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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

DEAR ED1roR:-In reply to the letter
of Mrs. Houston, in your last weeks
Times, I would like to say few words,
providing she will accept an old bach
elor's" views. While 1 cannot say what
constitutes good wife, think know
what good mother is. The old adage
that " A boy is what his mother makes
him." is virtually true; and. my dear
woman, rest assured that III after years.
perhaps when you are in your grave,
no matter how dark the clouds may be
hanging over you now, your boy will
often think and ponder in secret on the
precepts taught by you, and will not
forget them, for they surely will bear
fruit, even though the harvest may he
long delayed.
1 have travelled over most of the
world, and many, many times, after
spending the night with idle compan-
ions in drinking and carousing, have
thought and pondered over the advice
and teachings of that now sainted
mother, and it would most always end
by bringing me on my knees, with re-
solve to do better; but rs / only tried in
my own strength. the same indulgences
would again be repeated, and no one
would think that such wild, reckless
fellow ever had solemn thought of the
future. So, do not get discouraged
madam, for the very teachings that you
are now giving your boy will be thorn
in his heart every time lie commits sin
after leaving his home and is thrown
among strangers. and will ulcerate and
infiame until he will find the only cure
is to accept the same Savior for his
master as You now think he is SO indif
ferent to acknowledge.
Hoping you will never cease those
good teachings, or feel disheartened,
will close by saying, "God bless oul
mothers" for they rule and control all
our after lives, and are doubly rever.
enced by-AN OLD Cincin.
natl Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
Talleyrand's Opinion of Witty and
Foolish Wives.

Talleyand's wife was more remarka
BILE for her beauty than her intelligence
though it is probable that some of the
stories told Of her excessive nairete may
have been invented for her benefit. and
others may have been given to hei
which originated in other quarters
There are skeptics, for example-and
NJ. Amedee Pichot is one of them-whc
doubt whether the Robinson Crusoe
story, which is the best one told of her,
ought to be given to Madame de Tai
leyrand. AS stray reader, here and
there, may not know this anecdote. ii
would be pity to omit it. 1t is this:
Talleyrand was going to entertain at
dinner NJ. Demon, Sarant, who had
been to Egypt with the army of the
First Consul. Talleyrand, on the day
of the dinner, informed his wife that she
would have at her right, at table, a
learned man and traveller, and that she
would do we'll, before he arrived, to
glance ut his volume, which she would
find on his library table. Madame de
Talleyrand, Mt dinner, by way of COM
pliment to the author, spoke of the inn
mense pleasure which she had found in
the narrative of his adventures. =" But
you must have found it very tiresome
being alone on deserted island" she
said.
Madame, do not understand, said
NJ. Demon.
ooh, but You must" she said; land
you must have been very happy when
your man Friday arrived"
Madame de Talleyrand had, by mis-
take, been reading the Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe." NJ. de Talleyrand,
it is said, remarked, on one occasion
when she had committed some such
mistake: a witty wife can compro-
mise her husband; but foolish wife
can only compromise herself
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
A Clever Invention.

The faculty of remaining in the water
for greater or less period of time,
which has been enjoyed by mankind
ever since the existence of the element
itself, seems likely to be extended to
the invention of Swedish officer, Cap
tain Ahlstrom, and which has come tri-
umphant out of every trial, proving ul-
timately successful. At recent expert
ment in Silesia, four heaps, consisting
of logs of wood, were arranged in form
of a square, we'll covered with shavings,
and saturated with petroleum. They
were then set light to, and speedily be-
came u mass of flames. Into this fiery
furnace, the glowing heat of which kept
the spectators at a respectful distance,
stepped Captain Ahlstrom, clad in his
fire-proof dress. He moved freely
about in the restricted space-some four
feet square-formed by the heaps, lean
ing, from time to time, quite uncon-
cernedly against the blazing piles, and,
finally, taking his seat upon one of the
heaps, glowing with intense heat, he re-
clined there with as much nonchalance
as though it had been sofa. He re-
NAMED thirty minutes in the flames
without suffering in the smallest degree
from the heat. Next day an experiment
was made in the Hohenzollern mine,
with the view Of seeing whether the
apparatus would avail in the event of
an explosion Of firedamp, or any analo-
gous accident. The principal of the
gymnasium, who volunteered to test it
personally, descended into space which
had been shut off from the rest Of the
mine, and filed with gas, and remained
there for twenty minutes without expe-
riencing the slightest inconvenience
from the poisonous atmosphere. Cap
tain Ahlstrom has sold his invention to
Prussia for SO, 600 marks.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

