The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-14
ALL SORTS.
General Mcclellan is tifty-five.

A true republic should be custard
pie-no upper crust
The ouly object of soldiers drill Is
tie make holes in the enemy.
Mr. Gladstone is said to have aged at
least four years in the past four weeks.
Senator Philetus Sawyer. of WiscOn-
sin, is said to have never looked other
wise than smiling and happy all his
life.
DR.. A. Schmidts believes that the nom
fermentable part Of grape sugar intro
duced into wines contains poison like
that in potato-oil.
The electric light is making sure and
safe progress Before long the Joyous
tramp can sit on the cnrbstone all night
and read about the stagnation of labor in
the finest print.
eff I punish you" said mamma to
her little girl, you don't suppose l do
so for my own pleasure, do your
''Then whose pleasure is it for, dear
mamma?'
Mrs. Spaggins was boasting of her new
house. The windows, she said, were all
stained. That's TOO bad, but won't tur-
pentine or benzine wash it OFF," asked the
good Mrs. Oldbody.
George Lay, of Parke county, Indiana,
claims to be the oldest engineer in the
United States. He was born in 1904, and
ran one of the first engines on the Balti-
more and Ohio road.
Mr.. w. II. Hughes, who is q relative
of the founder of the Rugby colony,
writes from Rugby that the rumOred
migration of the colony to Minnesota Is
all nonsense. The colonists are prepar-
ing to put in their spring crop.
Carlyle believed that woman's first
right and duty was to lead quiet,
married life; but, failing in that, 'she
has every right, before God and man, to
take up whatever honest employment
she can find open to her in the world"
Professor Z. d. Sanbo-n, of Dart
mouth College, who is nearly eighty
years of age and has been an instructor
in the college for thirty-five years, has
become so intirm that it is thought he
will soon have to cease his professional
duties.
Gilhooly as an equestrian: Gilhooly
hired pony the other day to take little
exercise on. He got all the exercise he
wanted, and as he limped to the edge OF
the sidewalk to rest himself after taking
so much exercise kind friend asked
him: what did you come down so
quick for?" What did l come down so
quick for? Did You see anything up in
the air for me to hold on to?"
The incomes of Bishops of the Church
of England are as follows: The Arch
bishop of Canterbury, $75, 900; the Bish-
CD of York. $50 900; the Bishop of Lon
don, $50 900; the Bishop of Durham,
$40 900; the Bishop of Winchester, $780,
000 the Bishop of Ely, S27 800; the
Bishop of St. Asaph, 500; and the others
between $50 900 and S25, 900 each. Be-
sides each Bishop has an official residence
free.
Washington while Colonel of the Vir-
ginia Colonial forces, superintendent the
construction of Fort London at Win
chester, Virginia. The tort crumbled
away, and now only one of the bastions,
known sa Fort Hill remains. Last Tues
day the local military of Winche ter
marched through the side of the Fort,
and passing where one of the gates stood
rendered the military honor of a march
ing salute to the classic spot.
Miss Janetta B. Hart, successful
didate for superintendent of schools in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, say
ing: II do not ask for the Office as q mat
ter of charity or chivalry because am
a woman, but wish to come before the
directors of the county as q man would
come, resting my case on such evidence
as may be able to furnish of my char
acter, education and experience an an
instructor"
Some time ago an old man in
Northern Iowa wrote to relatives in the
East asking for aid, as there was to be
hard winter and he was likely to suffer.
None responded except niece, who was
a school teacher, and who sent him $50
and said that she would send him more
as soon as she drew her salary. He
wrote back that she need not send him
any more as the $50 was plenty. Last
December the old man died and left the
niece $50 900.