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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

Are they white limbs. those stars on high
That. when the day star sinks IN nigh''
Still feed in pastures Of the sky.
And 70 the shepherds lend their light
Or silver lilies are they there.
with sweetest petals open spread.
That, when we mortals rest from care.
Their fragrance DER the weary shed?
Or consecrated candles tall.
That on Gods altar shine so bright.
The darkness of our earthly ball
To dissipate with softest lightf
All! no! they are letters fair.
with which good angels. clothed in white,
Sweet hymns of love prepare.
And in heavens book Of record write
From ne German.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

HERBERT wORTHINGToN rs TAUGHT
LESSON.

Just what I have been expecting for
about seven years" said Miss Pauline
Worthington, looking from an open let
ter in her hand with frowning brow.
els not your letter from Herbert,
Lima ?" questioned Mrs. Worthington,
q tiny, silver-haired old lady, with q
gentle expression.
Eyes, mother, Essie is very i'll with
low, nervous fever, and they want me to
come and stay till she is better. The
carriage will be sent at three o'clock,
mother" Then, more emphatically, II
think it is about time Bert's tyranny
over that little martyr was ended. He
is killing her."
"Lina He is your brother"
ct can see his faults if he is"
~ never heard Essie complain"
"She never would. But look at her.
Nine years ago, when she married, she
was q living sunbeam. SO bright and
pretty. Now, pale, quiet and reserved,
her voice is seldom heard, her smile sell
dom seen. A wintry shadow Of her
former Summer brightness. Now she
has broken down. You have never seen
her at home, but surely when she is
here you see the changer"
Yes, dear, she has changed; but
family cares"
Has Louie changed SO? She has
been twelve years married"
Mrs. Worthington was silent. Louie
was her Oldest child, and presided over
the home in which her mother had been
a crippled prisoner for fifteen years.
She took all the household cares, and
L. II, Il ha1
gained in beauty, and certainly in
cheerful happiness, since her marriage,
even if the merriment of girlhood was
gone.
Henry appreciates Louie!" said Lima;
there lies the difference between her
happiness and ESTES detection. If
there is any domestic trouble, Henry
and Louie share it, while Herbert shifts
it all upon Essie. He is an habitual
fault-inder.'
Perhaps, dear. Essie is not so good
a housekeeper as Louie. Herbert may
have cause to find fault"
"Once in ten times he may. l never
saw faultless house or housekeeper;
but Essie and her house are the nearest
approach to perfection ever did see."
You never spoke so before, Lima"
Because Louie and I thought it bet
ter not to worry you with trouble be-
yond your help. intend to give him
Q lesson. do. indeed. That is, il you
can spare me to go?'
You must go, dear. shall get
along nicely"
So when Herbert Worthington sent
his carriage, Lima was quite ready for
the fourteen mile drive to her brother
house. 1t was most unlike house
wherein any evil spirit Of repining or
fault-fnding should have found an
abode. Spacious, handsomely fur
nished, with well-trained servants, and
all comforts wealth could furnish, it
seemed perfect paradise on earth to
visitors. But Q very demon lurked there
to poison xll, and this demon Lima had
come to exercise.
For the first fortnight Essie took all
her time and care, the gentle spirit how
ering very near the portals Of the eter-
nal home. There was q baby, too, six
months old, and its wants filled all the
SPARE moments. Herbert snarled and
fretted over domestic shortcomings, but
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

The difficulty with these counterfeit
Eve hundred dollar greenbacks is, that
when we are offered one, just q likely
"a not We have NO genuine note Of the
same denomination in our pocket with
which to compare Nor,isiosn Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

HINTS AS TO BEAUTY.-There is moth
ing more unfavorable to female beauty
than late hours. Women who, either
from necessity or choice, spend most of
the day in bed, and the night at work or
dissipation, have always pale, faded
complexion, and dark-rimmed, weary
eyes. Too much sleep is almost as hurt
full as too little, and is sure to give the
person unwholesome fat. Diet, also, has
marked influence upon personal beau.
ty. A gross and excessive indulgence in
eating and drinking is fatal to the female
charms, especially where there is great
tendency to "making flesh" Regular
ity of time in the daily repast and good
cooking are the best means of securing,
not only good health, but good looks.
The appetite should never DO wasted
duriug the intervals between meals on
pastry, confectionery, or any other tick
Ter of the appetite, which gratifies the
taste, but does not support the system.
Exercise is, of course, essential to female
beauty. 1t animates the whole physical
life, quickens the circulation of the
blood, heightens the color, develops the
growths, and perfects the form of each
limb and the entire body. 1t also gives
beauty and grace to every movement.
FIVE per cent, and perhaps ten, can
be added to the amount OF milk obtained
from the cows Of this country, if the
following rules areinexorably followed:
l. Never hurry cows in driving them to
ana from pasture. 2. Milk at as nearly
IL In a
five in the morning and six at night are
very good hours. 8. Be especially ten
der to the COWS at milking times. 4.
When seated draw the milk as rapidly
as possible, being certain always to get
all. 5. Never talk or think of anything
besides what you are doing when milk
ing. 6. Offer some caress and always o
soothing word when you approach q
COW and when you leave her. The bet
ter she loves you the more free and COM
plete will be her abandon a. your ait by
her side.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

