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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

BoSEs.-The value of bones imported
annually into England to be used tor fer
tilizing the land is computed TO be SlO,-
100000. They are obtained from Russia,
Germany, South America and the United
States. Throughout Great Britain bones
are collected from every possible source
of supply. So valuable are bones con-
sidered in Germany that proverb there
reads, "One ton of bone dust saves the
importation Of ten tons of German corn"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

TO RENEW OLD BREAD AND CAKE
Fill bread steamer about half full of
water, and lay the dry bread on it, and
set it on the fire. where it will steam the
bread from half TO three quarters of an
.lour, then wrap the bread in a towel, and
let it remain till dry. In this way, bread
that is old and dry may be made moist
and good. Where a steamer cannot be
procured, soak the bread in cold water
till it has absorbed sufficient water to be
moist inside-then put it in bake pan
without any cover, and heat it very hot.
Ii broken pieces of bread are put in the
oven, five or six hours after baking, and
rusked, they will keep good long time.
Sour, heavy bread, treated in this man.
ncr, will make very decent cakes and
buildings, provided there is enough sale
ratus used in making them to correct the
acidity of the bread. Rich cake, that has
wine or brandy in it, will remain good in
cold weather several months, if it is kept
in cool, dry place. The day in which it
is to be eaten, put it in cake pan, and
set it in bake pan that has half pint of
water in it-set on the bake pan cover, and
let the cake bake till it is heated very hot.
Let it get cold before cutting it.
CoCoA-NUr PIE.-Grate one large CO.
coanut and add one pint of milk, four
eggs--beaten ately-one tablespoon
full of rose water, two tablespoonful of
butter, sugar TO the Taste, two tablespoon
fuls of corn starch, nutmeg to taste.
Line the tins with pastry, pour in the
mixture and bake at once.
LEMON CREAM. - Beat the yelks of
eight eggs light and mix with them eight
tablespoonful of sugar, the grated peel
of one lemon and the juice of two, one
wine-ylass of wine; simmer - but not
boil-until it thickens; take off and stir
in the beaten whites of the eggs. Pour
over slices of sponge-cake, and serve cold.
DOVER CAKE.-Six eggs, one half pound
Of butter, one pound of sugar, one cup
of milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda
and one of cream tartar, one pound of
-four, wine glass of brandy; nutmeg if
liked.
RAW CADBAGE.-A nice way to pre-
pare raw cabbage is as follows: Select a
firm, good head, chop finely in a bowl
what you think will be needed, and to
every quart add one-half teacupful of
thick sweet cream: two tablespoonfuls of
strong vinegar or lemon juice; one cupful
of white sugar, and mix thoroughly.
COOKED CABBAGE. - Cut fine as for raw;
put into kettle and add water to cook
until tender: then add one-half cup of
sweet cream; one-half cup of vinegar, in
which mix one tablespoonful of flour;
season with pepper and salt to suit the
taste; let it boil up and serve.
NUMBER CAKE. One cup of butter;
two cups of sugar; three cups of flour;
four eggs; one cup of sweet milk; one
teaspoonful of soda and two of cream-of-
tartar. Flavor with lemon.
CooKiEs.-Three eggs; two cups Of
sugar; one cup of sour cream; two-thirds
of cup of butter; one teaspoonful Of
soda Mix hard enough to handle easily.
GINGER SSArs.-One cup of brown
sugar; one ecup of mOlasses; two eggs;
one cup of fried meat gravy; one table
spoonful of cider vinegar; two heaping
teaspoonfuls of soda; one tablespoonful
of ginger. Flour enough to roll.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

The FUNERAL CAR FOR VICToR En-
MANUEL.-The funeral car, upon which
through the whole route fell showers of
cut flowers and wreaths of white flowers
and laurel. was in the center of the pro-
cessi"n. |, WAS drawn by eight magniii-
cent horses, wearing bronze irappings
and Grape wells, which covered them en-
tircly. Each horse WAS led by II man on
foot, who wore white wig. The car,
which was brought for this occasion
from Turin, and has been used for pre-
vious funerals for the royal family, is gilt,
and of an antique and graceful form. Its
open side left the case containing the
Kings body exposed to view. This was
of walnut, lined with red velvet, orna-
mcnted with gold braid and with gilt
bronze handles. Within this case was
another of zinc, and the body was dressed
in white satin; the lid of the zinc coffin
being of glass.-Rome Corr. ". J. Post.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

