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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-08-28

qua" "'"I' ua Ill "e"'h Hui''" iuiiV"'
An unknown Scotch poet stirs our long
ings with his quaint yearning for the com
ing life.
"Pyehs guild word of promise that gladsome day
King,
10 his ain royal palace his banished hame will br1g,
WI cen and WI hearts running o'er, we shall see
The King In his beauty an our ain cOuntree."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
The Birth of a Kangaroo.

There are three old kangaroos at the
fair grounds. one. the giant kangaroo,
which can leap from 90 to 26 feet at a
Jump, with an elevation of the curve in
his line of flight of from 6 to 0 feet.
Then there is pair of what is known as
the Bennett or bush kangaroo, from Aus
tralia. The female kangaroo at the fair
grounds has little kangaroo that has
been seen several times peeping from its
mothers sac. When born it was not
much over an inch long, and resembled
the semi-transpareut mouse. 1t was lifted
by the mouth of its mother into the sac,
or marsupium, and placed near the nip
pie, which is instinctively seized. 1t
will remain there until it is capable of
taking care of itself.
As soon as born the young is placed in
the mothers pouch, which is held open
by her fore paws while they are taken up
by her mouth. There is no vascular con
nection between the young kangaroo and
the nipple; when separated by force, the
milky secretion is seen oozing out; the
young seem unable to grasp the nipple,
which is sometimes replaced in the mouth
by the mother. The teat has a circular
enlargement at the tip, which makes 1t
easy to be retained. Though the young
can firmly grasp the nipple by the lips,
it cannot draw the milk without the aid
of the mother, which by the action of the
mammary gland can irject this fluid into
the mouth of the sucking; lest the act of
injection when not coinciding with that
of suction, should endanger the life Of
the fptus from sufiocation, the cartilages
of the larnyx are so arranged that the
opening of the CLOTHS is placed on the
top of the cone which projects, as in
whales, into the posterior nostrils, so that
the stream of milk passes on each side OF
the gullet, without the possibility of en-
tering the windpipe-a most striking eX-
ample of creative design for the protec-
ton of this embryonic creature. AS the
young become older, and long after they
are able to Craze about like their parents,
they frequently retreat to the abdominal
pouch, and may often be seen protruding
their heads and cropping the heritage at
the same time with their mother.
Kangaroos are vegetable feeders, brows-
ing like ruminants, and, like these,
occasionally chew the cud, and when
browsing apply the fore feet to the
ground; at other times they rest upon
the tripod formed by the hind legs and
powerful tail, with the fore part of the
body inclining slightly forward. Mr..
Kalb feeds his kangaroos on carrots, rut-
abagas, cabbage, hay and corn, and in
summer they take the fresh grass and
clover. The flesh of the kangaroo, like
the opossum, is excellent, and the animal
is much hunted alike by the colonists
and natives of Australia.-St. Louis Re
Dublican.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
Miss Annie Louise Cary.

The subject of this sketch. who will
sing at the coming Musical Festival in
San Francisco, was born in Wayne, Ken
nebec County, Maine. AT the age of eight
she lost her mother, and few years after
went to Boston to reside with her brother.
Her musical studies in Boston were d.
rected by Mr.. Wetherbee and MI. Lyman
w. Wheeler. In 1866 a concert was Civ
en- for her benefit; and in August of that
year she went to Milan. where she studied
diligently for the operate stage. In De-
cember, 1867, she accepted an invitation
to 60 to Copenhagen with an Italian
opera company; and in the March follow
ing she was engaged by Mr.. Ferdinand
Strakosch for tour of the principal
cities of Norway and Sweden. This sea-
son was followed by very successful
one at Hamburg.
She then went to Baden b aden ane
studied with Madame Viardot Garcia.
where she remained till October, 1868.
when she left to fulfil an engagement at
Stockholm. Here she achieved great
success, which was followed by an en-
gagement at the Royal Swedish Opera
House, she singing in italian, aud the
balance IF the troupe in Swedish. In
the summer of 1869 she resumed her
studies under Sig. Boltensi in Paris. In
the fall of the same year she went to
Brussels for season of Italian opera
The enthusiasm of the Belgians was fully
aroused by the beauty of her voice and
the artistic rendering of her parts, and
she became at once great favorite
This success drew the attention of
Maurice Strakosch to her, the result of
which was three years engagement,
during which she sang in concerts in the
principal European cities.
In 1870 she returned to America with
the Nilsson troupe, and sang with great
success in all the principal Eastern cities.
OF her recent wonderful successes in
Russia the public is wellinformed. All
those who heard her in opera during the
Kellogg and Cary opera season last fall
will be glad to welcome her to our coast
again, and to those who did not the FEES.
tlval Concerts will afford good oppor-
tunity; whether as artist in public, or in
the social circle, she is appreciated and
loved by the thousands of friends she has
won by her great merits and lovable dis
position. She is free from professional
or personal jealousies, and never stoops
to engage in those petty controversies so
common in her profession. She stands
to-day without a rival in our own coun-
try, and it is question if the old world
furnishes a contralto superior to our own
Cary. Her proud record is the result
not alone of great genius as "A lyric artist
and actress, but of persistent and deter
mined study ard laborious practice.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
A POetical Wedding.

