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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

A FRENCH gentleman lately journeyed
to Marseilles, taking with him the body
Of his mOther-in-law, who had expires sed
wish TO be buried in the family vault
in that city. When he reached MaIseilIes
and went with the Commissioner OF PJ-
lice to receive the body from the railway
officials, lie noticed that the coffin wa,
not that which he had delivered TO them
The officials had sent To Toulon the cof-
fin continuing his mother-in laws body,
believing that it held the remains of II
deceased Admiral, which was to be en-
baked for interment in Algeria, while
the coffin awaiting delivery was the one
which should have been sent on. The
gentleman having requested the officials
to mmunicate with. Tuulon by tele-
graph, proceeded hiIher himself with the
coffin ut the Admiral. He ascertained
when he got there that the first {, fin had
been duly received, taken on board, amid
the thunder If fort and fleet, the State
vessel which was waiting for 1t, and dis
patched to Algeria. He at once called
upon the Maritime Project of Toulon
aud explained the circumstances of the
case, but though dispatch boat was sent
in pursuit, the other vessel was not over
taken. He is now at Tonlon awaiting
her return, and declines to give up the
c. fin containing the dece ,sed Admiral
until he regsins possession of his mother
in-law's remains.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

STEAMED BEEE.-For a family Of six
or seven persons take four pounds of beet,
cross-rib is best; get piece of suet the
size of your hand, cut in small pieces
and trv out the fat; you must have a
large hat-bottomed iron pot; after the
suet is brown, take out the scraps and
put in the meat and two onious cut up;
when the meat has become a dark brown
ON one side turn it over on the other and
let that get the same; when onions and
meat are thoroughly brown, pour in a
pint of boiling water; whenever the meat
gets dry add more water, but it must al.
ways be boiling hot; throw in handful
of salt, three bay-leaves, and half dozen
each of whole allspice and whole pepper
cover with close fitting cover and let il
cook for three hours; when almost done
thin tablespoonful of -four with half II
cupful Of water; stir this in the gravy,
taking care not to have any Jumps in it,
when you wish to serve it, strain the gravy
through sieve aud pour few spoonful.
over the meat.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

CURE FOR SORE MoUTH.-Steep raisin
stems in water and rinse the mouth with
that several times during the day. 1t is
almost sure cure.
CURE FOR HoARsENEss.-Th juice and
pulp of lemons, stirred thick with white
sugar, will relieve hoarseness-besides
being an agreeable remedy.
For CRoUP.-A piece of lard as large
as a butternut, rubbed up with sugar,
and divided into three equal parts and
given at intervals of twenty minutes, will
often work we'll.
For BRoNCHITIs.-A residence in a
sugar-house from the FIRST of August until
January, has been known to give relief.
To REMOVE IRON RUsT.-Wet the
cloth with u piece of lemon, lay in the
sun till dry, then wash in nice clean suds.
For CHILBLAINs.-Soak the feet a
short time in potato water as hot as can
be borne, for two or three nights after
ward, repeat when necessary. An i'm
provement may be expected at once.
To CURE CoRNs.-Take the skin of a
boiled potato aud bind it on the corn,
putting the inside of the skin next to the
corn. 1t is good plan to lay on two or
three thicknesses to keep it moist. have
never known it to fail.
For COLD FEEr.-Soak the feet in hot
water as hot AS can be borne, until thor
oughly warmed, then turn little cold
water over them and rub dry. Always
put not only the stockings, but the boots
on, before atepping upon the floor, or
even the carpet. Simple remedies are
sometimes the very best; try the above.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

STUDENT; "Now, professor, do you
not believe that relations Of honor shoul d
exist between pupil and teacher1" Pro-
lessor Certainly, SIR" "Well, then,
tell you, on my honor rs man, that NJ y
examination paper, which / hold 10 my
hand, is first grade, and will not hand il
in. II is merely to save you trouble, tir.'
-WiUiams Vtdstts.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

