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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-15
Our Boys.
BIZ d. WIGHT.

Who ish dot, vot makes so much noish?
In your baper, about our poys,
Und wants do dell him how he must does,
Ven he butts ON his goat, hat, or shoes?
Wy does sooch beoples mint my business?
vot ish mine, gan dena do, guess;
reads your baper all ofer dis weeks,
Und apout dose poys again day sbcaks.
Mine vrow und have four leetle poys,
Und dey seebes dogedder. shust like toys,
Won day mine vrow, she goes sometimes away,
Ware ish some childrens shust like our poys,
Vat will run, und slump, und not make noise
Ven l vas children, shust like our poys,
Sometimes, l guess, you could hear Won noise.
Shames, Schon, Willie, und Heinrich, is de
names
Ov does poys ov ours, who blays dose games;
Like Won nights, says, "boys, goes to BEDS
Und ven l looks, dey stands on dare heads.
laugh to see dose poys all de while,
Stand mid dare heels up, in Won bile;
Und in Won minutes down goes dare heels,
Heads cover up, den how day squeals!
Now Shtreet und Shmith, as dots your name
Let our boys have some leetle game;
Tont makes dera like some grave olt deacon,
Nit one long face as if in meeting.
Give cur poys Won room in der house,
Ware to run, slump, and make big rows;
Und ven our poys are having fun,
Give dem din ban vor a trum.
You must laugh, und stay to hear our Bub,
Trum on din ban, likes rub-dub-dub;
Und if you no likes him, or not,
You must hear him-now don't vorgot.
Und if you trivc our boys away,
Vrom de home ven in dare blay,
Day goes off in Won quick run,
Do ware day can have some vun.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-15
As to Stockings.

"The riskiest business in America
to-day" said Mr.. Berwick, "is the dry
goods business, and the most unstable
part of the dry goods business is in the
line of stockings. I never saw any
thing like it. The caprice of American
women concerning stockings is some
thing almost SURPRISING belief. Two
men have, within the last month, been
sent back to the United State from
Chemnitz raving lunatics, driven insane
by fluctuations in taste in the stocking
demand at home"
thought the statement was joke
and smiled.
cts strict truth I'm telling you, and
no nonsense. 1 don't know how much
longer I'll hold out. My whole exist
ence is one elongated hose. 1 eat,
sleep, drink, and think of stockings"
"We've got stockings ON the BRAIN"
said Mr.. White.
"On the brain! I should think so"
replied Mr.. Berwick. "Between the
top of my nose and the roof of my head
I've got %, 900 dozen of stocki IS pack
ed away. 1 used to be able to put the
whole subject out of my mind on the
Sabbath; now the church l attend is
full of stockings. lam wondering dur
ing the sermon what the particular
taste is of every one in the congrega-
ton concerning stocking, not excepting
the minister and his wife and family.
The very pulpit is hung with stockings"
ga perpetual Christmas"
"Santa Claus is better off than l am,
for at least he doesn't have to furnish
people with stockings"
"What is it exactly that causes you
this great anxiety ?" inquired.
The constant fear of having twenty
or thirty thousand dozen expensive
stockings thrown on ones hands, dead
stock, to be sold at fifty cents on the
dollar of what it costs us, through the
crack Drained notion of some few 80.
called leaders of fashion. Why, one
noted lady in town-one alone-has
ut in her power to change the styles in
stockings in the space of twenty four
walk into store, ask to look at stock
ings, be shown the greatest novelties,
and if the bulk of the stock happens to
be red she has but to say, "Oh, red is
no good now; green's all the rage"
That's enough. From that moment we
have to seize people by the throat and
maui them to get them to take q red
stocking. Why, even the children
know it, and cry if their mothers,
tempted by the lower price, want to
buy the questionable color for them.
Oh, it is dreadful! exclaimed the ex-
cited hosiery merchant. dreadful!
Dreadful! 1t beats Banniker!'
II infer from your remarks that
American women, as purchasers, are
somewhat capricious."
"They are the most capricious, the
most extravagant women that God lets
live" continued he. II can't begin to
tell you all this nonsense about hosiery.
Why, an eighth of an inch in width of
stripe is sufficient to ruin whole in
voice of fine hosiery as selling goods.
Stewart was bit this way recently.
They had 10000 dozen hose with a
stripe that was pronounced little too
narrow or little too wide, l forget
which, and they had to sell the whole
lot at less than half cost price in Eu-
rope. And. they were difficult to get
rid of even at that. "-Cmc innai Com
mercial.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-15
The Fire.Fiend on a High Horse.

