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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
"Go to the Ant"

Sir John Lubbock described life and
manners among the ants in his usual
vein at the recent meeting of the Brit
ish Association. The Echo, in its recent
synopsis of his speech, represents him
as the owner and proprietor of thirty
species, which are keptin confinement.
Some of these specimens he has been
watching for four years, and as they
were bred in the previous year they are
now five years old. They resemble hui
man beings in many social aspects.
There We're, for example, slave making
ants, which in one case at least, were
entirely dependent on their slaves, and
would perish even in the midst of
plenty if left to themselves. He had
kept some of these ants, however, alive
for months by giving them slave for
an hour day to clean and feed them.
He found in the different species vari
Gus conditions of life curiously answer
ing to the caller stages of human pro-
gress. Some species lived principally
on the produce of the chase, and they
probably retained the habit once COM
mon to all ants. They resemble the
lower race of men, who subsist mainly
by hunting. They hunted singly, and
their battles were single combats, like
those of man in his early history. An
other species might be compared to the
pastoral stage of human progress, to
the race that live on the produce of
their tlocks and herds. Their commu-
mites were more numerous, they acted
more in concert, their battles were no
more single combats, but they knew
how to act in combination. Sir John s
opinion was that they would gradually
exterminate the hunting species, just as
savages disappeared before more ad-
vanced races.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
Work, Brother.

Stay, brother stay, why this useless repining2
Others have suffered like thee;
Surely the clouds have the bright silver lin
ing
If thou but hopeful will be.
Ne'er so dark the night but on the morrow
Sunlight the gloom will dispel;
Cease then thy murmuring Danish thy sorrow,
Work, and with thee twill be we'll.
Work It's far better than weeping and sigh
ing;
Work in the vineyard there's room,
Work for around thee are souls of the dying,
Work and drive out the deep gloom.
Tear down the idol which thou hast erected
Banishing self from thy heart
Never a soul so forlorn and detected,
But 10 some one might impart.
Peace, that IS born of some word tiuy spoken
Lighting the path we roam,
Soothing and binding the heart which is
broken,
Guiding the waNderer home.
DUNBAR.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
Titus and the Insect.

After Titus had contemptuously des-
ecrated and destroyed the Temple, he
caused the costly vessels to be wrapped
in the rent curtain of the Sanctuary
and borne to his ship, that he might
carry them in triumph to Rome.
But when he came to the open sea
there arose SO violent storm that the
ship was tossed from wave to wave, and
threatened each moment to sink.
"Haw cried the Roman, at seems
that the God of the Jews knows how
to conquer only upon the water He
drowned Pharaoh in the flood of the
sea; Sicera was swept away by the river
kischor, and l, also. shall be over
whelmed by the waves. If He is all
powerful, then let Him step on the
land and there make war against me. u"
Goddess one!' responded n voice
from heaven. "Thyself goddess, and
the son of goddess one have in my
world feeble creature called an insect.
Step thou on the dry land and make
war with it,"
Titus landed; but hardly had he set
his foot on the shore when from out OF
the air there came an insect which flew
straight into his nostril, and crept up
till it reached the brain, where it bored
and hummed for seven years.
One day he passed smiths forge,
and as long as the insect could hear the
blows upon the anvil it kept still.
$50 there is yet way TO quiet thee"
said Titus; and therefore he had smith
come daily and hammer before him.
To one, not Jew. he paid four gold
pieces; but to jewish smith he said
at is enough Of reward for thee 10
see thy enemy in such . condition"
For thirty days the insect needed the
blows of the hammer, after which it
became accustomed to Thorn and was no
longer disturbed, but continued TO bore
and to hum.
Rabbi Pinehas, son OF Eruba, says:
II have lived among the great of
Rome. When Titus died his skull was
opened, and the insect was found as
large as q young dove OF two pounds
in weight. Its bill was OF copper and
its claws OF IRON"
But Titus, before his death, had com.
manded that his body should be burned
and his ashes strewn over seven seas,
so that the God OF the Jews should not
find and bring him to Judgment
The Hebrer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
Keeping Things Lively.

