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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

Perhaps, after all, it is hardly fair to
contemn and deride the good. natured
credulity which make the existence of
sham "noblemen" like Mr.. Pelham Gin
ton so easy and so profitable. It was
not SO very long ago that a gallant Of
ficer of the household brigade, one OF
the best-born men in England, had,
under stress Of the queens personal
displeasure, to take an abrupt leave of
his friends, and spend some years of
exile on Staten Island. Nor will his
riotous escapades, his downright ruff
fianism and brutality be easily forgot
ten by his simple neighbors.' In her
good time it pleased her most gracious
majesty to pardon his original offense
against public decency and the morale
of the household brigade, and, to the
delight of Statan Island and Bay Ridge,
he went back to the horse guards.
legislator of the British Empire who
fed from one set of creditors in Eng
land only to create another in America.
His memory still fingers in many q
New Cork bridesmaids profit and loss
account, if not in more tender and ro-
mantle volumes. His inseperable COM
panions were q bear and o valet, and
how he managed to support either dur
ing his period of transportation beyond
the high seas was a problem which every.
body but himself gave mp. His favorite
residence was the cottage of an estima-
BILE old gentleman of New London, upon
whom he preyed with an effrontity that
was almost delicious. He had two equal
characteristics-his ignorance and his
contempt for the country which
harbored his fugitive impecuni-
osity. He Just abominated Americans.
and once took the Hudson River day.
boat, with the hope of arriving in New
Orleans, via Albany, the next night.
When his noble father died, his relatives
compromised with his creditors, and at
the present moment the wandering and
penniless viscount is rich and respect
able earl.
Then, again, there was another British
peer who attracted good deal of atten.
ton to himself in New York and else
where two or three years ago, peer OF
q severely mechanical turn, who dressed
like navy. wore the cap of the coster
monger, and spent most of his time in
foundries and machine shops. It is true
that extenuation was found for these
eccentricities in the fact that he had been
a civil engineer or something of similar
degree before the earldom dropped into
his lap like an unexpected cherry. But
even upon that indulgent hypothesis it
was not easy to explain his lordship's too
evident passion for strong drink and riot
ing in the streets, q in Chicago, where,
so runs the legend, under the pseudonym
of John Smith, his lordship was amerced
in the sum of $40 for his misplaced hi
larity.-[N. Y. Hour.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
Advertising.

The Lacon Home Journal gets of the
following good one on the profession
The Jersey County Medical Society,
some time ago, resolved not to advertise
in the newspapers. It was considered
"ouackery" to mention themselves in
print. A meeting of this astute body
was lately held, which the Democrat re-
ported, emitting all names, merely In
terlading the account with numerous
dashes, 90, DR.. - in the chair. Dr.
- seo'y; DR.. - moved, etc. NOW
the doctors are mad - hornets. and there
are not dashes enough outside OF type
foundry TO express the highly objection
able words used by them when comment,
ing upon the apparently sincere ana
courteous effort OF the editor TO respect
their plainly-spoken resolution.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
How Postage stamps are Made.

In printing, steel plates are used, on
which two hundred stamps are engraved.
Two men are kept hard at work covering
them with the colored inks and passing
them to a man and girl, who are equally
busy at printing them with large rolling
hand-presses. Three of these little
squads are employed all the time, al
though ten presses can be put into use
in case of necessity. After the small
sheets of paper upon which the two
hundred stamps are engraved have dried
enough, they are sent into another room
and gummed. The gum used for this pur
pose is peculiar composition, made of
the powder of dried potatoes and other
vegetables mixed with water, which is
better than any other material, for in
stance, gum arabic, which cracks the
paper badly. This paper is also of pc
culiar texture, somewhat similar to that
used for bank-nOtes. After having been
again dried. this. time on little racks,
which are famed by steam power, for
about an hour they are put in between
sheets of pasteboard and pressed in n.y.
draulic presses, capable of applying a
weight of two thousand tons. The next
thing is to cut the sheets in halves; each
sheet, OF course, when cut, contains
hundred stamps. This is done by a
girl with large pair of shears, cutting
by hand being preferred to that Of ma
chinery, which method would destroy
too many stamps. They are then passed
to two other squads, who, in as many OPP
erations, perforate the sheets between
the stamps. Next they are pressed once
more, and then packed and labeled, and
slowed away in another room, prepar
atory to being put in mail bags for dis
patching to fulfill orders. If single
stamp is torn, or in any way mutilated,
the whole sheet of one hundred is
burned. Five hundred thousand are
burned every week from this cause. For
the past twenty years not single sheet
has been lost. such care has been taken
in counting them. During the progress
of manufacturing the sheets are counted
eleven times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
A Dying Mans Vision.