Grandfather Lickshingle broke the
silence yesterday evening as follows:
II tell you what it is, children,
there's no use talkin'. The newspaper
men of to-day can't sling ink with their
grandfathers. They're degeneratin'.
This country sees no graphic writin'
like it did when your grandfather was
ridin' the editorial tripod like q witch
astride the gale. l know of no place
that affords better field for descrip-
tive writin' than these very oil regions.
Why, the fires you have heard OF can't
be beat -exceptin', of course, beyond
the tomb. When I hear of one of
these confagrations Just ache to take
my pen in hand and describe it in my
own graphic style"
Grandfather closed his eyes, swayed
to and fro on his easy chair, while his
face glowsd with enthusiasm. He
seemed to be in transport of Joy.
Bring forth my good gray quill"
he said, land let me paint the burnin
town"
One of the children said he thought
grandfather was going to have a fit;
father said he was only in the news
paper business, in his Imagination, at
y salary of thousand dollars n week,
but would soon be all right.
l." IT'S night. Fire fire fire = said
grandfather, rapidly tracing sheet of
imaginary paper with goose-quill of
the mind. Fire fire fire and the
afrightened winds took up the cry.
The fire. fiend, with his sword of flame,
was seen leaping from the back window
of a bake shop, breathin' smoke and
forked lightnin' from his nostrils. In
an instant the sleepin' city was out on
the floor barkin' its shins on chairs and
things in mad hunt after its panta-
looms. Hush bark The fire fiend
rushes ON and on like war-horse,
leavin' destruction in his trail. Look
he scales the side of yon corner gro
Gerry, even as kitchen-maid would
scale a fish, an with his fiery, forked
tongue ticks the paint often the build
in. See! like the hungry holocaust
that he is, he is lickin' up the sign,
Salt, mackerel, bacon, flour, feed an
provisions, as if he hadn't tasted a bite
for month. See him leap to the caves
of my lady's bower an gorge himself
upon the gingerbread work of the cor
nices. Now he hurls his body through
the windows of yonder residence, ram
sacks the premises, an escapes like a
rocket through the roof. He turns
somersaults from housetop to house
top, knocks over chimney-pots, dances
Jig on the hot shingles. like the boy
on the burnin' deck, an without as
much as look out behind rains
shower of sparks upon the heads of the
panic stricken populace. But see him
now He spits upon his calloused
hands an scoots up the liberty pole
like a cat up an apple tree. Up! up!
up! Higher higher Higher and
yet higher Higher than the price of
butter, until now with one fiery foot he
tiptoes it upon the topmost tip, the
while he filings his arms of flame about
him like village lawyer making a
Fourth of July Grafton. Now he places
a thumb to his nose, an with his ex-
tended fingers describes circle in the
face of the man in the moon, while lie
laps his forked tongue about the Amer
lean flag an swallows it before loyal
people can shoot him on the spot
OH Ciiy Derrick.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-15

Many of the commonest words in use
at the present day have a sufficiently
curious origin, dollar" goes back to
the days when the silver of Joachims-
Thai, in Saxony, was SO highly es-
teemed that the country folk, in taking
pay for their produce, we're wont to
say, "Give us o Joachims-T haler"-a
name which, shortened into Thaler, is
the lineal ancestor Of dollar" It gave
occasion for one OF the keenest jests in
history under Frederick the Great.
whose new coinage, with the inscription
Elm Reichs- thaler" lone State dollar
was read by the conquered Saxons,
Elm Reich stahler" the stole State).
The cruel count OF Merode, who at.
tanned an evil pre-eminence among the
ruflianly leaders OF the Thirty Years
War, gave to his followers the name of
"Metrodeurs," since corrupted into
maraudsrs. The now familiar term
"roue" originally applied to malefac-
tors broken ON the wheel (rouel, was
first used in its present sense of de
bauchee" by the Duke OF Orleans, in
1716, with reference TO his registering
boon companions. The latter declared
that il implied their readiness TO be
broken on the wheel for their masters
sake; but the Duke, whom appealed 10,
un6attsringly explained Il ~ merely
signifying that they richly deserved
such : fale.-E. r. Hmss.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-15

