The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-19
Lod John Scott.


brot;pn Of IN Duke of Buccleuch's
birthday. to Illustrate the aptitude for
business displwed by the duke ana ms
brother, Lord ohm Scott, IN early ne.
about forty vars ago, ne sald' wnen
there had bee severe distress IN the
manufacturing districts, and among
other places in 1awick, where the duke
possesses a lare property, this noble
man and his ,rother went from one
weaving shop O another, making IN
ouiries as to tn wages paid for this and
that bit of wor. At last they came to
a shop where thy were weaving WOODEN
hose, and the mn assured his grace that
they could onlynake three-pence pair,
or about ninernce day. THAT IS
little" said Loil John to the man sit
ting at the loon; twill you allow me TO
try nv hand atthe loom, and see II l
cant make moo than you our
lordship will nike little OF this, said
the man. Lol John, however, sat
down. took up he shuttle and worked
away. the men IL the while looking on
in wonder. Afr short time he pitched
off one hose. TIM took out his watch
and worked apther, and ut last ex-
claimed. Il cold make fifteen pence
day at this worl"
An IMMENSE Is1ATE CURIoUsLY lied
Up BY TEsTAMNTARY PUBLICATIONS.
Probably the walthiest young man IN
Boston is Josh,a Montgomery Sears,
son of the late oshua Sears, who died
February 7th, 157, leaving his son heir
tn his large estte. The heir reached
his majority Christmas, but by the terms
of the will. with left the property IN
trust. he now receives but small frac-
tion of the estat. The elder Sears left
nroperty of theastimated value OF ST.
800 900. Alphets Hardy, Horatio Harris
and Hugh Montgomery being named IN
the will ms trustees. Under their man
agement the property has increased IN
value until it amounts, according 10 .ne
assessors returns of May, 1910, to ~
O26. 400 in real etate in Boston, in add
tion to investments in mortgages, ETC.,
of n like value Young Sears Is at
present n student in Yale College, and
has been educated under the guardian
shin of Hon. Abheus Hardy. he IS a
Young man of Intelligence, and is said
70 be POSSESSED of many OF the char
acteristics of his father. BY the terms
of the will the son was to receive gov,
600 when he vas twenty-one; S4,ooo
annually from that age to twenty-five
SO 900 annuallyfrom twenty-five to thir-
tv and so. 600 per year subsequently
There seems to he no direct provision III
the will that the son shall ever receive
other of the estate than the above, save
in the matter O. his education. nc
will inherit the vast property IN the
event of the sons deccase is question
for the courts .-BostOn Tureter.
A New USE FOR SEAwEEps. Another
attempt on the part OF ladies' 10 NC SCH
HELPERS demands brief record.
Miss James has conceived the IDEA
converting seaweeds into the sembianc'
of graceful flowers by certain aids iron
colors. and by an ine.2fntqp;s mol .iiii
VINO spend an Autumn month at marin
localities neglect opportunities to Sathe
and preserve them but to wear them il
hats or caps. as hair ornaments, is, ",
believe, II novclty-at least. until now
we have never seen an effort of the kind
1t is not easy to describe the effect Mis-
weeds seem artificial flowers, made from
muslin or wax examined nearer the'
are very striking. Sometimes there il
added to them the sparkle of small shells
ii some lady leader of fashion woul,
wear Il group or two she might intro
duce Il new and very graceful mode o
employing ladies', doing IL large goo(
and no harm, and aiding to abolish M
atrOcious custom--that of destroying
beautiful birds IN order to obtain means
of decoration. a lady who adopts and
supports that evil practice should find il
difficult TO he selected rs wife.
SHELTERlNG FARM MACHINERY.-Tho
sands of dollars are annually lost to the
| farmers of the United States by not
shcltcrinG and painting the machinery
used on the farm. III many places plows
are either left in the furrow or thrown
into the fence corners, and then left to
rust and decay until wanted the next
year. In fact all kinds of farm nipple
mcnts are left to the same fate. After Il
couple of years exposure the wood used
in their construction will rot at the
joints. and check up about the bolts and
become loose and weak. and will wear
out faster, run harder, and not do the
work SO we'll, simply for the want Of
proper shelter and little paint. Be
sides. there is the necessity OF buying
new or fitting up the old machines.
A Bou.rSG LAKE.-1he discovery of a
boiling lake in the Island Of Dominica
has excited much scientific interest. and
investigations of the phenomenon are 10
be made 10y biologists. II appears that
Il company exploring the steep and for
cst-coVcrcd mountains behind the town
of Rosscnu came upon this boiling lake.
about =. 800 feet above the sea level and
two milcs in circumference. ON the