John Pope, pupil of Couture, associate
of the New York National Academy, one
of the founders of the Assists Fund
Society, and an enthusiast in his profess
sion, died at his home in Fourth avenue
on Wednesday night, believing that at
last, after forty years of labor, he had
found the secret of perfected art. A man
more thoroughly enraptured with his
calling never lived. He painted while
daylight lasted, and then spent the even
ing in producing the crayon drawings 80
much admired in the exhibitions at the
Academy of Design. Though rs a por-
trait painter he excelled, the dream Of
his life was to produce strong figure pic
lures, in which the background of land
scape would form as effective part as
the figures themselves. This was his
ruling passion in life, and as he neared
the end the passion grew stronger.
On Wednesday evening. as he lay back
on his pillows, very weak and i'll with
hemorrhage of the lungs, his wife, who
with their two children was watching ut
his side, was started by his suddenly
rising in bed and crying feverishly:
"Quick! give me my palette and
brush. must paint. Don't attempt to
btOp ulC uOWs LUZ ~ AWbb L ocC ~ 0AAs i
can do it now, for have just discovered
the art through the influence of visions
of exquisitely graduated music. 1t is
plain as day at last"
His wife, alarmed at his excitement,
made weak attempt to dissuade him,
but as opposition only increased his ex-
element, and it was evident that his end
was very near, she humored him. His
paints, brushes ard canvas we're brought
to him, and his fearful relatives arranged
the coverings Of the bed 20 that they
would look more like the drspery Of his
studio. He began his work with haste
amounting almost to frenzy.
"At last. AT last" he cried, II have
found the beauty which all my life and
over all the world have been struggling
for"
He painted faster and faster, evidently
believing that the canvas would show the
beauty that he conceived, although it
was in truth . sad realization Of the con-
ception. 1t was late in the day when he
began his death-bed picture. II grew
darker and darker ~ he went on, and his
sorrowing family sat around him power
less to ease his last moments. At last 1t
grew 90 dark that even he in his excite
ment noticed Il.
Let rs go to the studio. he cried.
suddenly.
mo. no; not tonight. Wait until TO-
morrow"
eve must 90 TO the studio" he ex-
claimed, making IN effort 70 rise 10 his
feet. The tax upon his strength was too
great; without another word Be fell back
on his pillow dsad.-(N. 7. Sun.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

"Under the superintendent of DR.. B.
w. Richardson, F. r. S. physicians and
Surgeons-old school, but man of
ideas and courage first-rate man."
The docto. remarked that he was feel.
ing as if he could eat a COW, took up
two chairs and whirled them around his
head in spiral twist as though they were
a pair of Indian clubs, said goodbye"
and skipped out on the Western cam
paign. Lo! there he comes-look GU
for himL Indianapolis Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
A Self Made Man.