An old Irish soldier, who prided
himself upon his bravery, said he had
fought in the battle OF Bull Run.
When asked if he retreated and made
good his escape as others did on that
famous occasion. he replied: BE ia.
bers, those that didn't run are there
viii"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-15

Mount Holyoke Seminary has new
class Of liz members. The entire
number of students il $50. A silver
medal was awarded TO this school at the
Paris Exposition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
OF ADAY.
THE TRIAL OF THE M0tLiE MAGUlRES
as PROGRESSING.
Numbering His Wife-Four Men Lost at Sea
Two Men Blown up by Nitro
Gyeerine-Crushed Under
'..' the Cars. ..
SCHooNERS ASHORE AT CLEVELAND
CRIMES.

FALL RIVER, Mass, December Frank
Sharon. young barber, went home last
evening, entered the room where hts wife
was sleeping, kissed her three times, and
drawing pistol shot cher dead Sharon
saws something crossed his mind and told
him to do it, He was removed to prison.
GREENFIELD, Mass, December david
McMilIer. who shot Father Mccarthy,
reached here last evening, and was driven
rapidly to prison. The Jail yard was crow
ded with people anxious TO lynch the
prisoner, but the display of revolvers by
the officers prevented violence. Father
Mccarthy died about midnight but before
his death made dying declaration as to
the circumstances of the assault. s.-----a-va-.
PITrsBURGH, December IA special from
Uniontown, Pa, says: The trial OF rat
Dolan, one of the Nollie Maguires, charged
with the murder OF Healey, is creating IN
tense excitement. The court house IS
crowded to-day A number of witnesses
were examined, but the only important
testimony elected was that of Mrs. Harper,
who swore that from her window she saw
three men walking along the track just
before the shooting. One of them she
recognized as Healey, and she thought one
of the two Others was the defendent Much
other testimony was given regarding the
defendants whereabouts on the night OF
the murder.
FALL river, MASS, December Frank
Charon, twcnty-nine years old, this morn
ing shot his wife, who was sleeping in bed,
instantly killing her. The couple have
three children, the eldest aged four years.
The murderer gave himself up and is in
iail awaiting the action of the grand jury.
Rum and domestic infelicity were the cause
of the crime. Charon exhibits no rcmorsc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
Personal POINTS.
West Virginia Talent In Search Of Em-
plOy ment - Beese Blair - Incker
County Against the World.
lSpeciq Dispatch to the Register.

SpeciI Dispatch 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON. December Mayor John
Irwin, of Steubcnville, has been registered
at Willard's most OF the week, and Mr.. J.
u. Weeks. the Secretary OF the Western
Nail Association. is re ent arrival at the
Riggs House.
Col. James Y. Davis, of Greenbrier, is
here. and open to sealed proposals from the
new administration. sydney Smith once
said of an English statesman, that his con-
fidence i'm himSeliwa so great that he would
take command of the Channel fleet at mo-
mrnt'S notice. and there is no doubt but
that the colonel would tackle any de
partment Of this government with
out hesitation. During Hayes admins
tration he was mentioned in connection
with the Postmaster GencralShip, and II
that Slowgoing Chief Executive had hal
decision Of character enough To appoint
him, there probably would have been no
Star ROutr frauds. and the Department
would have saved money enough to enable
il To sell two three cent stamps Tor hNe
cents.
Judge "RecSe" Blair, of Wyoming Terri
tory, came to-day. and speaks enthusiast
caliv of that section. He says Laramie City
is a sort uf New Jerusalem, and that an en-
crgctic man out there can accomplish more
in "A few years than he can in West Virginia
PEE contra, Col John +. Wood, who IS here
fresh from the wildS of Tucker county, says
that is the garden spot OF the universe, and
that If "A man can once get foothOld there
his fortune is a certainty. And so in a
pluititudc of cOunSCllOrS there arise the
prrplcNity of purpose. Ian.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
CASUALTIES.

