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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27
An OLD WOMAN DEFYING THE
LOCOMOTIVE.
Peck's Sun.

Peck sun.
Well sir" said an engineer. rs he
took doughnut. "all these accidents
occur Just by people trying to be smart
| have seen hundreds of farmers who
would stop their teams far enough
away from n train. 50 there would be
no danger, bnt about one in ten acts AS
though he owned the earth. and if he
gets the hind end of his wagon over. he
thinks he has achieved something re-
markable. | expect to kill u woman
out here about 100 miles one of these
days. She drives an old black mare
and think she lays for train. She
sees the train coming and slaps the old
mare with the lines and hurries on the
track, and the old mare stops rs though
she was going to eat grass, and then
the old lady looks at me in the cab
window, through her spectacles. slaps
the old mare some more, and she
meanders off the track just before | hit
her. and the old lady looks back at me
Just IA the engine whirls past, and my
heart is in my mouth. and she looks
Just rs though she thought | was run
ming that way for fun. and that am an
impolite thing, because don't slack up
for her. Some day the marsh out there
is going to have shower of black mare
and buggy wheels and spectacles, and
there will Ike Grape on the old ladv's
door. and instead of verdict of suicide
the coroner's jury will blame the en-
gineer, and her relatives will sue tie
company for damages
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27

Boston Commercial Bulletin: 4 Wig
orous old fellow in Maine who had
lately buried his fourth wife, was ac-
costed by an acquaintance who, unaware
of his bereavement, asked
"HoS is your wife, Cap'n Plowjog.
ger?'
To which the captain replied, with a
perfectly grave face:
"Waal, to tell you the trewth, l am
kinder out of w;v-s wat now"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27
Food for the British Lion.

Mamma said Bestrice, running into her
mothers room in her girlish, oversee year-od
vay. there's a man downstairs who wana
TO SEQ YOU 'Whsts lis bloomin' name''
asked the queen He didn't say" Are ms
tnntaloons fringed at the bottomF Yes,
mamma" replied Beatrice, land he has ROT
of manuscript under his arm" "Hanothei
John Brewn poem, or my name hisnt Vac
toria Victim. Tell i'm I'm not at 'ome, an6
If be won't take no for an answer ave you
broth Halbsyt feed him to the British Ia
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27

Mr.. Peter Mallen, 2I2 w. Twenty fourth
street, New York, says that he suffered six
years with rheumatism and found no re-
lief until ST. Jacobs Oil, the sovereign
remedy, was applied, which cured him
completely.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27

4 10 takes Detroit girl to look ahead. She
tarried at Is 30 as TO have her golden we'd
hg when IL would do her some gDod
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-03-27

The Continent: A coquette is o
woman thout any heart, that makes q
fool O q man that amt got any head.
, 1884-07-15

l~ItOsella Rice in Arthur's Magazine.l
We hope no mother who reads this will so
far forget the happiness of her child that she
will forbid tho exquisite delights of mud-pies,
soap bubbles, squirt-guns. sand heaps, mill
dams. dressing up funny, and going to the
seashoro and the mountains, visiting imagin-
AIRY expositions and fairs. or any of those
things which belong to the first ten years of
childhood, Let the fine dresses and the
dnintily ironed summer wear DO secondary.
A young woman said before her mother
lately in our presence, and the look she gave
her was full OF remuneration: "When l was
a little girl at school, il forgot when 1 was
busy making mud.pies, and wiped my hands
on my white bib apron, l knew my mother
wouldn't scold me for it"
How different this case from another, who
said OF her mOther-"No, l mover knew any
OF the delights and pleasures Of a free child
hood. when l was n baby l was placed prim
and straight in a box where l would not soil
my clothes, and when older, oven up to 8
years of age, when | was freshly dressed /
was tied fast in a chair with quick, impetu.
Gus hands, while Il frstful face scowled above
me with a satisfactory growl-'Now wen SEQ
II you'll get your good clothes dirty, tomboy.
Pm not n going to bend over the wash-tub
for nOthiuVi ~
, 1884-07-15