COOKING TURNIPs.-Peel them, chop
fine in chopping-bowl, put them in a
kettle with water enough to cover, cook
until tender. They should be nearly dry
when done then season as you would cab.
bsge, and | think you will pronounce
them splendid.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

MEN, instead of women, will bs en-
ployed in the dining room # S,ewart's
hotel for women, on the ground that
women do not like to wait on each other.
and will not take orders with as much
philosophy as men.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

THE "GRAPHIC" ON GARDENINo.-This
is the way the G5 aphie gives its readers
some "seasonable suggestions:
Sow shirt buttons early in the morn
ing.
Sow bird seed this month. The birds
will come up in June.
Cats do best in the night, in very
light soil, we'll dug and raked.
Sardne cans, broken bottles, old shoes.
and tinware should be set out in the back
yard.
Prima donnas are lovely flowers, but
very difficult to raise. A gentleman en-,
deavored to raise the Rose last month,
but failed entirely.
If you are landlord and in any doubt
rs to what product to raise raise the
rent. If you are not landlord, try and
raise the wind.
Oysters should be set out with top
dressing of bread crumbs and plenti
fully watered. The oyster withers if not
watered. although its fragrance is in
creased.
Olive branches should he set out around
the breakfast table They need great care
and attention, however, to keep them
from running into the butter and mo-
lasses. Wash them we'll once a day with
soap and water.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

A PAPER in Syracuse, N. Y, wants
people to send in postal card petitions to
Congress in favor Of postal savings banks.
The cards are to have on them the SEN
tence: I'VE, citizens, ask Congress to
legalize postal savings banks" The sender
also signs his name, and gets as many OF
his neighbors as he can to sign it until
the card is full, and then of goes the
card to the unfortunate member of Con-
eress that may he selected as victim.
The petition is always ready to drop into
the post flee the moment the last sigma
ture is inscribed. This kind of petition
is what in slang pbraseol"gy might be
termed "little one for a cent."-DAroii
| Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27

PHoToGRAPHING A HEART BEAT.-One
of the most remarkable applications OF
photography is that by which it is now
made to register, and in the most accu-
rate manner, the mechanical motion of
the heart. The device by which this re-
suit i. attained is indeed a triumph of in
vented skill. 1t consists of a thin India
rubber bag, to which short glass tube is
attached; sufficient me curry is poured
into the apparatus to fill the bag and a
portion of the tube, and the instrument
is then placed over the heart of the per-
son to he examined. Arranged in this
manner, every pulsa,ion of the heart is
indicated by a corresponding movement
of the mercury Of the tube, and, by suit
able Photographic apparatus, provided
with u moving sensitive slip of paper, a
perfect registration Of the extent and rate
Of the pusa,ion is obtained. The inter
esting fact is made known by this process
that the fall of the pulse sometimes takes
place 10 successive horizontal lines, the
column reascending two or three times
before falling altogether.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27
Vancouver Independent

Vancouver. Clarke County, Wash
ington Territory.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-27
An Aztec Princes Wedding.

