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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-01-27

head, and said that it was not only OK
tremely bright, but that it seemed to be
divided into four separate lamps. He
now comprehended the mystery OF the
Imprisonment. The lamp post to which
he was fastened was evidently one OF
those to which the electric light had
been applied. The electric light passing
through the iron lamp post had been
switched off by the attraction Of the
spinal column, and was flowing through
him. producing the sensation OF extreme
cold, and fastening him with force OF
several tons to the lamp post.
The horror of his situation now clearly
stared Prof. Won Schweinhund in the
face. He saw that not only would he be
held to the lamp-post until some one
should come to his assistance and turn
off the electric current, but in all proba-
bilitv the electricity would gradually
disintegrate his spinal marrow, and thus
either Kill him outright or reduce him to
a miserable. spineless, gelatinous wreck.
Moreover, he feared that the cold pro
duced by the current would affect his
heart. and by disturbing his circulation
bring about fatal result. In these cir
cumstances he lifted up his voice and
howled for help, but the silence of the
midnight streets remained unDroKen eX-
cept by his agonized voice.
About two O'Clock two young men
came down the street, and, attracted by
the professors cries. kindly stopped and
listened to his story. In the most I'M
feeling manner they burst into laugh,
and refused to give him any help. They
even made rude remarks concerning
- l.: hat ho ap11 ni0,t
air was good for him. Prof. Won
Sehweinhund lost his temper, and ad-
dressed to them the strongest language
contained in the German dictionary !;
but they only laughed the more, and
went on their wicked and heartless way.
1t was nearly morning when a shapely
policeman approached, and after listen
ing to the Professors pitiful story, said
to him: "Se here, old man, If you're that
drunk that you don't know you've but
toned your ulster round that there lamp
post 1 guess I'd better take you in. y
Light dawned on the mind of the philos-
opher as he listened to the policeman
and glanced at himself in the glare OF
the bull s-eye lantern. There was ba-
sis of truth in the policeman's remarks.
Prof. Won Schweinhund had buttoned
his ulster round the lamp post, and had
thus unwittingly made himself prls-
oner.
The coat was promptly unbuttoned :,
and the Professor resumed his homeward
walk. Now that he was free, he rather
regretted that his electrical hypothesis
had proved to be false. Had 1t been
true he could have written a powerful
pamphlet on the subject, and would have
been spared the necessity of explaining
to Mrs. Won Schweinhund that, owing to
mistake in connection with his ulster,
he had been kept away from home until
3.3O NJ
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Dutch Houses anu Kitchens

All the houses of Rotterdam lean more
or less, but the greater part Of them so
much that at the roof they lean forward
at least foot beyond their neighbors
which may be straight, or not so visibly
inclined; one leans forward as if it would
fall into the street; another backward,
another to the left, another to the right;
ut some points six or seven contiguous
houses all lean forward together, those
in the middle most, those at the end less,
looking like paling with the crowd
pressing against it. At another point
two houses lean together as if supporting
one another. In certain streets the
houses for long distance lean one way,
like trees beaten by prevailing wind (;
and then another long row will lean in
opposite direction, as if the wind had
changed. Sometimes there is certain
regularity of inclination that is scarcely
noticeable; and again, at crossings, and
in the smaller street, there is an indie
scribable confusion of lines. a real archi-
tectual frolic, dance of houses, disor-
der that seems animated. There are
houses that nod forward as if asleep,
others that start backward as if frighten-
ed; some bending toward each other,
their roofs almost touching, as if in secret
conferences; some falling upon one
another, as if they were drunk; some
leaning backward between others that
lean forward, like malefactors dragged
onward by their guards; rows Of houses
that courtesy to a steeple; groups OF
small houses all inclined toward one in
the middle, like conspirators in conclave.
We went down to see the kitchen (of q
house in Delft, it was splendid. When
l returned to Italy, and gave descrip-
ton OF it to my mother and the servant
who piaued herself ON her neatness, they
were annihilated. "'he walls were as
white as untouched now; the saucepans
reflected objects like mirrors; the mantle
piece was orname rel by species OF
muslin curtail. i he canopy Of bed
without trace O. .lIoke; the fireplace
beneath was covered with China tiles
that looked as bright as if no fire had
ever been lighted there; the shovel,
tongs and poker, and the chains and
hooks seemed made of polished steel. A
lady in ball dress might have gone into
every hole and corner Of that kitchen
and come forth without smirch upon
her wilderness.
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Remarkable Circumstance.

