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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

DRESSING BLACK HoGs.-A corrcspon-
dent of the Michigan Farmer says; The
principal objection to the Essex and
Berkshire breed of hogs | find to he
their color. Now, as Yonatt justly OBJ
serves, this is not "skin deep" The
coloring matter will he found to he Sc
creted between the true skin and the
epidermis. or outer skin. If care is
taken in scalding black hogs, they can
be dressed rs white as any white hog.
1t is well known principle that all
black substances absorb heat. Hence,
in dressing black hogs. the water should
not he so hot as in scalding white ones.
If this simple rule be observed, there
will be no difficulty in dressing black
hogs Instead of this color being an
objection. consider it is IN advantage.
for the skin of black hog will always
be found to be smooth and glossy. free
from cutancous eruptions, and always
clean.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

RESTORATION OF FADED WRITISGs.-
Very often paper and parchment docu
ments are illegible owing to the ink with
which they were written having faded.
The Rerue M,iushieNe givesa very simple
method of restoring to the ink its color.
1t is as follows: First, wet the paper and
then pass over it brush dipped in n
solution of ammonia sulpho-hydrate.
The writing quickly reappears, the char
acters being of very deep black color.
In parchment this color is permanent.
but in paper it is only temporary. Old
parchment chronicles in the Nuremberg
Museum which have been treated in this
way are now as lcgiblc as when first they
were written. though before the applica-
ton of the process all color had faded
ont of the ink. The rafionole of the pro-
cess is, that by the action of the ammo
mia sulpho-hyolrate. the iron of the ink
is changed into black sulphurct.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

COMPANIONS FOR LIFE. When does Il
daughter appear SO attractive rs when
showing her love to father or mother
as when employed in tightening their
burden? 1t would not be far from
wrong to say to Il young man who is
looking with some degree of interest for
a life companion:-Would you know
what kind of wife she will make upon
whom You now have Your eye? Ask
what kind of a daughter she is now. If
she is indolently selfish, leaving care
and work to her mother-especially if
she is nnloving or undutiful beware of
her-she is not likely to make yon happy.
If she is an aifcctionate and self-dcnying
daughter. if she is intimate and conf
dental with her parents, you have in that
the best promise of happiness in the
future. The eye of mother or father
beaming with delight as it rests upon a
daughters form, moving lightly in their
presence, is an nnspoken recommends
ton of untold value.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

Milling BEARS. The Esquimaux have
an ingenious way of killing bears. They
sharpen the ends of Il piece of whale
bone. foot or more long. then bend il
double, and wrap it closely iii fat meat,
which is exposed to the air till it freezes.
These treacherous pellets are thrown t.
the bear. which bolts them whole.
They thaw in his stomach; the bent
whalebonc straightens, and the sharp
points pierce his vitals whenever he at
tempts to move.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

\ LITTLE lad III II neIghboring town,
who had never attended the church save
in the company of his parents, set ont
by himself short time ago to join di-
vine worship. He started off in high
spirits. but soon returned and com
mcnccd to divcSt himself of his Sunday
clothes. Upon being asked the reason,
he said: "Why. when | got there. they
had table set, and, as they seemed to
be expecting company | came home. j
1t was communion Sunday.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

HrRRyING down Jefferson avenue yes
tcrday to the depot man struck IA heap
of pcach-skins and fell on his beam-ends,
and rolled over twice before he stopped.
\ boy, standing in the center of the
street, anxiously inquired: ''Bc You
hunting for anything, Mistcr?' Come
here, bub." said the man us he sat up,
''comc and get ten cents, and some candy
and figs and pl,ms and juba-pastc.
That's good boy, come and see me.
''Your intentions may be good, replied
the boy as he backed off. but | guess
I'll wait until the other booting gets
over aching before get any nearer
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

4 SoLlLoQrY.--A servant girl who
had Just been admonished by her mis-
tress to be very careful in washing up
the best tea things, was overheard
shortly afterwards in the back kitchen
indnlging in the following soliloquy-
If was to drop this ere basin, and
was to catch it, | s'pose l shouldn't catch
it; but if ! was to drop it and wasn't to
catch it, / reckon L just should catch
it,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