A New JERSEY man shot at cat and
brought down his wife the first time.
The most singular part Of the affair is,
the wounded woman actually believes
that he aimed ct the cat. One OF the
most beautiful characteristics Of wife
is the unswerving confidence she places
in the word Of her husbaud.-Norris-
fo,cn Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
Steam Flowing.

The advantages of deep blowing are
now recognized all over the world; but
we think it nowhere so advantageous as
in California. Our lands, in fact, must
have the advantage of deep blowing to
stand the drain of constant wheat-grow-
ing. j. J. Mechi, a farmer of large ex-
perience, and an authority often quoted
in England on practical agriculture,
gives his experience in the Mark Lane
Express as follows: "A striking proof
of the superiority of the steam cultiva-
tor is seen on six-acre field of wheat,
one-half of which was steam-plowed on
July 7, 1875, from Is to IS inches deep,
after peas; the plows then broke, and
the other half was cultivated II or more
inches deep. We all expected the cult
waited would show the best result, be-
cause the top sod was not buried,
whereas the pillow buried the top sod
and brought to the surface some vii
lainous-looking and variegated subsoils.
The weeds soon appeared on the cult
waited but not on the plowed soil. The
whole six acres were subsequently one
horse-plowed and sown with tnrnips,
which were better and cleaner on the
plowed than on the cultivated land.
The turnips Ia poor crop greatly dam
aged by wireworm) were consumed by
sheep, and wheat followed. The wheat
on the plowed side now shows one-third
better than on the cultivated. Both
the blowing and cultivating were wit
messed by my Midland friends on July
Z, who will, no doubt, read this report
with interest. This confirms my previ
ous conviction that the steam pillow is
the most profitable implement. Barley
will next year follow the wheat, so we
shall then see whether the steam-plowed
side still maintains its superiority. l
would suggest the propriety and profit
of making comparative trials in the
same field with steam pillow and cultiva-
tor. My friend. MIR. 7. Scott, observed
in July. 1875, when Fowler's steam
pillow was bringing to the surface for
the first time some very unpromising-
looking sandy, gritty subsoil, "This
will add f3 an acre to the value of the
land and l think he was right, for
there is capital crop Of barley latter
wheat now growing upon it. l have
observed that after steam-plowing, deep
horse-plowing is almost an unavoidable
consequence, so I joked my plowman
upon the increased depth of his culture
It will drop in,' was his reply: The
fact is there was no solid bottom OH
which the plow-sole could slide easily.
The comfortable ancient floor, SO near
the surface, had departed to lower re-
gions. look upon this as one of the
many profitable results of steam plow-
ing. In preparation for mangel crop
the land should be MANFRED and laid in
stretches or ridges before winter, espe-
cially in our plastic clay, for it will not
bear horse-treading or carting afte,
deep steam cultivation, until dry OF
during hard FROST"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
A Woman Carries n Lizard in her
Stomach for Twelve Years.