Two women caught sight of each
other in one of our dry goods stores
the other day, and, rushing forward
simultaneously with outspread arms,
nearly dislocated one another's noses in
trying to find each others mouths.
why, la bless you, Mrs. Huxley. I'm
so glad to see you," said one. with a
quick, nervous voice, as she fell back n
little after the scrimmage, and furled
her features into a look of satisfied Joy,
warm enough to soften ice. You're
looking so splendidly we'll, too; it's n
wonder l knew you, wouldn t, though,
l don't think, if you hadn't smiled first.
But, dear me, what a dreadful long
time it's been since l saw you-it seems
an age. You live in Middletown yet, l
suppose?"
"Oh, mercy, Move left there three
months ago and moved to Hamilton. +"
You don't say"
"Yes-but you? l was remarking to
Xix the other day that I'd lost all track
of you"
Were in Lawrenceburg now, and
do so wish you could come and see u.s.
I've got 50 much to tell you. You
wouldn't believe how times have
changed with us. I've got so much to
tell you. Got nice home now, and
everything nice, -three bedrooms up
stairs. large hall, elegant parlor, lovely
sitting-room, splendid dining-room,
pantry and kitchen, big yard and
garden, and the sweetest lot of plants
you ever saw, and what dye think?
Alex has really got to like flowers; any
how, he don't upset EN- any more, and
growl all the time about their always
being in the way"
But Louise?"
"What! hadn't you heard ii? We
sent you paper with the notice. Why,
she's been married six months, nearly"
You don't tell me. But how did she
DOE"
"Splendidl A widower with farm
and three children, and church mem
Der. too. He's not so much for looks,
but he's an awful good man, and stands
high in the neighborhood. She couldn't
a done better"
THAT is nice, but i. he good to her ~
80 es,-too good, l tell him some
times. But they do get along just the
incest kind, as happy as larks all the
time. 1t almost brings tho tears to
hear her call him an old fool and a bald
headed idiot as soon as he steps into the
house. She always was so lively, you
know"
"What. Do they quarrel already ?"
inquired the Middletown lady, with a
panied look of anxiety.
why, uncertainty not, never
you couldn't hire EN- to.
But you said she called him horrid
names, and threw up his looks"
"Ob, yes, of course, and she may
even spank the children right before
his eyes, and tell him they are peck
of good for-nothing, thick headed little
beggars; but then it's only her way, you
know, and she don't mean anything by
it, of course. It's only way she has
of being cheerful and keeping things
'livened up around the house. 1 tell
you Louise amt going to let the dust
settle around her much, no matter
where she is" Cincinnati BREAKFAST
Table.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

A girl in the bread and butter period
of sixteen or thereabouts, very gauzily
attired, boarded Lincoln avenue car
and plunged herself upon Q seat to
which the sun had for some time been
devoting individual attention. In few
seconds she sprang up, searched in vain
for fire, blushed. sat down, and gazed
nervously at vacancy. The sympathet-
lie conductor hurried to her side and
asked her if she was sunstruck. mind
your business" she jerked ont pettish-
ly. and the boy in blue went aft to mod
itate. Chicoqo Tfrss.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
Sheridan's Ride.
o

