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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07
Hints About Food.

Highly concentrated food, having much
nourishment in small bulk, is not favor
able to digestion, because it cannot be
properly acted upon by the muscular
contractions of the stomach, and is not
so infinitely divided as to enable the gas
trio juice to act properly. This is the rea-
son why certain b,dk Of food is needful
to good digestion; and why those people
who live on whale oil and other highly
nourishng food in cold climates, mix
vegetables, and even saw dust, with it to
make it more acceptable and digestible,
so in civilized lands fruits and vegetables
are mixed with more highly concentrated
nourishment. For this reason a lso, soups,
jellies ard arrowroot should have bread
or crackers mixed with them. This af-
fords another reason why coarse bread of
unbo!ted wheat SO often proves beneficial.
In England, under the administration of
William Pitt, for two years or more there
was such scarcity of wheat that, to
make it hold out longer, parliament
passed law that the army should have
all their bread made of unbolted flour.
The result was that the health of the sol
dicrs improved so much as to be subjects
of surprise to themselves, the officers and
the physicians. These last came out pub
licly and declared that the soldiers were
never before so robust and healthy and
that disease had nearly disappeared from
the army. The civic physicians joined
and pronounced it the healthiest bread
and for time it was used almost exclu-
sively. We thus see why children should
not have cakes and candies allowed them
between meals. Besides being largely
carbonaceous, these are highly concen-
trated nourishments, and should be eaten
with more bulky and less nourishing sub
stances. The most indigestible of all
kinds of foods are fatty and oily sub
stances, if heated. 1t is on this account
that piecrust and articles boiled or fried
in fat or butter are not so healthful as
other food. The following, then, may be
put down as the causes of a dcbilitated
constitution from the misuse of food Eat
ing too much, eating too often, eating too
fast, eating food and condiments that are
too stimulating, eating food that is too
warm or too cold, eating food that is
highly concentrated without proper adj
mixture of less nourishing matter, and
eating hot food that is difficult of digcs-
tion.-1mericdn lVomdn's Home.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07
How d New Pope is Installed.

After the Concave of Cardinals has
elected one of its own number as Pope,
the one thus chosen is at once apprised of
the result by the Cardinal Deacon, where
upon he, after declaring his purpose to
accept, in the first place chooses the
name which, as Pope, he intends to bear.
lie then exchanges his attire as Cardinal
for the Papal robe, ascends the throne
and bestows the benediction upon the
Cardinals, who kiss his hand. The cere-
mony ends by the Cardinal Camerlengo's
placing upon his finger the ring of the
fisherman, which he then hands to the
Master Of Ceremonies, that his new name
may be engraved upon it. Meanwhile
the Cardinal Deacon, accompanied by
Macter of Ceremonies, repairs to the
great balcony over the main entrance of
st. Peters, which was walled up at the
beginning of the COnclavc, orders it to
DC openedipublicly announces the election
(Papam habemus), as well as the name of
the Pope, and throws a slip upon which
the name is written among the multi
tude. AT the same time the cannons in
the Castle st. Angelo are fired, the sol
diers on parade in the piazza of st. Pc
'oi hiS u SdIutt, anu all Tie DellS III INC
city ring.
Rome aud the Catholic world have a
Pope again. During the first week, how
ever, until the time of his conservation
and coronation, the new Pope performs
no public functions, and although he
already actually governs he does not yet
issue bulls under the leaden seal, but
only briefs sealed with the tisherman's
ring.
The ceremonial observed at the corona.
ton is regulated with Byzantine circum-
stantiality. The solemnity eliminates
at the moment when the Pope, after hav-
ing celebrated mass and received holy
communion, mounts the throne on the
great balcony over the main entrance of
st. Peters Church, in view of the whole
people, and is crowned by the Cardinal
Deacon with the triple crown. The
latter addresses the Pope in these words,
in Latin:
"Recive the tiara crowned with three
crowns, and know that thou art the ia
Their of Princes and Kings, the ruler ofthe
universe, on earth the vicar of our Sa-
viour Jesus Christ, to whom be honor and
glory world without end. Amen"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