\ most remarkable case has been
brought to light in Council Bluffs by
the enterprise Of the Globe man, in
which woman had live lizard taken
from her stomach after it had remained
there for nearly twelve years. About
eight years ago lady, at that time
about As years of age, emigrated from
pennsylvania to Iowa, and settled in
Council Bluffs. She came for her
health. For several years she had been
troubled with what she supposed to be
indigestion, and nothing that she took
nor the treatment she received seemed
to do her any good or alleviate her suf-
fering. In fact, she grew worse, pain
and suffering Increasing instead of di-
minishing.
Her physicians were unable to dag
nose the disease. Some pronounced it
Indigestion, while others said it was
tumOr or a cancer. Some treated her
for one thing and some for another, but
there was no change for the better-the
patient remained about the same-some-
times better and sometimes worse, as
the case might be. Immense sums of
money had been paid out to score or
more of doctors, whose eagerness to
visit her as often as possible, and get
their pay with equal regularity, seemed
to outrun their zeal to cure their pa-
tient. 1t was soft snap"-a linger-
ing patient and willing one to pay.
But the spell finally broke. After
twelve long, weary years of suffering,
the patient began to grow desperate,
and the patience with which she had
borne the treatment ceased to be vir-
tue, and she resolved on a change of
physicians. A change was at once made,
and what followed can be told in few
words. The lady described her case,
her long suffering, at times completely
prostrating her, and how she had been
treated and what for. The new man of
little pills seemed to take in the situa
ton at once, and without informing the
patient what he thought her troubles
were, proceeded ut once to treat the
case. The work was short, and deliv-
erance soon followed. It was lizard
"a long, black lizard, which had been
feeding and gnawing ut that poor wo-
mans stomach for little more than
twelve years, eating what she ate, and
subsisting upon what she required to
give her health and strength. The lady
says she has no recollection of ever
having swallowed the dread and to be
dreaded reptile, but says her health be-
gan to fail about twelve years ago, and
She has suffered more or less ever since.
The lizard, as we learn, was delivered
alive, and is now alive in a bottle at the
lady's house in the western part of the
city.-Omaha Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

TIE chief OF hum-bugs-the mosquito
Patrons of cooks-The Good Pan.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

MAN does not want to be an angel I'M
til he has failed at everything else.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

A SIMPLE peasant from the wilds OF
New England was alighting from the
cars at the Washington depot in company
with friend, when the latter pointed
out the first distinguished looking man
he saw, and exclaimed: "Look, George,
there goes one of the greatest statesmen
in this country" Dew tell! ejacu
lated the simple peasant. How much
has he stolen ?"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

TIE head waiter Of Cape May hotel
is husband of wealthy Philadelphia
family. He was her fathers butler, AMI
their happy marriage lasted one month
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

TIE most steadfast followers OF our
fortunes-our creditors.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

He Was Nor TO BE CAUGHT.-"Dick,
my boy" asked a Chicago broker Of his
ofice.boy the other evening, II believe
I shall have to reduce your salary q
little" Reduce y echoed the young
assistant; "why, I only get two dollars
q week now" "Well, then, continued
the broker, "what do you soy to drop
ping the salary entirely and taking q
half interest in the business? ?" The
boy could not be caught in that way;
he was too shrewd lad. He had kept
q good track of business and had seen
how things were running, and SO, in
stead Of thoughtlessly accepting the
mans offer, he quietly but firmly re-
piled: "If it comes to that, sir, I be-
lieve shall have to leave"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

SOMETHING WRONG. - A man, a
satchel, an umbrella and great deal OF
putting entered the Central depot yes
terday afternoon and asked if the Sagi-
nav train had departed.
"Just out of sight," was the reply Of
the official.
"Didnt they know was coming imp
inquired the stranger.
II guess not; didn't hear any one
say anything about it."
"That's strange" unused the traveller.
~ live out here nine miles, and yes
terday I sent in word by one of the
squarest men in our town that I'd come
in here this morning and go out on the
Saginaw train. I'm here to the
minute, but where's the train? ?"
"Gone, as told you before" replied
the official.
Something wrong here-something
wrong" said the man, shaking his head.
/" If your trains can't connect with a
man after he's walked nine miles, it
goes to show bad management. I think
I'll see some lawyer about it."-F%'ee
Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07