The recent remarkable experience OF
Prof. Won Schweinhund, of the Milwau-
kee Polytechnic Institute, promised at
one time to be of all-absorbing
interest to all philosophers, and
especially to electricians. Although this
promise was not fulfilled, it is neverthe-
less, true that the experience in question
was quite unprecedented, and deserves
the attention of al thinking men.
On the night of the Dist of December
Prof. Won Schweinhund was spending
the evening with number of friends at
the residence of - Smith, ESQ, dis
cussing the philosophy of the uncondi-
tional in connection with Milwaukee beer.
At about one o'clock A. NJ, it occurred to
him that Mrs. Won Schweinhund would
be uneasy at his prolonged absence from
home, and would undoubtedly sit up for
him and welcome him with energetic
hands IN an exceedingly warm manner.
He therefore took final glass Of beer,
put on his capacious ulster, and babe the
company farewell.
The night was exceedingly cold and
the pavement was unusually active in its
motions. This, together with weak
ness IN the Professors legs due to a
severe cold in the head, led him to pause
by convenient lamp-post to collect his
thoughts. He rested for several min
utes, unbuttoned his ulster to look at his
watch. buttoned it mp again, and sum
moning his energies, prepared to re-
sumo his walk. To his great alarm he
found that he could not move from the
spot. An unseen and unknown force
held him tight to the iron lamp-post,
and his most frantic efforts could not
enable him TO release himself.
His first impression was that he had
been tied to the lamp-post by thieves
while resting himself, but he could not
discover the slightest trace of any rope,
and was thus compelled to abandon the
hypothesis. Soon he began to feel q
strange sensation of something very cold
in the region of his breast and abdomen
1t was clear to him that a cold current
was running from his breast-bone down
ward, and, being profound philoso
pher, he reasoned that, as he felt this
current in front, it must really be in act
i've operation somewhere else, and was
undoubtedly, running down his spina
column. After deep meditation, he sud
denly remembered that he had heart
that certain streets in Milwaukee wer,
room to be lighted by the electric light
He looked upward at the lamp above hi
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Hero Worship In a Negro Church.

A phase of hero worship has devel-
oped or rather cropped out, among the
negroes of a certain portion of Lee
county, Georgia, which is singularly
peculiar. Lewis Barber, colored
preacher of the Baptist denomination,
had in his charge d membership num-
bering perhaps 5000, making up his four
churches. He was typical specimen of
the negro clergy, and welded almost an
absolute power, body and soul, over his
large congregation. "Brudder BARRIERS"
word was law and gospel unto his fol-
lowers, and none ever dared to question
his authority or dispute his sway. We
hement, magnetic and powerful, one
swing from his long arms and a chant
from his strangely musical voice would
set o hundred sisters swaying their
bodies to and fro, and as many brothers
keeping time to the weird rhythm with
beating feet. In awful interest the SER
mon would grow, a medley of declama-
ton and recitive, until one wild,
deafening Cry brought to climax the
ecstatic Joy, in shouts and frances,
and meanings. Last summer the
preacher died, and his friends and fol-
lowers refused to be comforted. He was
honored with burial rites beyond pre-
cedent, and such funeral was indeed
seldom seen. The deeds and memory
left by the good pastor were not sufficient
for his members, and, not comforted
with these, they have set up sort of
grave image, so to speak, of Barber,
which is placed above the pulpit of his
principal church. The image itself is a
work of the crudest art, made of white
and black cotton nth, stuffed with
straw and painted with charcoal. To al
unbiased critic it looks more like a scare
crow set M to brighten hawks than any
thing else; but devout member in r
formed the writer that it was very
striking likeness Of the deceased. We
somewhat at the strange thing
with another brother of this church, and
asked him its object. He gave us to un-
derstand it was remembrance of the
beloved deceased, and said: Although
Brudder Barber is gone, we still has de
shape of him wild u.s. Georgia Re.
corder,
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Honor Unto the Wives.