A WoMAN's SIGHT RESTORED FOR TEN
MINUTES. - Mrs. Abbott, who resides
within few miles of Pitts Point, in
this county, says the Elizabeth Ken
tucky) Neus, had singular circum-
stance happen to her one day last week.
She has been totally blind for about
eight years, but for about ten minutes on
the day in question she recovered her
sight and was enabled during that brief
period to see everything about the house,
something she had not been able to do
for eight years before. The house
had recently been newly papered and
painted, and when total blindness came
over her again, she described accurately
the various colors used in this papcring
and painting. Her son had married
since she lost her sight and she had
never seen her daughter-in-law, but in
the period she was restored to sight she
saw her, and afterward described her APP
pearance accurately. The momentary
accident occasioned by the miraculous
restoration to sight was as suddenly dis
sipated by its equally instantaneous loss,
and she is now as blind as ever. This
case is one of singular interest.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

In one of our Sunday schools lately, q
teacher was instructing juvenile class
about the word glutton. "Suppose," said
she, "a man should set down to dinner
and eat as much as four persons; then get
up and go to restaurant and eat lot
more; then fill his pockets with crackers
and cheese and keep eating. What
would you call such a personl The boy
who can answer, please hold up his hand. y
Up went the hand of IA six year-old bog.
"Well, what would you call such MANI
asked the teacher. "A burned hog" raug
out with clear and we'll itdiicised re-
ply Whitehall Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

The landlady brushed back the bought
en- curl from her a!abastcr brow, as
she asked her favorite boarder on Christ
mas if he would have some of the spring
chicken; and true to its name, the fowl
sprung from the dull points of the
carvingfork like rubber ball, into
the lap of the young man with yellow
pantaloons Oh. The spring chicken
proved to be an infringement on the
Goodyear patent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

81 NEVER can enjoy poetry when I'm
cookin'," said an old lady. But when
| step out to feed the hogs, and hist my
self on the fence, and throw my soul
into few lines of 'Cap'n Jinks,' it does
seem as if this airth was made to live on,
after ALL"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

WICKEDNEss AND SUPERSTITION. -
Catherine de Mcdicis, of France, was one
of the vilest and most interruptions
women that ever sat upon throne. The
court of France was utterly corrupt un-
der her reign, and while she directed the
policy of her son, Charles IN. She did
not shrink IRON poison or assassination
to remove enemies. Without faith in re-
liGion, aud Indifferent to morality, her
influence on France was as powerful for
evil as that of Jezebel the Queen who
ruled Ahad and Israel.
But this woman, So bold, and reckless.
and unbelieving, was a helpless victim
to superstitious fears. She was crcdu-
lous as a child, and believed in super
natural visions. When she became
Queen, an astrologer lived in her palace
and attended her in all her journeys She
never engaged in any scheme without
first consulting the stars. 4 comet,
shining in her dining room, was thought
to be such an evil omen that she was
frightened into q fatal sickness. After
her death, all sorts of amulets aud charms
were found about her person. Supersti-
tious thoughts made her timid and
wretched, and did not help her morals.
Religion would have improved her char
acter, and freed her from degrading fears.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

