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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-05
An Irish Heroine.

Chicago, as most of our readers prob
ably know. gets its drinking water from
Lake Michigan. About two miles out
in the lake is the "Crib," where the
water is taken into the great pipe under
the lake. Kslstrom 10 tho name Of .
gigantic Finn who had charge of this
crib. The Chicago Tribune tells the
following story of his wife's devotion:
"Kalstrom was known about the
wharves as Big Charlie His claim to
distinction is that he commanded .
bark of O dousand duns,' in which, he
says, he ssiled the north seas, and in
which, viking like, he had carried OF his
wife, bright-faced Irish girl. from
Drogheda, one Of the east ports Of Ire
land.
''She was q woman with gray eyes and
long, black lashes. She had strongly
marked eyebrows, and a mass of waving,
black hair crept in little curls around
her temples and neck. She had the
piquant nose of her race, and generous
mouth filled With strong, white teeth.
ut WAS in March. The sun shope
warmly, and the great lake seemed to
dream Of springtime.
His food was one day getting scarce;
and Kalstrom took his small boat and
rowed ashore, for the purpose Of getting
some.
"In the few hours he spent among
the shops the wind changed; and, when
he reached the shore Of the lake with his
stores, be found IL churned up 10 the
fury peculiar 10 inland ssas.
He did mot dare 10 venture upon IL;
and. thouRh eomovhat worried. he
had such c0nn 1ence in his little 1rish
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-05

No PLACE LIKE HoxE.-"You seem in
. bad Az" said philanthropist to . man
sitting on the curb stone looking much
depressed in spirits.
"Not 20 awful bad as 1 might BE-" was
the reply.
"Hsve you no homer"
"Oh. yes, I've got one."
why don't you 60 there, then?"
Because don't want TO-"
"But you should, for the poet says:
BE it ever 20 humble. there's NO place
like home"
And right the poet was, too. vss
ct home not at hour ago, and the house
was turned upside down, all the beds
ont Of the windows aud the furniture in
the corners. and my wife with dish
rag around her bead, and tho children
20 dusty you couldnt clean EN-
with feather brush, and the hired Rirl
raising Sam Hill, aud four niggsrs beat
ing carpets. and the paper hangers q
work, and = window cleaner with : hose
turned ON, and no dinner. and NO pros.
pect Of any. and the deuce 10 pay eensr-
ally-oh, you and the post are shouhn'.
end you're mighty right. TOO. there's 10
placs like home. "-DFunnsr.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-05

as Q train moves over it. When it il
considered that it took over three years
to build the present suspension bridge,
which is for single track, and that this
bridge, for double track, must be fin
ished within TX months from the execu-
ton of the contract, some idea may be
formed of the magnitude of the opera.
t;on.-Albany Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09
Blaine's Great Memory.

OF Mr.. Blaine's distinguished talents
and gifts there is none greater than his
wonderful memory. AS illustrative of
this l cannot do better than relate q
story told an acquaintance of mine by ex-
Senator Thurman: I'm 1876" said
Judge Thurman, Blaine came to my
town during his canvass of Ohio for the
Republican ticket for president and
made speech. OF course his audience
was immense and was composed of Dem.
ocrats as we'll as Republicans. l went
to hear him and after the speaking in
vited him to my house. While l was
talking with him at the place where he
had spoken, saw in the crowd an Old
farmer of wealth and consequence, q
client of mine, who is stanch Repub-
lican. He was regarding with much in
terest the great republican leader. of
whom he had heard 80 much but never
before seen. I beckoned to him to come
up and said to Mr. Blaine, Here is
prominent man in this section and l
want you to know him. By this time
my man had come up and said, Mr..
Blaine, 1 want to present to you Squire
Brown Blaine was very cordial and in
his magnetic way soon had my old friend
perfectly delighted. Squire Brown was
noted breeder of fine stock,
especially horses, and that day had
driven into town behind very
pretty pair of four year o!ds.
Blaine took look at the horse and said,
Squire. have you ever trained that near
colt? He would make good time il prop
erly hannled, L think With few other
words he went away with me and saw no
more of Brown. In 1880 Blaine came
to Ohio and spoke again in my town.
I was on hand. When he had closed his
speech the people came up to speak to
him. Suddenly looking up he saw
Squire Brown at little distance. The
old man was wondering if Blaine would
remember him. Leaving the crowd
about him, Blaine walked straight to
Brown. aud calling him by name shook
hands with him cordially, and after talk.
few minutes said. Squire Brown, did
you train that near colt you were driv-
ing four years ago when met you? l
have often thought of that colt
believe. that he would have made
great trotter if properly trained Now"
said Judge Thurman, sit had been four
years since that circumstance occurred.
Blaine had had an immense number of
things TO think OF in that time, and yet
he recalled the man and remem bered
precisely what had happened so long
ago. To my mind it was one of the
most wonderful feats OF memory l have
ever known. No wonder Blaine has such
power as politician" Mr.. Clay is said
to have had faculty Of memory almost
equal to this, but 1 doubt If it was as
wonderful as that related by Judge
Washington Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

