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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-03-22
An Excited bu. Happy rriir..r o. Z.

Weddings are not Otter ,ld lodge
rooms. but the genius ior lnDDyatinn
sn, ye,t 4 to Geo'Es Su Ga md Miss
Auui' ulJodgnoi mat tl,l should be
bound togctlor under :lur muslin flags
instead Il grained arch 3, and sarround-
el - sylnpa,l'zels rather than weeping
relatives. 81 altcr Miss Holland HAD
spv the blood ASliu F, through the veins
ai lereuditc.s by r,ci,ing tho Mamie"
M. Sn' arose, bcckoned to Miss
B i~ -. ool amid preterua,ural
llc' ., sirodo forward with has ara.
y. - H. the brides sash. TIE Rev.
j. 3lcn Merit. stretched forth his htnis
ari taa ceremony was begun. The bfijs
xas nervous, aud ~ toe gasiEhts above
Per bead p uttered aud huka5 With
xril cment. she wept Tue groom
p. -wei the huger q his glove; then 10
nawpe enthusiastic ard co'eavuisd 20
push ile nnB us-r MI.a B.cH' goods
..u4h vi.ncut aalt fne bride, with
ta. tn1c, &C res friends, stcc ohet
.a t.-.l'ue t0e ring i'om tut le~i er-ie
-ra 1850 placed 10 in ta % luai'e 20.
ritr. heralf $40 r th' "lff3 man hi
I..H-i Do o. mon. ii enes ie'l ap7a Lis
t.firtnF lu. Mr. Snta kissed hls
D...- on lne es-. than Size swiisi and
...f3 i.. ard 'ncy tired I'd sin vila
,t.rs d.l.n.f.iioi a1J ~ "a .tson poing
,frt iHH ctttungi- we're eba,1 ant
sal. neis arl gra.io re-e sengrnlg iatad
b.. lse.r 4i.0ia Iry faal maay r,rts
.1o .i oaa nf the 'aest ers oi tha loter.
5000 sriH tla raieHl fluefs t'rir itrls
~os reaaagei- l4ey lre s,4.ha YOaaF.
psaisby nor hnndser e, int lrsi g Z
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-03-22

William H. Vanderbilt, the richest
man in the world, may be seen driving
his mare, Maud S., which, rumor says,
he is spelling by iujudicious handling,
almost any fine morning on Fifth avenue.
Look for large, heavy man with dark
eyes, swarthy skin and black side whis-
kers, an intently earnest but not over
intelligent face. If the weather is cold -,
the owner Of untold millions will be
wrapped up in close fitting coat of seal
skin, and have over his knee robe Of
the same fur. The superb horse or
horses he happens to be driving do not
seem to be going very fast AS they dance
along, but it will be noticed that he goes
faster than other people. and the group
of sight-seers who stop for moment 10
gaze at the well-known figure, wrapped
up in sealskins, as he fits by, get but a
brief glimpse Of him. Perhaps Jay
Gould, looking out Of his library III the
second story of his big house at Forty
seventh street aud Fifth avenue. wor lcfs
that a man with such magnificent Opp1r-
tunites for max ne more money toes
not devote his day Ia Sc instead 81 tri
fling away his time with fast hor-cs.
Jay Gould never drives fast horses oe
INDUCES IN any kird OF spo-l except
money-msking. From y Go $50 cveer
after noon, VANDERBILT. lfivea his tas.
hnta s.. Then bis Aof+ss pet 80 fnetr
stale o, mahogany, trim ed With silver,
aBd Vanderbilt y0es 90 uls p3iace. I'll
always nsssas has evenings at home aCl
havitq i.a.n 81 iho ihalrr of Cnert Or
year since Wallaok's open u l-s' J p
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-03-22
A JudiciOuS Wife.

She inquired of the different persons
in the corridor of the postotlice as to
where the money order department was,
and not feeling satisfied with this, she
asked at both stamp windows. Then she
felt reasonably certain that she would
not go down cellar or up stairs in going
to the money order room, and she timidly
entered that place and asked:
"Can ] send money ordcr?"
"Yesm."
For $5?"
"Yes'm."
"To Saginaw"
"Yes'm."
"To my husband?'
"Yes'm. Please fill out blank"
She filled out three different ones be
fore the writing suited her, and tried four
different pens before she found holder
of the right build and color.
This order is for 50" she said as she
stood at the window.
"Yes'm."
"He went there to secure work. but he
can't find any"
"Yes'm."
And he wants to come home
mo doubt of it.
But So seems like an awful price to
bring anyone from Saginaw
80 it does"
HE might not get work if lie came
home"
No, ma'am."
and so he might as well be there"
"Yes'm
"Well. guess I'll wait a day or two,
anyhow. If he finds work he won't want
it, and if he gets tire and comes home
on foot, he'll be so worn out that he can Z
more than half ,w around. Five dollars
is quite a sum. | can buy nice pair OF
shoes for that. - Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-03-22