LEAN BEEF STEw.-When you have a
bit Of lean beef that is too tough to roast,
broil or fry, be glad, for you have the
making of a savory dish. Cut in mouth
fuls, rejecting gristle, and stew with
plenty of water in Il covered saucepan.
Don't boil the flavor of the meat up gar
ret either, but keep the mess at gentle
stew, to simmer on the back of the stove,
for nearly two hours. Skim off the fat
and calculate to have one-half as many
halves of small potatoes as there are
mouthfus of meat, just cooked through
by the time the beef is tender. To boil
the latter till the fibre parts or the pota
toes till they 60 to paste isn't the thing
at all. AT dishing up give shake of
pepper and salt and the water should be
wasted to a gravy without the least burn
ing. In making so plain dish for pco-
Pile who imagine there is no richness in
gravy that is not brown, it may be neces-
sary to stir in the seasoning with an iron
spoon that has had a pinch of sugar
burned in it.
DRESSED CHICKEN.-Dress the usual
way for stewing, scarcely covering with
water; boil very tender, remove all the
bones, pick the meat into small bits, sea
son well with butter, pepper, and salt.
By this time there should not be over
half or two-thirds of cup of gravy.
Boil again slowly, ten or fifteen minutes,
and place in dish to mold When per
fectly cold cut in slices.
light RoLLs.-Sct as much sponge
chop yeast as would make biscuit for two
meals for family of six. After the
sponge has risen the first time add the
usual amount of lard or butter, three
well-beaten eggs, two tablespoons of
white sugar, then flour, knead thorough
ly, halve the quantity, and roll each sepa-
rately to about two thirds of an inch in
thickness; spread lightly layer of lard,
and place one above the other; cut with
a blscuit-cutter, and place in pans to
raise; grease the top over with melted
lard; when light enough bake in mod.
crate oven.
New ENGLAND Brown BREAD-Four
cupfuls rye meal, three of yellow Indian
meal, one small cupful molasses, one tea
spoonful soda, one half teaspoonful cream
tartar; mix very soft with sour milk, or
buttermllk; little salt, steam four hours
and bake two.
RINGwoRN REMEDY.-Oil of paper
made by burning a sheet of ordinary
writing paper upon a plate will cure
ringworm, which is caused by contagion
or some impurity in the blood; the oil
will be seen after the paper is burned, in
the form of yellow spot: this applied
with the finger twice a day will in very
short time, cure the worst of ringworms.
RELIEF FOR THE cara poultice of
bread and vinegar, as hot as bearable, APP
piled to the ear, is a sure and immediate
relief.
CANKER IN THE MoUru.-Tannin will
cure canker sore mouth, by applying dry
three times day.
CANKER IN THE Mourn. - This can
be cured by applying pulverized alum on
the canker three or four times day.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

He was from the country, and he
came to town for the first time. AS he
looked at the telegraph wires, he said,
why do you make youi wire fences SO
high?"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07

A BEGGAR WHO PAID.-Probably peo-
pie give nothing away for which they so
little expect return as charity to a
tramp" But even in this the gvers
are occasionally surprised. The Lafay-
cite 0nd.) Courier says:
On one of the coldcst days last winter,
1867, German man called at house
in the Fourth Ward and asked for some
thing to eat, saying that he had just come
from kankakee, and his feet were frozen.
The lady gave him something to eat,
medicine for his feet, and a pair of socks.
He went away, and nothing was seen of
him until last January, when he returned
and wanted to pay for the things he had
received last winter. He would not
leave until the lady had taken fifty cents,
with the promise that she would feed
the next poor fellow who came along.
He then went away satisfied.
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21

constantly hunted, the whale fishery will
probably soon bs given up a. q regular
branch Of industry. A white whale wa,
captured in the Cult OF st. Lawrence In
1861, and kept on public exhibition in
wster-tank for nearly two years. He
was ten feet long and weighed ZOO
pounds. During his confinement he
showed some capacity for education
He was sufficiently well.trained 10 allow
himself tO'be harnessed to car, In which
he drew young lady around the tank.
he learned to recognize his keeper, and
would allow himself 10 be handled by
him, and at the proper time weuld come
and put his head out of the water 70
receive the harness or take food. At
times he showed q playful disposition and
amused himself with splashing about In
the water, and at other times with toss
ing stones with his mouth. He often
took In his mouth q sturgeon and a
small shark, which were confined In the
same tank, and alter playing with them
or while allowed them to 20 up.
harmed. An anatomical description Of
this animal, illustrated by plates, has
been contributed to the Boston Society
If Natural History.
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
Diet and the Fever.

The Christmas issue Of the popular
Science Monthly has an article ON yellow
and similar fevers, from the pen Of DIR.
Oswald, in which be mentions. a. q
prominent cause Of malaIial inteymit,
tent anu yeIIOw Fever, and the black
death" OF the middle ages, the vicious
diet OF the populations rather than any
other discoverablc cause in the locality,
such as moisture or drought. He repre-.
sents that Mohsmmedans and Jews were
then and are now more exempt from
fevers than other white races. The In.
dians of the Amazon attribute feve,s
directly to the eating .ot meat. The
former nations are, il not exclusively,
still very much of vegetable feeders,
while the Indians and negroes OF the
tropics live on vegetables and fruit al.
most exclusively. During our hot trop.
ical summers we live and eat as II they
were still enduring the rigon Of an
arctic winter; our. houses and clothes,
cur hours of repast, Of york and of sleep
are all based on false notions. We have
no ventilation for our dwellings and
bodies, do not hathe enough in summer,
do not sleep or rest alter meals, and
violate the laws of health by consuming
great quantities OF meat and other heat-
ing food.
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
Anclent Anatonists.