A correspondent writes rs follows:
At this iuncture, when the Army of the
Shenandoah was girding itself for re-
taliation, and not, as some records have
it, when it was fleeing northward in dis
may, General Philip H. Sheridan, its
beloved and invincible commander,
reached the field at the end of his
famous ride. The writer of this letter,
in company with an officer of the Sixth
Corps staff was sitting on his horse at
the time, just behind a battery stationed
on the left of the main turnpike extend
ing down the valley. Across this turn
pike, short distance in front, the left
flank of the army had been partially re-
formed.
Both my companion and myself
turned at the sound of single horses
hoofs Gathering down the turnpike at
headlong speed. Sheridan rode alone.
He had left one after another of his
staff behind to aid in the work in which
many gallant officers were engaged,
the hard work Of cursing, urging and
shaming back to the front the panic
striker or bewlldered fugitives who
thronged the roads and woods toward
Winchester. A single aid, Tor it might
have been an orderly, was seen far
away in the dusky perspective, urging
his tired charger after the general
down the pike.
The generals black horse was stained
with dust and lather. Sunburnt.
eager, and filled with ire, Little Phil
rode with spurs set deep; and eyes that
reminded one of lightning fuses. |
l. Il e. no Ia ttrgt L.
costed. Tightening his bride while l
galloped forward at his recognition, he
shouted
"Where is General Wright ?"
indicated the direction where had
seen the latter general about half an
hour before, and, curious to witness
the effect of his sudden arrival, (unex-
pected as it must certainly have been to
every one on the feld), l followed
Sheridan at full speed.
Continuing down past the battery,
and then swerving to the left in front
of it, he soon reached the line of battle,
such as it was. He could not ride far
without being recognized. One after
another of the officers discovered him.
There's Sheridan ~ Here comes the
general r Hip! hip hurrah for
Little Phil y rang out upon the air.
With telephone rapidity the news
sped from regiment to regiment, brigade
to brigade, division to division, corps
to corps. Hats went up like conjurer's
balls. The soldiers spitted their caps
on their bayonets, and waved them to
and fro. Cheers broke forth and
swelled. Generals and colonies mount
ed and rode out to salute the fiery little
hero, nj whose coming every heart in
the ranks beat with gertrude of APP
preaching triumph. Custer, on his
way to complete the disposition of his
squadrons, caught sight of his com.
mander, and, it was said, spurred up
and kissed him at a gallop. Lifting
and swinging his cap, Sheridan hailed
everybody with enthusiasm; but every
word he said meant business. Wherever
he got within hearing distance of the
troops he shouted, Get ready for
fighting! We're going back to camp r.
meaning the camp on Cedar Creek,
from which the army had been driven
in the morning.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
Intelligence Items.

pennsylvania reports l'f'Ofl 1arms'
Great Britain has 1900 acres of
hops.
This wears wool cl;n ia ohort oOO
000, 900 pounds.
Canada Is tronbled nv ., oIorrino
Increase Of the canIer warm M "-'' IL - 3
I.'''o Va '"0 o"HA'i "'iH'
q good steom WAGON Gov ~ t5o ,own nV rood iDi
III -, ~ .I Wv" 'O'', y,
ing NUMBER Oh cattle annually lana
''aue n'eie'. III 'hiS country Is ''ooo'ooo'
Liverpool butchers are importing
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

Jessie Pomeroy, the boy murderer, is
IN bad odor at the Concord prison. He
was lately allowed to work, but viii
fully spoiled e75 worth of stock. and
now none Of the officers are allowed 10
speak to him, his reading permit is
taken from him, and he has 10 endure
solitary confinement with moth ing TO do.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

KEEP BoRAx IN THE HousE.-A wri-
ter in the Adrocate says: In the laun-
dry it is economical, as it saves both
labor and soap. and is really cheaper
than the latter. For blankets and other
large articles it is especially valuable,
and in all cases the use OF little borsx
will save half the labor whom articles
are much soiled. 1t is perfectly effec-
tual in driving away real ants, cock.
reaches, etc. if aprinkled around on
shelves, or put in small quantities on
paper and placed in the ran-ways Of
insects. Bora1 is also of great value
for toilet uses. For removing dsnd-
ruff and cleansing the hair it is I'M
equaled. 1t is also q good remedy for
rough face and chapped hands. Its
application to wounds, sores, bruises,
sprains, etc. proves very salutary, and
is often the only remedy required,
even in severe cases.
Short horn busted bugle.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

A horse owned by a Nashville man
swallowed spider the other day and
died instantly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

A LITTLE OFF CoLoB.-An English
paper reports the following interview
Dog seller-"rhat ere mammals the
real stock, mum, and dog cheep at five
pounds. Young vidov-"Its a sweet.
pretty darling. black and white; but
IN my present state Of bereavement ou
procure me ono entirely black. This
Wall do very we'll for half-mourning, in
about six month";
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