The complaints that have boon made
for some time past relative to the impu-
rites of soap, have, at last, taken def
mite shape, and it is averred by Phila-
delphia paper, on the authority of an
"eminent physician" whose name is
not given, however, that these impuri-
ties are the principal cause Of the grow
ing prevalence of diptheria. If the
soap made to-day does not tend to pro-
duce dipthelia, it is strange if it is not
the cause of some kinds of disorders.
1t is manufactured from all kinds of vile
stuff, the only aim being to perfume it
we'll. It is hawked about tho streets in
most attractive shapes. and sold for O
song. 1t has long been claimed that
the most pungent of the so-called
French soaps are the most dangerous.
and, looking at the price ut which the
greater part is sold, there seems to be
no question of it. Soaps that once sold
for 25 cents and over, can now he had
for one-third and less that sum. Clearly
such goods cannot be trusted. Every
body should be careful of the article OF
this description he uses. Soap made
from the refuse of deceased animal,
or from refuse that has been permitted
to decay, cannot be safe. and the proba-
bility is that O vast proportion of that
used to-day is thus made up. Our peo-
ple have become so fastidious that none
but the humblest will.use anything but
scented soap. The good, old, pure arti-
Gle that was once used by rich and poor
alike, is now too harsh and offensive for
the delicate senses of this age. People
would rather use the delicate perfumed
stuff that is full of danger, which,
rubbed over an abraded skin, may pro-
duce q foul sore, than return to the
habits of other days.-Commercial A.
rertiSer.
CAPTAIN K1Dp.-The famous pirate,
Capt. Kidd, frequented Narragansett in
the old days. when distillers, slave
traders and pirates were numerous. His
landing was at the bar on which the
south pier is built. His places of re-
sort are still shown, and numerous holes
in the ground, made by credulous seek
ers after his hidden treasures, can be
seen in Peacedale and other places. A
few years ago sword hilt was dug up
in field near the pier, on witch was
engraved the name of Artemus Gould,
who was one of Kidd's lieutenants.
Twenty eight Of this crew were hanged
on one gallows in Newport.
A SOLID DINNER-Some of the hotels
have bills of fare with q fy-leaf covered
with cards of various business houses.
An Oregon man recently took q seat be-
hind ono OF them, when a waiter APP
pcared with "What will you have sir?"
TO the utter confusion of the waiter he
leisurely remarked: "You may fetch
me q new set of teeth in gutta percha !;
an improved sewing machine, with pa
tent lock stitch o box Of Brandreth's
pills, and pair Of number seven French
calf.skin boots" In q moment the
waiter replied: 1--WE do not furnish
those articles" "Then what have you
got it on the bill Of fare for?" retorted
the customer.
THE difficulty with these counterfeit
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

tn. more you contract debts the
more they expand.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

A TERRIBLE SITUATION.-A farmer.
Horace Miner, was chopping in the
woods near Waymart. ten miles from
Honesdale. At noon his wife carried
his dinner to him. He was engaged in
telling tree when she arrived at the
spot, and she stood near waiting for him
to get through. She had in her arms a
child q few months old. The tree in
falling lurched toward Mrs. Miner, and
before she could get out of the way it
came crashing upon her, one Of the
largest branches striking her, and pin
ming both her arms and her child to the
earth. Miner ran to the spot. He
could not see his child, but his wife was
lying with her face turned up and gasp
ing in death. Miner at once set to work
to extricatc his wife and child from that
terrible position. The branch of the
tree lay across Mrs. Miner, and it was
evident the child lay beneath the mother.
The husband, to extricate tho wife and
child, was compelled to cut away the
branch, which was seven inches through,
and before he had finished his task he
saw his wife die before his eyes. He
removed her body from beneath the
tree and found his child crushed to
death, having been crushed deep into
the ground. The husband, almost fran
tic, took both bodies in his arms and
carried them mile through the woods
to his home.-POrt FERRIS Guzehe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14