l must pass over long period in the
life of Master NJ. with the mere remark
that he graduated in both bis military
and religious classes with the highest
hOnors, and acquitted himself to the
most perfect satisfaction of both the al
falquis, or priests, and the teachcauhs,
which is nearly the same as our word
teachers.
Master NJ. had, for a long time, cher
ished hope that some day he might
press the throne as king of Mexico. 81,
like the Yorkshire lad who begged salt
of a stranger eating eggs near him, so as
to have the salt ready in case any one
should ask him to accept an egg, he pre-
pared himself fully for the possible
emergency, and became not only mill
tary general, but a leading alfalqui.
And then he married. have not room
to give you detailed description of the
whole ceremony,-its crowds, and fuss,
and grandeur,-but here is a glimpse of
the way it was done.
A lady whose position in society re-
quired her to negotiate the match, hav-
ing previously made all the necessary ar
rangements, one evening, hoisted the
happy damsel on her back, and accom-
panied by four young women, each in ap-
propriate costume, bearing torch, head
ed the joyous procession and marched to
the house of Master NJ, where she
dropped her cargo of precious humanity.
Then the alfalqui asked them if they
were mutually agreed on matrimony, and,
of course, they said YES" when he pro-
ceeded to tie their clothes together. Then
two old patriarchs and two good old grand
mothers stepped forward in a very SOL
emn manner, and delivered little sermons
suited 10 the occasion. The new couple
walked seven times round blazing fire,
partook Of feast with their friends,
heard final sort of "ninety -ninthly and
to conclude" parting word from the four
old people, and then, just as oil married
people do, went to housekeeping, and
having their own way as much as posi-
BILE. One thing they could not do. There
was no law of divorce to appeal to then !;
death was the only judge who could en-
terrain the question of separation.
Master NJ. will now disappear, to re-
appear as the Emperor. In the year "ten
rabbits" or A. D. 1902, the former mon
arch died, and the electors selected Mas
ter NJ. to supply his place. In the house
hold of each monarch there was an cleo
toral board of four mobiles, whose duty it
was, ON the death of the ruler, to elect
his successor from among the sons and
nephews of the crown. Having done
this, and so notified the successor, they
selected four mobiles to fill their own
places, and vacated their electoral chairs.
Master NJ, when waited upon to be no
titled OF his election TO fill his uncle's
place, was very busy sweeping down the
stairs in the great temple dedicated to the
god of war.-St. Nicholas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28
A WOman's Device.

A few years. ago, says an English
paper, when highway robberies we're
more frequent than at present, the pas
sengers Of a. stage coach, on it's way to
town, began to talk about robbers. One
gentleman, expressing much anxiety lest
he should lose ten guineas, was advised
by a lady who sat next to him, to take it
from his pocket and Slip it into his boot,
which he did Immediately. It was not
long before the coach was stopped by a
highwayman, who, riding upto the win
dow on the lady's side, demanded her
money; she declared that she had none,
bat if he would examine the gentleman's
boot he would find ten g1ineas The
gentleman submitted patiently, but
when the robber departed he loaded his
female travelling companion with abuse,
declaring her to be in confederacy with
the highwayman. She confessed that
appearances were against her, but said
if the company in the stage would sup
with her the following evening in town
she would explain conduct which ap-
peared so mysterious. After some de-
bate, they all accepted her invitation !;
and the next evening, in calling on her,
were ushered into a magnificent room,
where very elegant supper was pre-
pared. When this was over, she pro-
duced pocket-book, and. addressing the
gentleman who had been robbed, said,
" In this book, sir, are bank notes to the
amount of $1,000. I thought it better
for you to lose ten guineas than me this
valuable property, which had with me
last night. AS you have been the means
of saving it, I entreat of your accept
ance of this bank bill of 91OO.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28
Population of Some Big Cities.

The population of the great cities OF
the world is matter Of perennial inter
est. Unofficial statements vary some
what. but those of the last annual re-
port of the New Y ork Bureau of Vital Sta
Itistics are derived from official sources,
and are, no doubt, authentic. Accord
ing to the latest official estimates in
each city, or the latest census, where
these are not attainable, they range as
follows: London, of course, heads the
list with it's 3, $50, 484; Paris comes next
with 1851 1872, by the census of 1879
then Picking, with 100000, and Can
ton, with 100000; next comes New
York, with 1868, 1862, and closes the list
Of those having more than 100000 in
habitants. Of those having less than
100000 and more than 100000, Ber-
lin comes first with 1914, 343 then Phila-
delphia, with $50, 856; next Toxic, Japan,
the Yeddo of the old biographies, with
100000; Vienna,690,54S; St. Petersburg,
669, 741; Bombay, 644, 405; Kioto, Japan,
10000; Glasgow, 555, 1888; Ozaka, Japan,
$4,000; Brooklyn, 527, $3.50; Liverpool,
527 ,083; st. Louis claims 100000, and,
if allowed her own estimate, heads the
list of those ranging downward from
100000 to 100000. Then follow Naples,
with 7,4O7; Chicago, with 100000;
Calcutta, 429,535; Marking, 100000;
Madras, 397,5 $50; Hamburg, 393,580;
Birmingham, 377, 346; Manchester, $780,
213; Baltimore, $4,000; Boston, 354,-
765; Shanghai, 100000; Dublin, 314,-
666; Buda-Pesth, 314,401; Amsterdam,
3O2,266; San Francisco, 100000, Leeds,
298, 189; Rome, 282,214; Sheffield, $780,
100; Cincinnati, 100000; Breslau, $780,
345; Melbourne, 250,67S; Havana, $780,
900. Thus it will be seen that there are
20 cities, each having 100000 inhabit-
ants, or more, supposing none to have
been omitted, and an aggregate of about
24,000,O00. s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28

