The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-12-30
Treat Your Soys Well.

word: some with harsh wold and some
with an old slipper. SOM mothers Try
il in this manner you grFlt. big
lubber, get right ont o.. here and stop
that outlandish noise. viii you Don't
You know better than to whistle in the
house? iou are always in the road.
Go away. and don't let me see Nou here
again to-day Now jim, John or Pete
Whatever his name may bc-will with
draw, and boy-like will say nothing; but
ing. If we couid reach his thoughts. it
is more than likely they would run in
this channel Nov. why can't mother
give fellow a kind word once III awhile!
| know | amt the worst boy i'll the
world, but She appears to think so. Ii
] am always in her way. why does she
always call for me when she wants II pail
of water or an armiul of wood? Why
ain I | in her road then? 1t must be Il
disgrace to be a boy, for she and sisters
are always snubbing mo because | am n
boy. ! wish l was away from home,
then could have a few minutes peace.
Ii he goes down town with n view of
finding place where he is not in the
road, it is very likely that he will not
find the purest and best company in the
world The boys with whom he will
have to associate have been through the
same mill that he has, and being de-
prived of the home influence which they
should have, they arc not exactly model
boys. They will swear, smoke, chew
and play cards; and if j., the subject Of
orr sketch. falls into the same ways,
al. - IL fA4l, -.
for heavens sake make your home at
tractive for your boys. Don't find fault
with them every time they stir. because
boys are by nature noisy set. Who
would have them otherwise? Treat
your boys we'll and give them good adj
vice in small pieces; don't feed them
too much at once, or it will act in the
wrong direction. Give them kind
words, and You will never pass any
sleeplcss nights on their account \
boy who has the right kind of homo
will nere, i",w ont bal.
A CuLoRFD WoMAN's lanes. AS the
officer in a section of Boston was about
posting poor colored woman's house
to answer the requirement of the law,
previous TO selling for non-paymcnt of
sidewalk assessment. he was met by the
colored woman, who inquired the cause
of the notice. at is for compartment
of taxes" Taxes what fo"?" asked
the poor woman. For sidewalk"
ooh all, that's it, hey? Well, put
him up old woman's days must be
ended !; one after the other The gooG
Lords gone and taken the children, the
old mans gone to rest, and the old wo-
mems left all alone Put up the notice;
put it up, I say, and sell sha'nt need
it much longer. anyhow. Bless the
Lord pretty soon III go home to reign
with Jesus, then there won't be any
taxes to pay, and the poor old woman
i'll be at rest" The tax man said that
was different reception from that he
received from another woman. whose
house he posted at the other end of the
street.
OK New METHOD OF DETECTING Ar
TIrIcIAL CoLoRATIoN IN WINES. BY NJ.
Lamattina.- order to recognize arti-
fetal coloripg in wine. the simplest pro
cess is to mix 3's fluid ounces of wine
with half an ounce of peroxide of man.
gancsc, coarsely pulverized, and to
shake the mixture for ten or fifteen min
utes. afterwards filtcring through don
Bile filter. II the wine is pure, it passes
colorlcss; if colored artificially it keeps
its color. When pure peroxide of man
ganese is employed, this process il ap-
plicable to all coloring substances arti-
icially introduced, even fuchsin. When.
however the wine, after filtration, APP
pears yellowish. it is because the oxide
employed contains iron. In such cases
it is necessary to use alcohol, acctic acid
and ammonia in order to determine the
presence of fuchsin.
ORIGIN OF WORDs.-The derivation OF
many words in common use is exceed
ingly curious and interesting. Proba-
bly, few people have any idea whence
comes the word tramway," by which
the English denote horse-car track
1t is derived from the second SYLLABLE of
the word Outram. The ancestor of Sir
James Outram. a very distinguished
General. who died few years ago, took
a leading part in extending horse rail
roads for drawing coal, etc, and his
roads were called Outram ways, and
gradually the first syllable was dropped.
Another curious derivation is that of
the word "wallop," meaning to beat.
I'll wallop him" is still n frequent ex-
preston in rural England. 1t arises
from a complete naval victory of Admi-
raj Wallop. a member Of the very an
cient family of which the Earl of Ports
mouth-who also has the honor to rep
resent Sir Isaac Newton-is now the
head