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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Initiating Old Books.
TChicago Times.

Collectors of postage stamps have
long had to guard carefully against the
danger of paying large prices for skill
full copies of rare issues, and now, it APP
pears, bibliophiles must confront a
similar deceit, a firm in Dusseldorf
having taken out a patent for its pro-
cess of initiating old books. They
print with old fashioned type upon
hand made paper, which has been satu-
rated with an aniline solution, and then
sprinkle the pages with various dyes
that give them an aged and moldy
appearance. Finally, when the sheets
have been bound up into volume, the
edges of the leaves are stepped in spirit
and fired: and it is said that after n
reprint has gone through this treatment
it is all but impossible for any one,
unless he makes use of chemical tests.
to distinguish the forgery from an
original. In order to obtain a patent
the Dusseldorf firm have probably con-
WINGED the authorities that their own
immediate intentions are honest. but
some of their successors are sure to be
scoundrels.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

l<ouuoH iel"ETdpu
IT, on the other hand, we turn to the
United States, we find a country in
which prevails hotel system the most
elaborate and most extensive in the
world. A guest may obtain nearly all
the requirements in life in an American
hotel. There he can eat, and drink,
and sleep, wire telegraphic messages to
the uttermost ends of the earth, read at
Chicago by means of the perpetual
tapewoYm" machine the quotations of
the exchanges of London and Paris,
have his hair cut, be "barbed' and
fixed" purchase tickets for the play,
read the papers by electric light, have
his visiting card engraved. his boots
polished and his corns cut, borrow UNI
brHlas and dress suits by the day or
night, and buy cigars. chewing tobacco,
railroad tickets, comic publications,
white kid gloves, and molasses candy:
Essentials and non essentials" alike
are provided at fixed prices, and no fees
are nominallv expected. When the
traveller pays his weekly bill for board
he does not find it supplemented by
per day for attendance and, if the
traveller be really what the Americas
term right mean cuss," he may travel
from Cape Cod to the Golden Gates.
and from the gulf of Mexico to Wash
ington territory, without, so far as his
hotel bills ere concerned. discussing q
single cent beyond the stipulated
charge
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Kissing Men.

Nov ORR Mercury.
The Russian men kiss each other on
Easter morn, and the Latin men on any
occasion when seized with spasm of
friendship or affection. 1t is nauseat-
ing. On the entry of the German
crown prince into Madrid, Alfonso
kissed Fritz and Fritz kissed Alfonso.
1t was in keeping with the Latin prae-
tiee that the Spanish king should sa-
lutte the heir Of the throne of G. rmany,
but Fritz was ine1cusable. The leu
ton race was supposed TO have evolved
out OF that sort of kissing, which is an
exhibition of weakness, better called
Miss Nancyism. Alsace and Lorraine
are not likely to be retained by kissor
of men.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
A Fortune In One Recipe.
cincinnati Enquirer.


A poor soldier went into the store Of a hair
dresser in London for money to get back to
the army. He had already stayed beyond his
furlough, and he must have quick transit.
The hair-dresser felt sorry for him and gave
him the money. "Now,n said the poor
soldier, II have got nothing to give you in
return for your kindness except this little
slip Of paper. which has on 1t a recipe for
making backing" The soldier gave it, not
supposing it to be of great value. The man
received it, not supposing it to be OF any
great value But ii has yielded the man who
took it g., 50O, 600, and was the foundation Of
one Of the greatest manufacturing establish.
ments of England.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Texas Grazing Lands.

Hanson in Chicago Times.
II appears that the great Texas past
ures of mesquite grass cover at least
10000 square miles, which, it is
claimed, will sustain fifty cattle to the
square mile. But in only one place has
test of its capacity been made. ranch
of thirty miles square is inclosed, and
now supports 10000 cattle nor would
it support more than 10000 more by
the most careful management. So We
may conclude that the mesquite plains
would not support more than forty to
the square mile, or 100000 in all
quite enough, however, for the needs
of this country. Texas contains 274,-
365 square miles, of which it is claimed
that one-third is farming land of
various grades, one half grazing land
of the capacity above indicated, and
not more than one-sixth complete des-
ert-most of this on the gypsum plains
and barren FOUNTAINS. But / appre
bend 1t is too early to make so arbitrary
a division; for men are now abandoning
tracts they oAce believed agricultural
and moving into tracts they once
thought barren.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Grants Pass.

