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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
When.

When you see a boy disobedient and
disrespectful to his parents, mean to his
brothers and sisters, cruel to animals
and given to lying just for the fun of it,
it is not always sure sign that he is
going into business with the devil, but a
pretty safe one.
When you see an old bachelor, who
ought to be squaring up his accounts
and getting ready for a funeral enter
tainment, railing at womankind, you
may conclude that it is a sort of sour
apple revenge for some of the vigorous
kickings he received in the days of auld
lang syne.
When you see maiden advanced in
years turning up her nasal ornament at
the lords of creation you may conclude
she has given up all hopes of capturing
lord for her own use.
When you see politician particularly
anxious to shake hands with everybody
no meets, you may conclude that he
wants to be elected to some Office
When you see a man sneaking around
saying unkind things about everybody
else, you may conclude that he is mad
because everybody else is not as mean
rs he is
When you see married people particu
larry conspicuous in their endearmentin
public, you may conclude that there
would be room for four-y earold ele-
plant between them when they arc at
home.
When you see an OLD sinner put on
new robes and play the role OF saint you
need not conclude that the devil is going
out of business.
When you see the various Christian
denominations quit peggng away at
each other and uniting in the battle
against the devil, you conclude that that
distinguished individual won't have as
soft a thing as he now has.
When you see a man bat his eyes,
smack his lips and look wise, it is not
positive evidence that he is a lineal de
scendent of Solomon.
When you see a man croaking and
growing and grumbling at everything
around him it is not benevolent TO wish
that a vacant place in his family ceme-
terry was filed, but it is natural.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Poor Mary Harris.

Mary Harris, the young woman who
several years ago killed her alleged Sc
ducer-Borroughs-in one Of the corri-
doris of the treasury department., and
whose sensational trial for murder and
scquittal on the plea of insanity are
well remembered by our citizens, has
since been an inmate of the Government
Insane Asylum, but made her escape
yesterday afternoon while in chsrrn o.
her attendant, Miss Acton. 1t o, ars
that Miss Harris accompanied ..,, Ac-
ton to the city yesterday f'.' tAe pur-
pose of attending the matinee perform
ance at one of the theatres, and before
the hour they drove to residence in
the western part of the city, where Miss
Harris wished to stop AMI write letter.
By some means she disappeared from
the presence OF Miss Acton and has not
yet been found. 1t is thought that she
proceeded to the railroad station and
took passage for Baltimore, as she had
81 so in money with her, and that she
is now in that city somewhere. The po-
lice are on the lookout for her. and
measures have been taken by the police
authorities in Baltimore for her appre
hension if in that city. She made her
escape several years since and was re-
taken somewhere in Pennsylvania, after
an absence of several months. w ash.
ington Star
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
The Calamity in Japan.

The destruction by fire of $4,000
houses in Toxic, the capital of Japan,
the day after Christmas, rendering about
$4,000 people homeless, ranks IS one of
the great calamities in the history of the
empire. The conAagrations of 1872 and
1876 are brought to mind by the disas-
ter, and, as then, the foreign district of
the city has suffered severely, consider
able missionary property being de-
stroyed, although the United States
Legation escaped. The japanese are
sadly in need of system for protection
from fires, and Toxic, although city of
nearly a million inhabitants, is destitute
of any adequate regulations to prohibit
the construction of inhammable build
ings, and has no fire brigade. So mar
vellous has been the progress of Japan
since the port of Toxic was formally
opened to foreigners, New Year day,
1869, that it is to be expected that the
japanese people will be taught by this
new calamity to consider the expedienoy
of introducing the fire engines aud the
fire brigade system Of America. Our
manufacturers of tiremen's implements
may, perhaps, find renumerative task
in urging Japan to adopt American
methods ef distinguishing lires-N. Y.
Mail
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Life a Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred years ago not pound
of coal or cubic foot of Illuminating
gas had been burned in the country.
No iron stoves were used, and 10 con-
trivance for economizing heat were en-
ployed until Or. Franklin invented the
iron framed fire place which still bears
his name. All the cooking and warm
ing, in town as we'll as in the country,
were done by the aid of fire kindled on
the brick hearth or in the brick ovens.
Pine knots or tallow candles furnished
the light for the long Winter nights, and
sanded floors supplied the place of rugs
and carpets. The water used for house
hold purposes was drawn from deep
wells by the creaking sweep. No form
of pump was used in this country, so
far as we can learn, until after the COM
mencement of the present century
There were no friction matches in those
early days by the aid of which fire
could be easily kindled, and If the fire
went out upon the hearth over night,
and the finder was damp, SO that the
SPARKS Woulu Hot catcli, Iuo alteilldIl'e
remained Of wading through the snow
a mile or so to borrow II brand of a
neighbor. Only one room in any house
was warm, unless some member of the
family WAS i'll in all the rest the tenn
perature was at zero many nights in
Winter. The men and women of hun
bred years ago undressed and went to
their beds in temperature colder than
that of our barns and woodshcds, and
they never complained.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
A Lively w edding.

