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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

The electric light has been success
fully introduced into some OF the Welsh
collieries.
Street cars in Berlin and other Cont
mental cities are to day propelled by
electricity.
Strips of very thin india rubber are
beginning to be used as bandage IN
grating, instead of the wax commonly
applied.
A good microscope may be made by
boring u small hole in a piece of tin and
filling it with one clear drop of the bal
sam of common fir. 1t will magnify 20
diameters.
A very ordinary sized magnet, highly
charged with electricity, is sufficiently
powerful to raise over 100 pounds. This
fact alone enables one to form some con-
ception as to the future of electricity.
M. Bouchut's experiments with pep
sine for destroying worms in the stom-
ach and bowels have been continued
with extremely promising results. Even
the tape worm succumbs to the digestive
action of pepsine in large doses, while
the more highly organized tissues OF the
stomach are unaffected.
A new idea in the way of sleeping cars
was exhibited in Rochester recently.
Stiff canvas stretchers take the place OF
the ordinary berths, and so cleverly are
these slowed away that one would think
himself in drawing-room car unless
otherwise informed. Each of the IL
sections has two plate-glass windows,
and the seats for use in the day are de-
scribed IA very comfortable
An English agricultural celebrity has
passed away-Mr. Henry Strafford, "A gen.
tleman known to every life service to
shorthorn breeders by assuming at his
own cost the charge of the Herd Book
while it was an Improbable institution.
After running it for several years he
parted with it to the present Shorthorn
Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
The value of the services he rendered to
the shorthorn interest cannot be too
highly estimated.
Mr. Fontaine of Detroit, the inventor
of the locomotive bearing his name,
which has lately shown such unprece-
dented speed, has also invented needle
making machine which automatically
takes the steel wire, chips off piece of
any length desired, passes it to another
machine, which in turn passes it to an
other until the needle is complete, all
automatically and without the interven-
ton of hand labor. The only work re-
naming is to temper and pack the
needles.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
A Chicago idyl.

Il am very rich, my darling" she said
softly, punctuating her sentences with
soft, warm kisses. "Alread.y have 500,
600 worth of 4 per cents registered in my
name, and when the leaves are turning
red in the golden October days and the
fields are laughing in the rich abundance
of bountiful harvest, L shall cut off the
coupons. And when papa dies he will
leave me nearly $500, 900 more. Yes. my
sweetheart, l am very happy girl, and
fair young head rested contidingly on
the shoulder of the strong limbed, hazel
eyed young man to whom this avowal
was made. He looked tenderly down at
the brown tresses and the Invisible net
that bound them to the fair forehead.
Gently lifting the beautiful face to his,
he pressed passionate kiss to the full,
red lips, that seemed only made for Os-
culation.
Turning his head away, Herbert AIMS
leigh appeared for moment to be
wrapped in thought. Then kissing Mir
lam with rich, warm, two-for-a-quarter
kiss, he said, "Do you love me, dear
birdie?"
She gave answer by placing her soft,
white arms around his neck and throwing
herself madly on his shirt front.
do not hug me so hard, darling, an
You love me or my collar-stud will raise
carbuncle on the back of my neck" he
said in low, mellow tones.
1T is only the deep, passionate long
ing of my love. Herbert 1t recks not of
carbuncles. But you are right. Too
much pressure on the cervical vertebra
will cause an exostosis. Ny professor of
anatomy told me So"
"And we will be married in the fall
my SWEET"
"Yes, Herbert, in the rich, hazy, SEN
suous days of Indian summer, when the
low note of the farmers boy seeking the
lost COW is heard as he sits on the vine
embowered stile and blasphemes until
the FREELY leaves Cor cooler spot. You
must take all my money, Herbert; it
must be yours to do as you will with it;
to attain the glorious fame that awaits
you, for know that my loves name will
some day he known through the length
and breadth of the land. Surely you
have an ambition?"
II have said Herbert, kissing her
while she caught her breath.
"And you will not let any false pride
stand in the way of using my money to
attain the height you fam would reach?"
mo. darling, l will not. You say you
have 100000 in per cents. 1t is
enough. Tomorrow will act, and in
less than a day my name will be as ia
miliar throughout the world as that of
England's proud queen"
"Oh, Herbert, what will you do?''
II shall purchase Maud S.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
A Small Heroine.