Speaking of the origin Of some names
in Oregon, The Oregonian SAYS of
Grants pass when Grant was lieu
tenant he was camped there with party
of soldiers, and they got to playing
euchre for 81 on the corner. The game
stood three to three. Grant picked up
his cards and had the right bower, ace
and king. He concluded to pass, think
ing he could euchre his opponent, a
burly miner. The result was that he
lost his dollar, and the place was called
Grants pass"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
PHILOSOPHY OF THE STOMACH
AMONG THE CITIZENS OF THE CELESTIAL
EMPIRE.

AMONG THE CITIZENS OF THE CELESTIAL
EMPIRE.
Pekin Cor St Petersburg Messenger.
To be able to eat we'll means, in the
Chinamen's opinion, to be happy. All
his cares, troubles, and desires centre
in the same point, namely, good eating.
True, everybody the world over, takes
care to satisfy his appetite in the best
possible way. But the Chinese differ
from other people in the philosophy of
the subject. They hold that only the
satiated man can be wise, and those who
can not make themselves full are surely
fools. Their most sacred philosophical
and medical treatises deal with the
stomach as the principal source of the
spiritual, moral and physical life of
man. The head, in their opinion. is the
poor dependent on the bounty of the
stomach. Not the head, but the
stomach ought to be crowned. They
hold as a cardinal axiom that the
stomach is the spring of every thought,
feeling and muscular action. He who
does not eat loses energy. Man differs
from wood and stone only because he
fills up his stomach. They look upon
Dr. Tanners forty days fast as a clever
trick. They assert that the American
doctor deceived the public by drinking
some colorless nutritious substances
dissolved in water. Otherwise, they
argue, he would necessarily turn first
an idiot, and then a corpse.
When we ponder on some difficult
subject we often touch or rub our fore
head. Under the same circumstances
the Chinaman puts his fingers below his
belt. By touching his abdomen he
facilitates his mental process. In view
of the supremacy of the stomach the
Chinese came to the conclusion that the
better it is filed the wiser is its owner !;
hence fairness and corpulence are the
best mirror of the mind the best indica-
ton of superior intellect. And, as
wisdom brings man to a blissful state
and to a heavenly beatitude, therefore,
the Cinnamon regard extraordinary
stoutness as symbol of the future
heavenly state.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

Herr Krupp, of Essen. has just taken
out patent for flat-headed artillery
prolectile. 1t tapers slightly at the
butt, and not only pierces the plates
more easily than the pointed kind.
which are apt TO defect when striking
iron at certain angles. but IT is calcu-
lated TO hit the ironclads below the
water-line.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
IN SWlMMING-TIME.

flames Whitcomn Riley1
Clouds above, as white as wool,
Drifting over skies as blue
As the eyes of beautiful
Children when they smile at you;
Groves of maple elm, and beech,
With the sunshine sifted through
Branches, mingling each with each,
Dim with shade and bright with dew;
STRIPPING trees, and poplalS hoar,
Hickory and sycamore,
And the drowsy dogwood bowed
Where the ripples laugh aloud,
And the grooming creek is stirred
To gayety that now
Mates the MARBLE of the bird
lettering ON the hazel-bough;
Grasses long and fine and fair
As YOUR school-boy sweetheart'S hair,
Backward reached and twirled and twined
By the fingers of the wind:
Vines and moses, interlinked
Down dark aisles and deep ravines,
Where the stream runs willowbrinked
Round a bend where some one leans
Faint and vague and indistinct
AS the like reflected thing
In the current shimmering.
Childish voices farther on,
Where the truant stream has gone,
Vex the echoes of the wood
Till no word is understood
Save that one is we'll aware
Happiness Is hiding there.
There in leafy coverts nude
Little bodies pose and leap,
SCATTERING the solitude
And the silence everywhere
Mimic monsters of the deep!
Wallowing in sandy shoals
Plunging headlong out of sight;
And. with spurtings of delight,
Clutching hands. and slippery soles
Climbing up the treacherous steep
Over which the spring board spurns
Each again as he returns.
All! tine glorious carnival!
Purple lips and chattering teeth
Eyes that burn-but, in beneath,
Every care beyond recall,
Every task forgotten quite
And again, i'll dreams at night,
Dropping, drifting through it all!
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

