The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-07-01

A. has been announced, the principal
edifices on the Centennial grounds will
be closed at six o'clock in the evening;
but thousands of promenaders who will
have, in the course of two or three weeks
visiting, wearied of the displays Of ma
chinery, pictures and curiosities from
every cline, will throng to the park in
the cool dusk, and will patronize the
concerts and the restaurants, and will
stroll in the leafy avenues. It will he
difficult to find, in the whole country, in
the months of June and July, any place
of resort more absolutely lonely than
this section of Paramount Park will be
when the exhibition is at the height of
it's glory. In the various State build
ings receptions, balls and quiet parties
will frequently be given; the foreign
Commissioners will hold levees in their
handsome quarters, and elegant crowds
will gather on the balconies of the
American Restaurant" which spreads
its rambling halls over large territory
in beautiful shaded nook. These bal
comics are vast, and will be a refuge
to the weary during the heat of the days.
There will be exhibitions of electric
lights, which will illuminate the statues,
the fountains, the stately dome of Me-
mortal Hall, and the graceful arches of
the mammoth Conservatory. Both with
in the exhibition enclosure, and just out
side of it, there will he numerous excel
lent concerts. A huge theatre is in pro-
cess of construction on the main avenue
leading to the grounds. 1t is not too
much to say that if attractions continue
to multiply as they have latterly multi
piled, evening at the Centennial will be
far more interesting to the masses than
the day. It is pity that requisite Or
chestra, Bilse's of Berlin, whose coming
was Mt one time mentioned rs certain,
can not be induced to locate here for the
Summer. But Prussian military band
is promised-and what with Offenbach
and the Germans, and Thomas, and some
of the excellent orchestras from neigh
boring cities we shall have no lack of
music. In the long Summer afternoons
excursions on the Schuylkill, on the 70.
mantle Wissahickon, and to Belmont
Mansion can be organized whenever eyes
and ears are weary of miles of pictures
and statuary, or Of the thunderous re-
frain of acres of machinery in motion.
philadelphia Correspondence Boston
Journal.
SrAMMER1Na. - A gentleman who
stammered from childhood almost up to
manhood, gives very simple remedy
for the misfortune. go into room
where you will be quiet and alone, get
some book that will interest but not ex-
cite you, and sit down and read two
hours aloud to yourself, keeping your
teeth together. Do the same thing ev-
cry two or three days, or once week if
very tiresome, always taking care to
read slowly and distinctly, moving the
lips but not the teeth. Then, when
conversing with others, try to speak as
slowly and distinctly as possible, and
make up your mind that you will not
stammer. Well, tried this remedy,
not having much faith in it, I must
confess, but willing to do almost any,
thing to cure myself of such an annoy.
ing difficulty. I read for two hours
aloud with my teeth together. The first
result was to make my tongue and jaws
ache, that is, while I was reading; and
the next to make me feel as if some-
thing had loosened my talking appa-
ratus, for I could speak with less diff
Guilty Immediately. The change was SO
great that every one who knew me re-
marked it. 7 repeated the remedy every
five or six days for a month, and then at
longer intervals until cured"
A GERMAN author states that the num-
Der of useful plants has risen to about
$4,000, but that others will no doubt be
discovered, as the researches yet made
have been completed only in portions of
the earth. Of these plants there are
1850 varieties of edible fruits, berries
and seeds; 1O3 cereals; 81 onions; AGO
vegetables and salads 40 species of
palms; 81 varieties Of arrowroot, and 81
different kinds of sugar. Various drinks
are obtained from 200 plants, and aro-
MATES from 266. There are fifty SUBJ
stitutes for coffee, and 129 tea. Tannin
is present in 140 plants, caoutchouc in
Sc, gutta percha in Q, rosin and balsamic
gums in 1893, wax in 10, and grease and
essential oils in $50; So plants contain
potash, soda and iodine; $50 contain
dyes, Al soap; $50 contain weaving
fbers; A fibers used in paper making;
4S give roofing materials, and 100 are
employed for hurdles and copses. In
building, 74O plants are used, and there
are 615 known poisonous plants. One
Of the most gratifying developments is,
that out of 278 known natural families
of plants, there are but Is species for
which no use has yet been discovered.
BOARDING SILVER. - People will
hoard silver. They love it, and it
pleases them to get up little " corner
Of their own on the stuff. Misers es-
pecially love the jingle of the shining
metal md renardless of scarcitY in