Children four years old are not, as a
rule, competent to be left alone with
1.-The baby" IL there one in thousand
of such wee nurses that could have done
as we'll as the little Dakota girl did? It
is story of the Western floods, told in
the Cincinnati Commercial
She was little girl four years old, and
was left alone with q baby year old
while the mother went ont for days
work. While the good old auntie was
busy over soapsuds, she heard some boys
shouting
1.-THE Dakota is out of its banks -
She started bareheaded toward her
dwelling, and saw the water whirling
around Il five or six feet deep. The poor
old woman was frantic. and a member OF
the life saving crew took her in and fer
ried her to the door.
There WAS not sound; the poor little
ones must have drowned. The mothers
cries brought curly head to the win
dow.
Here we is, nanny I fetched sissy
up in the loft, cause there is water down
there"
Then the baby was lifted up by the
small arms to sec nanny, and in few
minutes both the little folks were enjoy
ing their first ride in boat.
~->----
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
The Lama.

The South American llama will bear
neither beating nor i'll treatment. The
animals go in troops, an Indian walking
a long distance ahead as guide. If
the llamas are tired, they stop, and the
Indian stops also. If the delay be too
great. the Indian, becoming uneasy
toward sunset. after all due precaution,
resolves on supplicating the beasts to re-
sumo their journey. He stands about
fifty or sixty PAGES off, in an attitude of
humility, waving his hand coaxingly
toward them, looks at them with tender
ness, and at the same time, in the soft
est tones. reterates, &c, ic, icr' If the
llamas are disposed to resume their
course, they follow the Indian in good
order and at a regular pace, but very
fast. for their legs are very long; but
when they are in i'll humor, they do not
even turn toward the speaker, but re-
main motionless, huddled together,
standing or lying down. The straight
neck and its gentle majesty of bearing,
the long down of their always clean and
glossy skin, their supple and timid mo-
ton, ali give them an air at once sensi-
tive and noble. The llama is the only
creature employed by man which he
uNTtS HOt stTlht. IL ~
is seldom the case-that an Indian
wishes to obtain either by force or by
threats what the llama does not wish to
perform the instant the animal finds it's
self afironted he raises his head with
dignity and without making any attempt
to escape by fight lies down
turning his looks toward heaven. Large
tears flow freely from his beautiful eyes.
signs issue from his breast, and in half
or three-quarters of an hour at most he
expires. The respect shown these AMI
mails by Peruvian Indians amounts abso-
lutely to superstitlous reverence. When
the Indians lead them, two approach and
caress the animal, hiding his head that
he may not see the load on his back. 1t
is the same in unloading. The Indians
of the Cordilleras alone have sufficient
patience and gentleness to manage the
llama.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
SOUR Glrls.''

Anna Dickinson, Grace Greenwood,
and others of that class have given so
much of their time to discussing the i'm
portant matter of female education, that
it would seem as if, were the girls trained
at home in about the following manner,
the wise heads would have something
else to talk and write about.
Teach them thoroughly the following
important things:
How to make shirts.
Not to wear false hair.
Not to powder or paint.
Not to run up store bills.
To wash and iron clothes.
To wear thick, warm shoes
To make their own dresses.
Self-reliance and independence.
How to make bread, and cook well.
That dollar is only hundred cents.
TO darn stockings and sew on buttons.
To say no, and mean it--or yes, and
stick to it.
ashamed of them.
That a good, rosy romp is worth fifty
consumptives.
money of their beaux.
10 nave uOtuluS W uo Will iuecHupSi-
ate and dissolute young men.
To keep n house in neat order, with
everything in its place.
That the more one lives within ones
income, the more one will save.
That the further one gets beyond ones
income the nearer one gets to the poor
house.
That good, steady mechanic without
a cent is worth dozen loafers in shiny
broadcloth.
Accomplishments, such as music,
painting and drawing-if they have the
taste, and you have both the time and
money.
That God made them in his image, and
no amount of tight lscing will improve
their appearance.
Teach them every day some item Of
dry, hard, practical common sense, and
they will yet find time for idealisms.
Give them, of course, a good, substan-
tial common school education, but don't
neglect home training.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