Tho ancient anstomist must have felt
zsal for the science which makes the
imagipation shudder. It reached to
nothing less than disaecting men alive;
for this purpose the bodies Of criminals
were devoted. Herophilus, . Greek
physician Of Chalceion, who 6ouriahed
go years before the Christian esa, 10
said 70 have been one of tho first who
dissected human bodies. Tertullian
says he dissected them alive but O0cchi,
who published . Dissertation in 1885
denies that he was guilty Of this bashsr.
ity. Herophilus, by an unprecedented
spirit Of Investigation, discovered; q
some report, the lscteals, the nerves,
with their various uses, the glands, the
pulse, ETC., and gave to the different parts
Of the human frame the names which
sIsx -s,ll bear. I..".s :.
Inc dissection Of dad bodies was, ct
no very late period, iookAd on - 70.
rilege;. and the Emperor Charles Y,
ordered consultation Of the thsoloeians
OF Salamanca 10 determine whether. n
point Of conscience, . body might b
di.ected in order to obtain a'knowledps
of its structure.
In the month Of January. I474, the
physicians and surgeons Of Paris repre-
sented 70 Louis XII. that several pes.ous
OF condition were sfiIicted with the
stene, collie, pains and stitches in the
side that 1t would be proper 10 insptct
the parts where these disorders were
sngendered that the greatest light they
could receive would b nom performing
an operation on living man, and them.
fore they begged that . franc archer.
condemned to be hanged for robbery.
who was frequently afflicted with these
complaints, should BE- delivered 10 them.
Iheir petition was granted, and.the
operation, the first In lithoiomy 1vtf
made, was publicly performed In st.
Severln's Churchysrd. After the ope-
rators had exanined and made their
experims ntrthe bowels were replaced IN
the body, which was sewed up, and 90
well dressed that in iortnight's time
the man was cured and pardoued Of bis
crimes. ......a y {
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
The Secret Revealed.
Burlington Hawkeye


Florence De Lsigne, who recently pub
lished some verses. on Autumn" In these
coinn,..-, Tr.ites to ask. Who Is respon-
sible for the typdHi., I;csl error. in ths
Hawkeyef' Lean down heYe, r,r-. :. .'
while we whisper in your ear "-sh
nobody is The editor writes no plainly
that even blind man can spell out hi
words; the competitors are college men,
who have edited papers of their own, and
they set up NE matter exactly a. writ
ten. and ce.rectwhat mistakes the editor
makes; fns proof-reader is professor OF
rheto,e and phiIology in an Iowa college;
ant never made Q mistake in his life.'
I'D be correct what lew mistakes the
compoitors may make; the foreman is 4
Got.ingen graduate, who has nothing 70
do but TO zee that the matter 10 perfect
when the forms go down. There isn't 4
mistake in the Hswkeye when It reaches
the press, But we'll tell you, 90 q pro-
iessional secret, Florence, how the mia.
takes creep in. The pressman told the
manager. and the manager told Us; IT'S
the ink, Florence, it's the ink. We pay
out thousands and Thousands Of dollars
q year for good Ink and We can't get an
article that won't fairly measle the paper
With typographical errors" I,
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
....vp world \ my '.,.
ynkhnrwNi, aAu i4. prOn0rti0,
,uux gentleman ON the other I'd

klvIUSo0u8 Boussotneo w soO VsAsSs sS1S
s street, who is making faces and
calling 10 names. He doesn't 70 10
school, has hulled slx bushels Of walnuts
this fall with biz bear hands, weays III
fathers vest for an svercoat 10 thirtssn
yeass old, and has leaten eleven apples
since 9o'clock this morning -HawEeyes
: "MY DEAR" l said 10 nvs-ysar old
one last night, - she concluded her
prayer at ter mamma's knee, "you have
forgotten to pray for your litt6 oouslns.
How did that happenf Don't you waat
your heavenly isther to tabs care Of
themf" She made . motion OF again
bending her knees, ypwued aleopily and
tumbled into bed. "Oan't help IT,
mamma I Baby 10 too tired Heracs
and Eddie must scuffis for themselvss
ust this one night" f 4
JOSH BIIlINos tales m .hosn thu
me. o1ssss Am IL tie oIdest and nd
sakrsd horn there H. Il is sst tsw mudk
and plays Home Sweet Homa" !" about
noon. 1t hss hssn listened 70 With mors
rapturous delite than ever any band hss.
Yu ksn hear 1t further than you kan one
OF Rodnans guna Il will arrest . man
and bring him 10 quicker than sheriff.
warrant. 1t kan outioot any other poise.
u kaufes the deaf 10 hear and ihe dunb
TO shout for joy. Glorious old instrus
mentl long may yum lungs lastl
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
Hcw We Hate 10 Rest, :
Fraser's Magazine.