In the vicinity of Apex, n. c., there
was lately a grand wedding in colored
family. AS the married couple were
about to start of in buggy the guests
threw slippers at them tor good luck.
One of them, who wore lbs, threw his
boot, filled with stub nails, which hit
the bride on the head and knocked her
senseless to the bottom of the buggy.
The boot was thrown with the most
friendly intentions. but the new hus-
band resented it, and jumping out, and
pulling off his new coat, he stirred up
the liveliest fight there had been in
Apex for two years. The groom finally
got off with his bride, looking as if he
had been rolled under harrow. Hack
ensack Republican.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
A Case OF Voluntary Starvation

Mrs. Margaret Tumy, a widow, 10
years old, died on the 18th of January
at her home, in Cincinnati, from the ct
fects of voluntary starvation. She had
been a sufferer for years from dyspepsia.
She was thought to be dying four weeks
before, and her family were summoned.
She recovered, but the attack developed
remarkable hallucination that her
stomach was gone. No amount of per
suasion could convince her to the con-
trary, and from that time she persist
emily refused to take food. After she
had suffered from starvation for nearly
two weeks she was prevailed upon to
take little meat, which she was in the
habit of holding in her mouth q short
time, swallowing nothing but the fluid
pressed out of it This and q few
ounces Of liquids were all that entered
her stomach during her long fast Of four
weeka She remained conscious till
within an hour Of her death.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Healthy Food.

Macaroni, vermicelli, sea biscuit,
pilot bread, plain crackers and common
bread, are all about alike, in compost
ton and nutriment. Macaroni and
vermicelli differ only in the size Of the
tubes, both being made alike and both
are simply dried dough made of flour and
water only, the same as pilot or sea
bread, or plain crackers. The wheat
grown in Southern Europe contains
more gluten and less starch than any
other, and therefore makes better mac
aroni. This gluten is heterogeneous, like
lean meat, casein or curd Of milk
(cheese), etc, and strengthens ones
muscles more than the more starchy
Northern. Starch is carbonaceous, sup
plying material for producing fat and
for promoting warmth in the system.
Millions of people in Italy use macaroni
as their chief, if not sole food the year
round-the gluten answering for the
lean meat consumed by other people to
produce muscular strength or working
power Sea biscuit, pilot bread and
plain crackers, those without the ''short-
ening" of butter or lard, are simply
-four and water, worked into tough
dough and baked instead of beine.air or
sun-dried as macaroni and vermicelli
are They are usually made of North
ern grown wheat, containing more
starch and less gluten than macaroni. -
American Agriculturist.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Woman's Work in Germany

The Tagwact of berlin, describes the
different kind of work performed by wo-
men 1.-THE various parts of Germany.
They saw and split wood ; they carry
on their heads water, wood, coal, sand
and stones; on the farm they pillow. har-
row, NOW, and thrash the crops /; help
to build houses, carrying bricks up the
ladders in large cities they sweep the
streets, and besides all that, they per-
form the ordinary homework. In times
Of war, many of them are found on the
battle field, though their occupation
there is of n more peaceful character
than that performed by the mothers of
the pagan era. They prepare meals,
mend soldiers uniforms and nurse the
sick.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
A Country Girl in Town.