A New Yorker, who recently passed a
night in one Of the New Jersey hotels,
is the reputed author of an invention
of extreme ingenuity, and great posi-
BILE usefulness. The essential features
of this remarkable invention consists of
a series OF network trap-doors; a system
OF minute glass tubes, connected with a
powerful automatic pump; an exhausted
receiver, with long rubber suckers, and
clock-work arrangement to operate the
whole. A neat iron frame work, adapt
ed to any bedstead, connects the various
parts, and completes the machine. Upon
retiring to bed, the fortunate proprietor
of the apparatus adjusts the franc.
spreads the netting over the bed, ap-
plies the rubber sucker to the Joints and
cracks of the bedstead, sets the trap
doors, winds the clock-work. and turns
in for night of peaceful repose. Hardly
has he closed his eyes, when the fun be-
gins. The mosquitoes, after reconnoi-
tering in vain for some easier mode of
getting at the sleeper, sail into the open
traps mt the precise moment that the
bed-bugs are being drawn irresistibly
into the rubber pipes, by means of the
reach the center of the machine, they
are rapidly but gently seized, placed in
position, the glass tubes are inserted in
their sides, and the automatic pump be-
gins to operate swiftly, transfusing the
blood of the mosquitoes into the veins
of the bed-bugs, while, by an instanta-
neous compensating arrangement, that
of the bugs is hurled into the arteries
of the mosquitoes. They are then per.
mitted to retire by back door, and the
operation is complete. The mosquitoes,
having acquired the nature and ideas of
the bed-bugs, Immediately begin to ram
their heads off in the futile attempt to
get into some imperceptible crack; while
there is no more entertaining moral spec
tacle in the world than that of bed
bug sitting despondently on the floor,
and wondering how on earth he is
going to probe victim without pro-
boscis; to sing, " I want to be an an
GEL" without any singing apparatus
or, without wings, to dodge the pillow
fred in vengeful wrath. The ablest adj
vocates of other methods are said to
have given their allegiance to the new
system, and the important problem is
regarded as virtually solved. World.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24
A Wonderful Boy.

The Bonneville Alcerfiser says: A
four-year-old boy, by the name of james
Martin Williams. is Crammed with dates,
figures, facts, and volume Of lore. such
"a ordinarily requires lifetime 70 nc
quire. ln history be is very cncyclo.
pedia OF knowledge. The ancient kings.
their wars. the rise and fall Of the Ro.
man empire, the career OF BOhapaTte.
the times Of the death and the a2e Of the
rulers OF England, the settlement Of this
country, and similar facts. arc as famil.
lar 10 him rs the alphabet 20 an older
person. lie can name the capital OF ey-
cry State in tho Union, aud OF every To-
reign country. lie repeats whole chap
ters OF the Bible. and speaks in n child
like manner, just as though rafting oil
TIC veriest commonplace remarks OF
other children Of his age.
The first indication OF this marvellous
faculty came 20 his parents in this way
They are religious people, and each
morning read from the Scriptures before
prayer. Shortly after the exercises one
morning several months ago--his mo-
Their vas astoundcd TO hear him repeat.
ing, word for word. the lines from, the
Bible which be bad heard read an hour
or 50 before. she called him to hcr.
and found he could recite other portions
OF the holy book. She commenced
teaching him his letters, and in an hour
and a half he had learned tho whole.
lie progressed with wovderfol rapiditv
ana soon could spell. A physician WAS
consulted, and advised them TO keep tho
boy away from books. and not allow him
TO study, IS his health would not allow
1t. Since that time nc has been read 70
by his father, and now remembers every.
thing be has heard.
His parents are people Of ordinary
circumstances, and cannot In any way
account Tor the remarkable memory Of
their child.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24
Su,ith Ysaatli antslliseafttr;.
Which Loved Best =

s..I- 4. -
'"f love you. mother" said lille joh.o; -,
Tls., fo!ss',irg his work. his CAP vent on,
And be. was OF 10 the garden swing.
And Ief, her tho water aud wood to bring,
81 love you, mother" said rosy Nell.
al love you better than tor que eau tel,,"
Thee she leased and pou,ed full half the day /,
Till her mother rejoiced when she went to play .
IL love yon, mother" said little Fan
To-day III help you al! I can.
How glad am school doesn't keep !" 4. -
SO she rocked the babe till it fell asleep.
Then, stepping softly. she brought the broom
'sApd sxsFt ,he Zoos and iidisd IA .soom
Busy and happy all day was she, --
Helpful and happy as child could be.
az love you. mother" again they said
Three little children going to bed.
How do you think that mother guessed
Which of them really loved her best"
joy allison.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24
Child's Morning Prayer.