Our seasons or rest are 20 short th-s
many hard wo. .kers have fo{s~.ssn nov
TO enjoy them. Somfk Som,fk;ro mo- 'TSs TSs w y no
SSIs.. down e tfse.psct ike il Indulgence uuu.
gs.r .tr ~ - drink. Having got into Il you
~..St.go on, otherwise there come mani
fold morbid and painful experiences.
There are those who tell you that once
they coull be moderately happy when
resting; now they dare rest no more.
They may try to make work less urgent
less feverish but it will not do to stand
still. They are kept sane and serviceable
only by giving the mind perpetual occu-
patton. Every enc eremembersho Luther
said rush out among my pigs rather
than sit still and do nothing" 1t is
sad, but 1t is true, that human being,
not much like Luther in any characters
istic are like him in this that they dare
not have q quiet think. Hence the
sorrowiul reeort TO alcohol, opium, chlo-
raj hencethe cravening for unconscious
ness, which Ia temporary annihilation. II
pigs can help You, a. they helped Luther,
be thankful. Some folk, clever and good.
need more than q pig can do--even
such an animal, a poetic breeder, proud Of
his age and dimensions, called his Auld
Iang Swine. In any case few minds are
self>suficing. All human beings who
have attained middle age must be but
tressed from without. 1t may be sacred
nature. preen grass, green trees, garden.
ing, pigs, horses, human companions,
worry or quiet occupation; but the
longer live, the more assured am that
most men live in mortal terror Of them.
selves. Years ago, short years, but a
good many, when this hand was young,
It wrote discourse OF Michael Scott's Q
Familiar Spirit, which (as the legend
goes) demanded that its master should
provide it with constant work or it would
tear him to pieces. Thus in parable Is
set forth the educated mans relation to
his own mind. Yon must find it cease>
lcss occupation, or it Will make you mis-
erable. The little girl of seven years
mad found this out who cried, "Oh,
read me q story to make the time pass
quick" People find it out waiting
tiiree-quarten OF an hour at country
railroad stations. They will diligently
read all the advertisements stuck about
The squalid sheet rather than sit down
idle. They will read right through the
leading article of the Liddie Peddingtoy
Courier. One saw all this early. y
sees 1t yet more plainly now.
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
No Cause to O.
Detroit Free ooy Of ten vi

s< Detroit Free ooy OF ten VIII,
Yesterday aiterno- the soaking rain
!. had been caught was standing in q
| aud well drerigan avenue, wipinb biz
doorway op by turns, when q second
, ewes and 20 age came along feeling .
, IA al worse. fla =
rwhat ails you :" sobbed the scc>
= - he halted and looked The other
IL got all wet, and I've I-loet a
cent y was the reply.
. "ls that all?' Indignantly demanded
the first "then you'd better run home
You hsin't got no right to cryp
- but you are crying too i'' a..s
~ know II, but my father run for
cfiice yesterday and .. got left! When I
cries have suthin' 10 cry sbout. ..sutl.in
that Affects the hull family r.
The Osceola times., 1878-12-21
Az Autumn EVE

Ths autumn mig 4 is cold and drsar, ffT
fhe whiriin7 leaves are brown spd seaf, -
The winds that vhirl them 70 aud fro-
with sad foIebodings Of the snow
kattis the easements shake the door. i,Nf
And round the house with lusty roar.
sway the bare tres and then away -.
psrtIai, IN shsk nssy play.
within, the Ore burns warm and bright =
The dag Hes baking In the light, "a "
The boys about their fathers knee
List 10 some tale OF land or sea,
Nesrsndpa. in the rudy glow, -.
and ages ioryotten long ago..
Asfsst the ss~s with loving eyes; af
"a ''py evening aiss.
A"f -BosaOn Taas~ips