MORE than fifty kinds Of petrified
nuts have been found near Colorado
Springs. Cal. Many OF them belong to
o class now found in the tropics.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

EVIL ToNsUR.-The cure of an evil
tongue must begin at the heart. The
weights and wheels are there, and the
clock strikes according to their motion.
A guileful heart makes guileful tongue
and lips. II is the workhouse where the
forge of deceits aud ISLANDERS is, and the
tongue is only the outer shop where they
are vended, and the lips the door of it.
Such ware is made within and no other
can coDe out.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

COSsoIISG.- one has discovered
that -hort young ladies' generally get mar
ried quicker than tall ones, and that the
former make the best OF wives. This will
he source of great consolation to the
four-ieet-tive young ladies who have been
looking gloomy and sad because their
new bonnets don't show above the pew
back st church.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

\ CURIOUS ExPERIMENT.-A curious
experiment has been tried with butter
milk ny testing it against clarct. One
VINO i in the secret will bet with one who
is not that tue latter, if blindfolded, can
not distinguish claret from buttern.ilk
by the taste. Several glasses are filled
With claret, and an equal number with
buttermilk, and they are handed alter
nately to the bIindiolded person who
tastes them. For time he will name
the respective liquors correctly; but after
IA bile his sense of taste becnnes confused,
md he insists that bu,termilk is clsre,,
and vice versa
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14

Mrs. harrington" says IA few persons
suffer from suggestions Of the brains
nowadays.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
GEOLOGICAL FACTS.

In Mcleod county. 20 miles back
from the Mississippi river. says the
Winora Republican, the Hastings &
Dakota railroad some six months ago
commenced drilling well for a water
tank. The well is an iron tube WELD
six inches in diameter. and sunk with
drills. TIE superintendent in charge
of the WORK furnishes the following
interesting memoranda of the soil
through which the drills passed: First
two feet, black soil; next fourteen
feet. yellow clay; 35 feet OF blue clay;
ten feet powders of all kinds and
very hard, had 10 sharpen the drills
every two feet: twelve feet yellow
clay; seven feet blue clay; two feet
blue muck with water: s. feet blue
clay, without sand. gravel or stone:
two feet of a butternut log in a good
state Of preservation, not petrified;
81 feet of blue clay, exactly similar to
the blue clay shove the log, making
the vein Of clay l28 feet thick. with
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
SCIENCE
HOP ckINC BY MACHINERY.

We have the authority of a cor
respond mt in the Iron-monger for
saying that a successful hop picking
machine has been employed this
season in the hop growing districts Of
England. and will do the work Of
from thirty to forty expert pickers.
1t consists OF two rubber rollers, so
constructed us to draw in the branch
whole two steel rollers, having an
opposite action. pick the hops from
it. The machine is about the size Of
an ordinary clothes wringer, is pro-
PEELED Ivy means OF a treadla, and runs
as easily as light sewing machine.
From the picker the hops run into Il
sack, which. when filed, is taken to
the separator, which sorts the hops
from al leaves or stems which may
have gone into the sack, and thence to
the hop house. One separator is
ample for large number of machines.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
THE POPLAR AS A LIGHTNING CON
DuCTOR.

a fresh proof that the upper part of
trees. especially OF poplars. is an en-
cellent conductor of electricity (which
only rends or skaters the wood when
it finds a passage in the trunkl is
afforded by Nature in an account of
effects OF lightning on an aspen
(Popuiits tremuia) situated in wood
near the chateau of Grams OH the shore
of the Lake of Geneva. The lightning
chooses By preference the poplar as Il
conductor To reach tn" ground, and
the case under consideration is n
striking one, as the tree was sur
rounded by other kinds, particularly
frs. taller than it. Two great
branches. Of Is and 20inches diameter
which surmoun.ed it. were strnck by
the lightning. and led it to the ground
without having received the least APP
pare ut injury, while the trunk below
them WAS absolutely shattered. Other
recent observations prove the pre-
ference of lightning for trees situated
near the streams or reservoirs of
water, so that the best conductor for
a house is q lofty tree. 4 poplar es-
pecially. situated between the honse
and a well. a pond, Or a neighboring
stream.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14

