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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18
A Fearful Voyage.

Capt. Grape and his wife, who arrived
at Penzance on July 22d, from New Bed
ford, lin the smallest boat that ever crossed
the Atlantic, had a most tedious and per-
ilous voyage of forty nine days. The
drouge which they took with them was
found to be of little use, because it was
too light. While off the Banks they saw
key floating, which luckily they were
able to secure. Capt. Grape knocked off
the iron hoops, and with some canvas
made new drogue, which answered ad-
mirably. During the voyage the rudder
broke, but happily there was spare oar
on board, which was used until the first
could be repaired. The seas were run
ming mountains high, and during all that
time, even when lying down to rest, they
had to lie on wet clothes-everything be-
ing wet on board. On one occasion the
captain was for seventy hours steering
without relief, the weather being so fright
full; and on another he was eighteen hours
cOnsecutively attending to the drogue
Capt. Grape says he could not stand an
other fifteen days; indeed he had not
slept for seventy hours when he landed.
His average of sleep while going across
was under four hours day. Among the
many extraordinary things connected
with the voyage is the fact that it had to
be run by dead reckoning, as the craft
was not equal to a chroRometer. An in
dignant "Briton" writes to one of the
London newspapers that if the captains
wife, who during the last three days of
the voyage was so i'll as to be unable to
render any assistance, had died in British
waters, Mr.. Grape would have been NOR
ally guilty of manslaughter. He trusts
that Grape will not be made much of in
England after having exposed a woman
to such thoughtless hardship and suffer.
ing.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18
Mems Love and Self-LOve.

Girls are sometimes admonished not to
tiirt, because, however pleasant it might
be to them, it might break the heart of
those with whom they f1irt. Nonsense.
have heard of victims of blighted af-
lection, but never yet have l came across
one. Time, in this sort of matters, works
wonders. l doubt whether any man
ever yet died of broken heart. Men
are more vain than women. There are
exceedingly few of them who are not
fattered by the idea of some woman
falling in love with them. The lady for
the moment affords them this gratifica-
ton Of self-love. She makes herself as
agreeable as she can. If the vanity of
the man leads him to believe that she
has fallen victim to his charms, this is
his fault, not hers. The illusion has
raised him to the seventh heaven for a
brief period, and. if the period be short,
he has been the gamer. In one of De
Demands novels he describes an old cap
tain who lives supremacy happy because
he tancies that, years ago, some girl died
of a broken heart because he had de-
slined to marry her. He carries about
her portrait, and on all occasions takes
it out ard weeps over it. One day, how
ever, he meets the girl, who had not
died, but had married grocer, and for
COTTON all about the captain. He is in
despair. He can no longer indulge in
the luxury of grieving over the sad fate
of the object of his youthful affections.
Flirt on, then, young ladies, and do not
imagine that the amusement will break
the heart of any one. 1t may wound the
amour propre, quite likely, and where
this is the only amour the mass has, the
blow may stagger him. But it will
do him good, show him his real selfish
ness.-Uome Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18
Pictures of Memory.

Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on Memory's wall,
Is one of dim old forest,
That seemeth best of all;
Not for its gnarled oaks olden,
Dark with the mistletoe;
Not for the violets golden
That sprinkle the vale below;
Not for the milk-white lilies
That lean from the fragrant hedge,
-Coquetting all day with the sunbeams,
And stealing their golden edge;
Not for the vines on the upland,
Where the bright red berries rest:
Nor the pinks, nor the pale isweet cowslp,
1t seemeth 10 me the best.
] once had a little brother,
With eyes that were dark and deep;
In the lap of that dim old forest
He lieth in peace asleep.
Light as the down Of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow,
We roved there the beautiful summers,
The summers of long ago;
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And one of the autumn ewes.
/ made for my little brother
A bed of yellow leaves.
Sweetly his pale arms folded
Ny neck in a meek embrace
As the light of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face;
And, when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the tree tops bright,
He fell, in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the gates of light.
Therefore of all the pictures
That hangs on Memory's wall,
The one of the dim old forest
Seemeth the best of all.
Alice Cary.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

WHERE DANIEL BOONE DIED.-Daniel
Boone died at the house of his son, Ma
jor Nathan Boone, on Femme Usage
Creek, st. Charles County, Mo, on Sep
TENDER 20, 1920, in the eighty sixth wear
of his age. The next day his remains
we're moved to the house of his son-in
law, Flanders Galloway, near Marthas.
vile, Warren County, where, after fu-
neral sermon by Rev. James Craig, a
son-in-law of Nathan Boone, they were
inferred on the summit of beautiful
knoll on Teuque Creek, about one mile
southeast Of Marthasville. The house
a two-story stone building, and the first
of its kind erected in the State-is vet
standing and occupied as a dwelling.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18
Who are the COSSackS?