THAT SMALL BoY.-The small boy
sharpened his pencil and wrote the adj
ventures of the day. The diary was
passed around, and we admired the
graphic description of sea life, couched
in sentences like these: "June livery
Ruff. June 14--Rutier to-day June
l6-To-day we went 81 nots. 1t is still
very ruff. June 17-There was not many
at dinner to-day, and liked the plnms.
June 49, didn't keep Il diary yestcr-
day. Ma said it was the plums. II
nots to-day"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

ONE OF THE Two.--After drinking Il
glass of fusil oil in Front street saloon
recently man hnrriedly reached out
for some water and got hold of a can of
soap-suds, which the bartender had
been using to wash off the glass cigar
case with. After three or four swallows
he set the can down and suddenly said:
"Some one has been throwing soap
into your Detroit River, or else my taste
is getting mighty delicate."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

BosToN Courier: Said wife to her
husband: "How is that you can't come
home nights in some sort of season.
The gentle retort was: "You got me in
the way of it. Before we were married
you used to throw your arms about my
neck at three o'clock and say, Don't go
darling; it is early yet but now if I
happen to stay out till two it is terri
BILE affair"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

"WAsHINGroN," exclaimed a member
of Nashville debating club, in stentor-
ian tones, "Washington was great
man; he was good man; he was noble
man; his mind had powerful grasp of
the future; if ever man was non compOs
me,tis, Washington was that man."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

MANY persons complain that they can
not find words for their thoughts, when
the real trouble is they cannot find
thoughts for their words.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

To Wallace Evcrson. General Agent New ENGLAND
Mutual Life Insurance Company, san l'rnnciscn.
We are pleased to subscribe our names To the fact
That this Company has this day paid tn" claim ri
-I'Hp, Insured on the life Of James Grant 81 this
place. The premium on this policy WAS unpaid nnti
uv"r'iue ONE month amt twenty lnNsai t.- time 81
his death. The New England Mutual Iii" Insurance,
company, acting under IN" Nassn' huSrtis non for
f.iture Law, pays the fac" ~ tins policy less tho
paid premium due. We therefore recommend tins
company to orr friends and the public iu,,.
policies absolutely non fnrf,.itnhl.
Dated Mt san Iirfnnr'iinu, september - 1879.
II. g. ItDIFF. Attorney for estate 81 James Grant.
LEWIS JACOBS, Pres Rank Of san lirruarliun
HENRY VI. WILLIS, Probate Judge OF san i,Tiit-
dino County.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15
A Grammatical Duellist.
AN ABUSING INCIDENT.

Two English gentlemen once stepped
into coffee house in Paris, where they
observed a tall, odd-looking man. who
appeared not to be native, sitting at
one of the tables, and looking around
him with the utmost stone-like gravity
of countenance upon every object. Soon
after the Englishmen entered, one of
them told the other that a celebrated
dwarf had arrived at Paris AT this the
grave looking parsonage above men
toned opened his mouth and spoke.
Il arrive" said he, thou arrivest,
he arrives; we arrive. you arrive, they
arrive"
The Englishman, whose remark seemed
to have suggested this mysterious speech.
stepped up to the stranger and asked:
did you speak to me. sir?'
81 speak, replied the stranger, Chou
speakest, he speaks; we speak, you
speak, they speak"
How is this?" said the Englishman.
"Do you mean to insult me?''
The stranger replied
Il insult, thou insultest, he insults;
we insult, you insult, they insult
This is too much. said the English
man; 81 will have satisfaction. If you
have any spirit with your rudeness,
come along with me"
To this defiance the imperturbable
stranger replied:
II come. thou contest. he comes: we
come, you come. they come.
And thereupon he arose, with great
GOODNESS. and followed his challenger.
In those days, when every gentleman
wore his sword like a man, open and
free, and not like cowardly skulking
fellows of this age. who have assassin
knives and hidden revolvers within their
shirt bosoms and vest pockets. duels
were speedily dispatched. They went
to neighboring alley, and the English
man. unsheathing his weapon, said to
his antagonist:
Now, sir, You must fight me-
Il fight" replied the other, eve
fight he made a thrust-'you
fight, they fight" here he disarmed
his adversary.
"Well." said the Englishman. "you
have the best of it, and l hope you are
satisfied"
II am satisfied" said the original,
sheathing his sword, "thou art satisfied,
he is satisfied; we are satisfied, You are
satisfied, they are satisfied"
Il am glad every one is satisfied.
said the Englishman; "but pray leave
off this quizzing, and tell me what is
your object, if you have any, in doing
So"
The grave gentleman now, for the first
time. became intelligihle
Il am Hollander." said he. ''and am
learning your language. / find it very
difficult to remember the peculiarties of
the verbs, and my tutor has advised me,
in order to fix them in my mind. to con-
jugate every English verb hear spoken.
This have made it a rule to do: / don't
like to have my plans broken in upon
while they are in operation, or would
have told yon this before"
The Englishman laughed heartily at
this explanation. and invited the con-
iugated Hollander to dine with them.
II will dine" said he. 'thou will dine,
he will dine; you will dine. they will
dine. we will all dine together
This they did. and it was difficult to
determine whether the Hollander ate or
corrugated with most perseverance.
I II
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