detroit Journal
The wife of Robert j. Burdette, editor of
The Burlington Hawkeye, died at Ardmore,
Pa, recently. The death of Mrs. Bur-
dette, the wife OF the famous humorist OF
The Burlington Hawkeye, will recall to
many a most touching incident of marital
devotion. The LAZY has been an invalid
for many years, and n great part OF that
time WAS entirely helpless. 1t WINS to her
inspiration and encouragement that he as
cribed his success in the peculiar vein OF
writing in which he made himself famous.
Beginning with little sketches written for
her entertainment, and which he read to
her, she urged him TO have them printed, and
thus encouraging and p~raising him, and as.
sisting with her criticisms-she was a lady OF
excellent taste-until he soon found that he
had the world for an audience. No mar
could have been more absolutely devoted te
n woman than was he. When he went to
the hall to deliver his lecture, he bore his in.
valid wife in his arms, and at other times
he was ever at her side to alleviate the pain
which was her most constant companion. II
Robert J. Burdette had never written a line, he
has given the world an example of noble
devotion to a loved one which ought to crown
his name with a perpetual wreath of fame.
, 1884-07-15
Jxo. r. Editor.

A KENTUCKY jailer in pursuance of his
duty, attempted to prevent a mob Of
masked men from reaching the cell of a
man charged with a detestable crime, and
his body is riddlcd with bullets. This
seems to be carrying mob law to the very
extreme limit. On rare occasions, when
the wheels of justice are thoroughly clog
ged and there is no apparent redress, the
act of a mob in dealing out summary JUS
tice to a person known to be guilty of a
horrible crime, is possibly not beyond jus
tiication. On an occasion like this, how
ever, when to reach the object of their
murderous hatred, the mob must pass
over the dead body of a man whose only
crime is an honest endeavor to do his
whole duty, their action can call forth
nothing but vigorous disapproval from all
properly disposed people.
, 1884-07-15

TsE ralIy by the city Democracy last
night was certainly a thorough rouser, and
furnished convincing proofs to those who
needed them that the grand old party Is
still instinct with life and vigor in this
neighborhood. A better conducted or
more orderly gathering of n political
character has never been seen in this
city, and the whole occasion was charac-
terized by deep and earnest enthusiasm.
We feel assured hat last nights meeting
is but an indication of the hearty spirit
that will characterize the party in the
Fall in those local elections in which they
have a voice.
, 1884-07-15

Paris Millinery Trade Review.l
All kinds OF grasses, seeds, moses. and
small tangled wild-Howers are so much worn
just now that we are likely to get heartily
tired of them before the close OF the season;
but green is likely to go on being one of the
most fashionable colors for bonnets. Bright,
yellowish green satin straw, for instance,
strewn with FURNISHED green beads, edged
with ruched velvet, tied with the same,
and trimmed with a large bunch of
spiky grasses. Also green straw, plated
loosely, with small, cut-steel beads sewn
upon upon it, green velvet strings,
and II bouquet composed Of small white
flowers, leaves, and ripening raspberries, and
twisted green reeds, like the mats and com
mon baskets, furnished with green velvet
strings and ornamented with grasses and
moses, relieved by a few berries of wild
flowers. Another verdant novelty is the arti-
choke bonnet. The shape is entirely covered
with separate leaves of this succulent vege-
table, with the points turned upwards; IA
gathering of velvet to match covers the front
edge, and strings Of the same material are
carried across the back. A bunch OF COM
mon yellow flowers, such as dandelious or
buttercups, the former mixed with balls of
down and the latter with grasses, complete
this curious construction.
, 1884-07-15

r ulIuuelpnlh LINES.
"How do you keep moths out of 30 many
thingsi"
That's easy enough. We place n sheet Of
pitrh paper between every article as we pack
them away. That's the whole secret. We
also wrap our furs in pitch paper-that is,
those furs that moths would disturb. But
probably you don't know that there are
very few furs that moths get into. There
are thousands of other people who are just
as ignorant on that subject as you are.
There are a great many houses in this city
that mako a business OF taking sealskin
wraps on storage for the summer and insur-
ing against injury by moths, when the fact
Il you cnnnot get moths to touch sealskip I'M
der any circumstances These houses, make
money. Our wealthy ladies who have hun
dreds Of dollars worth OF sealskins don't hest
tate to pay $50 for their storage for two or
three months when they are not in use. OF
course the ladies are delighted when their
furs are returned to them in the fall without
the least injury, and they often make u
handsome present to tho porter who carries
their goods home, too. Well, 1t wouldn't do
;or every body to DO wise, would itf'
, 1884-07-15