The important part played by the Cos
sacks in the present war between Russia
and Turkey suggests the pertinent in
quiry, Who and what are they? First
let US say that the term Cossack is of
Turkish origin, and means bber;-the
Cossacks, whatever they were five centu-
ries ago. are something else than band
OF robbers. The sO-called Stree Cos
sacks" lived on the debatable lands be-
tween Poland and Russia on the east and
Russia and Turkey on the southwest.
Each one of the rivers flowing southwark
the Dnieper, the Don, the Volga and
the Ural-was held by community of
these Cossacks, and no one, whether Chris
tian or Tartar, was allowed to pass through
their territory without permission.
Though really Russian by origin, Ian
glaye and sympathy, they became mixed
with the Tartars, and though protested
champions of Christianity and haters of
Islam, they concern themselves very little
about religion and do not submit to &C.
cesastical authority. They are wild,
like the Bashi- Bazouks, but better dis
cplined and far better soldiers. They
profess allegiance to the Car, but only
obey him so far as suits their pleasure.
The territory of the Cossacks constitutes
a province of European Russia of over
$4,000 square miles about as large as the
State of Georgia., with a population of
about 1,75O,000. Until recently they
elected their own officers and were free
from taxation; now, however, this has all
been abolished Their Ataman is the
heir apparent to the Russian Crown, and
the system of popular election of officers
has given place to regular promotion &C
cording to rules elaborated in st. Peters
burg. Exempt from taxation, they are
obliged to equip themselves in war, when
all men from eighteen to fifty years Of
age are obliged to serve. They used q
lance ten to twelve feet long, carbine,
pistols and sabre. Since the present war
broke out, however, they have been in
duced to abandon the lance, and are now
equipped with breach-l loading carbines,
short swords and revolvers, making them
terrible enemy. They are now thor
oughly disciplined, and their onset in
battle is something as terrible to behold
as effective in results. The Cossacks re-
gard themselves, and despite conflicting
opiuiOus arc 'Ciy Sonc'oiiy icsoiuCu Al
Russia, as the most valuable of the Cars
troops, capable Of reforming anything
within the bounds Of human possibility,
and good deal that lies beyond that
limit" "More than once" writes Mr..
Wallace, "Cossacks have assured me that
if the Gar had allowed them to fit out a
fotilla of small boats during the Crimesn
War they would have captured the Eng
lish fleet as their ancestors used TO cap
ture Turkish galleys on the Black Sea-"
In 1870 there were 1s3,0O7 Cossacks,
including officers, enrolled in the Russian
service, forming chiefly cavalry and serv-
ing with the artillery. In times of peace
they subsist on fishing, hunting, cattle
breeding. marauding and agriculture
The Cossack with his horse is the free
child of the steppe, with rowing spirit,
fond of adventure. He Is hardy, endur.
| ing, courageous and intrepid. He shuns
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

GOOD MoRNINa.-Dop't forget to saw
"good morning!" Say it to your par
ents, your brothers and sisters, your
schoolmates, your teachers-and say it
cheerfully and with a smile, it will do
your friends good. There's q kind of in
SEPARATION in every "good enorning,"
heartily and smilingly spoken, and helps
to make hope frcsher and work lighter.
1t really seems to make the morning
good, and to be prophecy of good day
to come after it. And If this be true Of
the "good morning." it is also true of all
kind, heartsome greetings. They cheer
the discouraged, rest the tired one, and
somehow make the wheels of life run
smoothly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

no danger, fears no foe, and will fight so
long as he has an arm for raising a sabre
or finger for pulling the trigger.
These are the men who constitute a
large and important body of the Russian
army, who have just distinguished them
selves by overlapping the barriers of the
Balkans, and whose services will form no
insignificant element in whatever sue
cesses Russia may achieve in the present
war
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