Pundita Romabai. a learned HIndoo
lady who has consecrated her life to the
work of promoting ferlale education in
India, has aroused profound interest by
a course of lectures sue is delivering in
Bombay. She is a widow, aged barely
%, and renowned among the natives for
her complete emancipation from ali mar
row and debasing superstitions. There
was very large attendance of Hindoo
and Parsee ladies at her first lecture, and
the hall was crowded to excess. The
lecturer, who, it is stated, was modestly
attired in simple white dress, spoke
with perfect fiuency and complete self
possession. She dwelt at great lengtL
upon the benefits arising from education.
and impressed upon the members of her
sex the importance of cnltiyating and
embellishing their minds if they ished
to advance with the progress of
the times. A native. commenting
on the results of her lecture,
states that her exc mul' "aas had some
thing Of an electrical effect on
the large nulnbrr rt native ladies
that have attended hcl lectures Al
though native ladies' aye usually bashful,
vet when. af er tla Puudita had finished.
the ladi., were asked g. cX' reSs their
Thoughts on The sal g., which she had
dwelt upDa. QUO Os I.., ladies' present. as.
ter a sliSii pause. A.leer'o courage aud
stool ap aeJ srD,.. str r0.tiv laf .
dozen ether llu "a .Icte.. rfc.Hr ',.
gerry with ore ant rr o.. i..' rr'viit We
Of gracefully spsa. los i' ne sr 1-nr. 49,
praise Of thtir o.. ul sra.l sisttt.
Even tie nio { 49,. l.u' rt vonad's a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
Does Lightning Strike the Pine?

1t has been often said by the so-called
wise old ''Say Sos in this locality that
the lightning neUer strikes pine tree;
but the fact was very conclusively de-
monstrated to the contrary to-day at
this place-Mr. James Fenwick's. Mr.
Fenwick's place is the one adjoining
that of Admiral Lees. just after one
o'clock p. m, the storm passed directly
over Mr.. F. house from the northeast,
and soon after vivid flash of lightning
came, which struck two pine trees only
ten or twelve feet from his house. A
part of he electricity passed down the
trees into the ground, tearing off great
strips of bark and cutting a groove into
the trees for some distance Just before
it passed off into the ground. The rest
of it followed a wire clothes-line at
tached to one of the trees to the other
end of the wire and then passed down a
cedar post to which the wire was at
tached into the ground. 1t split the
post the whole length and broke of
large pieces from it. 1t was very
narrow escape for the house, for if the
cloud had discharged moment sooner
it would certainly have hit the house
and perhaps have done a great deal of
damage. There are quite a number OF
Washington people spending the sum-
mer here, and all who were at the house
were very much alarmed, and also the
animals. The horses in the stable near
tried to break away and run, the flash
was so vivid and the report so loud
Sligo (Md Cor. Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
Why COchineal and Carmine Are 50
Costly.

The Honmonger, London, explains
why the beautiful cOchineal and car
mine colors are so expensive. 1t saws:
One of the best and most powerful ami
NAL dyes used in the arts and manu-
features is the body of the female cochi-
neal insect, dried. This insect exists
on species of cactus, and when alive
is about the size of a ladybird, or per-
haps tribe smaller. 1t is wingless,
rather long, equally broad all over, and
is marked behind with deep incisions
and wrinkles. 1t has six feet, which
curiously enough are only of use di-
rectly after birth, and secures itself to
the plant by means of a trunk which is
found between the fore feet, and de-
rives its nourishment from the sap.
The male cochineal is like the female
only during the larva period. 1t
changes into chrysalis and eventually
appears as red flies. The female de-
posts some thousands of eggs, which
she protects under her body until they
are Matched, and on the appearance of
the young ones the parent dies. While
the young are in the larva state their
sex cannot be determined. They lose
their skins several times, and while the
female fixes herself on the plant, the
male, after getting over the pupa state,
is winged. Two or three months is the
extent of the life of these little insects.
They are gathered before they lay eggs
and are then rich in coloring matter
Carmine is prepared from the cochf-
neal insect, the COCcuS acti, which is
collected by brushing the branches OF
the cactus with the tail of a squirrel or
other animal; this is very tedious work.
They are killed by immersing them in
boiling water, and this has to be done
at once or they would lay their eggs,
and thereby lose much of their value.
There are many processes for prepar-
ing the carmine. The French process
may be taken as an example: one pound
of the powdered cochineal insects is
boiled for fifteen minutes in three gal
Ions of water; one ounce of cream OF
tartar is then added, and the boiling
continued ten minutes longer; then one
ounce and half of powdered alum is
thrown in, and the boiling continued
for two minutes longer. The liquid is
then poured of and set aside for the
carmine to settle down. In other pro.
cesses carbonate of soda or potash is
used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
Who Clothed the Rumseller's Daugh
ter9

