The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-07-01
Mr.. Stewart's Old Employees.

14r. SteWart's Old Employees.
The legacies regularly provided for in
A. T. Stewards will have been paid, but
the sums of 81 900 to each employee of
twenty years standing, and $500 to each
who have been in service for ten years,
which Mrs. Stewart is told by her hus.
bands letter to bestow, have not been
disbursed. The delay is caused by the
making of lists, search of old account
books being necessary to ascertain the
claimants length of employment.
There is considerable anxiety among
employees who were in Mr.. Stewards
service few months less than ten years,
as these expect to be included among
the benefciaries. So, too, men whose
records show gaps of absence are
troubled by doubts. Another expectant
class are those who served ten years or
more, but were not in Mr.. Stewards
employ at the time of his death. Mrs.
Stewart has received many applications
from those who do not feel assured of
their success. 1t is said that several
have sold their chances to spectators.
Judge Hilton went through the retail
store, thoroughly inspecting every de-
partment, and this led to the belief that
he will take practical part in tho man.
agement of the establishment, instead
of merely looking after the finances.
Mr.. Stewart superintendent the retail
store personally, overlooking every de-
tail, and the wholesale store was largely
left to the charge of his partner, Mr..
Libby. 1t is in this former place, there
fore. that Mr.. Stewart is most missed.
The Misses Morrow, to whom Mr.. Stew
art left an annuity of $4,000 and the
Use of house, have long had charge
of the manufacturing done by the hun
dreds of women in the Tenth street
building, and are to continue in their
positions.
Workmen are busy in the Women's
Hotel, in Fourth avenue. The exterior
is being painted, and the finishing Of
the interior progresses fast
COOKING MEAT BY COLD. - Those
who have handled piece of CONCEALED
mercury, which freezes at a tempera-
ture of forty degrees below zero, will
know that the sensation is similar to
that produced by holding coal of fire
in the hand. In other words, intense
heat and intense cold bear striking re-
semblance to each other in their effects.
A Hungarian chemist, whose speciality
consists of finding out the best meth
dds of preserving meats, has made
practical use of this analogy in the
action of heat and cold, and partially
cooks his meats by subjecting them to
the action of intense cold. Strange to
tx.v l.fo IN, 1a1,, kAv>
perature is reduced to condition SINH
lar to that produced by heat. The
material must be perfectly fresh. and,
after being exposed to a temperature of
thirty degrees below zero, must be care
fully sealed in tins. 1t is found when
opened to preserve remarkable fresh
ness, and to be in o more satisfactory
condition for use than has hitherto
been attained by any method for the
same purpose. A large mandatory is
being built in Hungary for preparing
meat on this novel principle.
A USEFUL ARrIcLE.-Ammonia per-
forms wonders in the hands of skilled
housewife, if we may Judge of her tes-
timony: II knew ammonia, diluted in
water, could restore rusty silks and
clean coat collars, but when I got green
spot on the carpet, tried half dozen
things before I thought Of that, and
that was Just what did the work effectu-
ally. put O teaspoonful into about q
teacupful of hotwater, and took cloth
and wet the spot thoroughly, just rub
bling it slightly, and the ugly spot was
gone. For cleaning silver it is invalua-
Bile; it makes things as bright Us new
without any expenditure of strength;
and for looking glasses and windows it
is best of all. One day when I was
tired, and my dishcloths looked rather
gray, I turned a few drops into the wa
ter and rubbed them out, and I shall be
sure to do so again some day. 1 advise
all housekeepers to invest dime in the
purchase of ammonia, and commence u
series of chemical experiments, and see
what they can accomplish with it,"
SINGULAR CASE. "A man named
Thomas Shackleford, living near CAL
houn, KY, on Green river, during fit
of intOxicatiOn, five or Dix years ago, lay
out one cold stormy night, and when he
was found next morning and rescued, it
was discovered that he was utterly una
BILE to speak. The exposure had para
lyzed the organs of speech, and since
that time he has been unable to articu-
late, and was as dumb as if born to the
ate. Several nights ago, however, he
was suddenly awakened by fire in his
house, and it was with the utmost diff
Guilty that himself and wife were able to
extricate themselves from the burning
pile. In the midst Of the fearful ex-
citement the bonds that held his articu-
lating muscles were rended, and he in
an instant recovered the full power of