Ripping Beach some three years ago
had the advaut .gas of quiet and scciuson
1t was an out-of the-way place On the
Sound, which believed then | had al
countritied hotel, where food and mosqu-
toes might be had at minimum of cos.
With tive weeks. holiday ana an exceed
Inglv moderate amount OF money TO de
vote to my pleasures, after due consider
alton, hau selected Ripping Beach for
my iairing. AS third clerk in the bank,
my vacations were few and far between
and | had determined TO make the best
OF the occasion. When Mr.. Holland, the
assistant teller, who Sc business it was TO
pay the employees their salaries, had given
me nv check, he had casually asked me
where was going. and had expatiated
on the charms OF Ripping Beach, aud its
being one of lost places on Long Island.
Visitors at the Beach House were,
though goodish people, not cangenial.
= was indifferent, however, to society.
Boatmen and fisherman were my boon
companions. | had been a wee ut Rip
plins Beach when | became acquainted
with Mrs. Bland. This lady was a late
arrival. How l came to talk with Mrs
Bland l can hardly tell. | rather think
that, hearing the lady express desire 10
see a City paper, | had handed her a
Times, and IL this way some common
place conversation had commenced. 4
certain pleasant Way the woman had, .
fairly weil-bred manner, a diSincllnas,on
.ot -
the hoMders. made her society rather
agreeable than otherwise. Mrs. Bland
was diminutive, hso a graceful figure,
end dressed in quiet taste. Though Mrs
Agnes Bland WAS fully 80, she impressed
me with certSin chi,oishness of express
sion, in which vague description trust
l am not paraphrasing Mr. Bret Harte.
The lsdy's eyes were ot pale blue, with
oat fXity o. glance. No one would ever
have been rude enough to even attemp,
Ia stare Ms. Bland out ri countc0Gnce.
Ii would have been, apparently, too easy
thing 10 do. Without having evasive
eyes, they seemed Subiued and the least
bit fuTtive. An immense volume of tsir.
blonde hair which she wore in one big
To- aid, added most essentially to her
charms. For any trait OF ixiev of put
pose in Mrs. Bands regularly oval face.
the only indication of i, IVES slight
Urinkling OF the forehead between the
ewes. Such tUrrows had. however. no
permanence. You might see such little
wirrows on ohild's face when some
passing matter for brief moment had
engaged It's scattered wits. Converse
tionaily, Mrs. Bland was fairly amusing.
Educated she Was not; but having good
amount of intuitive perception. her re-
marks we're clear and well defined. Ii
was the day after had given her the
paper, when I said IN Mrs. Bland, @Has
your budget failed to reach you7 It Is
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
POET
DEATHS CHANGED FACE.
From Good Words.

From Good Words.
Sweet Savior, since the time thy human feet
Trod thirty years our prched and dusty
WAYS,
How hath the wilderness of lie grown sweet
With flowers and warbled praise
How hath the heavy mist that wrapped us
round,
The weary mist Of tears and soul wrung
SiGhS.
Lifted, and barred to US the blue profound
OF Gods tar, quiet skies.
And more than all, how hath a gracious
To poor ,' scasI Re, men that SUNK with fiut
tering breath,
Passed Ger the lace, that erst was stern and
strange,
OF thy strong angel, death
Lo, through the 1Gazes OF & tangled wood,
No WHITTIER bound, we CROPPED through
While shadowlike amid the sshadows stood
Old Death the archer grim.
W. deemed his face was pitiiess and blind
Shot all at random seemed each whilring
dart,
Yet none dId 'ail a resting place to find
In some wrung, qulverlng heart.
And there, with writhen limbs and sigtltless
stare,
Down IN the drenched grass the victim lay -.
What erst was man, erect and tall and tar,
Now shrunk ant fading clay.
And over him in dull and hopeless pain
The mournera stood, sore stricken and per-
p KIT;
die lietn psoue; he viii not rise again;
And who Shall fall the neXt."
@ sweet changed lace. We zee, we know him
Rent the thick mist that blurred our Strain
Death OF all angels round the throne that
bow,
Most litiful to men.
Through the dusk chamber where the watch
crs weep,
Slowly he moves VIII calm and nolseless
tread
And Ger the weary ono that longs for sleep
lie bends his gracious head.
s'Poor eyes,' he SAITH ''long have we wept
and walked;
come to hid your tears and vigils cease. "
''Poor heart he saith, ''long hast thou
yearned and ached;
| come 10 gvethee peace"
.Be Of good cheer" lie saith, world-wairy
wall,
One sharp, swift step, and all the way is
trOd,
Through the hcaped darkness will lead thee
sale
TO the great light of Gcd -
a sharp, sweet silence smies the tingling
cars;
How snow like falls the peace upon his
lark ! happy mourners, smiling through
their tears,
" hiSper Gle Sieapcth now -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14