Little Rose Smith came running into
her fathers saloon one morning, calling
out eagerly; "Now, papa, I'm ready to
go shopping
"Well, daughter" replied he, I'm
ready, too, when | put on my gloves
and fur-collar.' This was quickly
done, and they passed into the street.
The first person they met was old Sam
Hartley, shabby and ragged, while in
Mr.. Smiths pocket-book was five
dollar bill Sam had paid him the day
urevious for whisky, and when Rose
selected pair OF dainty, beautiful
shoes, old Sans five dollars just paid
for them.
Then the father and daughter, warm
addressed and cbeerful-hearted, crossed
over to dry-goods store pale, scared
looking viii Simmons was just passing,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
A SUDDEN SHOWER.


The noon is tropical. The rose
Leans like yearning mouth to meet
The kisses that the zephyr blows
Fullhavored with the fragrant heat.
The breezy naples seem to quaff
The shade like wine, and, thrilled with glee
Toss up their leafy hands and laugh
And lisp and whisper tipsily ."
AS in the sight the air ahoat
The meadow glimmers on to u.s.
A glamored murmur, high, remote,
FAILS on the hearing tremulous-
The pent-up anger of the storm!
The dust grows ashen, as with fright, tf .
And, rising, reels in phantom form,
And passes in convulsive flight.
With petulant and gusty breaths
The winds come Waiting as they may
Till cen the sunshine vanishes
Ash were whirled and blown away. vie .
Barefooted boys scud up the street,
Or sknTry under sheltering sheds,
And schoolgirl faces, pale and sweet
Clean from the shawls about their heads.
Doors bang; and mother-voices call
From alien homes; and rusty gates
Are slammed, and high above it all t
The thunder grim articulates.
And then, abrupt, the rain! the rainl
The earth lies gasping; and the eyes
Behind the streaming wi9dow,Pane
The highway smokes; sharp echoes ring;
The cattle bawl, and cowbells clank;
And into town comes galloping
The farmers horse, with steaming flank.
The swallow dips beneath the caves,
And flirts his plumes and folds his wings;
And under the catawba leaves
The caterpillar curls and clings.
The bumble-bee Is Melted down
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

bare-footed, as they entered the store;
there. a two-dollar bill, that Wits
father had given for rum, was ex-
changed by Miss Rose for handsome
pair of scarlet and black hose. Next
they selected fine, scarlet merino
dress, while just opposite them Mrs.
Tom Brown was buying some flimsy
calico for her little Julia. Mrs. Brown
paid for her goods, money she had
earned by washing. Mr.. Smith paid
for his daughters dress with money
Tom Brown gave him in exchange for
brandy.
Next, the lively Rose, all animation
and delight at the thoughts of the pref
ty clothing she was buying, chose a
warm mantle of snowy fur and a muff
to match. Some of the money for
which Julius Burger mortgaged his
house and lot was given for the furs.
The Burger children did not have
enough to eat every day Little did
+ .e 'saHre Hoir father
q la pa.a loi beer rayyjugs.
After buying tho 'Grs MIR. Smith and
S daughter went .uto the street ag3ia
nd Nv. <nd
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
Temperance Reading .
ONE GLASS MORE.