RESTORED NOSES. Sir Leonard Flo
ravanti, of Bologna, states that when in
Africa he saw quarrel between n
Spanish gentleman and military Off
Ger, in which the latter struck off the
nose of the former, aud it fell in the
sand. The surgeon washed it in warm
water, carefully replaced it, bound it
up, and at the end of eight days found
ii perfectly healed. Taliacotus records
a similar case, in which a man, losing
his nose, left it in the gutter while he
pursued his opponent. On his return
the nose was applied, and adhesion fol-
lowed. DR.. Barthelemy records the
case of an officer at Lyons, in 1915, who
had the end of his nose cut off in duel.
He put the severed portion in his
pocket, kept it warm, returned home
aud sent for q surgeon, who replaced it,
and adhesion followed. DIR. Reynault
gives case in which q nose adhered
after it had been bitten off and kept in
the owners pocket for five hours. Ga
rengeot, n celebrated French surgeon,
asserts that he has seen a nose, which
had been bitten off in a quarrel, thrown
upon the ground. allowed 10 cool, taken
mp, fixed to the face, and made to nd.
here again. Blegny. Lombard, Loubet
and others record similar cures where
noses have been lost by sabre outs.-
Boston Courier.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
"a Most Inc0rrigible Ounce"

An Irish boy, when seven years old,
was placed at private school in Dublin.
SO dull and unpronising was he that the
master after years trial, pronounced
him "a most incorrigible Ounce" In
this opinion the boys parents con-
Cured. Thirty years after, that sin
corrigible Ounce" was the subject Of
another pronunciamento. For the Brit
ish people pronounced him the most
brilliant orator m the House of Com
mons, the brightest wit of the clubs,
and the best writer of English come
dies. That boy was Richard Brinsley
Sheridan.
The incident may be consoling to
parents and teachers having to do with
children whose intellect develops
slowly. 1t is also warning against
the exhibition of impotence, or the
pronouncing of hasty judgment, be-
cause child does not learn so rapidly
as his fellows.
If Sheridan's teacher and parents had
observed him carefully, they would
have seen that the boy, though dull in
study, was quick-witted enough to
hold his own with his schoolmatcs.
One day the conversation among the
school-boys turned upon the rank and
wealth of their respective fathers. The
son of physician boosted that his
father was "a gentleman, professionally
attending several of the nobility"
And so is my father, and he is as
good as your father, any day replied
little Sheridan.
"Ah! but your father is an actor,
Dick-a player upon the public stage
therefore he can't be a gentleman"
you may think so, Sheridan quick
ly shouted, "but I don't. Your
father Kills people, mine only am'tses
them. Youth'S Companion.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17

Short horn busted bugle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-05
A Mexican MOnStrOsity.

The WdzdtLjn Occidental, a Mexican
paper, contains an account of an en-
traordinary phenomenon in human ma
ture. The mother of this living curl
osity is named Antonio Garcia, resid-
ing in Rosario, State of Sinaloa. Her
husband is Lorenzo Rodriguez, native
of Chapuderos, District of Concordia,
in the same State. About nine years
ago Antonio gave birth to twins, boys,
who still live. Two years afterward
she gave birth to three children, all of
whom had reached a natural state
About year ago she gave birth to an
other child, which promises to develop
into monstrosity. This boy child was
born at Copala, and as soon as the
phenomenon was known to exist the
parents had good grounds to believe
that it would be stolen, so they moved
to Rosario. The child, according to
the story of its progenitors, was born
without other defect than having an in
dentation on its skull in the shape of a
cross. But in a little while the head
commenced to grow enormously, and
at the end of one year was from twelve
to fourteen inches in diameter. The
indentation, in another sense, may be
said to resemble a hand-grenade, in the
form of cross, commencing at the
forehead and running back to the nuca
or nape of the neck. The other part of
the cross extends from ear to ear. The
lamentations are from two to three
inches in width, and slightly covered
with hair. In the nighttime, by put
ting light across the head, the brains
and other material can be plainly seen,
as if a lighthouse were shining upon
them. The eyelids of this creature, in
stead of being above the eye, are below
and almost encircling it, growing up
ward. The forehead has almost disap-
peared, on account of the deformity of
the head. The whole body is extreme
ly rickety, and the skin appears to
stick to the dry bones. The monstrosity
weighs little over ten pounds, is
healthy, and promises to live many
years, and is beloved by its parents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-05
The Wife's Mission.

