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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-04-20

LITERATURE IN PRIsON.-The Tribune
says: A penitentiary, with a library of
1000 volumes, solely for the use of the
prisoners, is to be found in very few
countries, and fifty years ago could not
have been found in all the world. The
State Penitentiary of Western Pennsyl-
vania is thus endowed; and the philan-
thropic will be interested in some facts
respecting the reading habit Of the pris-
oners which are set forth in the last re-
port of the chaplain, who appears also to
be the librarian. The average daily pop
ulation during the year was 637. TO
these were issued from the library % ,843
volumes.
These included 1889 works of fiction,
1851 biographies, 1,O17 poems, 2,753 his
tories, aud 2,757 books of travel. Mr..
Milligan, the chaplain, seems to think
some apology necessary for the FREEDOM
mating number of novels read, and pleads
that "a work of fiction read for mere
amusement will sometimes awaken thirst
for more solid books" to which we VEN
ture to add that it is better to read good
novels than to read nothing at all. The
books are kept in excellent order, and are
eagerly sought for by the prisoners.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-04-20
General Jackson.

General William o. Butler, one of the
heroes of the War of 1912 and of the
Mexican War, and Democratic candidate
for Vice-P President on the ticket with
General Cass, now lives in CarrolIton,
Kentucky. He said of General Jackson
TO writer short time ago that he was
little read in books. "Indeed," said the
General, 81 do not remember seeing any
books at his house but the Bible and
hymn-book, and probably copy of Bun
yan's Pilgrims Progress, but he was an
indefatigable reader of newspapers, and
was thoroughly posted in current events,
and especially in politics. While pos
sessed of little technical learning, his
common sense was boundless. He had
an intuitive knowledge of men. and an
My brother Tom (the MAJOR, who was an
aid to the General, had some words with
him about requisition for arms, AMI Il
GOODNESS ensued. Some time after the
battle grand ball was given the Generai,
at which Mrs. Jackson, who had just
reached the city, was present. My
brother was there, of course, and sudden
ly encountered the General, with Mrs.
jackson leaning on his arm. After salu-
tations, the General remarked, in his ir-
resistible way, Tom, you are still in a
huff The latter shook his head as if
negatively. well, think you are, and l
won't believe differently until you kiss
Mrs. Jackson which Tom CALAMITY and
promptly did in the presence of the
whole assembly. l knew Mrs. Jackson
WE'LL" continued the General, land she
was one of the best women l ever knew.
Certainly kinder-h hearted creature never
lived. The General was devoted to her.
1t was interesting to observe him when
she was in his company. His eyes were
constantly upon her, and he seemed to an
tisipate her every wish"
, 1877-08-10
Clocks, Jewelry, Etc.

In this thriving era of the world when
things are done promptly, II at all, a correct
and accurate time is Of the greatest impor-
tance, Seeing the great necessity and want
Of Public Clocks in San Francisco it be-
hooves each individual TO secure for himselfa
reliable time-keeper in the shape of Watch
or Clock. This brings us to the point to
mention that Messrs. T. & D. Lundy, at their
new stores, Nos. and Tn rd street, corner
of Market, Nucleus Building, San Francisco,
are in better position to fill orders than any
similar house in the trade, having the largest
and best selected stock of Black-walnut,
Bronze and Marble Clocks in America. In
Jewelry they deal almost exclusively in
California manufacture, than which, for
style and finish, there is none more justly
celebrated. Their Watches are mostly OF
American make. Their manufacturing and
repairing departments are presided over by
the most skilful workmen. They are also
interested and connected, in the Eastern
States, In the manufacture of Mirrors in Gilt
and Walnut Frames, which gives them the
advantage OF handling these goods direct
from manufacturers. We also noticed the
largest stock OF albums, bibles, pictures, win
dow cornlces, brackets, silver and silver
plated ware ever exhibited on this coast by
one establishment. All the goods are marked
in plain figures, and the two gentlemen, being
active and energetic business men, fully un-
derstanding how to keep pace with the times,
have adopted for their business motto "small
profits and quick returns" and by so doing
have already satisfactorily experienced it in
the multiplication Of their sales during the
past two years, to the mutual benefit of them
selves and their customers. To meet the re-
quirements Of the times this firm has intro
duced the system Of selling goods on install
ments payable one quarter on delivery, and
the remainder in ten equal weekly or three
monthly payments; in selling by this method
they add ten per cent. to their cash prices,
with the option on the part of the purchaser
having his ten per cent deducted If paid in
thirty days from date of sale. Thus 1t will
be seen that no fairer business convenience
could be conceded to customers who patron
lie the establishment Of Messrs. T. IL d.
Lundy.-S r. Commercial.
, 1877-08-10
Use the Whole Farm,