l saw him at the close of day
Stand by the grog-shop door;
HIS eyes were sunk, his lips were parched,
viewed him Der and DER
HIS infant boy hung by his side,
ana 1sptng to him said:
come, father, mothers sick at home
And sister cries for bread"
He trembling rose and staggered in,
AS he had done before,
And to the landlord faltering said;
-, Come, give us one glass more'
me host complied; his purple lips
Ihen pressed the venomed bowl;
lie drinks while wife and children starve-
10 ruin sinks his soul
Ayear elapsed; l passed that way;
crowd stood round the door;
asked the cause, when one replied:
The drunkard is no more"
saw his funeral pass along
NO wife, no children there;
They, too, had Joined their mother earth.
And left this world of care.
Reflect, ye votaries of the bowl
Know ye tbs Heavens decree,
Thou ne'er shall taste eternal life
Till from the bowl thou tlee"
o flee the ale-house-horrid dem
Fly from the grog-shop, fly,
Lest you like him neglected live,
Like him neglected die ! ......
Southern BrOddd
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18


be cut off because beer-drinking had so
inflamed your blood that what would
have been mere scratch to a man in q
healthy condition became a gangrened
sore in you?" .. r.
doctor, you're in the right" said a
quiet, sad-looking man in the back
ground. Beer wrought fearful evils
to mine and me. My wife and l always
drank it at our meals and never thought
it hurt us. But one night my wife,
suppose, took too much, and while I
was off at work in the mill she fell
asleep with her head on the table, and
the candle fell over and set fire to the
things, so that when came back in the
morning had no home and there was
no one to receive me but a dead wife
and two little ones burned to a crisp.
Boys, take warning by me and let beer
alone" ...,-....
Bill listened while he poured out the
ale, and before the conversation was
| finished he had come to a most sensible
resolution, which was not only never to
drink another drop of beer him self, but
also to find some other respectable bust
ness where he would not be called upon
to offer it to others.-M T. S. Tract.
Mr.. CAMERON said at LennoXtown:
in Glasgow just now is man who, at
the time of closing the warehouses,
| hangs about the doors to ask loans of
three-pence or four-pence from the en-
ployes as they leave. He was trained
in good family, was well educated,
and got a good start in life; but the love
of strong drink got the upper hand,
with the usual results--loss of self-re-
spect, loss of friends, loss of business.
His acquaintance thought he was as
bad as bad could be, and left him to
perish, but a stranger took him by the
hand and gave him another. chan"e. He
became a sober, steady man. Having
great natural abilities, he soon got on
in business again, and prospered ex-
ceedingly until his health broke down,
and he consulted doctor, who advised
him to take glass of beer once every
day. Following this advice, he did it
for some time, with apparent good to
his constitution, but soon the beer be-
gan to lose its power to stimulate, and
whisky replaced it. Now he is a street
loafer, and mixes with the vilest of the
vile. The only real safety for men and
women is trust in the power Of Christ,
and total abstinence.
w. that Al -s,V, ,NnfAt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

the body there?' go, you mustn't
ask so many questions!'' said he.-MisS
Ida Ha0en Picking, china, IN NJ Y.
I,ldeDe3lde7lt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

"A man lives few miles above
Athens, Ca, who eats in one county,
;leeps in another, smokes when sitting
apon his piazza in Il third and has built
MS barn in fourth. He lives where
four counties corner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

"A London editor has discovered that
Yankee girls ''look you straightly and
serenely in the face, and are self-pos
sessed without being unnatural or pre-
cocious.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

WE OBSERVE that the usual summer
cry of mad dogs and hydrophobia has
started. Whisky-phobia kills a hundred
thousand to every single one killed by
rabid dogs. Chicago L,ate" OCEAN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

Quite romance occurred in East
Rome, N. Y, recently. A young man
yaded into the Mohawk with the evil
dent intention of committing suicide.
Jealousy was the supposed cause. His
irl went to his rescue, and he was
saved from a watery grave.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

OF the Bishops of the Church of
England three are over eighty and nine
over seventy years of age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-24
New Suits Begun,

George II. Thomas has filed suit for divorce
from Annie Thomas The plaintiff alleges that
the defendant has treated him in a cold, cruel,
treacherous and inhuman manner, and has even
gone so far as to threaten to sever his ntestines
and thus deprive him of very necessary adjunct
of his interior department.
Sarah shearer has filed complaint and asks to
be divorced from Charles W. Shearer, whom she
charges with being an habitual drunkard, OF
quarrelsome disposition and failing to provide
for her wants.
James d. Watson files complaint against the
Indianapolis & St. Louis Railway Company and
the Bee Line Railway Company for damages in
the sum of $4,000. Plaintiff, who was night
Waterman at the Indianapolis & ST. Louis fret ght
yard, west of the river, alleges that he had re-
peatedy asked the company to provide him a
lantern 20 see to do his work. which, by reason
OF the great number of tracks and the passing
and repassing OF trains at night. dangerous
duty. This the company had failed to do, and
on the night of the LIST of November, 1882, while
in the line of his duty, he had entered a caboose
for the purpose of awakening a freight crew
and the night being very dark and the plaintiff
being unable to see, and there being much CON
fusion on account of the noise, an approaching
car struck the caboose, throwing him violently
against the side of the car, injuring him inter
nally and permanently. :
The First National Bank has brought suit for
foreclosure demand 5000 against Sarah L. and
Oliver Kersey.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-24
A REAL ESTATE REVIVAL.
Recent Transactions Which Indicate a De.
cided Improvement in the Market.