Montana language expressive y.
the difficulty of climbing very steep
hill; You'll have to stick your toes
into the face of nature clear up to your
elbows If you want to cross that di-
vide"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

'As a general rule it is better 70 lose
patients than to save them. The heirs Of a
dead man never try to cut down a bill;
while the sick man. once cured, is very bad
customer TO make pay
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

"How do you know when cyclone is
coming ?" asked stranger Of western
man. "Oh, we get wind Of them" was
the answer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
STATE W. G. T. U.
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual
Meeting.

The tenth annual meeting of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union of
Vermont, which opened at the town
hall, Middlebury, on Wednesday, the
18th inst, closed Friday evening. 1t
was the most successful in every re-
spect in the history of the organization.
The last year saw large increase in
the number of unions and the delegates
were accordingly more numerous and
the interest greater, We take up the
report at the point where it ended in
our last issue.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
LYMAN f. KNAPP, Attorne
CTATE OF VERMONT
nilriet nf Addison q

Be it remembered, that at a session of the Pro
bate Court holden at Middlebury, within and for
said district, on the 18th day OF September, a. d.
1854.
Present Hon. Lyman f. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, a certain instrument in writing, I'M
der seal purportlng to be the last Will and tesla
ment OF Eliza w Pease, late of Bridport, in said
district, deceased. having been this day present
ed TO said Court of Probate, and duly filed in
the Probate Office: Therefore, 1t is ordered that
all persons interested in the estate of said de-
ceased, be notified to appear before said Court,
at the Probate Office in Mddlebury, in said Dis
trict, the 9Th day OF October, A. D. 1884, at 10
O'Clock, a. M, by publication OF this order
three weeks successfully previous thereto, in the
Middlebury Register, newspaper printed at
Middlebury aforesaid, to show cause, If any they
may have, why SAID instrument in writing should
not be proved and allowed, as the last will and
testament of the said deceased. IS
LYMAN L. KNAPP, Judge.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
STATE OF VERMONT,
~ Addison District. ss,

BE it remembered, that at a session of the pro.
bate court holden ut Middlebury, within and for
said district on the 10th day of September, A. D.
1854.
Present, Hon. Lyman +. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, sheldon Smith, administrator of the
estate of Ieman Wiki son, late of Bridport, in
said district deceased, has this day presented to
said court his petition in writing, setting forth
that it will be necessary to sell part Of the real
estate of said deceased, for the payment OF
the debts and charges of administration
and therein making application TO said court
for license to make such sale. 1t is ordered that
all persons interested in the estate of said de
ceased he notified to appear before said court, at
on the 18th day OF September, AID. 1854, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ. by publication of this order TIN ee
weeks successfully previous thereto in the Mid.
dlebury Register, a newspaper printed at Mid
dlebury aforesaid, to show cause, if any they
may have, why said license should not be grant.
ed.
81 LYMAN f. KNAPP, Judge.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
L E G HI NOTICES.
STATE OF VERMONT,
AH6iann ntafrfnt -


lie IL remembered, that at a session of the Pro-
bate Court holden at Middlebury, within and for
said District, on the 9Th day OF September, A.
ID. 1884.
Present, Hon. Lyman L. Knapp, Judge.
whereas, a certain instrument in writing nm.
der seal, purporng to be the last will and iesta-
men, or LYDIA "A. Sprague, late OF Mddlcbury, in
SAID district deceased having been this day pre-
sented to said court of probate. and duly filed
IN the probate Office Therefore, il is order
Ell mat all persons interested in the estate
of said deceased be notified to appear before said
Court at the Probate Office in Middlebury, in
said District on the 10Th day OF September A. d.
1884, at 10 o'clock "a. M, by publication of this
to in the Middlebury Register, newspaper
printed at Middlebury, aforesaid, to show cause
If any they may have, why said instrument in
writing should not be proved and allowed, as
the last will and testament of the said deceased
~ JOHN e. STAPLETON, Register
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
CTATE OF VERMONT.