YESTERDAY was generally and enthusi-
a~stically celebrated by the French people
throughout the civilized world. The
French regard the day with much the
same veneration hat the Americans do
Fourth of July. 1t is their national fete
day, for through the falling of the Bastilc
they began to have glimmerings of liberty,
which are only now perfectly realized,
after going through decimating wars and
successive phases of revolution and usurp-
alton. French history presents many
stirring and bloody pages, but non more
remarkable or atrocious than those which
record the events leading up to the de-
struction of the horrible prison known as
the Rastile
, 1884-07-15
Your Temper, Young LadIesi

~Tnllauelpula IeJlsT.l
1t is time enough to begin to be amiable
when you begin to be ugly, say some young
ladies. or they seem to say it But nature
Furnishes this perversity in a very striking
and remarkable manner. They who refuse
TO cultivate the moral beauty during the
reign of the season of physical beauty lose
the opportunity Of possessing themselves OF
it, and moreover, they destroy their fayorite
species of beauty by their Independence and
neglect of the other. The temper i'm
prints its mark upon the countenance,
which very speedily reveals the character
of the disposition which Turks behind it
Being a growing power and a vigorous
power, which is even strongest at death, 1t
gradually overcomes every obstacle which
stands in the way of its own escape into out
side observation 1t wrinkles the brow,
lowers the eyebrows, lends down the curve of
the mouth, and pouts the lips whenever it
hAppers TO be OF a disagreeable nature; and
it gives life and permanent animation to all
the lines of tho face whenever its course of
feeling happens to be of a kim and generous
character. It comes out at last and shows
itself, and once shown and impressed upon
the face it is there so long as it continues to
act from within, and that is generally for
life.
, 1884-07-15

IT is said that Decker, the midget who
accompanied the Karl company, in an un-
guarded moment yesterday tumbled into
O'Brien's gulch, otherwise known as a
city waterway, and but for the rare
presence of mind exhibited by the leader
of the band who flung him a match on
which he foated around on the water
collected there, he would inevitably have
been drowned. The story goes that he
WAS rescued from his terrible situation by
a spool of thread being carefully paid out
to him, on which slender cable he was
hauled up out of the artificial canyon.
While there are many plausible features
to the yarn we are yet free to believe that
it was not very generally credited.
, 1884-07-15
s'Don,r, wake Him Early.

lDeuolt free IresS-l
a correspondent of The New York Morn
ing Journal having asked 1t to give It's opin.
ion whether a little boy b years Of age should
be allowed to sleep until s o'clock every
morning, that paper thoughtlessly replies.
~Wnke him early" II this advice is followed
by all the readers OF a widely circulated news
paper, it is liablo to do a great deal OF harm.
II the boy sleeps until s o'clock, IL he does
not go to bed until 10 or later, the remedy
lies not in waking him early, but putting him
to sleep early. II he goes to bed early
and sleeps late, that fact alone is reason
enough for not waking him.
II a boy who does not sit up late sleeps un,
til 8 O'Clock, it is a sign that he needs more
sleep than most boys; aud 1t is too sweeping,
as it is cruel, to say awake him eBNly." A
, 1884-07-15

have taken up residences and organized a
little act which cannot be equaled, as far as
family history is concerned, in any portion
OF the Union. Here the grass widows have
lived all the year round, their ranks being
constantly added to by unhappy wives from
New York. As the time advanced the colony
increased, until at present it numbers nearly
two score of ladies, the majority Of whose
social relations arc of the highest possible
sort, and who are mainly attractive and
handsome women.
Admittance into this circle is difficult of
attainment by u man. 1t il an extremely
exclusive set Clergymen are eagerly well
coined, and the officers of the naval station
of West Point have also tho entree into the
colony of unfortunate wives. 1t is said that
a jollier, happier, and more amusing lot Of
entertainers cannot he found than those VIII
form this set at Newport By September
next u majority Of the women would have
come forw ard freed from tho shackles OF
matrimony. Such, however, is not to be
their fate, as the laws of the state ave just
been amended so that the three-year-resi-
dence clause is a dead letter.
, 1884-07-15