There is better tone to the real estate mar
ket than there has been since 187O-in this mat
ter the feverish days of 1924 must be omitted
and while 1t may not be characterized as
boom, 1t is a strong, buoyant and healthful mar
ket There is a large demand, chiefly for small
property, by people of the middle class, who
have evidently been saving money during the
last three or four years, and are now seeking
safe investments in homes small renting
property, or are buying lots to build upon or to
mold for an advance. For small property the
buyers are numerous, outnumpering the offers
three to one. Higher priced property
Is also meeting with ready sale,
and number of large transfers have
been made within the last ten days. There is
more building, particularly in the way of resi-
and this is not confined to any one or two
favored localities, but extends to all parts of
the city aud suburbs. Among recent transac-
tons may be mentioned the sale of the old
Schurnan property, on the corner of New York
and Meridian street, to Mrs. s. A. Fletcher for
$2O,O0O, aud the sale by John NJ. Judah of his
residence TO Mr.. HOlbrook, of Thee. Pfaffllin &
Co., for Sc 700.
]. Fl. Steiner and David Wallace have bought
the celebrated Cataract farm. called the finest
Dlue-grass farm in Indiana, Of John ID. Campbell,
RMS farm Is In owen county, ten miles north of
Spencer, and has two waterfalls, furnishing
hr5t class water-pOwer If there was any way to
use 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-24
Miscellaneous Notes.

The Horton Chair Company has been organ
ICED under the laws of Kansas, with a capital OF
100000, the shares being 500 each,
Last Thursday the New York & New England
railroad transferred liza freight ears across the
Nswburg ferry destined for different points in
New England, ard on the same day moved about
$50 cars east from Hartford.
The Harlan & H0llingsworth Company has
just completed four handsome sleeping cars for
TIE Canadian Pacific railway Their names are
"keewatiD,D "Assiniboine," "Qu' Appellee and
"kaministlquia." They are each 59 feet in
length, 8 feet 10l9 inches wide and feet 8
inches high in the center.
About fifteen miles of road are to be completed
to perfect the line of the West Shore & Buffalo
road between New York aud Wehawken and
syracuse. The construction contracts call for
the com Detion of the road to Buffalo by July Is,
and the company expects TO have the road in
good Working order a few weeks later.
A new standard tunnel alarm" has been
adopted by the Pennsylvania company. num-
her of ropes hang from an arm projecting over u
track and reaching far enough down to strike o
brakeman standing on top OF freight train as 1t
approaches a lew tunnel or bridge, ana this
passed.
An item is travelling around describing Jele-
graphic order 10 a certain contractor to build an
acceptance of the job. This is not surprising,
the whole line is only little over a quarter of a
mile long. 1t Is the Marine railroad extending
from Brighton Beach to Manhattan Beach on
Coney Island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-24

made tho rate at haphazard, are now the most
cautions In giving rates, which proves the asser-
tion OF railroad men who believe in maintaining
rates that a sure cheek rate-eutting was TO
pnnish the rate-cutter by dropping his head into
the basket.
There is no truth in the report that 25-cent
rate for a rOund-trip ticket from Sandusky to
Cincinnati was given yesterday by the Lake
Erie a. Western and Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton d Dayton roads Ore dollar per
ticket was the lowest figure reached and that
rate was given but for one day. BY the by,
passenger men are considerably surprised that
the conservative c., Fl. & D. management pro
rated with the L. E. & W., even i'll the ST. rate.
The general freight agent of one of the Indi-
annapolis roads says the bitterest pill he has to
swallow is when he has to deliberately turn over
several hundred tons of freight which he has
cured at full rates, to make up the per cent. in
pool with less fortunate competitor. There is
bright side, however, to these pooling agree
ments. 1t Is generally conceded In railroad cir
cles that rates are better aud more closely adj
hered to than at this period in any year since
1870, hence the loss in aggregate carried Is
largely compensated by enhanced rates received
for the services performed.