Black declares that these smells are
visible and that they have distinct
and gushing colors. He has drawn up
O sort of a table in the matter and clas-
sified them all according to aggressive
ness and color. His deductions are
about as follows "The red smells are
the most ferocious, vindictive, merciless
and aggressive. They are really the
leaders in all attacks on unsuspecting
tourists. They lie in wait always at the
ends Of the streets, ready to spy ont the
approaching stranger and inaugurate the
attack upon him. Their favorite
lurking places are in the open sewer
traps. where there are any sewer
traps, or else behind some pro-
jecting house corner. Here they hide,
having Only one eye exposed to scan the
sidewalks and streets for victims. They
are quite sly and strategic. They wait
until the stranger has passed them.
Then they give the alarm and attack the
enemy in the rear, and woe betide the
unfortunate who falls into the merciless
grasp of bright red Cologne smell. If
he be not strong and valiant he need
have no hopes of surviving the encoun-
ter. For the light red smells have alb
solutely no compassion. When once
they get possession they never leave un.
til they have accomplished their desires.
The green smells are malignant. The
sea-greel more so than the light green
ones. They love to steal up behind one
and garrote him, so to speak. But they
are also cowardiy; and, if reDulsed
or stoutly resisted. they soon retire.
The yellow smells are gay deceiv.
ers. They come toward the object OF
their attack as if bent on so friendly err.
rand. They are generally corpulent and
smiling. They always come with OUT
stretched hand, as if to shake hands.
They always have healthy look about
them which completely deceives the
stranger, so that he almost always goes
half way to meet them and actually well
comes them. But he is soon undeceived
and that in no very pleasant way; for
your yellow smell is powerful; he is in
sinuating; he is heavy and sitting, and
be hangs about one in such an affection
ate manner that one hardly likes to offend
him by driving him away. One always
feels as if he might insult a worthy but
unfortunate smell if he resorted to ex-
treme measures. Hence it comes about
that the yellow smell is the most danger
Gus of all" Such are the more promi-
nent of Blacks deductions. He has
gone, however, more into minutis and
has carefully tabulated all the different
shades of colored smells. together with
their characteristics. He thinks of
issuing the tables in pamphlet form, de-
signed for the use of travellers. 1t would
nc doubt be valuable addition to the
guide-books now in existence. Cor. s.
+. Chronicle.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09
Cure for Drunkenness.

The passage of the local option act
and the possible enforcement lin the
sweet by and by of the Sunday law, rem
ders it desirable to devise measures for
alternating the sufferings of those whose
opportunity for indulgencies may be
somewhat abridged, and we take the
lead in the good work by reproducing a
prescription by which thousands in Eng
land, 40 it is said, have emancipated
themselves from slavery to intoxicating
liquors. The recipe came into notoriety
through the efforts of John Vine Hall,
father eff the Rev. Newman Hall and
Captain Vine Hall, commander of the
Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen
into such habitual drunkenness that his
utmost efforts to regain himself proved
unavailing. At last he sought the ad-
vice of an eminent physician, who gave
him a prescription which he followed
faithfully for several moths, and at the
end of that time he had lost all desires
for liquors, although he had for many
years been held q captive by most de-
basins appetite. The recipe, which he
afterwards published, and by which so
many have been assisted to reform, is as
follows: Sulphate of iron, Eve grains;
magnesia, ten grains; peppermint water,
eleven grains; spirits of nutmeg, one
drachm; to be taken twice a day.-Flor-
ida Times
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09
That Lake Tahoe Fish.