What do you think the beautiful word
wife" comes from? 1t is the great
word in which the English and Latin
languages conquered the French and
Greek. | hope the French will some
day get word for it instead of that
dreadful femme. But what do you think
it comes from? The great value of the
Saxon words is that they mean some
thing. Wife means weaver" You
must either be housewives or house.
moths; remember that. In the deep
sense, you must either weave men fort
unes and embroider them, or feed upon
and bring them to decay. Wherever a
true wife comes, home is always around
her. The stars may be over her head,
the glow-worm in the night-cold grass
may be the fire at her feet, but home is
where she is; and, for a noble woman,
it stretches far around her-better than
houses ceiled with cedar or painted with
vermillion, shedding its quiet light for
those who else are homeless. This |
believe to be the woman's true place
and power.-RuSkin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-05
Orders Obeyed.

The Bombay Gdzette says: ga Young
Sub-Lieutenant left his regiment short
time ago on sick leave, and put up at
the best hotel, not hundred miles
from Poontah, where he was immedi-
ately smitten by the attractions of a
lovely maiden who was staying there
He proposed, was accepted, and the
happy day was fixed. The Colonel,
however, disapproved of Sub-Lieuten-
ants getting married, and particularly
of the marriage of the sub in question
As he happened to be friend of the
young mans father, he thought to pre-
vent the union of the fond couple by
sending peremptory telegram couched
in the following words: Join at once
The son of Mars was in despair. He
presented himself before his intended
with the fatal missive in his hand and
anything but a look of pleasure in his
countenance; but the lady was equal to
the occasion. With a blush of maiden
ly simplicity and virgin innocence, she
cast her eyes on the ground and re-
marked: Dear me! I'm glad your
Colonel approves fthe match, but what
hurry he is in! | don't think can get
ready so soon, but I'll do my best, be-
cause, of course, love, the commands of
your Colonel must be obeyed' The
young warrior was puzzled. Don't
you see, my darling he said, that this
confounded telegram puts Il stopper on
our plans? You don't seem to under
stand the telegram. He says peremp-
torily: Join at once" The lady's
bushes redoubled, but, with look of
arch simplicity, she raised her lovely
eyes to her fance and replied: : 1t is you,
my darling, who don't seem to under
stand it. Your Colonel says plainly:
"Join at once" by which he of course
means get married Immediately. What
else can he possibly mean?' A look of
intelligence replaced the air of bewilder-
ment in the young hero's classic feat
ures, and, bestowing a regular fen de
joie of chaste salutes on her rosy lips,
he accepted the explanation, and was
enabled to answer the Colonel's tele-
gram in forty-eight hours afterward in
these words: Your orders are obeyed.
We were joined at once. '"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-05

sent to the Penitentiary for two years.
Regaining his liberty at the expiration
of his Imprisonment, he resolved to
drink no more. He only too well knew
his failing and was cognizant of what it
was bringing him to. The habit had
become so strong with him that he
could not resist the temptation, and it
was not long before he was sent back to
his old quarters for two years more, for
committing arobbery at Elwood. Short
ly after being placedin the Penitentiary
he killed a fellow-convict. and was given
two years and half more.
Tracy is a marble-cutter by trade, and
his skill in that line is recognized by all
who know him. While in the Peniten-
tiary he got up model piece of work
manship, which was forwarded to Phil
adelphia, and took the premium at the
Centennial. For this he had six months
of his time committed.
Let us now, for while, turn back to
that quiet little household in Andrew
County. What was Mrs. Tracy doing
these long, weary years? Grieved as she
was, and justly incensed as she might
have been, she remained constant and
true, and was awaiting the time when
her husband might return to her, and
reform and spend the remainder of his
days in sobriety and happiness. Thus
she continued to be until hearing of his
last crime. Under the mistaken appre-
hension that he was to be imprisoned
for life, she married again.
4 Last week James Tracy, for the first
time in four years, placed his feet upon
the threshold of his old home. Imagine,
if you can, the meeting of the husband
and wife under the circumstances; she
still ignorant, up to that time, of the
length of his sentence, and he of her
second marriage. Sad and fearful was
the scene. They both took a sober,
thoughtful view of the situation, and
recognizing the fact that "What had
been done could not be undone," he told
her to live as she had been and try to
forget that he had ever returned. He
made his children several presents, gave
his wife some money, and took his de,
parture for st. Joseph, telling his wife tc
give the children a good education and
if they wanted anything to write to him.
James Tracy is engaged at work in
st. Joseph, and it is to be hoped, late
as it is, that he has come to his right
senses and will hereafter lead a sober
and industrious life.-St. Joseph mo. J
HernIH