Three men of wealth meeting, not
long since. the conversation turned upon
their wives. Instead of finding fault
with women in general and their wives
in particular, each one obeyed the wise
mans advice and gave honor to whom
honor was due. " tell you what it is,
said one of the men, "they may say what
they please about uselessness of modern
women, but my wife has done her. share
insecuring our success in life"
Everybody knows that her family
was aristocratic and exclusive, and all
that. and when l married her she had
never done a days work in her life but
when w. Il Co failed and I had to COM
mence at the foot of the hill again, she
discharged the servants and chose but a
neat little cottage, and did her own
housekeeping until was better Off"
"And my wife," said a second, twas
an only daughter, caresscd and petted to
death; and everybody said, well, if he
will marry q doll like that, he'll make
the greatest mistake of his life; but when
/ came home the first year of marriage,
sick with fever, she nursed me back to
health and never knew her to murmur
because 1 thought we couldn't afford any
better style or more luxuries."
well, gentlemen" chimed in third,
81 married smart, healthy, pretty girl,
but she was regular blue-stocking
She adored Tennyson, dotted on Byron,
read Emerson, and named the first baby
Ralph Waldo and the second Maud; but
l tell you what tbs, and the speakers
eyes grew suspiciously moist, "when we
laid little Maud in her last bed at Auburn
my poor wife had no remembrance of
neglect or stinted motherly care. and the
little dresses that still lie in the locked
drawer were all made by her own hands. T"
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A CritIqua.

A man, q desk, a room. The man was
in the room, and his feet were on the
desk.
Nothing was wasted.
The man was an editor.
Somebody raped at the door.
"Come in" said the editor.
1t was boy.
He laid a book on the editors table
and went out
The editor looked at it awhile, and
then took it into another room, where
there was another man with his feet on q
desk. He was writing busily, but
ceased his work when the editor came
in.
He was literary person.
"Give this good notice." said the
editor.
"All right" said the literary person.
Then the editor went out.
"A clock in one corner of the room
kept up an incessant ticking. The liter
airy person disliked this clock, but the
man who wrote the financial articles
owned the clock and would not allow it
to be removed. He said its ticking re-
minded him of the way bankers done
business.
After awhile the literary person fin
ished his review of book on the ethics
of protoplasm and stopped writing.
Presently he looked at the book which
the editor had left. He had never seen
anything like it before, but he did not
weaken. Again his pen travelled rap
idly over the paper. This is what he
wrote:
1--WE have received from the pub
fishers u dainty little work entitled
Records of Trotting and Pacing in the
United States and Canadas for 1880, and
can warmly recommend it to our readers.
While the plot is one replete with sensa-
tional incidents and situations, it is yet
of character that can offend none,
teaching, rs it does, the lesson that true
progress is attained only by earnest
effort. The almost idyllic story of Maud
S. and st. Julian, who seem to be the
principal characters in the story, is told
in simple yet finished mai ner, and one
lays down the book with restful feeling
at the heart that Should always be
produced by properly constructed
novel;"
The next day the editor saw this in his
paper. He read it carefully and said:
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-01-27
DOT GOOT-LOOKIN' SHNOVr.
BY CARL PRETZEL.

O. dot shnow, dot goot-lookin' shnow!
Which makes Won der silky out on tings below,
IND voost on der house where der shingles vas
grow,
valtzn', und playin' and singin' along.
Goot-lookin' shnow, you don't could done
wrong
Elem of YOU make un some OF gals check,
1t makes noting different, over das shen die
freak.
Goot-lookn' shnow, yon der clouds by der
You vas bully for cold veeder, and bully for
high
o, dot shnow, dot goot-ookin' shnow
Yoost dis way and dot, you make hen you go
Fhylin' around, you got matness NIT fun,
IND freeze makes der noze of elry one!
Lain, runnin' nit gwickness by
Yoost shtoppin leedle, dben poorly gwick
fhlv.
IND efen Ter toys dot vos out in der vet
You'd shap at der bieces which makes on dher
hedt.
Der peoples vas crazy, und caddles vas crow.
Und say, GLOW you vas, you goot lookn'
shnow
Und so gwick vas dhere, und der vedder did
shnow,
Dhey shpeak out in tones so shweeder as low;
IND der sleig h-riders too. vas gone by in der
lite,
You don d Good saw dem dill gwite out of site.
Schwimmn', shkimmin,' fhlirdin Obey go,
Recht on der top of der good lookin' shnow!
Dot snow vas white clean When it comes der
silky down,
Und SO muddy like mud When it comes on der
town,
To been walked on by more as tswei-hundred
feet,
Dill gwick vas yoost lookin so plack like der
street!
Veil, l vas once lookin yoost so goot like dot
shnow,
But I tumbled me off, und way did 60;
Not so clean like der nut dot crowd on der
sthreet,
vas shcraped Won der boots off of der peoples l
meet.
Drnkin', und swerein, like of l die,
To been shift like mackerel NIT no one To
buy!
While trink me some lager to got a shquare
meal,
vas afraid of der ghost. mine body vas shteal
Got in Himmel. how ish dot? Vas gone down
so low,
When once vas whiteness like dot goot- lookin'
shnow
Yah, for dhrue, l vas told you, pure like
shnow,
Nit plendy of lofc Won mine heart out vas
dink Won dem efry one, und Obey dink Won
me too
Und l vas humpugged nit fhladeries--dot's
yoost vat dnev DO.
Mine Fadder, Mudder, Gebruder, der same.
Vas Loose me some sympathies, und forget me
my name;
Und dot raskals, dot hummer, der boldical liar,
Wood gone more as plock TO get away from
mine ire.
Der coat Won my lecks, ind poots NIT my toes;
Vas not cleaner as dose of der goot-lookin'
shnow,
Wood make me pad mans nit nowhere to go!
Und how gweer it would been when yoost be-
hind day
Ofer derd der, und das vinb, NIT mine body
would play
Hohbin', sLiib5in und dedt like an eel
Mine mat vas got ub-neier word could
shpiel!
To been seen by der peoples who vas walk over
der town.
Who was diokled nit pleasure of der shnow vas
come down.
yoost lay der ground und gone died nit wo,
Nit bedguilt und pillows Won der good-lookin'
OhnoW,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-01-27