. LITTLE JOHNNY CLEM-Every reader
of war literature is familiar with the
story Of little Johnny Glenn, the drum
mer boy Of Chickamauga, who was
borne on the shoulders of soldier dur
ing the terrific storm of shot and shell
and kept up the spirits of the tired, dis
heartened troops by his rat-a-tattoo on
the drum, which was suspended from
his neck. Lieutenant John l.. Glen
looks now hardly over 10. and his stat
ure is that of boy of fewer years; but
for all that ne has been married to a
daughter of the late General French
nearly five years, and is now teaching
military science at Galesville Military
Academy, where he has been for the
past two years. The Lieutenant has
been in Washington looking after . pro.
motion. The position 10 Captain and
Assistant Quartermaster of the army,
with salary Of $4,000 and 10 per cent.
inoEsass every Ave ysars il ths service.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

That curious old chronicler, Holdings
head, gives a quaint account OF q storm
that visited the British coast on the LIST
of October, 1856. The moon" he says,
upon her change appearing exceedingly
red and swelled. began to show tokens Of
the great tempest of wind that followed,
which was so high and mighty, both by
land and sea, that the like had not been
lightly known, and seldom or rather
never heard of by men then alive. The
sea, forced contrary to it's natural course,
flowed twice without ebbing, yielding
such roaring that the same was heard
mot without great wonder) far dis
lance from the shore. Moreover, the
same sea appeared in the dark of night
to burn, as it had been on fire, and the
waves to fight and strive together after q
marvellous sort, so that the mariners
could not devise how to save their ships
% they lay at anchor by no cunning or
shift they could devise. At Winchilsea, be-
sides some other hurt that was done to
the bridges, mills, breaks and banks,
there were three hundred houses and
some churches drowned with the rising
of Ne tide"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

If lamp chimney be cut with dia-
mond ON the convex side it will never
crack with the heat, - the incision
affords room for expansion, and the
glass, after cooling. returns 10 it
original shads, with osly . scratch visi-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
A Persistent g inlet Man.

II should like to sell You a gimlet,'
said careworn-looking man, a, he
walked into an office the other day.
1--WE have no use for one" replied the
cashier.
but you should always look into the
misty future" went on the fiend de-
murely. Next winter you will want to
make holes in You boot heels, so you can
get your skates on"
II use club skates--no straps are re-
CURED"
"You may want to screw some boards
together some time. The old-fashioned
method Of driving the screws in with a
hammer is pernicious as it deteriorates
the tenacity Of the fangs of the screw as
it were."
Nothing to day, SIR"
This gimlet also acts as cork
screw"
II don't want it,"
ct may also be used as a tack.
hammer, a cigar holder, and tooth
brush"
II don't want it,"
ut has an eraser, pen, an inkstand,
table for computing compound inter
est, and lunch box attachment.
II can't help it; don't want it,"
81 know you don't; you're one of those
mean men that won't buy gimlet unless
it has restaurant and a trip to Europe
and an Italian opera company attached.
You're the kind of man that would live
near an electric light to save gas bill. y
And the peddler walked out with his
mental plumage on the perpendicular
New York Star.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
RELIGION In IRELAND.
ltor of the Tribune.

70 the Edftor or the Trt0nne
SIR: AS a daily reader of The TRIBUNE.
hsye yet failed the Irish question probed in what
sconceve to be the right direction. Is it not fact
hat the same laws governing the South OF Ireland are
$50 In operation in the North Why Is it, then. that
DE starvation epochs and all the other unfortunate
Irregularities only In the South OF lrelandf In
rider solve the whole question, need only TO take
pto account the religious element predomDatng In tue
buth OF Ireland. Show me. If you can, a progressive
,eople where the directing power emlnates from the
PRIESTHOOD. Suppose, for the sake OF argument, the
tngish Government should say the Irish. You may
low 20 aud form a Government OF your own would
here he that harmonious n!nging between the North
md South necessary for stable Government Any
,erson thinking snch state OF things could be would
lave very imperfect idea OF the character OF The two
econs l. II not fact that enths Of the Irish in
his country are the South Of Ireland2 And where
Sy their way into the West 70 subdue the soil ada
the solid wealth Of the country but hanging around
ng element iB the Government OF the Nanon II The
trouble Ireland were something new, then we
night think that the English Government was IN some
tay the cause of t but as the same thngs have been
ping on Tor we ssS Sy STxS a tas Ss
n tine Sou;h of Ireland, j. s.
Naples, a. T.. March IL 1881
III is inaniestly unjust aud irrational to saddle
he responsibility for Irish ignorance and vice upon
he Roman Church aud its priesthood. Belgium is
o-day highly prosperous and progressive country,
nth "a liberal Constitution, an excellent Admins
ration and population more dense to the acre than
hat of Ireland yet far more industrious frugal and
ntelligent Yet the Roman Catholic religion IS
uofessed by nearly the entire population of Bel
INN very small fraction being PrOtestants. II the
orrespondent will follow ont this comparison he
will modify his opinion that the religious element
9 TIE main factor in the Irish problem. The line
,etween North and South, however, is sharply
lrawn and 1t may well be questioned whether the
rish, if left to themselves, conld form stable
nysrnment-EdI
New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
ABOU BEN HILES SETBACK.