tClarn Bellies letter.
One OF the inequalities between sexes that
l bitterly complain of is the are-facednes
imposed on women by nature. II a man has
a big Roman nose he lets a fierce mustache
grow under it, and becomes a typical military
man, Notwithstanding rho fact that hidden
by his Napoloonio goates lisa miserable, puuy,
retreating chin. II his nose is a pug, he gives
it all possible prominence by shaving clean in
Its immediate vicinity, growing some side
whiskers away back on his fat cheeks, and SO
producing the Likeness of the solid business
man. In case his features are nothing in
particular, except that the lines OF fifty
years are deep around his mouth, he CON
ceals them under a heavy mustache and
passes for a youngish sort OF bachelor until
time ought to have made him a grand,
father.
Now, in spite of all the calumnious accuse.
tfous of falsity in the matter OF our adorn
ment, the faces of my sex nave to pass for
just about what they are worth. We may
do something to improve hues in skin and
hair, but the outlines of our visages can not
be materially altered. We may sweeten our
mouths with a careful expression Of amia.
bility, or keep our lips shaped In n bewitch-
ing su .gest veless of kisses; but as likely as
not, in attempting these mobilities of counte-
nance. we merely succ sed in becoming gro
tesque.
A word of comfort for ugly girls. l sim
cerely do not believe that a pretty face has
anything TO do with making a belle. The
attractive or repellant qualities are the
principal causes. Some Of the latter
qualities in girls are Il naughty demeauor,
saying smart things that make other people
smart, an idea that it is only necessary to be
civil to persons IN Il supposed higher social
scale than their own, and the habits OF con-
tradicting and snubbing, Most men have a
good deal of self-npprobation, which they do
not care to have disturbed by such causes.
To be attractive a girl should be healthy, in.
telligent, but not smart" industrious, ami
able. cheerful and willing to be pleased with
small pleasures. Such qualities will make
even II plain-faced girl attractive, il not II
belle. Regard once inspired by such a girl
,aafa
, 1884-07-15
The oId-Fashioned Sort.

ILancnster VA Int~eIIIgencer.
On many sides | see evidences that the old.
fashioned flowers are coming into fresh favor.
A bright lady writer gives it as her expert
ence and observation that there is a decided
restoration of the flowers of our grand
mothers gardens, such US the peonies, pop
pies, hollyhocks, sweet williams, Glove pinks,
yellow lilies, columbines, blue-bells, feur de
lis, monks hood, phloxes, lychnis. sweet sui
tan and the like. They are not only for the
most part beautiful in color and form, but n
great advantage OF their cultivation is that
when once planted they will delight the
senses for years, If n little attention is only
given to them in the spring by digging about
the roots, and applying a plentiful supply Of
rich compost and dividing their roots in the
autumn if found too crowded They bloom
at d season wien flowers are most welcome
, 1884-07-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The college and the thermometer are at
present noted mainly for the profusion of
their degrees.-Balimrore American.
The sag in the Blaine boom is as i'm
possible to get rid of as a wrinkle in n tur-
ties egg.-Aadnta Constitution.
Boom after boom departs; who hath
not lost a boom2-St Louis Republican.
The flag Of the State Department at
Washington should be placed at half
mast. James Russell Lowell has the govt.
-Kansas Giy Times.
mo, my dear Mr.. Flower" said the
beautiful Bulge, II cannot wed with you.
1 am another Chicago Netrs.
The spectacle of the editor of the New
York Sun sitting astrhde of that lone
Dana delegate from California, trying to
hold him down, is one that will command
the hilarious attention of an incredulous
country.-Phaadelphia Telegraph.
Has the charming Mr.. Flower had the
worth of his money? - Philadelphia
Chronicie-H Herald.
DR.. Holmes Emerson is nearly ready
for publication. There never was a better
minstrel than Bills Emerson -LouisriM
Coprier-JoTndL
The day ofbooms is about over and the
time has arrived for the boomerangs.-
Ne,o York Truth.
Logan and his little grammer are getting
to be quite well acquainted. He will soon
be able to understand Blaine book.-N
y Journal
Empty bottles are quoted ar three dol
thousand in Chicago.-M. Y. journal.
, 1884-07-15
a COLONY OF Unhappy wives.