ana ready to receive pollen. BY biol
oglsts the visits of bees, butterflies.
and other insects are believed t., have
exercised in past time an important
influence In modifying the size, shape.
color, etc, Of flowers. Nectar is Of
course the source whence bees derive
honey, but it also affords food to many
Kinds OF insects which do not possess
the same habit as the form of storing
1t up. Professor Alexander $. VIII.
son. OF Glasgow. has recently investi-
gated the amounts of sugar contained
IN the nectar OF various flo wers. and
laid the results Of his labors before
the British Association. He extract
Ell the nectar with water, and deter
mined the sugar before and after
inversion 10y means Of Fehling's cop
per solution. From his table of anal
Uses, which for our present purposes
it is unnecessary to reproduce here.
we select clover as an example. He
found that. approximately, 100 feadS
OF red clover yield 90 granme of
sugar, or l25 give l gramme ZIG
grains. or l25 900 kilo e is lbs. of
sugar; and as each head contains
ABOUT 60 tloretS (l25, O00x60,) 1900. 900
distinct flower tubes must be sucked
~ order to obtain Is lbs. of sugar.
Now as honey, roughly, may be said
10 contain 10 per cent sugar, we have
kilogramme e Is lbs.l equivalent
10 $500 900 in roun, numbers. OF say.
two aud = half million of visits foron
POUND OF honey. This shows what an
amazing amount Of labor the bees
mast perform, for their industry
woala thus appear to be Indispensable
TO their very existence.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
The Antl-AIOnopo1ist.

after you. Those figures and K-or-r-e-c-'
Gle; red you. There were no figures like
yours in the altered accounts. George
Harla;ld was thief. I was glad when
could congratulate you on your luck"
Luck, Madam what do you means'
I" You were the only gentleman here
all the rest of them were cads and muffs
Your society was not unpleasant to me.
and should have SO dis'iked to have
been the means OF bringing theft to
your door. Mr.. Bland was on that coach.
wit. the driver. You may have noticed
first blue sputter and then red sput-
ter from his match. Tnat mean al,
right. Mrs. Bla"d.' George Harland has
misappTopriated SIS 600 belonging to
your stupid old bank, and did Ii, clever
as you are in figures. right under your
nose, sir. The papers for the last week
have had al linking OF it-not where you
would icok for the news, but in person
ais and advertisements That is WHY |
read the papers. Please don't go: any
sympathy might have had = and have
not much to waste-was really that Of
thaakfulness that quite decent young
man like you was safe. Mind, never
suspected you, though Mr.. Bland might
have done SO. George Harland ougi.1 10
have $4,000. il notes with nm, on his
person, this very moment" There was
a base look OF greed in the woman S
face
lyon are, then, Madam"
:'The wife OF MIR. B and. lam afraid .
and here Mrs. Bland smiled, showing ms
g. set of white teeth, q single black
melon seed increasing their pearly lust:e
10y contrast, THAT you do net like NE as
well-at least my society-as you dia an
hour ago" ThSre was little bit Of kill
ing disdain about the woman. suppose
the scorn on my face was manifest, for
made no effort to canceai it.
"Grcat Lord save us!' said David. com
ing In and addressing us, something
dretful happea-dat man in stage
coach"
Not run awa7-escaped. !" said Mrs.
Bland, sDringing to her feet with the
eyes had lost their pale blue simmer,
and glinted Ike cold steel; the burrows
between her eyes took strange, arabosque,
sinister tracegies. 1t was dreadful face
to see.
No, Ma'am-woss nor that He blow
bis brains out, right in de coach.
David" said Mrs. Bland. now as Quiet
and unrippled as a dish OF milk il q
larry; David, bring me a napkin, aud
will take another bit of melon if you
Will help me, sir
But di not help Mrs. Bland.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
IMMENSE LABOR PERFORMED BY {

Nectar is the term aDplied to the
sweat tasting fluid which is secreted
within the cups Of flowers; and the
object gained to plants by its pres
ence is that insects, induced to visit.
flowers for its sake; are useful to the
plants by effecting q cross fertiliza-
ton. an additional amount Of yig0r
being thus conferred on the seeds
which subsequently result. in con-
trast with the evil effects produced
ny continuous breeding in and in. -
The formation Of nectar is observed
TO take place most freely i'm hot
weather, and to be prevented by I'D
or wet. So great economy is exercised
by the plant that it Is only formed at
the time when insects visits would
be beneficial, that is, when the
anthers are ripe and shedding their
pollen, Ok when the stigma Il mature
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
LEE WITHOUT E.lOQ.

