgraces the statutes Of Illinois. We Will
again state the radical defects in this law.
1t authorizes any person claiming to be
a landlord, or the agent or attorney OF q
landlord, on his own motion and in the abb
sence of any oath OF other affirmation that
there is due hin. any sum for rent to write
out warrant Of distraint, and proceed to
the premises of an occupant and seize and
carry away all the furniture or other prop
e5ty he may find there, and sccrete 1t; and
the law further authorizes the man who does
tllis to file his warrant Of distress with any
Justice of the Peace ltutng i's any part OF a
countlt, and remote from !. city, and the per-
son whose property is taken may never hear
any more OF the proceeding or Of his prop
erty, be denied the opportunity of repleyin,
or Ut even contesting the claim for rent. That
is what the letter of the law authorizes, and
that is the daily practice lit this city. {2) The
law authorizes also the Institution of
civil suit against any citizen before any JUS
tice of the Peace, residing III any purt Of
the county, compelling the persons sued to
attend the trial uf such cases, at the most
unreasonable hours, twenty-five miles dis
tant from their homes, or suffer Judgment
to be given By default. Under this author
ity of law, gangs Of dlsreputable attorneys,
equally disrcputabe Colstables, and more
disreputable Justices carry on q large
amount of this class of socalled legal busi-
ness i'll this city and county, The victims
are mostly poor laborins men and defense
less and friendiess women, who. upon the
Judgment being obtained, are robbed and
plundered of their household goods in fla
grant abuse of honesty md generally of the
commonest law Of decency and propriety.
The law should be amended SO as to render
these abuses impossible.
This feudal and brutal law we inherited
from our British ancestors-from country
where tenants have no rights and landlords
are almost as supreme and autocratlc rs
American SHAREHOLDERS used to be in the
South. A number Of States have abolished
the English distress seizure system and
others have modified it.
In Wisconsin the writ OF distress for rent
has been abolished.
In Pennsylvania the old brutal law still
exists. :
In New York distress for rent is abolished.
In Indiana dist1ess-warrants for rent are
not allowed. "
In Ohio distress-warrants for rent were
abolished long ago.
In Iowa distress-warrants. 60 7omt1ae. are
, 1881-01-30

TIE terms which Chill wants to impose on
Peru and Bolivia as the price OF peace are
severe. They include the cession OF some
Peruvian Territory; the surrender of the Pc
ruylau and Bolivian fleets; the payment of :.
an indemnify Of $50, GOO, 900, Of which Peru
is asked to pay sao,oooooo end Bolivia slo,-
o3o,ooo. The Chilians propose to occupy
Callao. and to work the Peyutian gnano de-
posits, and the Peruvian copper and saltpetre
mines until the indemnity is paid.
, 1881-01-30

DURING the year 1850. II, ,462 persons died
in this city, OF whom 1852 were born in the
United States, 1.ose in Germany, ana 7so in
Ireland. The mortality among the Infants
was disproportiorately large: there we're
3. .147 deaths Of childEen under I year. The
death rate for the year was 2o.73 per 1000 III
habitants. while in 1879 it was only 1901.
The death rate was highest i'll the Fourteenth
Ward. where twas o7.D per 200; and lowest
in the First Ward, where it was s.S3 per 600.
The death rate is lower here than in'New
York, Brooklyn, Boston. or Baltimore. The
deaths from diphtheria alone numbered $50.
, 1881-01-30

TIE challenge Of Bradlaugh by Laisant-
the latter called the former q Prussian spy and
q coward-s the subject of'some gossip Brad
laughs course In declining to fight Is generally
approved. Some OF these Frenc ch duels are con-
Quoted in rather curious fas hion. There vera
100 Of them last year. Some Of the combatants
are said to have dipped their swords IN red ink.
and when the shirt OF either com mbatant was
stained by the fluid, houorw was satisfied.
, 1881-01-30

Aln. TuonSToS was candidate for Judge
in Sullivan County, New York. last NoveH-
ber. During the canvass he promised to per-
form the duties of the judicial Office for 81, 200
per annuin. He was elected. His election
was contested in the Courts on the ground
that the offer to serve for 4 reduced salary
was in the nature Of bribe to those voters
WHO were taxpayers The Court upheld this
view of the case, and Mr.. Thornton was de-
{e1arel INELIGIBLE
, 1881-01-30

A BILL has been introduced into the Legi i
lature Of Illinois putting stop to the unjust
and malicious practice Of suing man before
Justice Of the Peace out of his own city OF
township, and compelling him to appear and
defend himself III a remote part OF the county,
in order to put him to roublc, loss OF tiae,
and destructive costs Low~1lyed shysters
are the class of collecting agents who resort
to such tricks; but the law is to blame for al
lowing them to do it.
In the surrounding Western States this
malicious persecution was stopped long ago.
In Indiana the law requires that defend
ant must be sued in his own township. ex-
cept In capias suits, or where there is no
Justice at the Peace in the town.
In Ohio the jurisdiction OF 4 Justice is lin
TIED in civil suits to his own township, ex-
cept In attachment cases, or cases Of forcible
entry and detainer; and the same law should
be adopted in Illinois.
In Iowa the Jurisdiction OF Justice ex-
tends over the county, but suits must be
brought In the township where the plaintiff
or the defendant, or one Of several defend
ants, resides.
In Michigan the law in this particular is
substantially the same as in Iowa
In New York suits must be brought in the
town where either plaintiff or defendant re-
sides, or before some Justice Of another
town next adjoining the residence o1 either
plaintiff. or defendant
We ask the special attention of the twenty
eight Cook County Representatives in the
General Assembly to this matter. 1t Is their
duty to press for change Of the law. Poor
men have a hard enough struggle for life at
best, without being subject to special perse-