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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
A Practical way Of Cendolisg

There is something Of very subssan.
tial nature, it must be confessed, in the
Asiatic method of offering consolation
to the bereaved. Among Europeans it
is often found impossible to give express
sion to sympathy in such form as, with
out being obtrusive, may carry some
measure Of conviction and Of comfort to
the recipient. But in the Deccan, 30
ciety manages these matters on an en-
tirely different plan. When, for instance,
the Nawsb Bushir- ud-dowlah was lately
plunged into mourning by the deaths Of
two near relations, the Nizsm, his brother
in.law, did not rest content with writing
sympathetic words TO the sorrowing gen.
tfeman or with leaving cards daily ct
his house. After waiting few days,
his Highness convened Q grand durbsr
for the express purpose Of publically
sondoling with Ne Naws6 and then and
there presented the latter with - dia
mond necklace and . turban jewel Of the
value Of f6OO0." or course the recipient
could not do less than present gifts to
all the. courtiers present on that occasion
and he subsequently bestowed large
aims ON the city poor" IS . proof Of the
high honor done him. Altogether, there
fore. tbs affair took the character Of .
festivity, everyone seeming to quite for
get the reason for the Nixans beniH-
cence. Here in Europe it would be by
no means : regretable innovation, II, IN
cases whore the loss Of . bread winner
plungss . family Into poverty - we'll %
into sorrow, Ne Oriental method Of con.
doloneo vesp substituted for the present
unaRo --fI0ndon Globo
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
A Woman With a Within.

In hunting up the battle field of Jones'
boro / came across the usual blind
roads leading no one knew where, and
in following one through the woods
came to point where fence blocked
further progress. On the other side of
the fence was farmer hoeing corn,
and after the usual talk about the weather
/ asked:
Say, Colonel, is this the end of this
road?"
This is the end"
Don't 60 any further?'
mot a rod"
''And I've got to ride back?'
81 reckon so, but you'd better come
over to the house and have bite"
won't it put you to any trouble?"
"Not bit. Ride down into the scrub
and you'll find a low spot where you can
jump the horse"
When 1 had followed directions and
reached his side he continued:
stranger, want to post You now.
When the Yankees came down here they
ripped open our feather beds, broke
open our chests, smashed our crockery
and stole our chickens. l never laid it
up again EN-, but my wife can't forget 1t.
When we reach the house she'll take q
squint at We and ask We If you are from
the North. You'll say yes, and then
she'll ask if you was in the Yankee
army. You'll say yes, and then she III
open on you and call you all sorts OF
hard names. You won't pretend TO hear
a word, and she'll heave chairs and boot
jacks and aat-irons at ye and yell at our
four dogs to chaw we up. That's whim
of hers, you see, but she cant hit ye if
you are good at lodging, and the dogs
dasn't bite anybody"
''But don't want to be greeted that
way
You never mind. It's only within,
and after she had tired herself out jaw
ing and throwing and tearing around
she'll set to and cook the best dinner in
the State of Georgia. There was chap
here from Chicago only last week, End
after he had lodged three chairs, a
dozen sticks of wood and six milk-pans
the old woman pulled him off the boss
ane made him feel so much at home that
l reckon he may marry our Oldest gal
this fall"
positively declined to take dinner
with him, and think hear him calling
yet as l galloped away:
Stranger, if We can't face one old
woman with within now, 1 don't reckon
you bothered our folks very much during
the war. 81 Free Fress.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
The Electrical Motor.

A test has been made at Pittsburg of
an electrical motor for propelling street
cars. It does not differ in principle, so
far as published descriptions show, from
the Siemens Railway. erected in Paris
for use during the Electrical Exhibition.
On the, German experimental road the
rails were used as conductors of the cur
rent generated by the stationary engine
and dynamo machine. This construo-
ton not being permitted in Paris, separ-
ate conductors were run Oh poles over
head, and electrical connection made be-
tween the dynamo machine on the cars
and that at the central station by meal .
of contact travellers moving with the
cars. The same system of forming the
connections is employed at Pittsburg,
the current being returned by one
of the rails. 1t is said that
one of the railway lines 10
Pittsburg is likely to adopt the new
system, but some other means of carry
ing the current by overland wires will
have to be employed before it can be
made popular in large cities already
com planning of forests of poles and net.
works of wires used for other purposes.
If the rails themselves cannot be used
as conductors, the latter might be laid in
tubes similar to those employed in the
cable roads and connection formed with
stationary cable by travelling contact
puller, very much as the grip" is now
used on cable roads. To make the cleo
trical motor popular it will have to have
its conductors laid under ground, where
all the other electrical conductors may be
expected to go sooner or later Phila-
delpbia Ledger.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
"fhe King Sleeps"

