The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-13
Loud Speaking.

Rev. E. E. Hale has recently made
some very sensible and pertinent remarks
we horc none will consider them i'm
pertinent i'm reference to the loud, harsh
tones of American women in conversation.
He attributes it in measure to the bad
training in our large school-rooms, where
the children are required to "speak up!'
and proceed to do SO after fashion
not easily forgotten.
The habit of loud speaking may with
truth be said to be American, and is not
confined, by any means, to the women
and children. The volume and harsh
ness of our average tones, as people,
can never be appreciated save 10y him
who has studied the phenomenon. The
mother speaks to the daughter in the
next room, in voice that would send
the interrogation or command clear across
the street. The father calls to the boys
to come in to breakfast" in stentorian
tones that startle the poor timid echoes
slum5ering on the sides of the buildings,
and can be plainly heard through the
whole neigh6orhood. The boys snarl at
each other in their veXation until You
Involuntary look for their four legs, SO
much does their language sound like the
growl of angry dogs. The young farmer,
driving his half broken steers along the
road, shouts and yells and screams ut the
shrinking youngsters as if they had no
ears, or were three-quarters of a mile
distant and running like mad through
the bushes. Indeed, taking US all in ali
we are a noisy set. Even the hens, it is
said, cacklc louder here than in any other
land under heaven, and as to the pigs
squealing louder than the pigs of any
other country do, no sane man would
think of denying it for moment.
But sobery, friends, is it not about
time for US to learn man lcrs in respect
to this point of behayiori Is it no. time
for Us TO learn the proper use of The voice,
and the methods OF training 10y which it
can be made sweet and pleasant to the
earl Why should not parents make a
p0int Of this in the education Of their
children, and thus give them at least one
delightful accomplishment The soft,
gentle, and low voice, which poor old
Lear found s. dear in his Cordelir, ana
80 excellent a thing in woman, is not
only a mark Of good breeding, but has
aesthetic and moral relations that are not
enough Golden Rule.
CARBoLIC Soar FOR INsECTs.-A few
days since tried an experiment with
carbolic soap in killing insects upon
greenhouse plant-, particularly the green
fly (Aphis) which, as everybody knows,
is great pest, and one not readily de-
stfoyed, except by iumigatiog with to-
blcco- not very agreeable operation to
perform upon parior plants, or in con-
servdtory attached TO dwelling. My
first experiment with this soap was a de
cided success, operating upon 200 roses
Just in bloom, and it was conducted as
follows: Into pail Of warm water put
lump of soap the size of a small hens
egg The soap was cut up into small
pieces and the water agitated until it was
all dissolved, forming a warm suds The
water should not be too hot, but if not
above 100 degrees o. tbereaboJt, it will
DO no HARM Into this su1s each rose
bush was plunged (holding the pot in
verted in the hand), and kept there about
half minute. After plugging, the
plants were set aside for few minutes,
then dipped in the same way into clean
water, shaking them about thoroughly,
washing the leaves, and then returned to
their former place in the house. Whether
1t was the soap or warm water that killed
the green fly | will not say, but there is
one thing certain, they are all dead
Rurd! Nao Yorker.
INDIAN students fall into most anus.
ing errors through their ignorance Of
English, and especially of technical terms
One of the Civil Engineering College
students, when asked by the examiner in
engineering, What plant is required to
turn out 10000 bricks per diemi" replied
that in India teak WAS the plant always
used, whilst in Eugland oak was invaria-
bly, EMPLOYED Another candidate FIR an