A Washington letter says: Senator
Bruce, who goes out to give way for
George, is the last of his race, doubtless,
for years to come. in the Senate. He Is
now the only colored man in either
branch of Congress and the youngest Of
the Senators. He told me story the
other day about himself which l had
heard before, but think it has never
been in print. The late Senator Bogy
of Missouri was very anxious to have
pension bill passed one day for . con-
stituent, and came over to the Republic
can side to ask support for it. He ap-
preached the colored Senator from Mis-
sissippi, and said
'Now look here, Bruce, vote for this,
won't you. only want another vote or
two, and you carry it through for me.
It is meritorious case"
Certainly" said Senator Bruce, ''you
know, Senator, that have always been
wiling to do you any favor you asked"
Oh it, sir" replied the Missouri
Senator, II never asked you favor in
my life till this moment"
"Oh, yes, you have" replied Bruce.
"You may remember once, many years
ago, that you were going from st. Louis
down the river on q steamboat, and you
were hurrying along to catch the boat
with big valise. You passed little
barefooted mulatto, and said: Here,
you little black rascal, take this valise
and come on with me-" The boy took
the handbag, and when you came near
the boat you said it was about to push
off, and you ran on ahead and just
crossed the gang plank as it was drawn.
in. The boy, however, had not been
able to keep up with yor, and arrived too
late. You stood on the lower deck and
yelled: Throw that valise aboard,
you ID black rascal;
can't go without my valise."
But the boat had moved out until the
boy was afraid 1t would fall into the river.
if he tried 10 throw it; and, besides, he
expected to receive quarter for carry
ing it, and you had, apparently. forgot.
ten all about that. The valise was not
thrown, and you made the captain of the
boat come back to the dock again to get,
it, and the boy collected the quarter.
Now, do you remember that circum-
stance, senator?" concluded Bruce.
81 do" admitted Senator Bogy.
"Well," said Bruce, II was the little
mulatto boy that carried your valise, and
am just as ready to accommodate you
to-day as was then. I'll vote for your
bill"
Bruce was the first colored man who
ever presided over the United States
Senate, aud he was called to the chair by
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts. 1t was
a notable coincidence that when the first
of his race to be called to the chair at a
national convention, he received the
gavel again from the hands of the same
man at Chicago last June.
The first colored man to occupy the
Speakers chair in the House of Repre-
sentatives was Rainey, OF South Caro-
lima. He was placed there by Speaker
Blaine, whereupon Judge Parker. Of
Missouri, proceeded to address the
House upon the duty of the Government
to the Indians.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

The two young heirs, who had been
taking their first lessons ih grammar,
disputed Ion and earnestly over the
question, and 1t last agreed to decide it
bp arbitration, selecting the head of the
family as arb ter. with full power to send
for persons and papers. The old man
was greasing his boots before the kitchen
stove.
Father" said the elder heir, sis it
proper TO say We il rich, or We am
rich?"
The old man worked carefully down
into the hollow of his boot under the in
step, remaining long time in thought
full meditation, and then slowly replied:
well, should think it would come
higher to the truth to say We hain't
rich"
The young heirs, when they came to
think what hard time they had worry.
ing pennies out Of their paternaa rel
at;ve, thought IL might be made that way
too. And The old man kept ON annoint-
ing his boots with tie extract Of hog
RocklAnd Courier.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
sHORT BITS.

Robert Kay. the editor OF Bradshaw's
well-known English guide books, is
dead.
Epes SARGENT, who died in Boston Q
short time since, was the author OF the
wsll-knovn song, "A Life ON the Ocean
Wave"
Why il the meat in your sandwich like
the large middle class Of society," Be-
cause e Lee between the upper crust and
the underlined.
Bob Bsaatos David Davis and Ham.
lin are fond Of smoke, the former using
8 msersohaum and the latter IN old
iashioasd ecb pipe.
Philadslphia girls ere quick travslsys.
othos niGht made twelve miles n oas lap.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
Water Versus Beer.