THE use of wster-crest, as an article of
diet, is extremely ancient, and very ex-
tensive now in most European countries.
Of it, 81 800 worth day is used in Paris
alone, and in London it is estimated that
from twelve to fifteen hundred people
gain livelihood by selling it in the
streets. 1t has powerful anti-scorbutic
properties, is an excellent ingredient in a
salad, and forms an appetizing relish
either raw or as an adjunct to various
cooked dishes. From the middle of the
sixteenth century, it has been cultivated
artifcially at Erfurt, Germany, whence
Berlin and many towns along the Rhine
draw their supplies of it. Here it might
be advantageously naturalized in every
brook according to the method described
waited as wholesome and appetizing addi-
in late issue of the Rural, and cult
ton to the far too limited number of our
salad plants.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

THE aggregate of the silver coin issued
to the LIST inst. is $34, 1885, 900. The frac-
tional currency redeemed amounts to
$sl $4,000, leaving $ls,6s2,00O out
standing.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

NEVER taunt with . past mistake.
, 1877-04-29

MANUFACTURERS STOCK
OF
DOllllallS G Suits
Soc ON THE DOLLAR.

$50 nolmans at 81 and S., former price SO and
$l2.
100 Dolmans, extra quality, at SO, 81, and 50,
worth from 912 to 318
200 Sample Linen snits 1t g. p. S. rs, 50. So so,
81, aud s., half regular price.
100 Circulars at 81 and s.. worth S8 to $40.
200 doz Ladies' Chcm1se a rs, 371x, and SOC,
worth so, 05, and 75c-
200 doz Corsets at Csc. former price CSC.
300 doz French Woven Coraets (Job Lott, colored,
at SOC, worth D0c.
200 doz Challenge Corsets At Csc, cheap At 81. 25
50 pcs Stripe Silks, from auction, at IS, TO- and
75c. extraordinary bargains.
125 pcs Black Silks at 65, TO- rs, so, 9oc and 81,
less than imposters price.
800 pcs Black GRENADINES at Is, 80, IS, and
40c, from auction. half price.
50 pcs Iron Frame Grcnadine, two yards wide at
81 and 81. 25. worth Sc and Sc. so.
800 pcs Black all-wuol Caahmeres at IS. So CO.
70. and 75c, the cheapest ever offered from
auction. 49,,
l, 600 doz Ladies' Full Regular White Cotton hose
ut 10, 20. 22, and Csc, less than cost to i'm
2, o06 Lialc and Berlin Gloves at 12n, Is, IS. 90
aud CSC, worth 20 to SOC.
s, 600 Cation aud Scotch Cambria parasola at 12H.
Is. Is, 20, IS, IS, and soc, less than manu-
facturers' cost
10, 600 Silk and Serge Paraaols At 81, S.
$3.50, $1.75, aud Sc, worth double.
1000 Carton Flowers from S. 10, 12H, Is, 20, rs,
IS, and SOC sprny, one third their value
$50 cascs Straw Hats, from auction, Mt half value
BAN ANKRUPT LOTS
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30
Opposed to the Match.

Recently NJ. de G.. was escorting his
young daughter Of eighteen through the
Bots de Boulogne, in Paris, when sud-
denly the horse which the young lady
was riding took fright and started at
such rapid pace that Notwithstanding
her fathers exertions he was unable to
overtake it. His daughter seemed
doomed to inevitable death, when cap
tail of the hussars made vain attempt
to seize the reins. He was not dis
couragel, however, and with wonderful
presence of mind and remarkable pluck
drew his revolver, fired, and brought
the horse down breaking one of his legs.
The young lady fell and dislocated an
arm. Here ends the story. But why
should it end here? The story to be
more romantic should end with the union
of the young lady and her gallant res
cuer, unless he were already welded or
that the young lady's hand is already
promised. But there is opposition on
the part of the father, who says: 81
will never give my consent to my daugh-
ter's marriage with man who breaks
the leg of horse which did him no
HARM"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30
Stop at Leland's. Ocean Hotel, Long
Branch, and get the best accommodations
at reasonable price.
"The Conflict of Ages.o


Men differ on nearly every ISSUE There have
always been opposite parties i'll politics and
religion, though the measures fought over one
day may be universally adopted at another,
and those sacrificed regarded as heroes and
martyrs. Medicine has also been subject to
revolutionary disturbances. When Drs. Harvey
and Jenner announced their discoveries, they
were held in contempt and ridicule by an in
credulous and ignorant public, yet to-day they
are received and honored by all as benefactors.
When DIR. Pierce announced his Discovery,
many seemed to donbt, and were skeptical con-
corning all medicines and doctors, but proof of
merit has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the
Golden Medical Discovery is the standard
remedy in curing the most obstinate diseases
of the liver and blood, having almost entirely
superseded the old time sarsaparillas by reason
OF its superior merits.
Norwich, Chenango Co., N Y, Nov. 8, 1876.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.:
was afflicted with scrofulous affection on
one of my legs. 1t was very troublesome for
over two years. so much 80 that could not
wear boot, and had to keep my leg BAN
daged. 1t resulted in raw sore. 1t got so bad
that 1t became general talk that Iwoud have
to undergo amputation of the limb. One physi-
clan told me he never saw such sore cured.
commenced taking your Golden Medical Dis
covery together with your Pellets a. directed
on the bottles, and when had consumed six
bottles Of Discovery my leg was entirely well,
and has remained SO ever since-a period of
over two years, and l would not swap it for
fifty wooden legs. Yours truly
JouN SHArTuCK.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

The rigorous CONSUMPTION laws Of
Nicholas, the car Of Russia, father OF
the present ruler, naturally gave rise to
not few strange and romantic episodes,
one Of which is we'll worth quoting il
only as q proof that the "soldier en-.
peror," tyrannical as he undoubtedly
was, had his moments Of kindness and
generosity. When he was at Warsaw,
shortly before the outbreak of the Cri-
mean war, in the course Of one Of his
flying journeys through Russia, the
officer Of the day came to inform him
that woman waited without who wished
to present n petition TO him. The car
babe him admit her, and Polish woman
entered, clad in deep mourning. In II
voice broken with tears she told her
story. She was widow with an only
son, who had been torn from her to serve
in the army in direct violation of the
law excepting the only sons of widows
from liability to enlistment. Nicholas
heard her patiently to the end, and babe
her return on the morrow, assuring her
that her case should be carefully con.
sidered. The recruiting officer who had
been concerned in the alleged onense
was next summoned, but the latter as
serted that the whole story was pure
fabrication that the widow had in
reality two sons, of whom he had taken
the eldest, and that tho complaint was
merely ruse on the mothers part to
keep both her sons at home. In this false
hood he boldly persisted when confront
ed with the woman on the following
morning, perceiving this to be his only
chance of escaping detection. Nicholas
looked decidedly nonplussed, and the
staff officers began to exchange, in eau
tious whispers, various jocular illusions
to the judgment of Solomon. But sud-
denly the emperor's marble face lighted
up, and, turning to the recruiting officer,
he said with ominous suavity "You are
ready to swear, then, that this woman
really has two sons, and that you have
taken the eldest?" IT swear it, your
majesty" answered the unabashed Of
ficer. "In that case" rejoined the car,
with q grim smile, which showed how
thoroughly he appreciated the situation.
"Russia must not lose soldier give
back the son that you nave taken and
enlist the other one!"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30
Fun OH the Farm.

The following is from Moorc's Rural
Nep Yorker: "We often hear the re-
mark: what dull life farming must
be p or Who would live in the country,
where there are no opportunities for
fun? Well, then--if you want to know
what genuine fun is, just pitch in and
help to break pair of three-yearold
steers. First you catch n steer and tie
him up by the head to post in the
barnyard. Then you catch the o Der
one and put n rope round his horns.
Then your dad gets the yoke, and, be-
tweel. you two and the hired man you
get it fastened on their necks. Then
the old man tells you to unite the rope
get tly while he and the hired man holds
the critters. just as you slip the knot,
away go the steers with a bawl and bel
low-or rather pair of bellOws-and
there arises before your vision confused
mixture of horns, heels, tails, ropes,
dad, hirel man and curses on your stu
pidity, that reminds you of the picture
of volcanic eruption in the old geogra-
phies. And that's only the beginning of
the fun. Bye-and-bye. dad gets hold of
one end of the rope and the hired man
gets hold of the other, and run races
down the lane-the steers meek and
neck, and the old man performing the
curse on the serpent. Then there is the
time in haying, when dad undertakes to
show you how to NOV over a humble
bees nest. He 'ain't 'fraid O these bees
nor needn't be-jest go right along
they never sting unless you fight EN-;
and then whish = get out o the way |!
and dads swath comes to a sudden stop
and he departs for the house and harris.
horn on dead run, at the business end
of a dozen yellow-legged bumble-bees.
Oh, no /! there isn't no fun on farm"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