Shortly after the marriage of the daugh-
ter of Americas poet, Longfellow, the
son of England's laureate passed through
the same interesting ceremony:
Westminster Abbey was thronged on
Thursday, February 2Sth last, by congre-
cation brilliant and distinguished in every
sense, who were assembled to witness the
marriage of Miss Eleanor Locker with
Mr.. Lionel TenuysoH. From east to west
of the great abbey ran through the crowd
the murmur that it was Alfred Tennyson's
son who was to be welded, and that
Thomas Carlyle was coming to see the
knot tied. Had these two English men
of letters been each king grander
tribute of admiration and respect could
not have been paid them by the people.
The hour fixed for the ceremony was
IL, and shortly before that hour pictur-
esque procession of white surpliced chill
dren of the choir and vicar choral streamed
through the grille separating the nave
from the choir. and took their places in
the chancel. To this followed the stately
train of the capitular clergy in full ca
nonicals, and then triumphant burst
from the organ announced the arrival of
the bridal procession, which was headed
by the chief verger, carrying his silver
rod, or rather mace of office.
The bride, a daughter of Mr.. Freder-
lex Locker, a well-known man of letters
mot unsupported of wri ting the "Tendcr
Recollections of Irene Macgillicuddy'o,
by his first wife, Lady Charlotte Bruce, a
sister of the late Lord Elgin, was accom-
panied to the altar by the Hon. Mary
'Thurlow, child of seven, and Miss F. and
Miss a. Bruce, all three cousins of the
bride; Miss Alice Bagot, Hon. Sophia
Palmer, Miss G.. d. Simeon, Miss S.
Claughton, Mise St. John Mildmay and
Miss NJ. Cornish. The bridegroom was
attended by his best man, Mr.. II. H.
Cameron. The bride was attired in white
satin, trimmed with Brussels lace. Her
ornaments were diamonds and pearls.
1t is a curious circumstance in the long
and eventful history of Westminster Alb
hey that although the name is legion OF
the burials of famous personages who
have been inferred there, the weddings
which have taken place in the venerable
fame have been comparatively rare. Only
three royal marriages have been solem-
nized in the abbey-those of Henry Ill,
of Richard II. and of Henry VII. In
more modern times Henry Wis chapel
was at one period a favorite place for the
celebration Of the nuptial rites; but mar
riages therein we're discontinued after
the passing of Lord Hardwicke's mar
riage act in 1854, and weddings in the
abbey itself have only been revived with
in the last ten or twelve years The fact
renders the present ceremony more sig
niticant. No precedent was followed in
this Poetic Wedding" but a graceful
exception and wellmerited concession
was made.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09