She is charmingly fresh, wholesome
little body, is this little girl from the
country a flower of the field contrast
ing agreeablv with the flowers of the
garden among which she is found. Her
coloring is delicious. The country air
and the country sun, not to refer her
effect of prettiness to the wholesome
country life, have given her a peach
bloomy face that is all in harmony with
her blue eyes and corn-silk hair. 1t is
not her fault that the good Mother Ma
ture, under whose especial care she has
been reared, has dealt less kindly with
her feet and hands; that these, by lib
eral use, have gained in extent at the
cost of the finish-the feet losing the
arching instep as they have grown I'M
duly in length and breadth, the hands,
likewise expanding with stumpy
abrrptness in imperfectly developed
nails. Certain it is, that the strange
ness of surroundings constrains her to
adopt habit Of troublous reticence that
is not little pitiful to contemplate a
habit that renders any attempt at con-
verse with her matter Of rare difficulty
not to be overcome save by one possess
ing an unusual amount of tact and much
kindlinesso of Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Personal Peculiarities.

About forty years ago l had a lad in
my employ who had the habit when un-
expectedly spoken to of pricking up his
ears in so decisive a manner as to re-
mind one of the ears of Press or of Tray
when suddenly called. Marie Louise,
the second wife of the great Napoleon,
was in the habit of amusing the ladies
of her court at their private soirees by
turning her ears almost completely
round, and in manner closing them
up. She did this by peculiar motion
of the jaw, and sheis said to have prided
herself on the exploit not little
A man | knew well wore an enor-
nous shock of raven hair, and would al
low himself to be lifted by the hair from
the ground by any one who was strong
enough to do it, and to be swung to and
fro like pendulum, or to be dragged
along the floor.
The faculty Of sleeping at will was one
Of the sndowments of the first Napoleon,
who it is said could sleep any length Of
time, long or short, and awake at the
time, almost toa minute, he had resolved
upon.
Among the muscular movements not
common, | have noticed several instan-
ces of persons who could throw back the
four fingers Of either hand until they
stood quite perpendicular with the
wrist. Other instances l have seen,
though but few, of persons who can
project the lower joint of the thumb al.
most into the hollow of the palm. In
neither of these cases is the use or the
ordinary symmetry Of the hand affected
Of left.handed people we have all seen
many, and they abound among the
working class; but Of the artibandist or
botA-handed, that is, with persons who
could do everything with either hand, as
well with one as the other, | have
known but one in The whole course OF
my life. This was an orphan boy who
had had no parental care, but had been
left almost to himself from infancy.
Quick, active and sharp witted, he had
taught himself many things tolerably
well, could draw fairly; could play the
fiddle and flute, and wrote admirably
and with unrivaed rapidity with either
hand
There are many persons who, from
causes they can never explain, have a
repugnance, almost amounting to horror
in some cases, for certain animals. The
French General Junot, who was as cool
as cucumber amidst storm of bullets,
and would face the lannon's mouth I'M
moved, would take to his heels at the
sight of live frog, and would not re-
cover his equanimity for hours.
| have known man who could not
touch mutton, however cooked, while he
would eat heartily of any other meat.
Some there are in whom the thought of
eating hare or rabbit excites loathing;
some who would starve rather than eat
shell-fsh of any kind; and there are not
few to whom butter and cheese are
denominations Others are equally pref
udiced against certain vegetables, but
why or wherefore they can never tell
you-Leisure Hours
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19

DURING the month Of June next,
10000 persons will be engaged in the
work of taking the United States CEN
sus Tor 1880. 1t will be the most CON-
plete statistical report ever made in this
country. The law provides for taking
the name, sex, color, birthplace, occupa-
ton and ability to read and write, of
each person. Statistics Of mines, fish
cries and fishing population, railroads,
fire and life insurance, express and tele-
graph companies 1t will also contain
full statistics of agriculture and every
branch of mechanical industries.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19

