The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Inere is not mOmeuG wleuouC oOnAo
duty Cicero.
Farmers confidently assert that COWS
are the best corn extractors after all.
Gloves have been brought into EurQ-
pear markets for more than 1000 yearE
The Rev w. +. Crafts, in the Chicago
Advance, urges the enactment OF law
| making deliberate attempt to kill any
body, punishment by imprisonment for
life.
The stone contributed by the State OF
Nevada to the Washington monument u
of native granite, with the name OF the
State, in silver letters six inches in
hight, set in.
A Cincinnati girl has eloped with
murderer. This female craze for link
ing themselves with prominent men will
continue as long as there are females and
prominent men.
In 1776 there were in the thirteen col
onies nine public libraries containing
! AZ, 623; in 1876 there were 1852 public
libraries containing 1926, 1854 volumes,
besides ], 800, 900 pamphlets.
Mr.. Thomas Henslie, sprightly
widower of 81 years, of Springfield, Mo-,
lately married for the seventh time, and
it is said that op the advice of his chill
dren (he has a large family that he again
entered the matrimonial state.
The Saxon embroidery on Surah il
used in great quantities on some of tho
new fall dresses It is used for frills
at the wrist and around the opening at
the throat, and pieces of it are laid one
over the other and used in place of
draperies.
A lady in Bucharest was ailing, and
her physician prescribed sojourn at a
medical spring. Her husband refused
to let her go, and the lady resor!ed to
law and found Judge who decided that
The lady might raise 5000 francs by Q
loan to defray expenses, the husband be-
ing held responsible therefor.
Thoughtless charity is the nursery Of
beggars. a very tender hearted lady
slipped dime into the outstretched
hand of a man who. she said, had been
dumb from his birth, poor fellow. When
asked how she knew that he had been for
long time dumb. she answered, naively,
that he had told her so himself.
The Philadelphia Times says facetious-
ly: "All doubts as to the reliability Of
the Washington cherry tree story are re-
moved by the discovery of aquaintly-
shaped, much-rusted Ratchet just outside
the southeast window of the Valley Forge
headq uarters. 1t was found by James
Mullen, the custodian of the house, and
has been placed in the museum of the
Valley Forge Centennial and Memorial
Association"
Large iron ore deposits of almost un-
precedented richness have lately been
surveyed in Lapland by practical mining
engineers. The district is near the viii
lage of Judkasjarvi, in Swedish Lapland,
about ten miles from one of the arms OF
the West Fjord. Analysis shows ~ per
cent. of metallic iron in tins ore, and the
quantity is said to be sufficient to sup
ply the entire world with iron, ut the
present rate of consumption for many
years.
Home made crackers are more whole
some for children than cookies, and the
novelty of having them made at homo
goes a good way toward making them
eatable. Take three-quarters Of cup
full of butter or lard. one pint of sour
milk, three spoonfuls OF baking powder.
Stir all except the milk in with the flour
and when thoroughly mixed put tho
milk in. Be careful not to knead them
too much, as there is danger of their
being tough; roll thin and bake in .
quick oven.
Ralph Waldo Emerson tells his daugh-
ter that it matters little what she studies,
but everything with whom she studies.
Our modern manipulators of educational
appliances make it appear that the re-
verse is true. Let but the system and
the method be perfect and it matters lit
tie who guides these children to the
founts of knowledge. Out of this policy
has come first, the degradation Of the
teacher: second, the over-burdening OF
the children with school work; third,
show brilliancy at the expense of thor
oughness; and third, too much supervis-
ion.