To Cook BEETs.-Wash and scrape
clean, then put them in kettle of boiling
water let them cook till quite soft. Then
turn off the water, and pour cold water
over them; with your hands slip the
skins all off; they will slip off with per-
feet ease. Slice them round, quite thin,
and put them in a deep dish sprinkle
salt and pepper over them; then spread
on butter over each slice. Add half
pint of vinegar and set in warm place
till needed for the table. Prepared in
this way they are nice addition to the
dinner table, and are quite nourishing
and good. Another way is to bake the
beets in the oven. Some think they are
sweeter baked than when boiled, but
they need to be prepared the same as
when boiled. Sliced lengthwi, sc, and put
into clear, sharp vinegar, and let stand
"a hours, they make most agreeable
pickle.
Hot SLAw.--Take a piece Of butter the
size of half hens egg, teacup of vine
gar, teacup of water, teaspoonful of
black pepper, and II teaspoonful of salt
put them all in tight covered kettle and
set over brisk fire. Chop your cabbage
finely; have three pints of it, when the
liquid is boiling hot empty the cabbage
into the kettle and let it boil slowly one
hour. Serve hot in saucers. 1t is very
delicious prepared in this manner.
COLD SLAw.--Chop quart of cabbage
very fine and stir in a little spoonful of
salt, one-halt teaspoonful of black pep
per; then add half a pint of strong vine
gar; some like an onion chopped into the
cabbage. 1t makes nice relish with
cold baked meats and is pleasant va
riety.
MINING CAMP SLAPJAcKs.-Mixat night
a batter of sour milk and flour stiff
enough so it will run slowly from the
spoon. Let it stand in warm place. In
the morning dissolve a small teaspoonful
of baking soda in little warm water;
add to batter; add also salt and large
spoonful of melted butter. A great deal
of the success Of griddle cakes lies in the
fire being hot enough to bake them
quickly without burning. A slow fire
will tougher the best materials ever pu.
together.
MILK ToAsr.-Pdt quart of milk in
basin, let it come to a boil, put little
butter in it, then toast your bread nicely,
spread butter on the bread lay the pieces
ia deep dish, then pour the milk over
it, then you have very nice dish.
COOKING EGGs-A ieaspoonful of vine-
gar put in the water will keep eggs from
breaking when being poached.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
A MAMMOTH JAPANESE EATING HOUSE.

AMAMMorH JAPANESE EATING House.
In Japan, the eating houses are con-
Quoted on an extensive scale. One of
the largest establishments of the kind in
the capital is the Matsuda, which is kept
by woman. No rooms are let for lodg-
ing purposes, and the patrons are mostly
residents of Toxic, though occasionally a
stranger may be seen staring at the I'M
accustomed sights about him, to the no
small amusement of his neighbors. The
customer is given numbered ticket on
entering, by which his account with the
house is kept. A few rooms are furnished
in semi-foreign style, but most preserve
their japanese character, and the food is
almost entirely native. The "bill of fare"
includes some twenty different dishes,
the prices of which are not fixed, but de-
pend largely upon the state of the fish
market. While no meat is served, fowls
are cooked in number of forms, and ell
kinds Of liquor can be obtained. Matsuda
is opened about eight o'clock in the morn
ing, and closed at nine or half-past nine
in the evening. The busiest hours are at
midday and after sunset when the fifty
attendants are kept very active by the
crowds of hungry and thirsty patrons
To the passer-by. the restaurant looks
most attractive at night, when the rows
Of Ian terms under the caves, and the illu
mination of the whole building, showing
through panes of colored glass, present a
very gay appearance.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09

Love your neighbor as yourself
Thus the Good Book readeth;
And l glance across the way
AT my neighbor Edith,
Who, with garden hat and gloves,
Through the golden hours
OF the sunny summer morn,
Fits among her flowers.
Love your neighbor as yourself
Winsome, blue-eyed grille,
Golden CLEANS of sunny hair.
Dimpled, pink and pearly,
As | lean upon the stile
And watch her at her labor,
How much better than myself
Do l love my neighbor.
Love your neighbor as yourself
How devout I'm growing!
All my heart with fervent love
Toward my neighbor glowing,
All! to keep that blest command,
Were the sweetest labor,
For with all my heart and soul
Do l love my neighbor!
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09

STRENGTHENING TooLs.-The Poly
teehnic says: 1t is not generally known
that steel tools sprung in hardening can
be Strengthened in tempering. Hardened
steel, when not enough to change the
color to straw color or purple, is about as
pliable as annealed steel when cold. So
pieces warped in hardening can, while
hot, be Strengthened with q hammer, or,
better, with q screw press, without dan
ger of breaking.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09