DR.. Tanner is in the city, and he drop
ped in on me yesterday to inquire If I
could give him the date Of the letter in
which his feat Of abstinence was spoken
of. Those who saw him in Clarendon
Hall would not recognize him to-day.
He weighs 40 pounds and is brown
and sturdy. He starts off tomorrow
to resume lecturng, his tour
running in a zigzag westward, through
Indianapolis to st. Paul and Minneap-
oils, where he has friends and posses
Gions.
We'll, are you going to fast again p
] said.
"Oh, yes," he said If my challenge is
accepted. have issued q challenge to
any six beer drinkers in Europe to fast
with me in London-not for any certain
time, but for an indefinite time, to see
which can hold out longest without food.
If they can any of them stand it for sixty
days will try and get along 81 days. 1t
is q fast against time"
''To drink nothing but water?"
They are to be confined to beer and
to water"
"It is generally held that there is nu-
triment in beer, Doctor"
Eyes, l know but l hold that this is a
mistake. / don't believe there is any
more food in beer than there is in water. "
What becomes of the hops, Doctor,
and the malt, etc.?'
why, they are stewed and brewed
till the life is all cooked. out OF them.
Fermentation has killed them for pur-
poses of food"
What makes You think so?"
Mainly from the obvious effects of
both beer and water. But / also have
hackers. Liebig has made q careful
analysis, and announces that in 100 GAL
Ions of the best Bavarian beer there is "a
much nutriment Is there is in five
pounds of bread, or in three pounds of
beef. This at FIVE cents q glass, would
cost 1854, which would be expensive for
q Joint Of beef or q loaf OF bread
wouldn't it? Wouldn't it, now"
l admitted the claim.
What keeps this frame going?" he
continued, stretching out his arms.
Electricity! That's what does it. We
are run by lightning, and Edison might
probably make some experiments on 1t.
/ believe that was kept alive for those
forty days by the electricity obtained
from the air and the water. Faraday
sstimsted that in teaspoonful Of water
there 10 . sufficient amount Of electricity
TO make it good sized fash Of lightning
claim that it is electricity that runs
this Machine, and am willing to stake
the machine on the correctness of my
theory"
"Hsve you received any acceptances Of
vour chslloGes to beer-drinkersf
"Yes, one man in Germany has 70.
sponded and says that he will be there.
Under Whose auspices viii this light.
ming touxnanent b. held?"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
THE CHILDREN.

ouND AnvHG THE PAPERS or CHARLES DICKENS
AFTER HIS DEATH.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me
To bid me "good night and be kissed;
Oh, the little white arms that encircle
Ny neck in a tender embrace!
Oh, the smiles that are halos of Heaven,
Shedding sunshine and love on my face!
And when they are gone sit dreaming
OF my childhood, too lovely to last;
Of love that my heart will remember,
When it wakes to the pulse Of the past,
Ere the world and its wckedness made me
partner Of sorrow and sin,
When the glory Of God was about me,
And the glory of gladness within.
Oh, my heart grows weak as woman's,
And fountains of feeling will flow,
When think of the paths steep and stony
Where the feet of the dear ones must 60;
OF the mountains of sin hanging DER them,
Of the tempests Of fate blowing wild;
Oh, there's nothing on earth half so holy
As the innocent heart of a child
They are idols of hearts and of households,
They are angels of God in disguise,
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still beams in their eyes,
Oh, those truants from earth and from Heaven,
They have made me more manly and mild
And know how Jesus could liken
The kingdom of God to a child.
Seek not life for the dear ones
All radiant, as others have done;
But that life may have just as much shadow
To temper the glare Of the sun;
! would pray God to guard them from evil;
But my prayer would bound back to my
self;
Ali 4 seraph may pray for a sinner,
But sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is 80 easily Bonded,
have banished the rule and the rod;
! have taught them the goodness of knowledge,
They have taught me the goodness of God.
Ny heart is . dungeon Of darkness,
Where shut them from breaking rule;
Ny frown is sufficient correction,
MY love is the law of the school.
! shall leave the old house in the Autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more,
Ali how shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door,
shall Hiss the good nights and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
] shall miss them at morn and at eve,
Their song in the school and the street.
! shall miss the low hum OF their voices,
Aud the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And death says the school is dismissed,
May the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good night" and be kissed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

EHTIRELY UNsEcKETARIAN.-A gentle
man says that in his town a number of
little girls hearing good deal about the
great fair to be held in Boston for
abused children, and wishing to raise
some money for it, planned small fair
OF their own. One Of them, who stands
about even with her seventh birthday,
came TO ask him for donation, and
pressed her claims with the assurance,
This fair il entirely unsscretasian.
The devastation caused by nbbits
amounts in AustrAlis 10 . serious o.
lamity. One large sstate, which for
merly supported 80, 900 shssp, hAs bssn
abandoned on account Of thsse pests.
A tsamp's not&o-"A little earning u
. dangerous thing"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

my cass y lust hsss," cid . eitisen
e . Evysr: '!rhe plaintiff vim sveae
tha4 I h3t hin. / viii svenr ~ ! did
not. Nov vhaG On Jon lawyers 1ato
Of thaE IL ~ 90 - >EiaIl" Five dollas
spisosr' ~ ~ peoaBt reply.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

Extract iron lsttsr non Angelina:
.'Dsas Henry, you 81 q I retus. yoof
"a pst1rn Il vitk many thanks. Dy-by,
aeary."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10
Vancouver Independent.

