The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-16
Sea Bathing at Cape May.

LOT very reasonable price. Inc nOuf
preferred for sea bathing is between II
and II A. NJ. or about three hours after
breakfast Then the surf for distance
of half mile presents very lively ap-
pearance. Men, women. boys. girls and
small children may be seen in their gro
tesque sea costumes. bobbing up and
down with the waves. or being tossed
over by them without ceremony. The
bathing-rooms are only few steps from
the surf. The discreet bather will leave
his money and iewelry at the hotel of
flee. where. for fifty cents he can buy a
bath ticket which secures bathing COS
tune. small room in which to leave his
clothes and don his robe de mer. and at
tendance. which means servant to
bring towels. water, and to look and
guard the room while you are in the
bath If you wish to bathe socially and
fashionablv, You present your ticket Mt
the office of the bath-housc about 11:3O
A. W.. and select your bathing habit. If
you are n man. IT will consist either of
one WOODEN garment. including both
SHIRT and pantaloons, or it may have
these indispensables to every well-regu-
lated masculine wardrobe in two pieces.
also Il coarse straw hat. If you are Il
woman. | don't know what you will
wear; there are some mysteries that
even IL newspaper correspondent may
not find out. From cnrsory view it Is
evident that pair of pants. very brief
dress and II hat. are components of the
toilet. Some ladies. | am told. wear
corsets and other things. | only know
that most of them look astonishingly
natural after their clothes become cling
ingly wet. Occasionally you will see an
outline that suggests the Venus of
Thorwalsden, and quite as frequently
the extremes of Ceres and Famine are
presented.
INTELLIGENCE OF Trout. 4 That
fish possess intelligence is beyond
doubt, as the well known fact of carp
coming Mt u given signal to be fed
proves. The following anecdotc of
trout, given in the Field, II Chicago
paper, is worth relating:
Its place of abode was under stone
in small pool, Immediately below n
wooden bridge, over which the path led
from the house in which we reside to
the garden. 1t was u pleasing amuse
ment for the boys to feed the trout with
worms, which were readily procured in
the garden; and the trout was fed ac-
cordingly, and soon learned to come out
from below the stone and seize the worm
thrown into the pool, whatever number
of spectators might be close at hand on
the bridge, and although some of them
might be little noisy. But it was
thought proper to try trick upon the
fc1, n,,1
small, long radish instead of worm.
Out came the trout at once, the radish
in shape and color being quite like n
worm, and caught it ere it reached the
bottom, and quickly spat it out again,
and retreated to the shelter of the stone.
Once or twice afterwards the trick was
successfully repeated, but the trout
soon learned to distinguish u radish
from worm, and ceased to come ont
for one, although prompt enough in
coming for tho other.
POISONING FROM ANILINE CoLORs.-
The Scientific american notes the first
authenticated case of poisoning by ami
line dye, which it says came under its
immediate observation. The garments
were of light wooden material, and,
having been somewhat worn, were sent
to an extensive dyeing and securing es-
tablishment in New York city to he dyed
q dark blue. The owner after wearing
the clothes for a few days in hot weather,
observed that the blue color stained his
under garments, and in the localities of
the stains he became sensible of q cuta-
neous eruption. The latter soon OK
tended on large area, which became
excessively infamed; and II pustular
state soon followed, resulting in cxcru
ciating suffering and prostration. The
case was carefully examined by several
eminent physicians of New York city,
who pronounced it one of the most Sc
we're attacks of poisoning that they had
ever encountered, and unheasitatingly
ascribed it to the dyeing of the fabric
with aniline blue. Had the sufferer
been q child or an invalid, the opinion
was the disease was violent enough to
prove fatal. Perhaps the safest rule is
to watch all colored goods when worn,
and promptly to discard the clothes on
the first appearance of the dyes discol-
oring the garments or person wherever
| it comes in contact.
How many take wrong view of life,
and waste their energies and destroy
their nervous system in endeavoring to
accumulate wealth, without thinking of
the present happiness they are throwing
away. 1t is not wealth or high station
which makes u man happy. Many of
/ the most wretched beings on earth have
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