The Carson New. Appeal of July I7th
says: Much has been said about fish
in Lake Tahoe twenty feet long, and it is
looked upon as regular midsummer
fish story. Numbers of persons. how
ever, who have been making fun of the
story now gravely assert that they have
seen him while out in boats. Day be-
fore yesterday sew raj guests of the
Grand Central hotel while in n boat
avow that they had good view of him
for at least three minutes, as he swan
lazily alongside the boat, and are willing
to make affidavit of the fact. The par
ties were Rev. W. A. Beers, of Wheat
land; Mrs. L. F. Meyers. of Oakland;
John Meyers, her son; T. W. Fielding,
Of the Equitable Life Insurance compa-
nv; and Miss Alice Townsend of San
Francisco. 1t was about halfway be-
tween the grand central and Idlewild and
some three hundred yards from the
shore. They describe him as being fully
twenty feet long aud as broad as the
boat. This is the first instance where
the Ash has been seen by more than one
person at a time, and no one would
think Of questioning the verac;ty Of the
parties mentioned, people are lightning
to take stock in the fish.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09
Valuable Wedding Presents.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News says of the presents
given to Mile. Rothschild on the occa.
sion of her marriage to NJ. Ephrussi the
other day:
1.-The enormous value of the display
absolutely precluded the very afiecta,ion
of Indifference. There was a certain
parure of rubies given by Baron AL
phonse to his daughter which lie has
been collecting in has spare moments
any time these dozen years past. They
were simply the finest rubies to be had
for money in the public or the private
market of the period. The bridegroom
gave a foolish trAe in sapphires almost
of equal value, aud a book of devotion
from which no one could possibly read
VOWS of poverty without strong effort
of the will, with quantity OF Venice
point to wrap them in worth almost as
much as all the rest put together. The
dowager Baroness, the grandmother Ct
the bride, gave diadem OF Diamonds,
the Baroness Lionel of London gave an
other; the Marquise de Galifet, Lady
Lonsdale. the Chevalier Niera, and the
Baron Hossinger were only less munifi.
cent"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

them all into the water. The sea wa :.
very rough and the sloop was closely"
reefed. A gun was brought from below
and while LARGO beat upon the sire of
the boat with piece of plank to make
noise the boys shouted and Doulton
fred at the whale. 1t again went down
after receiving a shot, but reappeared
shortly afterwards and was again fred
at. After keeping company with the lit.
tie sloop for several miles, alternately
rising to the surface and diving down
wards, it finally changed its course and
appeared for good. much to tho relief of
the four voyagers in the boat. They say
they never felt more anxiously uncom-
Portable in their lives than while run.
ming in company with this playful sea
monster.-Santa Barbara Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

from the general rule are queens and
actresses; and, with all due respect for
the throne and for the stage, it must be
admitted that members of these two priv
LEGGED classes have, in many cases,
profted largely by the permission &C.
corded to them. Queens and actresses
meaning in the latter case. queens of the
theuter, and not the whole crowd of wo
men and girls who have entered upon the
dramatic career-are surrounded by hon.
age; so that what on the part of other
women would be active selection is but
passive selection on theirs. They are no
way exposed to the ignominy of rebuff.
A queen. moreover, is strictly forbidden
by etiquette to receive an unbidden
declaration of love or a spontaneous in
vitation of any kind. From dancing
partner to partner for life she must sig
pify her choice. AS much cannot be said
of the prima donua or the great tragic or
comic actress. But, whether it should
be SO or not, the queens of the stage,
while exposed to at least as fierce light
as that which "beats upon a throne. "
stand equally with the enthroned ones
above the reach of conventional ETH
Quette,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