Abou Ben Hili-soor may his temper cool
Awoke one night from dI rams Of Bourbon rule,
And saw within his room by moonlight gilt
Making IT rich as William Vanderbilt,
An angel writing in book OF gold -
Exceeding cussedDess had made Ben bold,
Aud TO the presence in his room, said he:
Is 1t a free trade tract engrOsses thee :"
Nay" said the vision, dimpliug round he mouth.
/ write the true friends OF the current South"
And N mine one I" said Ben. The angels head
Shook stern negative Abou turned blood-red
And thundered out, pray thee. then, insianter
Write me Ben Hili--of Georgia--of Atlanta"
The angel wrote and vanished eer the week was DER
He sought Ben out upon the Senate floor,
And showed their names the South delights to own,
And To- the tist was headed by-MaLone
New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
MILE. BERNHARDI'S TRIP.

A TALK WITH HER BANAGER-IOw THE FEEhCh
ACTEKss LIKES THE WEST.
Henry l.. Abbey. Mile. Sarah Bernhardts mand-
ger, was IN the city yesterday. Tribune reporter
called upon him to learn something about the re-
suls of the trip thus far.
I" am more than satisfied with the venture IN
every way" said Mr.. Abbey. "My expenses nave
been high, it is true but only four nights have
we come near playing to just enough to
cover them. Every other performance has yelded
aIarge profit. OF course Mile. .Benhardtsreputatlon
had Deen spread all over the country. There is no
one better advertised throughout America than sbe
Hence we neyer han any trouble III illng the houses
on first nights. After that our suGcess expended
upOn her merits as an artist, and they nave proven
10 he sufficiently great TO meet the expectations OK
The pr0ple OF every city have visited Ia
detroit. which has a large French populatlon
sbe was received with great enthusiasm. ANA
RIGHT here / wish 10 make a positive contradiction
of a faisehoOd which has been widely circulated
and winch, think, has done us no little hafn. lhe
Associated Press agent Detroit telegraphed To All
thc pa pers n this city, and III many others thht VIZ
were Obliged TO reduce our prices on the second
nplt There is NOS n word of truth III that
storv We opened 70 big house there
and on the second night the audience was
sI,Il larger Many were turned away from the DOORS
and / think that some with malicious designs
gave the Assoc cated Press agent his false lnlOra-
I'm We charged So for orchestra chairs In every
Mace in which We played. 10 that rule there was
10 EXCEPTION We received the same amount IOI
hoiconv chairs in every town except one or TWO
where the balcony not frequented by the Des'
class of cItiEens. ,.,,,..s ,..s
ain St. Louis the enthusiasm OF the audiences WAS
New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
CR1DUATGSIN PHARMiCY