NEW IOfk letter.
The colony OF unhappy wives at Newport
is shocked, outraged, chagrined aud dis
mayed. / wrote some time ago about the
large number of women, including Mr..
Oliver H. p. Belmont aud Mrs Henry Turn
bull, who have been residing in Newport for
the past two years, intending at the compile
ton of their third year to take out a divorce
from their husbands under tho Rhode Island
laws. 1t has been the law ever since law has
existed in Rhode Island, to grant a divorce to
any woman who has lived away from her
husband three years in that state.
There has been no end OF family scandals
among the weather. people OF the city the
past two years. The clubs have been kept
gossiping about them continually. Not n
few OF them have Leen solved by the retire.
neDt of the wives 10 Newport. wh1e they
, 1884-07-15

1t Is well known how n pretty maids who
had donned II high silk hat in a moment of
eIuberant spirits, and observed in a neighbor-
ing mirrow how becoming it was to her,
coaxed and caioled a susceptible and senti-
mental halter into selling her one, just to
wear while she was riding horseback; and
how other maidens, emboldenod by this sue
cessful raid on ono OF the bases OF masculine
supply, have brought thousands Of hattsrs
since then to terms.
1t naturally followed that when temporary
fits Of feminine eItravagance came on and
the attraction between the feminine
pocket money on the one hand and
gloves, ribbons, hooks and eyes and
caramels on the other strongly asserted
itself, and the logal-tender equivalent for hats
was about equally distributed between the
cross-town car companies and certain dry
goods establishments, the ingenious inaidens,
now joined by an army Of wives, concerted
deliberate and successful attacks On the silk
hat collections of brothers. husbands, fathers
and sons This description OF proceeding
proved SO convenient and entirely inexpen-
sive that It was carried on in other direc-
lions Standing collars were confiscated by
the thousand dozens, silk ties were gathered
in, and diamond collar buttons went with
the collars, and costly pins disappeared with
the scarfs- At last, one memorable night
about two years ago, tho fair m~nrauders,
after efTecting a complete organization, sue
ceedo1 in getting possession Of every Derby
hat in town,
, 1884-07-15
"Lady'' or ''woman.o

What distinction should be made between
the terms "lady" and woman This ques-
ton arises not unfrequently In London,
where in the slums every c-ostermonger's
wife is described as the lady next door,
and in France it is at present one OF the
yexed questions OF the day. Parisians, it is
said. no longer acknowledge the word lady.
With them every member of the other sex
is always woman, while the squires OF the
provinces are offended if their wives are
called women. Where, then, should the line
be drawn1 1t would sound strange to say
]women OF the ballet, or "the women of the
corps diplomatique," but it would be equally
unfamiliar to say "a yirtuous lady" or "a
pretty lady" II town and country cannot
agree On the point it would perhaps be well
that the French academy should speak a de
cisive word and lay down rules for the cor
rect use of the disputed terms.
, 1884-07-15
Want 10 DO Something.


To be sure women finds i'll the family, room
for the expression OF her strongest instinct,
the maternal one, but there are others that
also require expression. The cry OF the
educated women Of to-day is the cry of the
active child. and it is the expression Of the
same eternal necessity of tho developing
intellectual nature, II want to do some
thing"
, 1884-07-15

The unite rule-Every man for himself.
J. Journal
A Monkey and a Parrot having Assem-
bled in National Democratic Convention,
were Chided by their Master for having
Mutilated each other beyond Recognition.
Nay, good master" quoth the Parrot
as he Arranged his one Remaining feather,
do not Reprove us. We have had a
Hellov a time, but now Harmony is 80
Thick you can Cut it with a Stick. -
Chicago Neios.
, 1884-07-15

Among the lace and ~net-covered parasols a
new shape called dome is the novelty. the
material being full and drawn downward, in
imitation OF the ordinary appearances OF a
dome. The japanese and the usual shapes
are also popular. Cream, ecru and black
spotted Swiss muslin is TO be used, and, later
on. lowered muslin, profusely trimmed with
lace.
, 1884-07-15

NEITHER the Republican nor Demo
cratic party platform suits the London
Times. As we have realized from the be-
ginning, a fatal mistake was made in not
submitting these documents to the dis
eliminating judgment Of the Times people.
, 1884-07-15

parent has no more right to starve a child
of sleep than of food; not as much, in fact.
because a child is often in danger of eating
too much, but seldom in danger of sleeping
too much; certainly not when his sloep is q
part of his regular nights slnmb.r.
, 1884-07-15

Have just received at their musical IN
porium, 3l2 Ferguson street, q complete
line of elegant pianos and organs, Martin
and Bruno guitars, and Dobson banjos,
which they are selling at surprisingly low
figures and on very easy terms Give
them u call soon and make a selection.
MRs. ID. M. KING, Manager.
, 1884-07-15

Velvet and crepeline are almost wholly
employed as the substantial garniture for
bonnets of the straw braids, while appearing,
as is known, on the more dressy fancy bon
nets