CoLuMBUs. O., December 7.-GeOrgc Mil
ler, brakeman at the Piqua yards, fell
beneath the cars at noon, and was instantly
killed.
New YORK, December by the eIplO-
sion of,a vat of heated varnish at No. 81
Beckman street this morning, the two
upper stories were wreCkeda and damages OF
S55 600 was caused to the variOuS tenants
by fire and water. Gaylord and Watson
and John Metz suffered the greatest loss.
ST LOUIS, December IA collision be-
tween two freight trains on the Jefferson
division of the Texas and Pacific Railway,
not far from Marshall, yesterday, resulted
In the death Of two men, the serious injury
TO three, and slight injury to four others.
Both engines and number OF cars were
completely wrecked.
New YORK, December THE steamer
Lake Winnepeg, from Liverpool, reports
November 2lst heavy gale and high seas,
and on the 23d hurricane. The vessel
shipped large quantities OF water, which
did much damage. James Blair, chief en-
gineer, was washed overheard and lost
Patrick Cooney, fireman, was thrown down
the stoke hole and killed. John Reynolds,
fireman, died, having drank carbolic acid,
mistaking it for vinegar.
WINNEPAY, MONIToBA, December Ga
nitro glycerine explosion, at Eagle Lake,
ON the Thunder Bay Division of the Canada
Pacific railroad, yesterday, killed the tore-
man, Duncan Mcmillan, and one OF his men,
VIM. COnnell. They went into the maga-
zine to prepare the explosives for blasting
and had only been inside the building about
five minutes when the explosion TOOK place
blowing them toatOms. Mcmillan leaves 4
wife in London, Ontario.
SAN Francisco. December THE boiler
of the Mission Soap and Candle Works,
Sixteenth street between Falson and Har-
riSon. blew up about four o'clock this
morning. The nightwatChman and engl-
neer were the only persons on the prem
iseS at the time and escaped unhurt. The
building was demolished and squatter
shanty and a Chinese workhouSc adjoin-
ing slightly damaged. The building, worth
=, 900, is total loss. The machinery, val
ued at $50,0Oo is more or less damaged.
CLEVELAND. December THE three
mastcd schoonerS. Ii. Z. Baldwin, Captain
Casing, and the CosSack, Captain Bell, went
ashore here. this morning, in furious
| northwest gale. The crews were saved by
the Life Saving Service. Both vessels are
laden from EsCanaba for Cleveland. The
Baldwin lies on the rocks and is pounding
To pieces She is valued at $4,000; no in
| surance. She is owned by Patrick Smith Il
Son. of Cleveland. The COSSaCki is sCuttlcd,
| and lies comparatively easy on the sand.
| She is owned by Captain Grummerd, OF De.
troit Value, $1,000, The wind IS still
| blowing q hurricane.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
BOND ROBBER CAUGHT.
The Thief Who Carried Off the Clevc-
land Bankers Bonds Arrested.

BUFFALO. December 1.-William Burke,
alias Charles II. Page. has been arrested
here as the thief who stole Sll7,0OO worth
of railroad bonds bclongsng TO President ID.
PcclS. Of the Commercial National Bank of
Cleveland. Burke, or Page. was taken at
the Express office while inquiring for
suit of clothes shippedto him from Clcvc-
land 1t appeared he, with two other
men ordered suits at Cleveland,
which were to he shipped to Buffalo, and
his two companions. who are supposed to
have the stolen bonds in their possession.
Burk. 0iias Page. halls from Chicago, and is
recognized rs a professional bank sneak
thief Last summer he was caught
in the act of attempting to
steal valuable papers out OF the vault in
the bank at CoheeS. n. y. He was arrested
and admitted to bail. He was again ar
rested for similar attempt at bank in
Baltimore, but again got out on ball. no
difficulty being met in raising the money:
as he is considered to belong to gang OF
"experts." which would put up $4,000 If
necessary. He is also wanted at Detroit,
Lockport. and other places
The arrest recalls the famous bond rob
berry in this city at the Erie County Saw
ingS Bank, few months ago, but the Off
cials of that institution were unable to
identify Burke aS the mysterious person
at their bank on the day the theft occurred.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
GERMANY.