Farming must be conducted on bust
ness principles or it cannot be successful.
The first endeavor Of shrewd business
man is to keep all his capital proftably
employed. He is not satisfied to make
large profits on part while the greater
portion is lying idle, nor will he allow
lack of care or capital to rob him of
profits which he might otherwise have
made. Too many farmers, on the con.
trary, think they are doing well when
they make large profits on one or two
crops, or fields, though other parts of
their farm may not be paying anything.
Often on the cultivated parts of a farm
the results are satisfactory enough,
if it were not that these were
so small as not to pay necessary
expenses of conducting it. The farmer
finds himself as badly off as the merchant
who made a disastrous failure while sell
ling all his goods at one hundred per cent.
profit. The explanation is, that the mer-
chant kept peanut stand and his receipts
were only fifty cents per day. The twenty
five cents clear profit did not pay the
mans board and lodging, and he was
bankrupted by personal expenses.
Looking at the subject from this point
of view, we have innumerable agricul-
tural and other journals urging farmers
to reduce their expenses--to economize
to the utmost extent in their homes, in
travel, and on the farm itself. They
seem to forget that farmers are already
far more economical than any other class,
and, without any prompting, have denied
themselves luxuries, and even comforts,
deemed almost indispensable by the resi-,
dents of the city. The great majority OF
farmers, knowing that they cannot econo-
mize in their homes and personal expen-
ses more than they do, accept this advice
as recommending the hiring of less la
bor--planting and sowing fewer acres,
scanty manuring and imperfect cultiva-
ton. In the meantime, family and per-
sonal expenses remain as before, because
they have already been reduced to the
lowest limit. 1t is easy to foresee that
such policy can only result in smaller
profits and greater pecuniary embarrass-
ment.
, 1877-08-10
Dressed Bed Feathers.

We had no idea that this branch of in.
dustry had attained such large proportions
until we paid visit to the establishment of
MIR. Owen McCabe, No. 92l Market street,
opposite Mason street, San Francisco. Mr..
McCabe occupies the whole of the store and
basement for his business purposes, having
another manufactoryin in some other part OF
the city. He is the pioneer feather dresser
on this coast, having been now over fifteen
years in the business, and like most OF our
energetic men who attend strictly to busi-
ness themselves, even in these hard times,
finds nothing to complain of in the amount
Of business he is doing. Mr.. McCabe carries
a stock Of over $4,000 worth of Dressed
Feathers and Downs Of every variety; white
and grey goose, duck, poultry, downs of all
sorts, etc. His specially is White and Grey
Live Geese Feathers, and the manufacture Of
Pillows, importing German Linen and Tick
ings. All feathers he sells he warrants to
be well dressed with his patent steam reno
yator; he also makes specially OF Reno
waiting Old Feathers The feathers are of all
prices, from Is cents pound for poultry
feathers to SO 90 pound for downs Mr..
McCabe gives constant employment to white
men, and we can only wish continued sue
cess to one OF the introducers OF a new in
dustry on our coast and wish we had many
more enlightened citizens like him.
, 1877-08-10
A Florida Tornado.