Cetewayo is every inch king, little
barbaric perhaps. During windy night
he draws his court around him in his
cabin. He himself lies in his bunk in
his robe de chambre." His cousin, the
two counsellors, doctor, and the native
interpreter are seated around the cabin.
The King chats pleasantly to all, inguir-
les affectionately after their bodily con-
dition, and enjoins his medicine man"
to look after the health of his mobiles.
All this time the coprtiers are as silent
as the grave. The shades of the night
is little to be seen but the keen eyes
flashing. The King grows drowsy, the
Falstaffian voice becomes more labOred,
and anon the King sleeps. Thereupon
the Court breaks up, and its members
steal off with the silence of cats, lest they
should wake their monarch. myself
assisted at one of these curious yet
homely and pleasant reunions, and have
seldom been more impressed by the sim
pie good fellowship and courtly dignity
of the really gentle sovereign. "The
King sleepsr' There is an immensely OF
meaning in the words. The announce
ment implies not only that the attendants
have been relieved for the time from
their vigils; it conveys. also, the disposi-
ton of the monarch towards affairs of
pressing or personal import. When
Cetewayo declines to receive visitor the
royal pleasure is conveyed in the brief
proclamation, 1.-THE King sleeps" At
this particular moment the King is par
ticularly wide awake. It was so when
the Governor of Madeira, relenting of
his sudden departure, returned to the
Arab and intimated his wish to see Cete-
wayo; but Cetewayo replied that his Ex
cellency should have first sent a State
officer to know If the King of the Zulus
would see the Governor. The Governor
has violated the rubric of Zulu roya
etiquette, therefore "the King slept" so
the Portuguese grandee did not see Cete-
neutrality-suspicious. Of the London
Post.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
The Funny Things We Do.

Have you ever reflected upon the very
many funny things we do, for which we
can give no particular reason? How is
it that we do not give five cheers, four
cheers, two cheers, one cheer? Why is
it that we give three cheers and no more?
Why is it that the majority of people
use the right hand instead of the left. and
cannot help smiling at those who use the
latter?
Why is it that man cannot see a
bundle of toothpicks without helping
himself to one when he does not need ii !?
Why is that we turn to the right in
stead of to the left, when the left is far
preferable, and if adopted would save
many an accident on railroads and
highways? The driver always sits
upon the right side of his vehicle;
in turning to the right he is furthest
away from the wagon he passes, and
unless he is an expert cannot tell how
close he comes to the wheels of the man
who goes by him; whereas, if he turned
to the left side he could see straight
down, see to the fraction of an inch
how close be was approaching an OBJ
stacle, and thus avoid it. The engineer
runs upon the right hand track, and sits
upon the right hand side of his cab. The
long, narrow locomotive, with its sand
tower belfry and smoke stack is in front
Of him, cutting off his observation. He
can see only his own track, while the
opposite, save at distance. is almost
wholly unseen by him. On some roads
the reverse is the custom.
Custom, owing to causes we know moi
CT, has established these curious pre-
cedents, and from observation and edu-
cation we uuwittingly do thousands of
things that are, to say the least, funny,
and that we cannot explain.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
How she Brought II m to Time.

They had been engaged for Is years
and she was now, as it were, in the sere
and yellow laaf.
Darling, "she said in gentlest accents,
"our betrothal has been very sweet, has
1t not?"
1T has. indeed, my own"
''But it has been very long, don't you
thiuk?" she asked.
"Yes it has. been pretty long," he re-
joined.
81 was thinking, dearest" she contin-
ned, THAT our betrothal is nearly old
enough, now. to go out and work tor
its living. Couldn't we have it learn q
trade. put it out at interest. or do some
thing with it that we might realize on it,
II has been about home so long, burning
gas and coal, and now It is nearly full
grown. It seems q shame to have it
loafing around any longer"
But my Love"
"Ard Just think" she interrupted, Sin
six years it will have q vote. 1 don't
care 90 much about it, but pa and ma are
kicking like steers. What would you
suggest?"
Il am sure don't know, my pet," he
replied. What do You Think"
1--WE might get married"
CHATS 90, never though. Of that. "
They are going to be married on next
Thanksgiving.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19
Liked Good Company.