One can always find something pleas
ant to say of anything if they will but
try hard enough. The editor of the
Marysville Banner speaks rather vaguely
of the merits of dramatic troupe per-
forming in that town, but adds "Too
much cannot be said Of the admirable
slocution Of the prompter, whose clear,
bell like voice could b heard in al parts
Il the hall"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19

A young man went into q florist .
store the other day to purchase a rose
bud for his a&anoed. Seventy five cents
was the price asked. "Will it keepr
inquired the young man. "Oh, yes .
eag whis." Then kssp il"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19

Teacher-"Feminine Of friarr First
bright boy-"Hasn't any" Teacher
Next" Second bright boy-"Nun. I
Teacher-'That's right" First bright
boy indignantly ejaculates-'That's just
what said.s
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Some Facts About Australia.

Australia, with Tasmania, is only Il
little less in area than Europe. The
hottest climate in the world probably
occurs in the desert interior of Austria
liza. Captain Stuart hung thermome-
ter Oh tree shaded both from sun and
wind. 1t was graduated to l27 degrees
F., yet so great was the heat of the air
that the mercury rose till it burst the
tube, and the temperature must thus
have been at least Us F., apparently the
highest ever recorded in any part of the
world. For three months Captain Stu
art found the mean temperature to be
over l0l degrees F., in the shade.
Nevertheless on the southern noun
tains and table lands, three feet of snow
Sometimes falls in day. Snow storms
have been known to last for weeks, the
snow lying from four to fifteen feet
in depth and burying the cattle Aus
tralia is land of drought and flood.
The annual rainfall at Sydney has var
led from twenty-five to eighty-two inch
es. Lake George, near Goulburn, was,
in 1924, twenty miles long and eight
miles broad. 1t gradually sank till, in
1887, it became quite dry, and its bot
tom was converted into a grassy plain.
In 1865 it was lake again, seventeen
feet deep; two years later it was only
two feet deep; and in 1876 it was
twenty feet deep.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
LAST Spring the five children of NJ

LAST Spring the five children of NJ.
B. Corbin, of Colorado, promised to
earn money enough to pay for an organ,
if their father would buy one. The
bargain was made, and, as a capital,
three dozen chickens and an acre of
arabic land were given to them. The
ground was planted with onions, and
yielded the remarkable crop Of three
tons, for which $l45 was received. The
net receipts from the chickens was $50,
making 5000. The organ cost Sll8,
leaving balance of S82 still in the
children's treasury. The children are
from 6 to Is years Of age, and worked
throughout the season with great energy
and perseverance,, and hence deserved
success
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
IRELAND.

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-A Dublin
dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette
this evening says: /" Accounts from
the country during the past few
days have been more hopeful and
are summed up in these words :
ifThere is much suffering but not
starvation, G.. except in far>otf
Islands, to which relief is
being sent without delay and stint.
In parts Of county Donegal, also,
the want is great, but the Dublin
mansion house fund has been made
peremptorily available in that quar-
ter. In the meanwhile the agr arian
agitation may be said to have COM
pletely ended, attempts to get up
meetings of the sort recently hay
ing all failed.''
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
MINOR DISPATCHES.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Rev. Eds
ward Cowley, manager of a chils
drens asylum was to-day SEN
fenced to one years imprisonment
and $3.50 fine for starving inmates.
James Lenox, founder of the
Lenox library, is dead. He was
one of New York's best known and
most liberal citizens, and for long
time was president of the bank of
Commerce.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. .18.-A
fire at Union Springs destroyed
three store houses. Loss $12, 900 /;
insurance $1,000. RI
6 MOBILE, ALA, Feb. 49, Seven
defendants were to- day sentenced to
a fine and imprisonment by the
United States circuit court, for
depredations upon public lands.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19

THE Georgia republican state exec
utive committee held meeting In At
lanta Tuesday and called the state con-
vention to meet in that city on the
2lst Of April. The convention will
nominate delegates to Chicago and
choose the electors for the state ut
large, and also full ticket Of state Of
ficers. The Constitution, looking at 1t
through democratic spectacles, says :
ut is certain that there will be q
warm tune over the question of dele
gates to the national conventions. The
friends Of Sherman are very busy in
his interests, while the advo,
Gates of Grant and other prominent
candidates are also hard at work.
Georgia has twenty-five votes in the
national convention, quite enough to
turn the scale In tight vote between
two of the aspirants. There seems 10
De sort of revival Of interest among
the republicans in this state, and there
can ne no DOUBT that they intend 10
90 al they can to make a good can vass
~ georgia, both on stats and national
issues.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
THE EXODUS.

GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 49,
A special to the News from Dallas
says: "In the colored convention
yesterday, several additional coun-
ties were represented. The con-
vention received and considered the
report of the committee on consti-
tuition and bylaws, which forms the
body into the Texas farmers asso-
citation. A colony is to be estab-
lished in Panhandle, with a capital
stock of one hundred thousand
shares, at $25 each. A committee
was appointed visit Panhandle and
select land for the colony. The
session yesterdayswas characterized
by great confusion. 4
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
RUSSIA.

ST PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.-An
explosion occurred yesterday under
the main guard room Of the
Winter palace, which was supposed
to be the explosion of a, mine in,
tended to destroy the imperial
family. 5s@s y Ed'I O.
The following is the affidavit ac-
count of the occurrence "About 7
o'clock last evening an explosion
occurred in the basement of the inn
perial Winter palace under the
principal guard ROOM by which
eight soldiers of the Finland regi.1
ment of the guard then on duty
were killed and forty-fve we're inS
jured. Tie flooring of the guard
room and gas pipes were, damaged:
Official inquiry into the cause of;the
explosion is proceeding
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS.
70 The house committee on ways
and means met this morning for
final revision of the funding bill,
which was ordered, to be reported to
the house this afternoon, with the
request that the first Tuesday in
March be assigned for its considera-
ton.
The senate, in executive session,
'to.day confirmed the following
nominations to be- supervisors of
census: For Georgia second dis
trict, VIM. n. eMcWhirter; third,
VIM. CIfton; fourth, sChas. R.
johnson; fifth, pWms "a. Harris. The
Senate rejected the nomination of
John B. Stiekny to be United States
m marshal for Florida. All w
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
QUA wAsHINaTON LETTER.

N Il
NAV ts WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
ss The New York Times OF O recent
date publishes an interview with Col.
Thos. Ksogh, secretary of the national
republican committee, In which ap.
pear q number of nonsensicaI allu-
sions to Hon.. John Sherman. Col.
Keogh, If he is to be believed, has
made the discovery that the secretary
Ia not prudent and discreet man, but,
contrary to all OF his antecedents. he
is as ready to enter into political bar
ters and trades as Sam. Tflden. Those
who have known Secretary sherma an
for the past thirty years, Of course take
no 3. ock 10 Mr.. Keogh's unsupported
assertions, for they Know that he lie an
unswerying opponent OF ShermaD,'
and, as such, he has per-
mitted his zeal to interfere
with his discretion. The idea of John
Sherman begging Keogh to divide
the North Carolina vote between him.
self and Grant" would excite merri-
ment did II rot produce Indignation
amongst the stcIetary's friends. I
know both Sh rman and Keogh WE'LL,
The former 10 q discreet, prudent man,
who has long been 10 public life,
where he acquired an enviable reputal
tion for honesty, consistency and he
highest integrity. He ls the last man
in public life whom would suspect of
treating with politicians; while Keogh
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-19
SOUTH, CAROLINA.

COLUMBIA, Feb. 18.-The gems
eral assembly, at the request of the
mayor and aldermen, has passed an
act authorizing the refunding of the
entire indebtedness of the city,
bonded and floating, at face value,
by an issue Of thirty-year bonds
bearing 2 per cent. interest during
the first decade, g. the next and 4
the last, the coupons to be. receiys
able for all taxes and debts due to
the city, except water rents. q The
city's creditors will accept the terms
of the act. sssts s-q h.aaqm- 9 stI