A company has been organized at Chi
cago, Ill, with capital of 100000, to
build factory for making sugar from
corn. 1t is to use Is, 900 bushels per day,
and make $1,000 gallons of syrup, or
45O, 900 pounds Of sugar.
A general order has Just been promul-
gated by the military authorities at
Munich, strictly forbidding the officers
OF the garrison to use the tramcars of the
Bavarian capital, on the ground that lit
il not decorous that officers should show
themselves in public conveyances util-
lied by all classes of the people.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-01-27

The following European steamers have
never been heard of after leaving port:
The President, which sailed from this
port on March II, 1871, had among her
passengers Tyrone Power, the famous
Irish commedian, and son of the Duke
Of Richmond. The Great Britain was
lost in storm on the coast of Ireland;
left Sept. %, 1876. The City of Glasgow
was never heard of after leaving Glasgow
in the spring OF 1854; $50 lives were lost
The Pacific was never heard from after
Jan. 23, 1856, ween she left Liver
pool; 200 lives lost. The Tempest
was never heard from after she left New
York on Feb. 26, 1857 The Connaught
burned off the coast of Massachusetts,
Oct. Z, 1860. The United Kingdom left
New York April II, 1869; was never
heard from; eighty lives lost. The City
of Boston left New York Jan. %, 1870,
and was never afterwards heard from
about 1860 lives lost. The Hibernia foun-
dered off the Irish coast Nov. %, 1868,
but was heard from. The Carolina was
wrecked on tho Irish cost Nov. 20, 1868,
and fifty lives lost. The Ismalia left
New York Sept. 20, 1873, and is yet un- !
heard OF. The st. George was destroyed
by fire ct sea Dec. 1884, New York
Dispatch.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-08

Washington, Sept. T-Agent Tiff
nsy, OF San Carlos agency, Arizona ter
rtory, te~legraphs TO the Indian bureau
to-day that everything Is quiet or bis
agency. BE has Lieut.. Glass and one
company ef regular troops there and be
is fully prepared 70 defend the agency
in ease Of an attack, and to maintain
order. Lieut.. Glass adds to the tele-
gram a few words, saying that he feels
able with the assistance of the agent to
defend the agency. Tifney telegrzphs
that there is nc danger with the In
dams except in the northern part Of
Arizona.
In a letter from Sitting Bull. for
warded to the Indian bureau, he says
he wants to remain at Standing Rock
agency, and is satisfied with his treat
ment. The Indian bureau has nothing
to do with Sitting Bull, as he is still
under the control Of the war depart
ment. and the latter department has
not yet indicated what disposition 1t
win make of him.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-08