MAY 1 open the window for you,
miss?" politely inquired a gentleman of
a young lady on the Northern Pacific
that had not yet recovered from the pre-
ceding winter.
She.glared at him for a moment and
gave reluctant consent.
"Folks can't be too careful who they
speak to or accept favors FROM" she re-
marked, after long pause.
THAT is very true, replied the gen.
tleman, quietly.
''Are you Boston drummer" she in
quired.
"No, I'm not" he answered.
"a hotel clerk?"
mo, nor hotel clerk"
''I'm glad of that" said she. 81 never
let drummer or hotel clerk speak to
me. Maybe you re an actor?"
"No, nor an actor"
"That's frst-class" she exclaimed,
showing her dimples and becoming more
and more confidential. eff an actor
should speak to me, I'd die. What is
your buslness?"
I'm bar-keeper, and I'm travelling
west to get territorial divorce from my
wife," explained the gentleman.
ooh, I'm so glad" giggled the girl.
Reach down in nv satchel; there's a
bottle of whisky and pack of cards in
it. I'll play you an odd game of Cali
fornia jack for five dollars a corner! L
like to meet gentlemen, and I know 'em
when see EN-. Ask that duffer across
there if he's got cork-screw, will your
Il Chicago Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

GEoRoA TOAD SroRY.-While the
foundation or pillars for the railroad
bridge across the Flint river 1t Mon
tezuma, Ga, was being constructed, one
of she workmen placed the toad in the
crevice Of . rock and fitted another rock
over the crevice, and that made the
abode Of tn toad air tight by means of
mortar. Sixteen years rolled by, whom
it became necessary TO repair the pillar;
which was done BY the same workman
that placed the toad in the pillar when il
was first built. He remembered the cir
cunstance, and upon examination found
the toad still alive.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

The Louisville Courier-Journal tells
how an affidavit was taken by telephone
The following colloquy ensued:
lis this William 1nness?''
YES"
II hold in my hand the payroll sub
mitted by you for the month Of August.
Are you willing to swear that it is cor
rect?"
Il am"
Take of your hat, and hold up your
right hand"
II have done ro."
You solemnly swear that tho August
pay roll for repairs at the crib b COR
reot2"
II do"
Mr.. Freeman readily Distinguished Mr..
Inuess' voice, aud says N oofh taken BY
telephone y binding IN Law.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

WHAT TO DO WITH ToMAToEs.-The
basis of tomato catsup or ketchup, is the
pulp of ripe tomatoes. Many defer
making catsup until late in the season
when the cool nights cause the fruit to
ripen slowly, and it may be it Is gathered
hurriedly for fear of frost. The late
fruit does not yield so rich pulp as that
gathered in Its prime. The fruit should
have all green portions cut ont, and be
stewed gently until thoroughly cooked.
The pulp is then to be separated from
the skins by rubbing through q wire
sieve, so fine as to retain the seeds. The
liquor thus obtained is to be evapo-
rated to a thick pulp over slow fire,
and should be stirred to prevent scorch-
ing. The degree of evaporation will de-
pend upon how thick it Is desired to have
the catsup. We prefer to make it so that
it will just pour freely from the bottle.
We observe no regular rule in favoring.
Use sufficient salt. Season with cloves,
allspice, and mace, bruised and tied in a
cloth, and boiled in the pulp; add q
small quantity of powdered cayenne.
Some add the spices ground fine, direct
ly to the pulp. A Glove of garlic.
bruised and tied in cloth, to be boiled
with the spices, imparts delicious
flavor. Some evaporate the pulp to a
greater thickness than is needed, and
then thin with vinegar or with wine. An
excellent and useful tomato ssuce may
be made by preparing the pulp, and put
ting it in small bottles while hot, corking
securely and sealing. II desired, the
sauce may be salted before bottling, but
this is not essential. To add to soups,
sauces and made dishes, 9 sauce thus
prepared is an excellent substitute for
the fresh fruit. 1t should be put in
small bottles, containing as mnch as will
be wanted at once, rs it will not keep
long after opening.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