BERLIN, December Count kolnoky,
the Austrian Foreign Minister, had an in.
terview with the Emperor William to-day.
The man who placardcd Frankfort with
a copy Of the article for which Johann Mast,
editor ~ the London Frcihcit, was convicted
of melting to murder and scntcnced.at Leip-
sic, to three years penal servitude and tho
loss of civil rights, is political writer ON
the Tdgoblda, and was sentenced To line OF
800 marks or 20 days imprisonment for
publishing a telegram rejecting on tho
character OF the Turkish Ambassador At
Berlin, in connection with the murder of
Abdul Aziz. =.
. General Marteuflal, Governor General ut
Alsacl-Lorraine, speaking at the banquet
given to the Committee of Provincial Rep
rcsentatiycs. said. certain measures lately
taken as q prohibition of the official Use of
the French language was intended, not so
much 10 germanizc the conquered prov
inces. though the object was by no means
To be neglected, as to promote their welfare.
The population was continually worked on
from the side Of France and made % be-
licve they would he reunited 10 her. Hc
therefore thought IL best to state that Ger
many considered the provinces inalicn-
able and while dealing with excess, hc
would continue the policy OF reconciliation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
RAILROAD MATTERS.

II is reported here that the Indianapolis,
Bloomington & Western railroad is ar
ranging to lease the indianapolis, Spring
field Il Decatur road.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, December THE
Inion announces the Tampa and Key West
railroad is assured and that Jay Gould, -
J. Tildcn. GOV. Cornell, WinSlow Lavicr Il
Co., Milton Weston, of the Chicago Belt
Line railroad, and other capitalists have
taken the matter in hand.
The directors of the Joplin & Galena rail-
road, and the Kansas railroad, met at
Girard. Kansas, to-day, and consolidated
the two roads The consolidated roads
were conveyed to the st. Louis 4 San
Francisco. This action adds sixty miles OF
line to the latter road.
ST. LOUIS. December 1T is stated that
the Texas IL st. Louis narrow gauge rail
road company. of which Col. j. w. Para
more, of this city, is President, has leased
the Cairo & st. Louis narrow gauge, and
that the latter road will become a link in
the great'chain of narrow gauge roads from
the East TO the Rio Grande via st. Louis.
KEoKrK, December AT a meeting OF
the stockholders of the KeOkuk, lndianapo-
lis & St Louis line. yesterday, the lease of
the lines to the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad was ratified, and the
Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy men were
elected to fill all the offices, except that OF
Col. H. b. Blood, of the leased lines, who
was chosen Secretary.
BOsToN, December -Four additional
directors were authorized by yesterdays
meeting of the New York e New England
railroad 10 be chosen at the first regular
meeting of the Board of Directors. one
from Rhode Island, one from Connecticut
and two will represent the New York con-
nections. 1t is being limited that the one
director chosen yesterday is a representa-
tive OF Vanderbilt Gen. Wilson says that
no one representing Vanderbilt is in the
directory. A mixed train will run to
Hudson tomorrow morning. and on and
after Monday next passenger trains will
run regularly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
Consumption Cured.

BALTIMORE Nd, February l2, 1881.
Upon the recommendation of friend !
tried Browns Iron Bitters as a tonic and
restorative for my daughter. whom | was
thoroughly convinced was fast wasting
away in consumption. Having lost three
daughters by the terrible disease, under the
care of eminent physicians, / was 10th TO
believe that anything could arrest the pro-
gress of the disease; but 10 my surprise, be-
fore my daughter had taken one bottle OF
Browns Iron Bitters, she began to mend,
and is now quite restored to her former
health. A fifth daughter began 70 show
signs Of consumption. and when the physi-
clan was consulted. he quickly said, ''Tonics
were required And when informed that
the elder sister was taking Browns Iron
Bitters, responded, That is good tonic
take IT."
ADORAM PHELPS, OF Aykes & Phelps.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
THE GREAT TRIAL.
REBuTTlNG TESTIMONY FOR THE
a.- PROSECUTION. 5-.
The Guteau Family Not all Cranks-Upset-
ting the Theory Of the Defense-The
Prisoner Continuing His In
terruptions.
ONE WEEK MORE TO CLOSE THE CASE.

The prosecution continued the intro
duction of testimony on the question of
insanity, yesterday, showing by neigh
bors who had known them for years,
that there was no insanity in the family
of the prisoner, nor had they seen any
evidence of it in the prisoner during
their acquaintance with him. The facts
were briefly and tersely stated by Gui-
teau in his remark to Scoville, "that
his father was smart man, and every
body knew it." The fact that but few
of the many experts summoned were
placed on the stand, is taken rs evidence
that their testimony would not have
benefited the prisoners cause. The
general opinion is expressed that before
the government closes, the theory of
insanity will be thoroughly exploded.
The most gratifyin fact connected with
the case, is the announcement of Col.
Corkhill, that it will probably not last
longer than another week.