Some time ago Capt. W. S. Stanton's
party started from Fort Mckinney for
the purpose of surveying a new road
through the Big Horn country, and
finding a practicable pass. over the
mountains in that region. Capt. STAN
ton was soon recalled, however, having
been assigned q position at West Point,
and Lieut.. Steele was given the COM
mand and continued the work. The
expedition vas a hard one, as the
LEADER reporter learned from Ernest
Wagner, q member of the engineer
corps, and one of the party which con-
sisted Of thirty-two men in all and sew
enty animals. They worked from Fort
Mckinney through the Big Horn coun-
try under the guidance OF Frank Cir
rard Indian guide, who proved himself
to be very efficient IN that capacity.
From the canon they went to Hart
mountain and over an unnamed range
Of very high mountains from which the
party crossed to the Rockies and thence
worked to Fort Hall, Idaho. The ex-
petition took them through a portion Of
the territory Of Wyoming, Montana
and Idaho. Some members of the party
climbed to the top of Cloud peak, the
highest peak of the Big Horn noun
tains. This was the first time that a
white man had accomplished the feat,
and the only other instance is that of a
big medicine man ofthc Sioux. Schenk-
enberg, q member of the engineer corps
who accompanied Wagner, was the first
man to the top, and he said 1t was very
hard climbing. The party corrected
the estimated hight of this peak, here
tofore put down at about 1900 feet,
by actual reading to be 1880 feet.
They also corrected the reported hight
Of Mount Washington, from 19,040
feet to $500 feet. MI. Wagner, while
on this expedition did some fine sketch
work for Leslie;s, which is now in course
Of publication.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-08

Is the complexion made lovely by the
use Of "Glenn's Sulphur Soap" It
should occupy aplace on the toilet Of
every lady In the land; for IL the middle
aged need it to renew the bloom Of their
youth, the youthful need it equally to
preserve and highten their natural
charms. The unpleasant effects Of per-
SEPARATION are entirely removed by 1t,
and the irritation occasioned by dust
and heat Is succeeded by q refreshing
GOODNESS after its application. Beware
OF c~ounterfeits. See that &c. N. Crit
tenton, Proprietor, " is printed on each
packet. without which mono is genuine.
Sold By druggists at rs cents. three
cakes so cents. The lady who uses
.'Glenn's Sulphur Soap may also re.
quire q Hair Dye, and IL SO, the safest
and most reliable that she can use II
"Hill's instantaneous hair Dye, (which
10 also the cheapest article Of its elias.
manufactured in America
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-08

Leayenwofth. Kas., their home, while
MIR. Ryan makes . business trip TO
Council Bluffs.
Carroll has turned artist and sign
writer, His fnst work is on the walk
in front Of Thorp a Wightnsn,s livery
once. The illustration Of the stock
was characteristic. but q little boy
standing by found it advisable to write,
''mule, " underneath. {
Mrs- Bell, the pianist, was presented
with q very attractive gold medal by
the members of the A NJ. E. church
choir. Tuesday evening at the close Of
the concert. in consideration of valua-
BILE services rendered them. The medal
was presented with q very neat speech
speech by Charles Cushingberry of the
choir.
Lieut.. Col John z. Summers. medi-
cal director Of this department, passed
through this city yesterday on his way
west During the delay of the train at
this station the jovial doctor met q
number of old acquaintences among
the military here. DIR. Summers viii
continue his journey to Fort Bridgel
where he will spend some time in the
pleasures Of that country.
Arrivals at Dyer's: N. Falk, Denver
K H. Clarke, Chicago; A. Worth
Spates, Washington; Edwin Hardness
Iils.; w. H. Douglas, Elmwood, Ills.
A. G.. Bemis, Kearney Junction; jaime.
Handbook, 1. N. Truesdsle, Ogden.
Arrivals at the R. R. House: l.. R
Casey, Denver; Chas. c. Munson, s. E
Blakeslee. DIR. o. Pierson and wife
New York; Albert Uhrig and wife. y
Boyd, Fetterman; e. E. Osgood, Nortl
Platte; J. IS. McCool, Tie Siding; W. A
Cristy and wife, Ringwood, Ills.
Arrivals at the Inter Ocean: c. C
Carpenter, Golden; G. v. D. Schmidt
st. Louis; Mrs. J. NJ. Poulton, Fair
hed. Iowa; p. M. Esterly, Denver; P
G. Carlin, New; Samuel R. Richie
Rock creek; e. s. Long, California; J
H. Reynard, Golden; Jules Lamowry
Lander, Wyo.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-08

The following sales were reported
from Chicago by telegraph yesterday:
J. NJ. Robinson sold for Pughsley ten
cars of Texas cattle, average weight,
1,020 pounds, at "a.
keenan, & Handbook sold for Pughs-
ley five cars of American cattle, aver.
age weight, 1850 pounds, at s4.60.
Eighteen r for Paxon, average
weight, 1,130 pounds, at S4.32a.
Wood sold three cars for Maggie, aver
age weight, 1854 pounds, at s5.05;
Tails, s.. 80; two ears of Sloan's cows,
average weight, 1850 pounds. at 50. 20;
six car Of steers, average weight, 1,13C
pounds, at s3.45; four cars. averaging
1000 pounds, at 1915.