To make rosew ater: Dissolve ottar Of
roses, six brahms avoiidupois. in strong
est rectified spirit (hot). one imperial
pint. Throw the solution into twelve
gallon carboy. and add ten gallons pure
distilled water ct $50 deg. Fahrenheit
At once cork the carboy lat first loosely
and agitate the whole briskly lat first
cautiously until quite cold.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

Boiling water will remove tea stains
and many fruit stains; pour the water
through the stain, and thus prevent Il
from spreading oves ~ fabric, while
soaking in milk bofoge washing viii
always remove inkrooains fxum ny fabric.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

OFFICIAL PAPER OF CRY AND County.
Vancouver, Clarke County, Washington
Territory.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-19

A woman in France slept seventy three
days in one inning, and when she swoke
and learned that her husband had been
taken his meals at . restaurant during
al this time. instssd Of getting ont Of
bed 4 daylight and going e TIE market.
vouldn't 50 70 slssp aosin - long = shs
lived.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
RESIDENCE BURNED.
MIR. L r. Castle Burned out Twice
Inside Of One Year.

Intelligence reached the city last night,
that the farm residence of Mr.. l.. X. Cas-
tie, three miles north of Sedalia, had
caught fire during the afternoon and burn
I'd to the ground, together with nearly all
the contents.
Mr.. Castle was absent at a point near
Windsor, and his wife and child had gone,
probably half an hour before the FIRE was
noticed, to the residence of Mr.. Castles
father, half mile distant.
The flames were first discovered issuing
from the kitchen by hired man. He at
once mounted horse and rode to the
home of Mr. Castle, ST., where he informed
route there he met a neighbor, to whom he
impaired the intelligence, and owing to
this fact portion OF the household effects
were saved. The neighbOr at once visited
the scene of confagratiOn, and commenced
saving such property as he could. He
made poor Roadway, however, as the
flames soon caused him to desist.
The house was a substantial two-story
frame, and was furnished in irsi-class
style. The amount of loss could not be
ascertained. but it is known that there was
not a dollars insurance on either the resi-
dence or household effects.
Mr.. Castle has been remarkably unfor-
tunate as regards the fire fend. He
was burned out in this city
about year ago, and even vet has not re-
ceiyed all his insurance money, the case
still dragging along in the courts. 1t was
owing to this latter fact that Mr.. Castle
had no insurance in this instance, he being
thoroughly disguised at the manner in
which the adjuster dealt with him on the
former occasion.
Hard luck always comes in a row, Mr..
Castle thinks. 1t was only couple of days
ago that a mule worth $l75 turned up its
toes, and now comes this loss of several
hundred dollars. He certainly has the
sympathy of this community.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
COLE CAMPS CALAMITY.
An Incendiary Conf1agration at
That Point Early This
Morning.

Capt Dick Baker returned at 10 o'clock
this morning from Cole Camp, and gave to
a BAzoO reporter the particulars OF an IN
cendiary fire which occurred there at .
o'clock a. m.
At that hour blaze was discovered in
the liquor room of Mr.. SmosePs hotel,
a: which house Mr.. Baker and Joseph
PilkingtOn were stopping. Instantly the
alarm was given, and all the inmates of
the building were aroused, when many OF
them made their appearance on the street
clad only in their night clothes.
The flames made rapid Roadway, and
soon the entire saloon and building
known as the City hall were in flames.
The fire next communicated to large ice
house in the rear, and il, too, was de-
slroyed
Messrs. Baker and Pilkington, with the
assistance OF others, at once organized a
bucket brigade, and the residence portion
of the hotel was saved. All the property
burned was owned by MIR. SmOsel, who
formerly resided in this city, where he
tended bar for Charlie Keller.
His loss will foot up fully $1,000. He
had an insurance of 500 on building and
$3.50 ON stock, in Knapp Il Espenchied's
agency in this city. Mr.. Baker says the
FIRE was undoubtedly the work of an incen-
diary, but as to who the gnilty party is,
there is no clew.
During the progress of the fire DIR. Allen,
of Cole Camp, was place on the roof OF the
burning building for the purpose OF help
ing extinguish the flames. He removed
his shoes, and while walking along, slipped
and fell to the ground, receiving ugly
bruises, but sustaining no serious irjury.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
THEY DIDN'T KICK.
Missouri Pacific Employees Publish
aCard Regarding Their
Uniforms.