Autumn is the dread season of hurri.
canes in Florida, and at its approach the
inhabitants quake with apprehension.
Tearing through the West Indies they
often strike the coast with deadly effect.
With scarcely note of warning, houses
are overthrown, sail-boats blown from
the water, and orange groves swept bare
of leaves and fruit. The day may be
bright and beautiful, and all nature re.
ioice in the sunshine. Almost imper-
ceptibly the wind may die away. Cries
of terms and water birds fall upon the ear
with painful distinctness. The mud hens
of the marshes pipe an alarm. Not q
blade of salt grass moves. The blue sky
grows hazy, and the eastern horizon is
milky white. Fitful gusts begin to rip
pie the water and handle the green leaves.
A low moan comes from the ocean.
Smoky clouds roll into the sky from the
southeast, and strong wind whitens the
ruffled water. Every minute it increases
in fury. An ominous yellow light tinges
the atmosphere. The sun is gone. and
great drops of rain are hurled to the
ground. Within fifteen minutes there is
a gale and soon the full force of the hur-
ricane is felt. Birds, large and small, are
swept through the air utterly powerless.
All living things disappear. Tall pines
are twisted asunder The 1.-the limbs of
willows and oleanders snap like cow
whips. Lofty palmettoes bend their
heads to the ground, their great fans
turn inside out like the ribs OF an UNI
brella. The force of the wind keeps the
trees down until every green fan pops
like a pistol.shot. Orange groves are
ripped into shoe strings. The leaves of
the scraggy scrub on the beach are wiped
out, and their stems whipped into little
brushes. The tough saw palmetto is
blown as fiat as a northern wheat6eld,
and the dead grass of the savannas lashed
into fine dust. Boards in the surf are
struck by the wind and sent spinning
hundreds of feet into the air. The
sand dunes are caught up bodily and sift-
ed through the tops of pine trees miles
away. The foam of the sea is blown be-
meath the houses ON the mainland, aud
comes up between the cracks Of the floor
like steam. Sail.boats are torn from their
moorings and destroyed or stranded.
These hurricanes last from seven to eight
hours, even longer. During the lulls
rain falls in torrents. The tide rises to a
great height, carrying away wharves and
lighthouses, and flooding the low country
for miles. Gardens are destroyed, fences
swept away, and the tormented Floridian
has three months work and no pay to
repair damages.
, 1877-08-10

LINE AND CRoPs.-The bulk of fertil.
ity consists of three earths, to wit: silica,
alumina and lime. Unmixed with clay,
sand or other organic substances, lime
consists of the oxide of the metallic ele-
ment calcium, and as it enters into the
composition of all parts, it necessarily
occupies large place in natures labor.
atory. Chemists tell us that it has an af-
fnity to water and carbolic acid when
applied to the land it absorbs water,
forming hydrate of lime; this hydrate
then absorbs carbolic acid, so that lime,
although in caustic state, really exists,
shortly after its application, in the form
Of carbonate, along with little sulphate,
as previously mentioned. Lime has for a
long time been used as fertilizer; when
land previously unworked is brought into
cultivation, or when worn-out pasture
land is broken up, lime is generally ap-
piled. 1t affects chiefly the vegetable
matter contained in the soil, promoting
its decomposition, and thus rendering il
available as plant food.
, 1877-08-10

Forty MILLION HENs.-Aocording to
statistics given by one of the French pa
pers, France supports at the present time
no fewer than 100000 hens, represent
ing at an estimated average value OF 3
francs and so centimes each, 100, 600 600
francs. These 100000 hens give birth
annually to 100, 100000 chickens, of which
it is found expedient to put aside 10000
900 each year for productive purposes.
Accidents aud disease again reduce the
number of chickens destined for con-
umption to 80,O0O,000, which, putting
their average value at 1 franc 80 CEN
times apiece, may be estimated as
worth 12O,OOO,OOO francs. To these
figures must be added the further value
due to capons and fat pullets, which may
be stated as 100000 francs.-PeH Mall
Gazette.
, 1877-08-10