A CLEVER SCHEME rich mercantile
firm which scarcely believed honesty to
he the best policy. hit upon an ingenious
method of smuggling clothing from
China. where the finest woollen fabrics
are surprisingly cheap. The scheme
was to purchase. or have manufactured
in China. the finest of broadcloth and
other expensive fabrics. to ship them on
the steamer. and few hours before the
steamer arrived in port to call the China-
men together, take off their native clothes
and dress them in the fine clothes des-
tined for the American market. Upon
the arrival of the steamer the newly
clothed Cinnamon. hundreds in num-
Der. were marched to the store that was
to profit by the imposition, and stripped
of everything they had on. and the
clothes thus removed were placed on the
shelf. and. of course, the merchants
could afford to sell them below any
legitimate dealer. The custom officers
soon detected this fraud. however, and
when the next steamer came i'll the in
spectors asked themselves whether so
many steerage passengers could afford
to wear such fine clothing. The decis-
ion was very arbitrary, but it was right
The clothing was stripped from them
and contiscated, and since that time
there has been no effort at smuggling in
that way
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15
RUPTURE

USE 40 MORE METALLIC TRrs $ r
No more suffering from Iron Hoops Steel
Springs DIR ROWE'S PATENT ELASTIC
Truss Is worn with ease and comfort night and
when all others have failed Reader, II you rup-
tured, try one Of Or KOWES comfortab elastic
appliances you will regret II. ROW.
ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 09 SucraneDto
Street. San Francisco.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

SHE was one of those sentimental
Young creatures who linger in the door
way to bid you good-by in the starlight,
and after she had parted from him the
other night she went up to her room
murmuring, Eyes. / should know it
was hard times by the kind of hair oil
he uses now
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-15

Try TO LEARN.-Erring humanity is
wont to condemn or dislike anything it
cannot comprehend. But to understand
the world is wiser than to condemn it.
To study the world is better than to shnn
it. To use the world is nobler than to
abuse it. TO make the world better.
lovelier, and happier, is the noblest
work of man or woman.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18

It has Just been decided to light all the
waiting and luggage.rooms of the principal
railway stations ia Paris by means OF cleo.
tricity. Electric lights were recently tried
in the immense luggage-room, or ScEs DIES
Pas RerGas, of the. Great Northern Station.
The experiment proved successful BY
working tie Graham machine with three.
horse power as much LIGHT is obtained as that
given by a,hEndred gasIamps. The electric
lantern is placed at height of ten metres
from the ground, and sheds soft, clear
light over an area of twenty thousand square
feet. The hall situated on the opposite side
of the station, ~ here passengers are placed
on arriving from Boulognesor Calais, is still
larger, for it comprises an area of thirty
thousand square feet. FoIK lanterns. one
in each eocner, ,snfce TO light it up as by
daylight.
The Great harrington CourIsr man has a
London geography n 1749. &c describes
California as an island, and publishes map
showing it to be entirely surrounded with
water. It tells OF tree in Florida the leaves
Of which, II bruised and thsown int large
pond Of water, all beasts which drink there.
Of will swell up and burst asunder. 1t de-
scMbes the air Of Pennsylvania IS "genefally
granted 10 be clear and sweet, the heavens
being seldom overcast With clouds, and that
{" the length of the days and nights is much
the same as in New jersey"
A Baltimore man proposes to light his city
by one big lamp suspended by balloon,
but be will not profit by 1t, because the cell
In the lunatic asylum in which ne Is confined
has no window.
The cbsins of habit are generally too
small to be felt till they are too strong 70 be
broker" and the man Hho ssia 20 knows.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18