The MANUFACTURE OF BURGLARS
TooLs.-Since The old-fashioned modes
of robbery by highwaymen and gar
rioters have given place to the scientific
burglaries of modern days, a demand
has been created for thieves imple-
ments, made with all the Improvements
obtainable by means of our advanced
mechanical science and increased gen.
eral facilities. This demand has not
been unheeded by that large and infiu-
entail class of people who are always
ready to turn an opportune penny, be
it honestly or otherwise, and the bur-
glars of our time and country can boast
Of having as perfectly finished tools as
any reputable workmen. The largest
manufactures of burglars tools are in
New York, Philadelphia, and the West,
and the men who are engaged in the
business are frequently of class who
would never contemplate any direct
deed of crime. The tools are made
partly in one place and partly in an
other, no maker ever turning out COM
plete implement for fear of discovery
and consequent trouble. A complete
set of tools numbers about forty pieces,
and is worth $3.50 to $500, 80 that the
manufacturers carry on a paying bust
ness. It is very difficult to secure the
conviction of makers for lack of direct
evidence, and even when one is caught
the punishment inflicted is not COM
mensurate with the offense.
WONDERS OF SLEEp.-It is related
that Ian fell asleep as the clock tolled
the first stroke of twelve. He awakened
ere the echo of the twelfth stroke had
died away, having in the interval
dreamed that he committed crime,
was detected after five years, tried and
condemned; the shock OF finding the
halter about his neck aroused him to
consciousness, when he discovered that
all these events had happened in an in.
finitesimal fragment of time. Moham-
med, wishing to illustrate the wonders
of sleep, told how a certain man, being
q sheik, found himself, for his pride,
made poor fisherman; that he lived as
one for sixty years, bringing up fam
lily and working hard, and how, upon
waking from this long dream, so short
o time had he been asleep that the mar
row-necked gourd bottle filed with wa
ter, which he knew he overturned as he
fell asleep, had not time to empty itself.
A SIMPLE peasant from the wilds of
New England was alighting from the
cars at the Washington depot in company
,,,;%l, a fr;or1 whon the latter DOintod
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

Ii you find yourself inclined to wake
up at a regular hour in the night, and
remain awake, you can break up the
habit in three days, says DR.. Hall, by
getting up as soon as you wake, and not
going to sleep again until your usual
hour for retiring, or retire two hours
later and rise two hours earlier for
three days in succession, not sleeping o
moment in the DAYTIME,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

He CAN VoTE.-A gentleman in New
Orleans writes to inquire whether a
man born in the United States, the son
of foreign parents not naturalized, is or
is not citizen of the United States;
whether naturalization papers are in
any way necessary for such a man; and
whether he is eligible to the Office
of President. We answer that, by the
very fact of birth on American soil, he
is citizen, needing no other naturali-
zation. Whether his parents are natu-
rallied or not makes no difference.
Every man born in the United States is
a citizen of the United States, unless
he expatriates himself and becomes a
citizen or subject of another nation.
As citizen he has all the rights that
belong to citizen, including the right
to vote under the limitations of law as
to age and residence; and he is eligible
to the Office of President, although his
father may be o foreigner and remain
such to the end of his days.-Nev York
San.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07

A GREAT ARMY CoOKsHOp. - Tho
German government has Just completed
an immense establishment Mt Mayenoe
for preparing provisions for the army
in time of war. The main building ~
more than 900 feet long, with four ex-
tensive wings A railway branch runs
directly into the grounds. Two engines
OF 500 horse power are used to run
the machinery. The water is drawn
from wells fed by the Rhine, and il
pumped up by steam into q reservoir
which will hold about 500, 600 gallons.
When the mandatory is in full work
it will be capable of boiling down and
condensing ITO oxen per diem, grinding
$50 tons of flour, and of making 800
600 lOaves of bread. 1t will also 10
able to supply enough preserved Data
for days feeding of the horses belong
ing to an army corps of $780, 600 men.
To guard AZ much as possible against
fire, the whole of the buildings, includ-
ing the roof, are Of stone and iron.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-15
NEWS ITEMS.