A CURIOUS CUsToM.--In one of his ad-
mirable letters from the East, Bishop
Marvin thus refers to custom among
the Brahmans of Madras: People here
indicate their faith by wearing mark
on the forehead. Is is put on in chalk
dust, generally white, but sometimes col
ored. We saw the pigment exposed for
sale in the temple portico. Sometimes it
is u broad band across the forehead,
sometimes a spot just above the base of
the nose, sometimes trident extending
upward from the base Of the nose, the
outer lines white and the central one
brown. This trident is worn by Brah-
mans, and there are two forms of it. In
one form the lower extremity of the fig
ure makes a regular curve, like horse
shoe; in the other little point extends
downward from the extremity. These
different forms represent differences of
doctrine--slight, very slight, differences,
venerable wearer of the horseshoe told
US; but when the two meet in the temple,
they sometimes make the walls resound
with the vigor of their angry reproaChes
and recriminations.
, 1877-08-10
Relationship of Brain and Stomach

Is close one, indeed. They are connected
by that wondrous elastic link, the sympu.
thetic nerve, which communicates the alb.
normal sensations Of the organ OF digestion
to that Of thought. Now, If digestion is dis.
ordered, the brain, being the great focal
point of the nervous system, all the nerves
are in some degree affected, The main
tion, and that is usually produced by weak
ness of the stomach. Hosetter's Stomach
Bitters rectifes this, and overcomes nervous
debility by infuslng increased energy into
the operation of the organs Of nutrition
Through the agency OF this benehcent tonic,
not only are the nerves vitalized, but the en-.
tire organism acquires vigor and regularity
, 1877-08-10
Variegated Japan Honeysuckle.

The japan variegated Honeysuckle is
a superb acquisition to our climbing
plants, and its real beauty does not seem
to be fully appreciated. 1t is perfectly
hardy, grows freely in almost any soil,
and is well adapted to both indoor and
outdoor decoration. Not only is its foli-
age beautifully and richly reticuIated
with golden veins, which does not run
into green, but its flowers are highly fra
grant. For wall or trellis, or for run
ming up the stems of trees it has scarcely
an equal, and for large rustic vases or
baskets, it is most beautiful plant. An
English writer, in noticingit in the gar
den, says that this honeysuckle, when
grown under certain circumstances, is
certainly one of the handsomest leaved
plants in cultivation. 1t does well on a
wall or u tree. Last summer / saw ii
used effectively in the Winter Garden at
Southport, in basket from which its
shoots hung down gracefully; it does
well, also, rs fringe for baskets on
lawns, and have likewise seen it used
effectively rs an edging for hower-beds,
position il which it has to be often
clipped; and should add that it would
show its variegated leaves to the best
advantage in sod not over rich. Japan
has furnished us with rich variety OF
running plants, of which the Variegated
Honeysuckle, the Japanese Woodbine
and the Akebia, are fine examples
american Cultiuator.
, 1877-08-10
Notice to Subscribers,

l. l. CRAGfN & CO., l1s South Fourth Street,
Philadelphia hereoy agree send to each of the Sub.
serbers or readers OF this paper, free, o sample of
DoBBINs' ELECTRIC SOAP, provided they receive
the address shd fteen cents which sum exactly pays
tbs postage on the Soap. This zap was pronounced
by the Centennial judges to be the only pure Family
Soap made In America. As 1t has been extensively
advertised for years our readers have undoubtedly
heard OF the Soap. This very liberal offer OF It's man.
ufacurers enables all to test quality for themselves
very chesPly Send your address and nfteen cents
for postage direct to
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NEWTON BROS. q CO., N6 California. Street, San
Francisco, Sole Agents for Pacific Coast
, 1877-08-10

THE EMPTINESS OF Wealth
is not a good thing in itself; it is only a
means to some good end, and like all
good things may be perverted so as to
prove direct curse to you and your fam
lily. Many man in the outcome of life
has reason to regret that he ever possessed
wealth. Material prosperity has proved,
in his household, moral ruin. The riches
so generously given are moth-eaten. The
man has proven delinquent in the duty
pertaining to his high trust. Wealth is
not a safe possession without high NOR
al aim, and the use of that wealth to pro-
mote that aim..--Zion's Herald.
, 1877-08-10
SAVE YOUR MONEY