IAN Old Maid Show i. talked Of at
Utica" That is right. Give the old maids
show. To be sure, many Of them had
good show when they were younger,
and refused to embrace the opportunity
--and-and-sn nov they are old maids
aud have no lazy husbands to keep
Norristown Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09

A SHAKEsPEREAN HOLOCAUST IN AT
RIcA.-One of the brightest passages in
a recent letter by MIR. Stanley TO the Her.
aid is his account of Shakesperean holo-
caust near the confluence of the Kwango
and Congo. After fighting his thirty
second and last battle, he journeyed
among natives who were peaceably dis
posed, but who regarded his note book
with suspicion. He had been seen max
ing medicine on paper-wrtiBg. Such
thing had never been heard Of by the
oldest inhabitant. 1t must, therefore, be
witchcraft, and witchcraft must be pun
ished with death. The white chief must
instantly deliver his notebook to be
burned or there would be war on the in
slant. my note. book, says the explorer
Twas too valuable; it had cost too many
lives and sacrifices to be consumed at the
caprice of savages. What WAS to be
donel had small volume of Shakes
peare, Chandos edition. 1t had been read
and re-resd dozen times, it had crossed
Africa, it had been my solace many
tedious hour, but il must be sacrificed"
lis it this you wsntl" asked Mr.. Stan
ley. Yes" as this the medicine
you are afraid Off" YES; burn it, burn
it. 1t is bad, very bad; burn it," So
poor Shakespeare was burned, and the
country was saved.
- - A - l. Al II
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
The National Bankrupt Act.

The Judiciary Committee of both
branches of Congress having reported in
favor of the repeal of the existing Ma
tional Bankrupt Act, there is strong
probability that the law will be done
away with. There is no doubt wide
spread feeling that it has proved fail
ure. Just how much of this has been
brought about by erroneous construction,
how much by the peculiar circumstances
of trade of late years, and how much by the
ineradicable element of dishonesty in com
mercal affairs, it would be impossible to
determine. But there can be no doubt that
it has done much to aid in lowering the
standard of business honor and integrity
during the late years. Its execution has
been so expensive, and so full of long de-
lays, that creditors, rather than allow a
debtor to avail himself of its provisions,
have accepted the offer of settlement
on the part of the latter on his own terms.
In the lapse of time large number of
men not prescriptions have come to be-
leve that this is one of the tricks Of trade,
and consequently have offered the anxious
creditor a percentage which has enabled
the debtor to become the possessor of a
stock of goods which cost him much less
than the market price, and which enables
him to sell at figure which puts an hon
est business man at great disadvantage.
Much of the present uncertainty in bust
ness circles comes from the pernicious in
fuence of this law. Men refuse credit,
or give it with the expectation that the
debtor will suspend. In either case, it
has worked to the detriment of honest
business.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
An Arbitration.

Mr.. VIM. T. Robinson used to relate an
amusing anecdote of one of the early
Robinsons, who, it appears, had Joined
the Quaker Meeting. Gov. Brenton had
placed him on farm belonging to him
situated on the south end of the island
adjacent to Benton's Point, and stocked
the same largely with sheep. In a. vio-
lent snow storm, such AZ used to prevail
more frequently than of late in New Eng
land Ohough l have known several in
my day nearly equally destructive), these
sheep having been left in an exposed po-
sitioo, were driven by the Indictment
tempest of wind and sleet off the rocks
into the sea, where they persisted. When
Robinson communicated the loss of the
sheep to Brenton, the governor being a
man Of hasty temper, he flew into tow
ering RAJ with his tenant, and reproached
him in unmeasured terms for the loss of
the sheep, through, as he charged, gross
neglect. To all the abuse heaped upon
him, Robinson answered not word
which submissiveness seemed only TO in
crease Brenton's ire, who, at last, in his
frenzy, declared that Robinson should pay
him for his lost sheep, and bid him choose
man to arbitrate their value, while
he chose another, which Brenton did, on
his part, instanter. 1t was now Robin
sons turn to choose his man. Friend
Brenton," said he, Il know of no one
whom should prefer to trust my interest
with than thou! | think | will choose
thee for my mani" This was too much
for the governor, who, after bursting into
an upIoarious fit of laughter, told his I'M
manageable tenant to go back to the
farm and he would venture to trust one
more flock of sheep in his care.-Proci-
dence Journal.
GREEN FooD FOR HENs.-A daily ra-
ton of green food is actually necessary
for laying hens. Vegetables, either
cooked or raw, are much relished also,
and serve in some measure to supply the
place of green diet. Onions chopped fine
aud mixed with their food are exceeding
ly wholesome, and if not cure are GER
tainly preventive of disease in many in
stances. Growing chickens are even more
anxious for green food than laying hens.
They crave it, and when necessary to be
housed from it on account of inclement
weather, it should be provided for them.
There is no green food so wholesome for
them as onion tops cut up fine.
AN Ulster county, N. Y, man and
bear got into fight not long ago and
tumbled over a precipce three hundred
feet igh the one being severely bruised
and stunned and the other killed. Why
il WAS that the hear WAS killed and the
man wasn't is not known, though al
Irish gentleman Of the neighborhood
thinks that while going down they must
have agreed to lessen the danger by
dividing the distance between them, the
bear fooIishly consenting to take the. end
that had the sudden stop to it, and was
killed In consequences, while the man
took the upper part, which had no stop
at all to it, and Of course escaped.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
My Neighbor.