Saviour, grant morning blessing
To little child like me
All my sins come confessing;
Give, pray Thee, strength to fee
Every great or small temptation,
Every thought tina, is not right.
Help nc hear this days vexaiiou
With spirit calm and bright.
Blces my friends, and make me love them
As Thou loves, me. o Lord
Make item fear the God above them,
Taking for their guide Thy word.
And when deR,h shall come to meet us,
May we Rlsdly 10 Thee ay.
With The angel bands that greet Us,
Sent from mansions in the sky.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

HoNINY FRITTERs. Two full teacups
of cold boiled homny, add TO it one
scant teacnp of sweet milk and little
salt, stir till smooth. then add four table
spoonfuls Of -four and one egg, beat the
yoik and white separately, adding the
white last. Have ready a pan with hot
bntter and lard thalf Of eacl). drop the
batter in by spoonfuls and fry tight
brown.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24
wuIrr MorNrArN CAKn-Fiyc cpus

WnrrE MOUNTAINS CAKE.-Fiyc eggs.
beat whites separately. three cups OF
graduated sugar. one cup butter. one
cup sweet milk. three cups -four. one .half
teaspoonful of soda. two tcaspoonfnls
cream tartar, n pinch Of salt. Beat the
butter. sugar and yolks OF the eggs to
cream; mix the soda i'm the milk. and
cream tartar in the IIour. add the whites
OF the eggs just before the flour. Bake
in Jelly cake tins. browning lightly.---
Take the white of one egg. little sugar
and water. beat together and with q
knife spread over the top OF each cake;
CRATE one cocoanut and mix Il with su-
gar. sprinkle it over the cakes. and pile
them one OH top of the other. finishing
the top in the same way. This ia deli
cious with ice.cream.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

MILK ToAsT.--One quart milk when
it comes TO boil thcken with one IA.
blespoonful corn starch; add salt.
Toast the bread light brown; bnttcr
each slice, and put layers Of toast in a
covered dish, and pour on the thiclSened
milk: then more toast and milk. and so
on till the dish is full; cover anl let
stand five minutes, and serve.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

RAISED CAKE. Two cups Of light
dough, one cup OF butter, two cups Of
sngar, three eggs. beaten light. mix all
we'll together add fruit and spice as
you wish. 1t is good without either,
but better with plenty OF both. Put III
pan and let it stand until Ii Il: bake
as any o.her cake
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

LTo~ factory has been tsta, lished at Fas-
san, in Bavaria, for supplying eggs in ~ Con :
ccnttd 'orm. The eggs are died and then re-
cnccd to n Rne meal. This is packed in air
'iah, tirs, and ihusa sun ly Of the mos, COM
ll'te food ii provided in the smalcs, possible
compass.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

ES> Alta meeting of the Lcuion New Gene
iery Company, the chair man very grarely
STATED iiatlr lad great pleasure in announcing
to the meeting the gratifying fact that the buri-
ats in the cemetery for the last ear were double
lie nrut,r Of those of tie year preceding.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

1zi3- In lie line Of Charles n. tobacco was
supposed to lie mighty an,idoie TO the plague,
and llearue says, when at Elton, The worst fog
giug the students yer received we've because
they refused to smoke,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

WAsuINGToN PIE.-One.half cup OF
butter, tGo of sugar. three eggs we'll
beaten (bntter with the yolks and whites
beaten separately, one cup OF sour milk.
one teaspoonfnl OF soda, four cups OF
flour. lfprcpared -four is used, then
soda need not be added. Bake IN jelly.
cake pans. Wien done, pile two or
three layers of tho cake one above the
other. spreading jelly or jam between
each cake.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24
UNITED STATES MAIL LINE
FROM
Green Spring Run 20 Romnoy.