l61 THIRTIETH ST., CHICAGO Jan. /, 1878.
DR.. G. r. SYKEs-Dear Sir: was great sufferer
from Catarrh for about twelve previous to March,
els causing painful alterations nose, could
scarcely breathe through that important organ
Durng the last two of that time the catarrhal
condition of the bowels resulted in liberation and the
olscnarges and other appearances were much like a
chronic diarl hea.
The stomach was also involved, and this organ to-
gether with the bowels, would at times become dis
tended as to become terribly uncomfortable then relax
until feel all gone the best expression give
for it,
My eyes badly affected but worse to me If posi-
pie tnan all the rest, deafness that nearly dis
abled me for business 1t be bad last that
at church had to take front seat and even then,
with my hand spread out back of the to catch
concentrate the sound seemed to about half the
sermon.
My memory was also greatly imp4 aired. shall not at
tempt description of sufferngs; you. from your
own knoWi dge of the disease we'll judge what they
must have been.
In March, '76, heard of and tried your "SURE
CURE" and took it according to directions / expe-
renced great sat sfaction from the first bolt e. and
after about four bottles used hearing suddenly
cleared up was in church at the time and it seemed
as If a new revelation had been opened up to me.
discontinued the medicine gradually the ulcers In
head and bowels healed the chaos in my brain was
rest red to or, in fact could hear, and smell and
breathe through nose and have been free from the
disease since that time cheersully recommend your
SURE CURE" to all like sufferers, and have known
to the remedy.
WI hing you Happy New Year in your noble
work, am respectfully and gratefully yours,
ut A. o. DAVIS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28
A Division in the House of Commons.

The division proper is curiously-
managed ceremony-veryr roundabout IN
the estimate Of many persons. Alter
the Speaker has cried "Order, order!'
the Sergeant-at- Arms, with his door
keepers and messengers, close and lock
all the doors leading into the lobbies,
corridors, passages, etc. No member
outside can enter, nor can any within
make their exit; the number within the
chamber is thus strictly definite, and all
must vote. Until 1886 it was the GUS
tom for one party orssecfion to go into a
lobby, while the other remained Ill the
House; but since that year the ayes
have been directed to pass into the lob-
by at the Speakers right hand, while
the noes walk into the lobby at his LETT.
The Speaker names members to act as
tellers, selected impartially from among
the supporters and opponents OF the
motion, two each; and the members
named are not allowed to shirk this du-
ty. They place themselves at the lobby
doors, two and two, each to check the
counting of the other. Two clerks, as
well as two tellers, are placed at each
door, holding alphabetical lists of all the
members of the House printed on large
sheets of stiff pasteboard or cardboard
AS the members return into the House
from the Hobbies, the clerks mark Oft the
names, while, at the same time, the tell
ers count the total number without not
ing names. Of any one is disabled by
infrmity from entering and quitting the
Hobbies he is counted at his seat in the
House) When all have re-entered from
the lobbies, the four tellers approach
the table; one of them, belonging to the
majority on this particular question, an
nounces the numbers, and, when the
Speaker has Endorsed or sanctioned this
announcement, the important but Slow
ly-managed ceremony ends-often amid
loud cheers from those members who
constitute the majority on that particu-
lar question. A member sometimes
goes into the wrong lobby through in
advertence; then there is no escape for
him; 71Ole71S UOle21s his vote is recorded
according to the lobby in which he finds
himself. During the past session, in
stances of such misadventures were not,
infrequent. Instances have been known
in which even a Cabinet Ministers vote
is recorded on the side which he really
intended to Oppose-much to his own
modification. A member thus awk-
wardly placed usually takes some mode
OF making the facts known to his con-
stituents and the public; but the official
record remains unalterable. It has oc-
casionally happened that only one mem
Der approves of a particular question or
motion; he is the only aye; and, as he
is not allowed to count himself, the
House at once decides that "the noes
have it," many sessions ago stranger
was deserted in one of the Hobbies after
the door had been closed, and was
counted by two Of the tellers; but the
clerks found him out and reported the
case to the Speaker, who duly admon-
ished the intruder Chambers Jour-
07n1
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28
HalIucinatiOns.