PY getting your PHOTOGRAPHS at HowLAND's
NNEW GALLERY, No. y5 Third street, San Fr an
cisco. FIrst.class Photographs for half the price
charged atother galleries Lfe.size Portraits, In oil
or water coiOrs, only TEN DOLLARS. Old Pictures
Enlarged to any size and beautifully colored. Bes,
Enameled Cabinets and Cards VERY CHEAP, at
H0WLANDs NEW GALLERY. eg-Please call and
sec our work and get our prices before visiting else
where, and Oesure and remember the number; 3S
Third street, corner Of Jessie.
d. F, ROWLAND, Artist,
, 1877-08-10

A MAN cannot walk down street now
with his collar hanging limp and starch
less about his neck, his forehead beaded
with perspiration, and his shoes smacking
as if he had been wading in water, with
cut some chap asking him if it's warm
enough for him to-day. There are some
men in this world who are too inquisitive
for cOmfort.-OH CITY Call.
, 1877-08-10
DRESSED FEATHER PRICE LIST.
DR.. Hunters Letters.

DR.. j. A. Hunter, of San Francisco, who
has for twenty years devoted special atten-
tion to diseases Of the Head, Throat and
Chest, is now publishing a series Of fifty let.
ters In the columns of the leading journals
of that city, upon the ailments OF these parts.
Anything from physician Of his experience
and reputation deserves the attention Of this
class OF invalids and we advise such to send
to him for copies Of his letters.
, 1877-08-10

For Throat Diseases and Affections Of the
Chest, "BroUn'S bronchial TrocheS' are of
value. For Coughs, Irritation Of the Throat
caused by cold, or Unusual Exertlon OF the
vocal organs, in speaking in public, or sing
ing, they produce beneficial results.
, 1877-08-10

THE superintendent of the Davenport
Qowa) schools is woman, teacher OF
long experience, and those schools were
never in more efficient state than under
her rule. She has been elected President
of the State Teachers Association.
, 1877-08-10

A CURE within the reach Of the poorest
sufferer from rheumatism, sore throat, stif
joints and all aches and pains-Trapper's In
dian Oil. Price, so cents per flask.
, 1877-08-10

A JAPANESE student newly-arrlved il
this country, thought we were all doctors
because everybody took his hand and
asked after his health.
, 1877-08-10
The Best Photographs

On the Pacific Coast are now made at the
New York Gallery, No. 25 Third street, San
Francisco. Prices to suit the times.
j. II, PETERS, Proprietor.
, 1877-08-10

USE Burnham's Abietlne for Group, colds
sore throat aud hoarseness.
, 1877-08-10

A GREEN grocer-onewho trusts.
, 1877-08-10

USE Burnham's Abietne for rheumatism
and neuralgia.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-01-26
Fresh Laurels.

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beauty of Stitch, ease and rapidity of motion.
and completeness of display"
"a Medal and Diploma for the New
Wheeler d Wilson Sewing Machine For
Superior quality of work in Leather Stitch
ing"
S-A Medal and Diploma for Sewing Mach
inc Needle-Work. "a superb display Of
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Wilson Sewing Machines, exquisite in design
and finish from the lightest gauze to the
heaviest leather.s Send for circular 10
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MINE NovaoRoD FAIR-The great market
Of the Eastern world has been held at this
junction oftheVolga and Olga Rivers in Rus
sia, every summer for hundreds of years.
Here the nations of Europe and Asia meet
with their products for trade, Cossack, Chi
nese, Turk and Persian meet the German and
Greek with every variety of merchandise
that mankind employs, from sapphireS to
grindstones tea, opium, fur, food, tools and
fabrics, and last, but not least, medicines. j.
G. Aver IL Co.'S celebrated remedies from
America were displayed In an elegant bazar,
where the doctor himself might sometimes
be SEEN They are known and taken ON
Steppes of Asia rs well as the prairies of the
West, and are an efIectual antidote for the
North as well as the huts and cabins % the
Western continent Lincoln tiH.l Times.