In q modest. secluded hOnSe at the
corner of Myrtle avenue and Downing
street. Brooklyn, lives an invalid la.
dy afflicted with paralysis. with Il his
tory 50 remarkable and extraordinary
that. notwithstanding it is vouched
for by physicians of standing. it is i'll.
most incredible. 1t is claimed that
for I: period Of nearly fourteen years.
she has lived absolutely without food
Or nourishment of any kind. The
case has been kept by the family of
the patient well-guarded secret, it
having led them to u strict seclusion
rs the only means of protection
against the visits OF the curious and
incredulous. The name of the re.
markable person is Miss Mollie Fan
sher. When seventeen years of age
she was bright lively creature, but
she received Il terrible fall in the
year 1864, which was followed bv !,
paraytic stroke. supposed to have
been occasioned by it. For nine
weeks from that time the girl never
moved or spoke. She was quite cold
and appeared to be dead, but. as tn re
came no change. they decided not to
bury her. Her body. from the waist
downward. became gradually shrivel.
ed and contorted. owing probably to
the spinal affection bringing on
spasms. The girl still retains traces
of her former beauty. She is a
woman who under ordinary circum.
stances, would weigh one hundred
and thirty pounds Her cheeks are
full. her mouth and nose are delicate
~ moulded, and her teeth white,
small and even. She has lain for
fourteen years in the same room and
in very nearly The same position, and
has not eaten any nutritious food
since 1865. Doctors have tried to
force down a little wine or milk occa.
sionally, but the patient has to be
held firmly during the operation.
This will happen at long intervals,
but it is her doctors opinion that she
is better without the drible:e Of food
[or rather drink thus forcibly taken.
\ DR.. Spier, her regular at.endent,
says that he has frequently given tee
patient cmetic5, To ascertain if she
had taken food, and he found no de.
ception. Though she lost the sense
Of sight, Miss Fansher makes up the
deficiency by what may be called
second sight" Though unable t.
see, yet she can work. night rs well AS
day. upon her wax flowers and EN-
broidery. requiring both nicely and
taste in the selection of colors
When questioned in regard to the
matter she viii say. in writing. II car
see, but not with my poor old eyes. 7
Sometimes. indeed. her mouth will
loose its rigidity and she Will humble
out some half-forgotten sentence; bu,
even on these occasions she will not
taste of food. so accustomed is she te
do without il.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14
CAU YER POISON OF THE
AUSTRALIAN NATIVES.

According to Taplin; the inhabit-
ants of the lower Murray district of
australia, who are comprised under
the name OF Narrinjeris. make use OF
Il most destructive ahd terrible poison
for killing their enemies. namely. the
specific animal poison developed in
human corpses. The instrument
used for inoculating IN enemy with it
is called nieljeri. The natives STATE
that they obtained the knowledge of
this poison from the Inhabitants
along the upper Murray. 1t has at
present become Il most destructive
weapon in the hai.ds OF the natives,
vino adopted it with 50 much the
more eagernesS us ter former belief
in charms is gradually dying ont.
The practice OF the nlellerl is very
much facilitated bt the fact that the
natives do not bury their dead, nut
preserve them above ground Into
such IA corpse the point OF Il spear. con
sisting Of Il slarp-pointed piece of ha-
man bone, SIX to eight inches long, is
inserted. Then Il bunch Of hairs or
feathers is saturated With the tat OF
the decomposing body. and tied about
the painted bone. The apparatus is
the nieIjeri. With it the murderer
stealthily approaches his victim.
slightly scratches the skin with the
sharp poisoned point, an if unde-
tected-as often happens in conse-
quence Of the narcotic sleep of the
natives after one of their gigantic
meals-he steals away unsupported.
Soon the terrible effects of the ca.
daveric poisoning make their appear
ance. an the person generally dies
under the most eXcruciating pains.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14

the singular spectacle Of this we'll
preserved log imbedded in the vein
at the depth OF LIT feet from the sur
lace. At the depth of 24o feet the
drlll struck gravel and stones us large
us mems eggs, and also entered vein
OF water flowing with the force Of !;
subterranean river. The water spouted
70 feet above the ground, but after
wards subsidized to within eight feet
OF the surface, and thereat remains.