BY LIZZIE CLARK HARDY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
The Election.

There Is but little in the election re-
turns that is cheering to the Demo-
crscy. The Republicans claim to have
carried the State by from ten to fif-
teen thousand majority, and ten If not
twelve of the members of Congress.
The Republican Central Committee
claim the election of Republican Con-
gressmen in the following districts:
Townsend, Twentieth; Monroe. Sew.
enteenth Updegraff, Eighteenth Kei-
fer, Fourth; Neal, Twelfth; Butter
worth, First; Young, Second; Nc
Kinley, Sixteenth Van Worries, Thir-
teenth, and Garfield in the Ninetheeth.
and probably Horton, Tenth; Nc
Knight, Eleventh, and possibly Eng
lish in the Ninth District,
The Democratic committee concede
but seven to the Republicans. The
National Greenback vote has not prob
ably much exceeded that of last year.
The returns from Indiana indicate
that the Democrats have carried the
State by an increased majority, prob
ably 5000. Both parties claim the
Legislature. s...... ,.
Iowa is claimed by the Republicans
by An increased majority.
The returns from West Virginia are
very meager. .... t.. .s s-~s e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
We are in receipt of copy of sfTl

We are in receipt of a copy of siThe
Index" neat and spicy paper pub
lished at Meadville, Pa, containing
copious extracts from an able and in
teresting article lately published in
the Locomotive Engineers Journal,
from the pen of Mr.. Grant i. Goldman
q native of Ravenns, who is candi-
date for Representative in the Legis-
lature of the keystone State frem
Crawford County. The Index pays
Mr.. Goldman the following well-mer-
tied tribute
"Mr. Goodman has here shown his
grasp of the great corpOratiOn-monop.
oily and freight discrimination problem
which has become the live political
issue in our State. He has done much
by his pen to spread q more complete
knowledge of the points in this COM
plicated problem to be met and solved
and stands as rare one among many
in his mastery of the question. The
placing of Mr.. Goodman upon the leg
islative ticket was . great credit to the
Democratic party, and his election to
the Assembly will be fitting recog-
hands of all parties and of the Inde-
pendents."
We are glad to learn that the pros.
poets for the election of Mr.. Goodman
in that Republican stronghold are re.
garded as encouraging.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
Church Musfc.-The finest music

Church Musfc.-The finest music
provided by any church in the country
is to be heard on Sundays and holi-
days at st. Francis Xaviers' in New
York. Its organ and its choir are alike
famous, and its services are crowded
by both the religious and the critical.
The credit of this superb pre-emi-
nence belongs to the organist, Pro-
fessor VIM. Berge, music director,
who but little time ago, ruptured an
artery in his arm and had to abandon
his profession until cured by Giles
Liniment Iodide Ammonia.
Sold by all druggists. Send for
pamphlet. DIR. Giles.
45l Sixth Avenue, N. Y.
Trial size Is cents.
For sale by E. p. Brainerd s. Son.