which flooded the valley, The Aood
hurleddown rocks and trees-swept away
1872 Of the largest monarchs OF the forest.
and plowed through the valley M II n
hundred Trojan horses were drawing the
Pyramids behind them. A thousand
such storms may have plowed ont the
valley aud left the rocky domes piercing
tho sky ten thousand feet above the
Pacific,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

That should be attacked the instant he shows
himself. Don't wait. At him before his nails
are own, and wipe him out. The great al
terative and invigorant Of the age, Hostetter 5
Stomach Bitters, will speedily infuse such
healthful tone into your organism that it will
be enabled to successfully resist future attacks.
The Bitters prevent and remedy chlls and fever
and bilious renittents, and eradicate dyspepsia,
constipation, liver complaint, rheumatic all
ments, urinary and uterine difficulties. 1t is par
tcularly beneficial when the system has been
drained of its vitality, or is inherently deficient
in strength. The nerves gather from it both
yigor and tranquility. But while it imparts
strength and gives wholesome stimulus to
the animal economy, it does not undu'y excite
it like the cheap exhilarants sometimes resorted
to under the erroneous impression that they
can inyigorate.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Afarmlaborer near seilhac, in France, while
blowing somewhat deeper than usual, found
his pillow arrested by what he thought stump.
II proved to be an OK hide filed with gold
pieces Of the reign Of Francis l., worth ee0, 600
for their weight alone, without reckoning Their
special value Is rare coins.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

MEssRs. D. W. HATCH & Co.. We have been
selling your Universal Cough Syrup about eight
years, and find it gives the best satisfaction Of
any preparation for coughs and colds that we
have ever solo, and from the time Of its first
introduction in this market we have sold much
larger quantities of it than any o.her similar
preparation. Yours truly,
SAWYER q LYONS. Hornellsville. n. Y.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Important to all Invnlids. Iron In the Blood.
The Peruvian Syrup, protected solution of
the protoxde of iron, strikes at the root Of
disease, by supplying the blood with its vital
principle or life element-iron. This is the secret
Of the wonderful success Of this remedy in cur
ing dyspepsia, liver complaint, dropsy, chronic
diarrhea, boils nervous affections, chills and
feyers, huniors, loss of constitutional vigor,
diseases of tho kidneys and bladder, female
complaints, and all diseases originating in a
bad state OF the blood, or accompanied by
debility or a low state of the system.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

OF honest trade. When YOU buy booisy Yeast
Powder for sale by all grocers, you get perfectly
full weight, just ~ marked on the cans, and
beside that al article made Of the very best
and purest material, so that the strength can
always be trusted.
Information worth thousands 10 those out Of
health. Self-help for weak and nervous sut-
forers. Facts for those who have been dosed,
drugged and quacked. The new Health Jour
nal teaches all. Copies free. Address, Elec-
tric Quarterly, Now York.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly
give their Endorsement to the use Of the Graef-
enberg- Marshalls Catholicon for all female
complaints. The weak and debilitated find won
derful relief from q constant use of this valu-
able remedy. Sold by all druggists. $3.50 per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co.,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Rufus Choa,e once said that, when he had
been on the Rhinstw days, he knew the whole
river peffsetly-eeuldnt hsvs known II better II
30 lad bssn drowned IA H.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30
In Vino VERITAS.

After nine years experience have decided to oner
gallon single ut greatly reduced prices These
Wines delicious for family use, Wills their strict
mental PURPOSES tral only necessary to sh1w ths,,
Prince" the choicest American champagne, .
specially. Send for circular and price list TO- ~,
'CHAMBERITN Il co. - Murray st, New YORK
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Who was il that declared that the begin
ming and ending Of a chickens life was a
hstehet7
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Biii usaess and Headache
Cured by taxing Quirk Irish Tea. Price 70 cts.
per package. Sold by druggists
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30

Its sale extends to every portion Of the
country. There is only one genuine Pond s
Extract for pains and infiammations.