At Sapger's Amphitheatre, New York,
lately, false alarm Of fire was raised, and a
general panic was imminent. Mr.. George
Sanger went upon the stage aud restored Or
der by the following speech, which should
have effect upon the thonghtless and the
timid In all similar cases:
"LadIes and Gentlem There is no dan.
ger; it was false alarm. And DOW let me
say a few words. No one In all my expe.
rience was ever burned In theatre, but
thousands have been trampled to death or
fatally Injured through i0sensate panic. Even
suppose that there was s.fre; If all rush to
the doors at once, is that the way to get out
safely and in an orderly nanner? Now, what
is the cause of all this pablo? A ballet girl
gets trodden upon behipd the scenes BY an
elephant, and she screams cut. Some thought.
less person in the gallery bears her and
shouts sFire!' and therelpon well.edu-
Gated body of spectators echo, without 3
moments consideration, this most panic.
striking of all cries, and presents a melan-
cboly Spectacle melancholy spectacle,
say-of want Of common sense and presence
of mind. wish it to be Known that, in case
of actual fire, this vast place can be cleared
with ease in two minutes and half. Letme
hope you are now RI assured aud will permit
The performance TO proceed"
"A ringing cheer from the audtene was the
reply TO this speech, and thus friehtful ca.
tqstr ophe was ayerted by few well-chOsen
words delivered in a resolute and happy
manner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18

Those who bave affected to beheVe tnas
the affection of the dog was for persons, ana
of the cat for places, have to CONSIDER Tue iact
that the Pawnees, who recently lett tneir re.
seryation in Nebraska for one 10 the inaian
Territory, were unable to induce their oogs
to accompany them. 1t was very reluctantly
that the Indians parted with their pets, Out
the dogs would follow but short distance
and then return to the old camp. People
from the reservation report that hundreds OF
bowling, yelping ours are running arouno
the old camping grounds hupting ior so"e'
thing TO eat.
The st. Louis Republican has CORE
spondent in jail. he writes: "A rumor Is
current In here that the New Orleans WIS
kew ring are to be transferred to st. LOUIS LOT
trial. In the name of morality, in the name
of decent roguery. the prisoners In this jail
protest against being obliged TO associate
with the Government officials OF Louislana-
the line must be drawn somewhere"
A woman called at the registrars Office
yesterday, asked for marriage license, got
it, and paid for it. It is felt that this estao-
fishes q precedent that will oblige most OF
our best young men to take to the woods
NorDich Bulletin.
Mrs. Jones wishes her husband was like
Sotherp's conupdrums Something no fel.
low can find out" On the contrary, any
fellow can find him out any evening, and
pretty late, too.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18
BY j. Thompson Brown,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
1115 Main street, opposite Dispatch office
TRUSTEES SALE OF NEAT FRAN