1--WE subscriber having changed ihe running
a. his daily line 81 Stages SUNDAYS c1rep-
ted from Patterson 8 Creek o. Grecn Spring
Run viii leave each morning Greeu Spring
Ruu upon the arrival Of tie accommo-
patton train and leave Eomhey at A y o.. each
morning md connecting with the western bound
accommodation train g. ". ~ this line die.
lance between Green Spring RIM and R0mney is
n1tlGl miles. shortest route PASSENGERS MAJ res,
assured that on the part of the PROPRIETOR eve.
~ attention will be paid TO their comfort. All
packages eairustcd 10 me will he attended 10
ISAAC PARKER.
August 10, 1873.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

EioH SrECiMFSs or lao. OaE FR1u HARDY
COUNTY Three rich Specimens Of iron ore
arrived here. yesterday via baltimore Ohio
r'iI''fa. 10 fe forwhiGtd to Gov Jacob AT
Wheeling, rs part Of West virginis's coutribu.
ton 70 the Centennial Exposition. The speci-
m'ns, IS before stated, emb: ace tlrce varieties,
pronounced by those versed in ores TO be uasur-
passed. They ale from the laid of james Slump
rsq Of Hardy cuuotv, IVES, Virginia, about g
miles nbtve Noortftld. The fupply e ore is
sfid to exist in such vast quantities as to en- lille
II TO The term of incxhauslble, and the dif.rcn,
qunliJ'es sre found convent emily contiguous 10
each other. The account we give Of ihp,c ores
is lnstd upon ihe opinions If one ~ the frsi
BIOLOGISTS and mineraloeists in the State of New
York. Cumbridnd 7Tmes, NgTch I'm
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

LiorIp or SorT SArcI.---One cup
and half of sugar. onc-half cup but
ter. and solk 81 one egg beaten t,gcth-
er; add the well hcaten white ofthc egg
with a teaspoonful Of boiling water.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

IVA New York match-dealer has start.
ed a new brand called centennial
Matches Instead Of hundred. no ON.
ly puts &c in the box.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

NICE COOKIES WITHOUT EGGs.- One
teacupful of butter, or of the drppings
of salt pork; two cupfuls of sugar; one
cupful of sweet milk two tcaspoonruls
of cream tartar; one tcaspoonful of so.
da; add -four to make n dough; roll
thin and bake in quick oven, but not
scorch. In the absence OF sweet milk, "a
teacupful Of cold water will do very we'll.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

REcIrE ron CHARLOTTE RussE.-First.
line your molds with sponge lady.fn-
gers; yon can get them Mt any bakery.
anJ. IL fresh. are very nice and save
much trouble. Pack them around the
sides of the mold. which should he a.
bout as deep as the fingers are long. SO
that they VIII keep in place firmly
Second. pour teacup OF boiling water
over one-half box golatinc and dissolve
1t thoroughly and leave in warm place
until ready for 1t, but don't keep it boil
ing, only warm. Then take one pint OF
thick cream from the ice, stir it until it
thickens, then pour in briskly the gela-
tine. two teaspoonIuls of vanilla. the
whites of seven eggs beaten TO froth.
and one teacup Of powdered sugar, Gil
the molds TO the top OF the lndy.lingcrs
and put in cool place. This will fill
two good sized molds and is delicious.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24
TAYLOR HOTEL.
WIN CHESTER, Va.

HAVING leased this Hotel fer a term Of
years Ni,i eudesvor 60 rc-sstsbli3h its
excellent repu'etiou piior 90 The war SIS terms
viii he very H'deraie. end theteLy ofsr csre.
,.si Inducements 10 NY friends from The SUI.
rounding con, try.
TIE HOTEL has undergone thorough reno
Walton. mski5E u now one Z, the most q, siraJIe
Hotels ia Tho valley Of Eifgjnia.
N. " CARTMEBL,
Proprietor
Winchester, Dee 3 is7t--U
For Ladies' & Misses superior City
made Shoes, Of All kinds and styles. ox.
anime stock Of
GlLKENON. rUGU & VANCE
Nor 2G. lS1J.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

To ENTITY FEATBEEs.-When YOU
desire 10 remove feathers from one tick
to another, rip a place in each
tick then sew The edges OF one 20 those
Of the other, and shake the feathers in.
TO the empty tick.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-24

WORNs ~ lIoCs.-A teaspoonrgi Of
arsenic dissolved IN one quart OF water.
and formed into swill pail, mixed with
tLe food generally given. will Kill and
remove The worms without harming the
hogs. u is curious fact that hogs will
thrive and fatten on doses OF arsenic
sufficiently large enough 90 Kill any 9TH
CT dOmcsticnted animal.