The Parsons Sun has this to say in lis
issue Of yesterday:
There appeared in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat Of some days ago special dis
patch from Parsons stating that there was
a big "kick" being made by the employees
ON the passenger trains OF the Pacific at
this point over the recent order issued by
General Manager Talmage, compelling
them 10 wear uniforms furnished by the
company. The Sun reporters have been
laboring under the impression that they
were pretty well posted in what is going
ON in railway circles in this immediate vi
cinity, but they were compelled to confess
that this was a piece OF news they had
failed To catch on TO. Ii also appears 10
be news to the employees of the roads here
abouts, as the following, which explains
itself, and which ha- been handed us for
publication, goes to show:
To the Editor of the Sun: We desire 10
say there is no truth in the statement pub
lished as a special dispatch from Parsons
in the ST. Louis lobe-Democrat Of the
18th inst. that there is kick" among the
conductors uf this division of the Missouri
Pacific against the uniforms provided by
the company. So far as We have been aole
to Judge, and for ourselves, there is no dis
satisfaction whatever, and We cannot
imagine where the author Of the dispatch
in question got his information or what mis-
object can be in putting the employees OF
this portion of the Missouri Pacific i'm a
false light before the management of the
road. w. H. WHEELER,
CHICK WARNER.
JOHN HILLS,
w. X. maxwell,
BEN Brown,
GEORGE HAYNES,
and others.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
HOLIDAY HELD.
A Young Man Well Known in Sc
dalia Arrested for For
gerry.

There are quite number of people in
Sedalia who are acquainted with, or have
heard OF, young man named McCune j.
Holiday, who at times passes himself of
as a railway conductor and still again as a
newspaper reporter. In both branches he
has figured more or less, and as he has the
cheek and audacity of the old Nick him
sell, he soon becomes pretty well acquainted
in any community where he chooses to
take up his residence for brief period.
His father, now deceased, was one of the
most prominent iron merchants of ST
Louis, and young Holiday had every pos
sible advantage in the way of an educa-
ton. But he was the
BLACK SHEEP OF THE FLOCK,
and his career for a long time back has
been downward.
He was married few wears ago to the
sister of a leading wholesale dry goods
merchant of ST. Louis. but his love of bad
women and whisky brought about a sepa-
ration, and since then he has wandered
a:mleSsly about the country.
For time he was city editor of the Mob
erly Headlight, where he lost his position
through his dissolute habits. He then
came to Sedalia and hung about the differ
ent newspaper Offices for few months, but
failing to 'catch on" disappeared, and moth
ing more was heard of him until some
four months ago, when he again showed up
He said he had been railrOading in Texas,
and produced letters to that effect.
HE STOPPED AT THE ATLANTIC HOUSE
for week, forging the name of a we'll
H. - 81
board, and then left for Moberly
His whereabouts since then have been
unknown until yesterday, when he
was arrested in Kansas CITY,
the crime for which he is held being
committed about the middle of June. At
that date he was in Kansas City and room
ing with friend who had fitted mp a room
with fine furniture, and while the friend
was absent McCune contracted to
SELL THE GOODS
to a secondhand man, but before the sale
could be consummated the friend returned
and McCune then pursuaded himfo sell 10
the dealer. The sale was made, and Nc
Cune attended to the business part of the
arrangement, signing his friends name and
taking the money, which he spent
The officers have been looking for him
ever since, but could not find him until
yesterday, when they captured him in
Snavley's saloon, on Main street.
He was taken before Justice Ransom and
his preliminary examination set for Mon
day next, his bail bond being placed at
$500, in default of which he was sent to
Jail.
He would be a good partner for Jesse
Heinz, and If both had their deserts they
would be yoked together and taken to the
penitentiary.