TRUSTEES SALE OF NEAT FRAME
4 STORE, CORNER OF LOCUST AND Tn.
BACCO ALLEYS by virtue Of Il deco OF trp,,
executed to the undersigned rs trustee In dee ~
trnst from j. j. Myers and wife dated 2lst JUN
1878, and recorded in the Richmond Chances
Court, D. B. LOG A, p. 6Z, and default having been
made in the payne mt Of the note secured therein
and being requested so to do by The beneficiary
shall sell at public auction, on the premises q,
SATURDAY the 19th OF February, 1875. al &
O'Clock p. b., the following desirable REAL g.
TATE described In said deed, as follows: AN
that certain LOT, PIECE, or Parcel UP
GROUND lying and being in the city OF Richmond,
aud bounded as folloYs-to wit. commencing al
the northeastern Intersection of Locust ailey With
public 15.foot alley in the rear OF the tenement
on K street formerly occupied by Richard ,. Mas
sic and the tenement formerly owned and occupied
by John Thorn pson, fronting 29 feet inches on
locust alley, and running back eaStwardly on The
line of James Dream "a feet 10 Il point In q line
with the centre OF 4-foot alley between the ;eoe.
meut formerly owned by the said John Thomp0n
and the lot now or lately owned by Thomas ST.
phenson. and formerly by David Barclay thence
southwardly In line with the centre OF said alley
% feet 0 inches TO the Rsrthern line OF The s.
foot alley as sfort said thence 81 feet Inches With
said alley TO The beginning"
TERMS: Whilst the deed requires about $500
cash, BY consent Of all parties concerned the terms
that will be announced are one fourth cash: bal.
ance NJ four, eight and twelve months, SIX per cea
Interest added, and secured ~ truSt-deed.
LEROY T.. BROWN, Trustee.
j. THOMPSON BROWN, Aucti0neer. fe l5-5t
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18
. csmp,a,u, aua a Criticism.

Editors Of Dispatch: Before the flood
which you nave provoked reaches you. ana
YOU have TO decline further pursuit OF the
subject, I beg, as a bit Of justice to the
wesksr party, to say word of relo'nder TO
your comment on my little note upon TINS
night and day matter between yourself and
Tuckahoe.
I was aware Of the knot-hole left for you
in the aufbble that might be raised upon
the strained difference between Publishing
and printing, but thought it possible you
would hardly be mean enough 10 avaii your
self OF II. Aud this side-issue.is open 10 as
rnnch discussion as the original matter IN
volved-
If printing is not Publishing. then what
nrfe;sely Is publishing? iS.not pruning tne
very essence o. publishing :-ano, indeeo,
the old-iime prototypes OF harper q 20.
ard Cowardin & c.. used TO fS fbeir impri-
mature as =. Bank & Co printers" NOW,
this word printer Is obsolete IN the sense
of attaching TO The namc OF the owners
or proprietors Of the press whence emanates
a book, magazine, or newspaper, ana 10 uni
yersally supplan,ed by the word publisher,
excep., perhaps. in England, where Fesf'nd
iente is the rule, and where they choose TO
think printer is not "gentlemsn " ana
ing: but your paper is done being printed
before Daylight 10 winter time, and used at
least TO be published before this uncertain
and variable tlme-tbat is, If to publish
means to poke newspaper under the crack
of door or to make II up into Dali ana
throw it through broken window into q
fellows face before he Is awake.
Briefly. however, the whole OF such dis'
o,,es;ops hinge merely tlpOn the amDigu luS
meanings Of words, or, rather, the different
meanings of The same words as gathered
from the circumstances and conteXts oy
which they are accompanied. Night ana
day mean darkness and light; but when the
same terms are applied TO periods reieraoie
to the times Ct the revolution OF the eartn,
or as marked upon the dial OF horolose Tor
an horologe, as you please. why then tney
mean something else, and Tor the sake Oh un-
derstandipg each other in communications oY
writing at least. The writer is one who
thinks the dav begins with the hrst vibration
of time after II O'Clock at night. 1t is now,
at this writing, l O'Clock in daytime, l6th
February, apd if you crafty me by publish
ing this, | think you will have doae so
by the hour of O'Clock on the morning oil
to morrow the .t7ih Of February, which
hour, / understand you 10 say, is in the
morning OF the night OF the 16h, making
the evening of the night come betore Its
morning. The Scripture, am aware,
places the words thus: The evening and
the morning were the first day." but you
have two evenings and two mornings TO
make one day, unless | am thickhesded in
my mathematics. >.
I'VE don't think the foregoing calls for any
rn.,ir l