OFFICIAL PAP.R OF CRY AND COUNTY.
Vancouver, Clarke County, Warrington
Territory.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-10

POUND AMONG THE PAPERS or CHARLES DIcKEN'
AFTER HIS DEATH.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-20

TRIBUTE or REsrEcr The following res
.olutions were adopted by the Reformed Sum
day School of Shanksyiile Pa, on Sunday,
April 20, 1881.
WHEREAS, II has pleased the A'niighty
Ruler OF the universe, in his mysterious and
omnipotent ways, through the agency Of
death, to call from our SUNDAY School as
well as from all earthly ties and attachments
one of our friends and co-laborers, sister
Elmira s. Miller. and
WHEREAS, Our inclinations and honorei
customs urge us To the attestation of our re-
gard for our deceased sister and fl end. there
fore be il
Resoired, That it is with profound grief
that we record the death of out fellow men,
Der, Miss Elmira s. Miller, and at the same
time we desire TO bear witness to here rare
qualities. her courtesy in her intercourse
with her fellow members and to her sterling
worth as lady.
Resoired, That we tender to the bereaved
family of the deceased our warmest sympa-
thy, conscious, nevertheless, that no words
of coincidence can heal deaths incurablc
wound, and
Re'oiecd, That copy of the proceedings be
properly engrossed and forwarded to the
county papers for publication, and that a
copy be forwarded to the family of the de-
ceased.
JANE SHANK,
MAGGIE GLEssSER,
Nora f. WILL,
Committee
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-20

ThAsAf hl'44a = AN'As
In. IIERALb Our first attempt n q
newspaper artielel
We read an article from "Beccirer on
"Brasgadocio" In your valuable paper OF
March 81, and as "Beecherr speaks Of the
capacity Of steam saw-rnilis.. Elizabeth oon-
ciudci iha; she would answer, and in favor
e Mr.. Martin Grayer'sstcam saw-mill.
"Bccchcr" thinks he could top the climax
with Mr. Shaulis' mill. cutting faster and
more ties than any otheF mill along the :.
.k C. Il. L. Such a boast is well enough
when YOU are about one mill only. Mr..
Graver's mill is probably unknown to
"Bcccher.' lie cut twenty first-class square
ties out Of one log. The timber grew on
Mr. {. Pe;erman's farm in Shade township,
and Wa trailcd by Kuhns Bros.
lie cut over nineteen thousand feet OF
lumber in single day and can do a couple
of thousand fec; better when the frost is out
Of the timber.
We say this is the boss saw-Inill and
crew 70 far as heard from, and all hands are
perfect gentlemen in every respect.
TILToy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-20

TIE North .ilsg.caa Rarior for May con-
tains a striking article By the Hon. David
Dudley Field on Capitalization in the
Federal Government" That oar polity Is
rapidly advancing ia the diroction of cen
tralizaiion is demonstrated By the author
but whether Capitalization IS really for
midable evil or only bugbear j. a question
which men win p-opably continue 10 de
eide according 10 their several political
prclilections Whatever the readers bias
Mr. Fields paper viii command his re-
spcctial attention, and Is viii be read with
interest and profit The article upon the
pew rcversion ofthe Bible. by the Rev. Dr.
schaf. of the American Committee of Re
vison. Mr. Justice Strong writes of the
"Necl- of the saprcnc Court, and advO-
cates the establishment of court ofappcals
intermediate between the L. $. supreme
Count and the circuit courts. The Hon,
g. ,or-c q. Cannon. the hr-t advisor Of
tn President of the Mormon Church,
aud DELEGATE e. Congress, makcs Wig
orous defence 81 Utah and IT, People. -
The question, shall Americans Bald
Ships is considered by Mr. John Roach,
the shir-builder who brings forward large
number of facts to prove that the people Of
the United States must build ships if they
would hold a place among maritime ma
,ions. The other articles are ''The Life
Saving Service" by the Hon. s. S. Cox /:
''The Ruins Of Central America by NJ.
Charnay and finally, an attack on evolu-
ton philosophy, written in a vein of the
finest irony. and entitled, What Morality
Have We Left?..