in arms, and thus doubtless got so we'll
acquainted with all the particulars of his
private history.
He was interrogated by the court as
to the same facts on which the accused
had been questioned. All his answers
were true,yet they We're neither SO clear,
so positive, nor so exact as those given
by The accused. He was next confronted
with the supposed Arnaud. wbensthe lat
ter treated him as an impostor, as fell
low picked out by his relations to sup
port this character aud take away his
life. The accused, to make this clearer,
asked him number of questions as to
several family transactions, and to these
he answered family and with some con-
fusion. The court on this directed Ar
maud to Withdraw. and then put several
questions to the Martin with one leg that
were new and had never been asked be.
fore, and his answers were full and sat
isfactory They then called Armand and
questioned him as to the same points,
but, to the great surprise and confusion
of the court, the answers of Arnaud
were not only as full and satisfactory as
those of Martin. but perfectly cores
pended with him.
The court, resolving to clear UP this
unaccountable obscurty, directed that,
now both the pretenders being present,
the four sisters of Martin Guerre, the
husbands of two of them, Peter Guerre,
an uncle, the brothers of Arnaud du
Tilh, and some of those witnesse. who
were most obstinate in insisting that the
accused was Martin Guerre, should be
Di>l 90 ,,,k ,ol,
of the two they should now judge to be
the true Martin. Accordingly, all these
persons appeared, except the brothers of
Arnaad du Tilh. The first who drew
near the two persons claiming the name
of Martiu Guerre was the eldest of the
sisters, who, after she had looked upon
them for a moment, ran to the Martin
with the wooden leg, embraced him and
having let fall shower of tears, adj
dressed herself to the commissioner in
these words: See, gentlemen" said
she, my brother, Martin Guerre. I
acknowledge the error into which this
wretched man (pointing to Arnaud) drew
ME and many others, and in which, by a
multitude of articles, he has made US
persist 80 long"
Martin all the time mingled his tears
with those of his sister, and received her
embraces with the utmost affection. All
the rest knew him as soon as they saw
him, and there was not one OF all the wit
nesses who did not acknowledge that the
matter was now plain, and that Armand
du Tilh was an impostOr.
No doubt now remaining az to the
guilt of Arnaud, the court condemned
him to death and he was executed accord
ingly in front of Martin Queries house,
testifying his sincere repentance for the
extraordinary course of imposiure in
which he had been engaged.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09
An Exciting Adventure.

Messrs. Doulton and LARGO, whose re-
turn from a cruise among the Islands in
Santa Barbara channel was mentioned
yesterday, related their experiences
while running from q frolicsome old
California Gray" which had taken quite
fancy to the little sloop Ocean King"
Last Tuesday morning, while beating up
before the wind between Gaviota and
the San Miguel leland, the boat received
q sudden shock from below which made
her tremble, and a moment afterward
the back and then the fukes of large
whale appeared alongside the boat and
then disappeared. A moment afterward
the monster appeared upon the other
side Of the sloop, and as it rose to the
surface, struck the surface OF the waves
with its dukes and then went down.
Messrs. LARGO and Donlton we're in
hopes that the sea monster had gone its
way and left them, but q moment after
wards it reappeared alongside the little
sloop. its back ont Of the water. This
increased the alarm Of the TIVE men and
boys, who momentsrily expected the
whale would either strike the sloop With
is Aukes or rise beneath II and turn
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

A singular torpedo accident occurred
at Portsmouth. England. on the 9th of
last month. Some dummy torpedo prac-
tice was taking place on the Hecla, and
one Of the projectiles WAS put under
pressure for o run OF $50 yards. On
being discharged from the ship it. with
the eccentricity which characterizes
these weapons, swerved from its in
tended course and struck the yacht
Gussery, moored in the harbor about
half mile from the Hecla. The crew
were below at the time and on feeling
the shock they rushed on deck and saw
Whitehead torpedo, with its tail in the
air boring q hole through the planking
Of the yacht about two feet below the
water line. The yacht was promptly
listed to the other side and placed on
the mud, where the hole was temporarily
plugged. The torpedo struck near ono
Of the frames, otherwise it would have
penetrated the planking. The yacht will
be repaired at the expense OF the gov
erument.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09
The Smells of Cologne.