The Probate Court Tor the District of Addison I.
To all persons Interested in the estate of John
Bent late of Ripton, in said district de.
ceased. GREETING.
BY the authority of the State of Vermont, you
are hereby notified to appear before the said pro.
bate court, at the Probate Office in Middlebury in
SAID district on the 29thday of sept. "A. ~. 1854,
at 10 O'Clock am. to show cause, IL any you have
why the account OF j. 5. Chandler, administrator
OF the estate of said deceased, should not be al
lowed, and also why the residue OF said estate
should not be distributed to the parties entitled
thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this 9Th
day of September, A. ID. 1884. 81
JOHN G. STAPLETON, Register.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
LYMAN E. KNAPP, Judge.
STATE OF VERMONT,

BE it remembered, that at a session of the pro
bate court holden at idulebury, within and for
said district on the 18th day of September, A. D..
1854.
Present, Hon. Lyman +. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, &. &. Ward, administrator of the
estate of Asa Bond, late of Cornwall, in said
district deceased, has this day presented to said
will be necessary to convey all of the real estate
of said deceased, for the purpose of complying
with the provisions of contract entered INTO by
deceased during his lifetime, and therein making
application to said court for license to make
such conveyance. 1t is ordered, that all per-
sons interested in the estate of said deceased be
notified to appear before said court, at the pro
bate Office in Middlebury, in said dstrict,On the
9th day of October, A. ID. 1854, at 10 O'Clock M,
by publication of this order three weeks sue
cessvely previous thereto, in the Middlebury
Register, newspaper printed at Middlebury,
aforesaid, TO show Cause,if any they may have,
why said license should not be granted. IS
LYMAN T.. KNAPP, Judge.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
STATE OF VERMONT.
na..i. az NJ AIIfsAn a


BE it remembered, that at a session OF the pro-
bate court holden at Mddlebury, within and
for said district, on the 18th day of September, A.
ID. 1854.
Present; Hon. Lyman E. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, n certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting TO he the last will
and testament Of Alexander Hope, late of
Middlebury, in said District, deceased, having
been this day presented TO SAID Court OF Probate,
and duly filed in the Probate Onice There
fore, it is ordered, that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased, be notified to ap.
pear before said Court, ut the Probate Office IN
Middlebury,in said Dston the 18th day of october
A. ID. lSSi, at 10 O'Clock, a. mr. by publication of
this order three weeks successfully previous
thereto, in. the Middlebury Register, a newspa-
per printed at Middlebury, Aforesaid, to show
cause, if any they may have, why SAID instru.
ment in writing should not he proved and allow
ed as the last will and testament OF the said de
ceased. IS
LYMAN f. KNAPP, Judge.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26