One does not fail to notice, when
proper attention is given to the subject,
fact which is full of meaning, viz,
that the apparitions which have been
seen at different ages were in harmony
with the dominant ideas or beliefs of
the age It is not probable that any
one could he found at the present day
to affirm that he had seen an old woman
riding through the air on broomstick
to witch's meeting, because the belief
in witchcraft is happily well-nigh ex-
tinct but 200 or 800 years ago, when it
would have been thought something
like blasphemy to doubt the being and
doings of witches, persons of character
and veracity might have been found to
avouch it solemnly. In like manner,
apparitions of Satan were not very un-
common in the Middle Ages to persons,
who, like Luther, were in earnest spirit
ual conflict with him, but there is no in
stance ON record, SO far as I know. of
such an apparition having ever been
seen by an ancient Greek or Roman
The Satan of the Middle Ages who gave
Luthur so much trouble had not then
been invented. Spirits, ghosts, then.
and all apparitions of the same kind, I
was prepared to have pronounced I'M
hesitatingly to have been Authorizations,
which would be found on examination
to reflect pretty fairly the prevailing
ideas of the time concerning the super
natural; but it occurred to me that it
might be prudent, before doing that, to
consult the article. on apparitions in the
latest edition of the Encyclopaedia Brit
annica," lest perchance [ should be out
running current authority; and have
there discovered,to my no small sur
prise, that it is still an open question
whether invisible inhabitants of the I'M
known world did not take human or
other shapes and become visible to men.
The writer of the article plainly inclines
to the opinion that they do, and that
there is more in. the matter than science
has yet dreamed Of SO, also, think the
Spiritualists. Fortoightly Re-
1,ip1D s 4, III
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28
Satisfying the Barber.

One time there was barber. And
one day a Teller he cum in the shop for
to git shafed, and handed the barber a
card which was wrote on like this way ::
For my Taller, clone, lard
bergmot, permatum, oil, tonnick, res
toratif, pitchooly, gum, beeswhacks, ker-
risen, and tar. m EF-As -s
For my Face-Cole cream, cam
frice, powder, ham fat, sof sope, glissern,
poultice, rooje manned, giant sement,
shoe blackn. ~. - .~ 4. .e
For my Muchtash-Do, starch, glew,
morter, and solder s,... ~r. -.
When the barber he red it he was jest
dlited, and he sed to the Teller: "You
are the most sensible man wich has ever
set in this chair,,yes indeed, [ never see
man of sech good TASTE" s".# g
And then the barber shafed the Teller,
and tole him all the news wich he cude
think, and never stopt tockin, the bar
Der didn't, While he shafed, cos he was
dlighted. But jest as he got dun shafen
the Teller, and was gitten 3reddy to put
them things onto him, cordin to the
me1nmy randem, a man wocked in and
took the teller by the ear, and he sed to
the barber, the man did: "This feller's
got to gov now, COS he, is a escape, if
you want to finish him you mus fetch
them things over to the def and dunn
ward of the lunattic sylr1n." -" Little
Johnny" "a esasr# t,S .@E