Simple vile smells are all we'll enough.
One can stand good deal at such. But
when it comes to inficting the unsus.
pecting traveller with compounded
smells, carrying in themselves dozen
distinct and separable odors, each one
viler than than the other eleven, one
cannot, if he has spark of natural,
manly Independence about him, help
but mentally resent the indignity. and
he feels little charitable toward the
people who have changed the name of
the town so often, hoping. no doubt, to
get rid of the smells along with the old
name. Ny own private opinion is that
they did not succeed in this last en-
desvor-if they ever had any such an
idea. If they did better the condition
of things every time they made an alter
alton in the appellation, one cannot help
but pity from the bottom of his soul the
original inhabitan who lived here when
the town had its first name and its un-
diminished stock of smells. In all the
other German towns l have been in
there were, of course, various and sun
dry smells to be encountered and sub.
dued. Rut, as rule, these smells were
not very aggressive. They fell upon the
traveller singly and gave him some little
chance for his life, and if they met with
a prompt and vigorous resistance they
would retire from the field discomfitted.
But the Cologne smells are different.
They Turk in all the cutters. hide in all
the sewer traps, conceal themselves in
all the dark corners and secrete them
selves in every nook and Granny. And
here they lie in wait for the foot passen-
ger, ready at a moments warning to
spring out of their lurking places and
spring upon him tooth and nail. And
though the stranger may be valiant a.
q lion and ready for all emer-
gencies. he must, if he is not case
hardened, retire from the unequal
contest and beat a TASTY retreat before
the fierce attack of his bsnded-together
assailants. 1t seems, also, as il these
lurkers in the narrow alleys have q GER
tain amount Of what might be called an
odorous intelligence For o native
never seems to be bothered at all as he
walks the streets. His handkerchief, il
he have one, remains quietly in his
pocket and bis fingers are busted in
other ways than holding his nose From
which circumstances it is fair to argue
that he has come off victorious in 80
many furious battles with the smells that
the latter know there is no use in attack
ing him. No other explanation will suf-
flee, because it does not seem possible
that any mortal man could walk uncon.
cernedly through these streets il he
were attacked-aud it is but fair to as.
sumo that the Cologners are but mortal,
exactly the same as the rest of
us. But let Q stranger fall in behind
one of the exempt natives and follow
him into one Of the byways. The smells
are not to be imposed upon by any such
. transparent arrangement. The native
passes scot free, but the stranger has to
light.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

According TO Honore de Bslsac only
two kinds Of women are permitted TO
make advances TO meil-to take that
first step" which. after all, costs very
little. The women specially excepted
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-09

For darkening mahogany. mix dragons
blood with linseed oil, and rub we'll into
the wood before polishing. Dragon's
blood is . red powder, and can be pro.
cured ct any chemist's or oil merchants.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-13
College.

There are now forty.two boarding
pupils attending G. F. College, thirty
seven of whom board in the College.
The superior advantages Of McMinn.
vile as an educational point are be-
coming known abroad as well as at
home. and all our schools ale building
up rapidly. There has not been case
Of serious illness in G. F. College for
years. tits remarkably healthy. Pure
water and pure mountain air are pecu.
liarly favorable for the development of
the physical as well as the intellectual
faculties of the school girl. This 10.
cality seems peculiarly favorable for
the physical development of the school
girl just maturing into womanhood, a
matter of no small Importance to her
future health and usefulness.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-13
LOCAL ITEMS.

Fresh canned goods just received
by Medearis & Co.
Before you buy your clothing call
on Womack q Colville, they have
something nice.
Remember when you come TO
town, to look at Womack q Colville's
new shoes, dress goods, etc.
Dried beef and cheese at Me-
dearis' q Co.
Call and examine Frank Maddux's
new fue pipe and caps. They are
cheap and just the thing you need.
Seeing is believing. If you will
look in at the Jew store and price their
goods, you will never buy from any
one else as long as they are in McMinn-
vile.
-Medearis & Co., have just re-
ceived supply of fresh Mackerel.
Remember you can get the finest
and freshest crackers from Medearis &
Co.
LosT-A gold fob chain and slide,
with ring on one end of chain, fol
which a reward of $500 will be paid
Lost between North ford and stable,
JNo. L. RAMSEY.
Simon Katz d Co., invite you tt
give them call, and if low prices
nice and good goods is an object to you
they will sell you your tall and winter
goods.
If you wish to get the best for til,
lowest price, call on Katz q Co. The.
have a full stock and sell goods for les
than any house this side of the Obi
river. Price their goods.