The College Of Pharmacy of the City OF
Now York celebrated It's 1!y -frst annual commence
mrnt last evening At Chickcrine Han Tho hlends ot
the siucnts completely filed the building ana testified
~, tr,nu.ut aoYl,use aud a remarkable floral display,
telr interest ~ the OF the graduating class
uupireds OF bouquets baskets and elaborate nOra de-
sn, lined the platform and the spncc Immediately In
front OF f. The erercscs included an address by the
president Even McInjvrc tho c"ufcirng OF the degree
OF Graduate In Pharmacy" the awarding oi
prz,, and an addrrs, 10y DjuRlas Campbell The yac'
i,t,rv address wa, d verrd by Eugene l.. Ftdenberg
Thr nr-t prze fur sohoiar~bip aud "A special prize
f,,r ,n essay "Butuny" were awarded 10 Arthur T.
Nav of C vrIand o. src0nd prize for scholarship ana
4rccial prz- essay on 'Pharmacy 70 FREDERICK
II,nsiuI of New York, and third scholarship prLe
was even 10 William lOdebeuder. ot CeYeland, o.. III
The nior clatn prizes gwen by Professor bedford
were awarded tD C. Cole bradley, c. NJ Brlggs and
Henry A. Cnapln At tue ci0se OF the exercises picture
~ t6t nts Professor Ncigard was presented to the
farnlty bv the graduating class.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
HINTS, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
CONCERNING RATIOS.

;. re Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: Having read with interest your "Hints,
ouestons and Answers" take tue liberty of proposing
be following: Can you tell me how the Natlonai
xslanre can declare that the ratio between gold and
n,v,r stall be l5 to any than they can decree
kst The same ratio shall hold good between corn and
theati 80. o.
Xsrs York. March 10, 1881.
fGold and silver not only have on intrinsic value,
ant they are used as a convenient medium of ex-
shanee. The correspondent loses sight of this dis
tpction. The relative value of corn and wheat ia
expressed in the terms of the precious metals but
neither corn nor wheat is used O common de-
aom,nator for expressing the value OF gold and
liver A National Legislature in fixing the legal
alto between gold and silver should make it a
,stural and not an arbitrary and artificial relation.
Is Is to is and if the leading Governments of the
sorld can agree upon the same ratio that inter
rational agreement will tend TO make that ratio
serananeDt -Idl
New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
NEw-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MARCH 2s 1881

very great. In New. Orleans it was the same. We
arrived there during the floods and ten minutes
Mobile and New Orleans the whole embankment
caved in. On arriving IN New-Orleans, l found
half the streets in the city submerged. 1t was
actually necessary to call cab in order to cross the
street, unless one was willing to wade
How many times has Mile. Bernhardt failed to
appelrp
Three times only. She was sick the first of these
ana utterly unable to go on the stage. Inc see0nd
was our opening night 10 Mobile: We were unable
to go there by rail account of the floods; so we
went around by steamer, but cid not arrive nhtli
aiter o'clock IN the evening and so she couid not
play. The next night she was taken sick alter the
ilrst actand We had TO dismiss the audience. Out OF
Ia performances, however, she has missed only
those three.V
How does she like American travelp p
Very much, indeed. She admires our railway
system, aud Ia even pleased with our hotels. She is
an ardent admirer of fine scenery and has been un-
ring IN her eDdeavOrs to see everything worth see
ing never saw anyone so enthusiastic as she was
at niagara week ago Sunday; she fairly went
crazy. She did not rest until she had explored
every m nook and corner She likes our audiences.
too. They have invariably treated her to glorious
receptions, and she feels grateful She thinks the
Americans lack the chic Of the French, but she says
they arc full of energy aud determination. She has
been surprised. as well as pleased, with American
theatres. She expected to find them very much in-
ferior to what they are"
HaYe yOu been satisfied with your personal ana
business relations with the actress !"
Decidedly. never had anyone under my man.
agement who satisfied me more in these respects.
Mic. DtrnnaFdJ 1S laDOflOuS worker, never DeR-
lecting single detail of her business. As for her
personal relations with me they have been most
pleasant. She is a quiet little woman, seldom
talking much except when it is neces-
sary. If she thinks anyone Ia trying TO
abuse her she will blaze up very quickly
aud make herself heard. But as long she knows
that everything possible is being done for her com
fort. she never finds fault The only things she
has murmured atwere one or two cold theatres. Her
manners are charming | never met more perfect
lady,. My wife will agree with me in that am
suTe.'
when does Mile Bcrnhardt return to New
YorkW
"She opens here on Easter Monday and will play
twelve nights and two matInees. L shall remain in
this city most of the time until she returns. After
her engagement is ended think l shall go to
Europe"
80 look for another BernhardtW
"No there are nOemore of them, and shall part
with tho only one with q genuine regret that is not
based wholly on monetary considerations. am
going abroad for recreation"