Rutland, Mre S A Case, Fairhaven Wash
ington. Mrs B p Elmer, Cabot Windsor,
Mrs 5 5 Clark, Ludlow.
Superintendents of Departments-Scie
fc instruction, Miss A VI Guernsey. Ware
ham, Mass influencing the press. Miss M
p Moore, Northtield temperance literature,
Mrs Clinton Smith, Middlebury juvenile
vile Y w C T i work, Mrs "
IL Button, Middlebury prison and Jail
work, Mrs u l. Fuller. Montpelier confer
ence with influential bodies, Mrs f. &
Greene evangelistic work and commun-
ion wine, Mrs ID Brooks, Fairhaven :
Sabbath-school work. Mrs A A Wyman
Cambridgeport drawing-room meetings
and flower mission, Miss h Hutchinson,
Bennington relation of nteml erance to la
Dor and capital, Mrs Il II Day, Underhill
State and county fairs, Miss Clara Eastman
Wells River; Union Signal, Miss s II
Bracket, st Johnsbury hygiene, Mrs G Il
Davidson, Newfane heredity, Mrs Mary
Partridge, M d, Bennington.
The report was accepted and adopt
ed and those named were declared
elected. Mrs. Perkins nominated Mrs.
w. p. Smith of st. Johnsbury for as
sistant secretary and she was
elected.
1t appeared from the report of the
superintendent of scientific instruction,
Miss Guernsey, (which was read by Mrs.
Button, that textbooks on physiology,
including chapters on the effects of al
cohol and narcotics, have been in use in
this county in the schools of Monkton,
Bristol and Weybridge and in Middle.
bury college and Beeman academy.
After the adoption of a vote OF
thanks to the retiring department super
intendents and to Mrs. Button, the re-
firing corresponding secretary, the
session closed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-15
FROM EGYPT.
The Mudir of DongOIa Again Doubted
Ell Mahdi In Chosen Quarter.

CAIRO, Nov. IA.
His announcement of the rebel advance
upon DongOla as furnished by the Mudir are
supposed to be exaggeratons.
rumor is current that the Mahdi is en-
camped at Wady III Shamba, to the north
west OF khartoum, the best position in the
event of the British advance to the relief of
khartoum.
An Indian Fakir, who has lately been
travelling through Persia and Palestine, has
just traversed the SoudaH and arrived at Dal.
en- route to Mecca, warns the English to be-
ware of the professed friendship of Egyptians
who secretly favor the rebels He SAYS the
troops of the Mudir of Dongola are even now
corresponding with the Mahdi. The Mudir
wants to utilize the Mahdi's power and found
a new Mahomedan State in the Soudan under
his own rule and expel the English. A
kabbabish chief has seceeded because the
Mahdi killed his brother. Should the Mahdi
advance on Dongolo, the Dongolese and
kabbasbish tribes will certainly join the
rebels.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-15
SANITARY MEASURES.
America Warned 10 be Ready TO Fight
Cholera.
wAsaISsrox. Nov. |

WASHINGTON, Nov. Ia.
The National Board of Health has sent the
following communication 70 all the Governors
of the several States "In execution of a
provision of law, am directed to advise
your Excellency that the presence of Asiatic
cholera in an epidemic form in Europe is a
constant menace TO the people of this country,
The disease has passed steadily westward
during the past two wears, carrying wide
spread desolStion in its path. until now il has
found Judgement in European ports whence
more than one of the epidemics, from which
we have heretofore suffered. has been brought
to our shores. With our vastly increased
interior, and with foreign powers and facili-
ties for communication, the disease may AT
any moment make its appearance in this
country.
Ii is profoundly TO be hoped that we may
eocspe another visit of this scourge, but we
may mitigate the horrors which necessarily
attend its progress by the most prompt and
efficient sanitary service. No portion of any
State should be left unguarded for facilities
for both local and interstate communication
affords ample means for carrying the poison
far and wide throughout the land. In the
absence of sanitary service at any point, that
point may in the event of the appearance of
cholera, become center at which the Infection
may have spread to portions of the State. In
view of the immediate dangers which threaten
our people and the responsibility resting on
its rulers and all in high official stations, your
Excellency is respectfully and earnestly re.
quested TO call the attention of the legislature
to the subject and to urge the necessity of ap-
propriate legislation for providing means
whereby the most thorough sanitary service
Of the State and localities may be Immediately
organized. Much preliminary work requires
to be done in many portions of every State to
place the country in good sanitary condition
and to this end, and thus organize every com
munity should be provided with a competent
Board of Health and each State with State
board, supplied with every requisite for aiding
and directing the local authorities in their
sanitary work. By the prompt adoption OF
such measure we may hope, if not wholly to
escape an invasion of this dread disease. to
be able at least to limit its ravages to the
place where it first makes its appearance.