The killing of prominent white men
in Louisiana continues by the ku-Klux.
The Governor has offered a reward OF
5000 for the arrest of the assassin who
shot DR.. Dinkgrave, tax collector of
Ouachita Parish.
The prize fight between Goss and Allen
took place in two places in Kentucky.
Seven rounds were fought near hide
pendence, when the fight was STOPPED
by the Covington Light Guards. The
roughs and fighters then boarded their
train and ran on into another county,
where the fight was concluded on the
twenty-first round on a claim of foul and
given to GoSs. Goss had been badly
punished, and was almost blind. Allen
received but slight injury. The roughs
principally favored Goss, and were de
termined he should win. GOss escaped
arrest, but Allen was arrested and held
in $1,000 bail, which not being furnished
he was sent to Jail. \ number of outside
fights occurred, shooting was frequent,
and the result was several men nearly
killed The fight and it's attendant cir
cumstances are said to have been the
most disgraceful Of any that have occur
red.
4 passenger train on the Little Miami
Road collided with a dummy engine and
train at Delta Station, on Thursday eve
ming last q. T. Suydam, of Cincinnati,
was killed and several others badly in
jured.
\ desperate attempt was made by a
party of eight desperados TO rob the
Northfeld, Mimi, bank On the 7th.
They were heavily armed with navy re-
volvers, and when entering town drew
them, and ordered the citizens to get in
side their houses. They galloped to the
bank which three of them entered, the
others remaining outside. They ordered
the cashier to open the vault, and on his
refusing. shot him dead. They then
ordered the assistant cashier to open the
vault, but he declared he did nor know
the combination. He attempted TO es-
cane by the back door, but was shot in
the shoulder and badly wounded. The
citizens meanwhile rallied, killed two of
the robbers and wounded a third. who.
however, managed to escape with the
others. The citizens mounted and pur-
sued them, and hopes were entertained
that The robbers would be captured.
Henry N. Brown, an old and well
known citizen of Dayton, Ohio, suddenly
disappeared some five weeks ago, and no
trace of him could be found On the 1st
ins.. his body was found in a corn-feld
on the outskirts of the city. but few
hundred wards from the residence Of his
son. II WAS entirely-decayed and hOrri-
bly, muiilaied b. dogs, the skull having
been carried awav. He was a near rela-
i've OF I'D John Brown, of fossawattomie
notor. -tv. Il = he same man ho. in
1862 shot -iE. GC-sMaver. eJltor q tie
Empire. and was acquitted Oh he ground
that the shooting was done in self
defense,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-15
MUD WILL NOT STICK
To HIM.

Irritated at the assailaDle character
of their Presidential candidate, and
chagrined at their inability to defend
and his total inability to defend OF
even excuse himself, the Democracy
are rendered desperate, and permit
themselves to resort to mud throwing
in order, if possible, to reduce the Re
publican candidate to the same place
or level, but they have SO far made a
miserable failure of it, and their
efforts have recoiled upon themselves
with frightful effect. Their fret effort
that way consisted Of charge Of Sc
curing $500 from the effects of a desert
er who had been shot in the army. IL
rejoiced their hearts for day or two
but paled before the light of facts.
They then tried the "Know Nothing
dodge but that was so transparent 1t
fell still-born. Their latest effort
through the Northern Ohio Democrat
and Chicago Times. was the most
desperate, because it presented enough
facts, without explanation, to give it a
show of truth, while it was in reality
a most transparent tissue Of false
hoods.
But right here the difference be-
tween Hayes and Tilden became appar-
ent. When Tilden's income tax mat
ter was given to the public, his two
oaths stood in friyhtful contradiction
one 10 the other, and were the means
of demonstrating him TO be q perjurer.
He could say nothing 10 disprove the
charge nor allege anything by say OF
palliation. His friends could not come
to his defense. They could not 20 to
his banker to testify to his financial
account, nor to the Railroad malagers
TO refute his own admissions, and the
charge stands today as unrefuted as
when made But how of Hayes's
While making no personal denial, he
at once furnished to the editor of the
State Journal n clear statement of the
matter, which fully agrees with what We
stated last week; and the statement is
minute and so convincing that respect
bic Democratic papers admit its truth
fulness, AID the roorback is thorough
ly squelched. But it does not rest
there. His friends and neighbors,
Republican and Democratic, come to
the rescue, and one and ali unite in
refuting the slander Even the Dem
ocratic Board of Equalization, admits
the returns to have been made correct
Iy. In order that our readers may
have the benefit of the complete re-
futation prepared by Gen. r. p. Buck
land; we give it entire as we find it in
the Fremont Journal of last week.
Our neighbor OF the Courier who gave
the article from the Northern Ohio
Democrat, with its startling headlines
and all, has manifested his willingness
to throw dirt at an honest and upright
citizen. We invite his attention to
the following, and appeal to his
manliness to give his readers the refu
tation of the miserable story lie last
week treated them to: