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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

MONTENEGRO BRAvERY.-At the bat
tie of Rogami the Turks, with ten bat
talions, supported by seventeen pieces of
artillery, had succeeded in carrying by
surprise the hill which was the key OF
the position, aAd which was at the first
attack only held by fifty men. Bozo
Petrovich, who commanded the whole
district, arriving ut the battlefield found
the position SO strongly held that he de-
SPARED Of driving the Turks out, and,
calling Martinovics, commander of the
Cettinje battalion, said to him, ~ must
retreat; we can't hold the position"
The battalion commander said simply,
sGive me the order and in fifteen min
utes will be in the position or Dead"
"Go," said Bozo, and, yataghan in hand,
tie living bolt shot against the ten bat
talions of Turks and drove them from
the hill, and held it until two other bat
talions came up on right and left, and
drove the Turks in panic across the river.
There were few houses in Cettinje
where bereavement did not fall that day.
But the total force of the Montenegrins
engaged was four battalions and one gun
against ten battaliOns in the attacking
column, two more of supports within
musketry range, and seventeen guns.
The difference was made up by the yata-
ghans and the absolute indifference to
death of the mountaineers. Under the
eye and commands Of the Prince him.
self, there is no enterprise, even involv-
ing total destruction, that they would
hesitate at.-London Times Correspond-
emit.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Rules for MatrimOny.

Marry in your own religion.
Never both be angry at once.
Never taunt with past mistake.
Let kiss be the prelude of rebuke.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit OF
both.
A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.
II forgot" is never an acceptable ex-
cuse.
If you must criticise, let it be done
lovingly.
Make a marriage a matter of moral
judgment.
Marry into family which you have
long known.
Never make remark at the expense
Of the other.
Never talk at one another, either alone
or in company.
Give your warmest sympathies for each
others trials.
If one is angry, let the other part the
lips only for kiss.
Neglect the whole world besides,
rather than one another.
Never speak loud to one another un-
less the house Is on fire.
Let each strive to yield oftenest to the
wishes of the other.
ALWAYS leave home with loving words,
for they may be the last.
Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent from your own.
Never deceive, for the heart, once mis-
led, can never trust wholly again.
It is the mother who moulds the char
acter, and fixes the destiny of the child.
Let all your mutual accommodations be
spontaneous, whole-souled, and free as air.
Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation, or
sphere of the other.
Never reflect on past action which
was done with good motive and with
the best judgment at the time.
The beautiful in heart is a
million times of more avail as securing
domestic happiness, than the beautiful in
person.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

"OH, THAT MAKES DIFFERENCE
The old illustration of the difference
self-interest makes in deciding money
matter has been repeated countless times
since the spelling-book story about
"Whose OK was gOredV
A passenger on street-car line gave a
driver noted both for politeness and
shrewdness, five- dollar-bill, and asked
for change. The driver, as we are told,
gave him nine dollars and ninety cents
10 change. The passenger, on getting
out, informed him that be had made a
mistake. The driver answered it was too
late to verify; it was not their practice,
unless done Ut the time the change was
given.
But" insisted the passenger, ''you
must verify this time"
"No," replied the driver, II have had
that thing tried before. 1t is too late. v
"All right" WAS the response. 81
have four dollars and ninety cents here
which belongs to you. If you won't take
it, will keep it,"
"Oh, that makes difference" said the
Modified driver. "Thsnk YOU"
And be verified.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

THE Savannah Nescs believes that the
lands Of Northern Georgia are based upon
gold bearing strata quite fabulous in
its richness. At Dahlonegs last week,
directly after the falling OF heavy
shower of rain, q little barefoot street ur-
chin PANIED out fifteen or twenty large
particles Of gold from about half . gallon
Of earth, scrsped up in front of the Court
House door.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

EPIDEMIC typhus prevails in Constan-
tinople ~ 40 alarming extent. Ten thou
Sand persons are under treatment, md the
deaths have been very numerous. The
filthy condition Of the city, owing to the
total lack Of drainage, Il the cause Of the
disease.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Business PrOstratiOn in Germany

There is mnch distress in this city
among the working classes. In the man.
ufacturing faubourg of Oranienburg
about one-half of the operatives in the
factories and boundaries are out Of en-
ployment. Unfortunately, also, there is
a rise in breadstuffs and provisions gen.
orally, while, owing to the heavy munic-
ipal taxation, there is little abatement
in rents. In Northern Germany the
shipping interests are suffering from the
stoppage of the Black Sea trade, in
which there was profitable field of oc
cupation in the carrying trade. Berlin,
up to the war with France, was one of
the principal banking centers of the Con-
tinent. The immense indemnity levied
on France stimulated speculation to
fever heat. No enterprise was too gil
gantic not to be undertaken. Private
buildings in entire blocks were put up
as we'll as public edifces of all kinds,
The satirical journal here once offered a
reward for any new invention for the ap-
plication of capital, giving as a reason
that all known expedients had been ex-
hausted. Over-production and over
speculation produced their natural eff
fects. A leading banking institution
failed; next followed manufacturing
establishment, and then the crash be-
came general. To-day Berlin is covered
with the wrecks of speculative credu-
lily. Many of the millionaires of few
years ago are in a state verging on alb
solute poverty. The prOstration is 81
general that few have escaped unscathed
The Governments military reserve funds
are speciality, devoted to war purposes
and the protection of the empire against
invasion. They cannot be touched for
other uses. Could they be drawn on at
the present time, they would obviate the
necessity of imposing new burdens on
the people.-Berlin Correspondence Of the
PhilddeLDhta Prcss.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
HOmeric Warriors.

The Montenegro army is described by
a correspondent of the London Times.
Life at the headquarters of the Prince of
Montenegro is an Homeric study. When
in the morning the Prince appears, line
is formed instantly, and all uncover while
he takes mis- walk up and down the ter
race. AS he walks along the line, now
and then man runs forward, catches the
hand of his Prince, and kisses it, drop
ping back into his place, and then another
and another, the ruler accepting the hon.
age with a manner which has great fas-
cination for the supplemented folk-with
a smile, word of interest, and in some
cases question as to their affairs; for he
knows, it is said, every head of family
in his dominions personally and by name,
and occasionally breaks his promenade to
enter into conversation more seriously,
or even to provoke u general discussion,
when circle rapidly forms around him
to listen and take part. There is nothing
servile in their manner even to him, but
the most unbOunded reverence. 1t is q
favorite amusement of his to wake up the
emulation of the men by talking to some
one Of them of some heroic deed he has
done, and provoking comparisons, when
a contest Of pretensions, to equal or great
er merit begins, every man considering
himself entitled to push his claims, which
he does in no vainglorious way, but by
recountipg what he has done. AS they
are surrounded by witnesses of the deeds,
no man dares to exaggerate his exploits,
and the crowd confirms. These are the
warriors who are now renewing in West
ern Turkey the battle which they have
waged with the Turks for four centuries.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

LONDON is, perhaps more than any
other city In the world, the city Of hoe
pitfalls. There. are no lcss than eighty
eight hospitals IN that city.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

PREPARING FOR PossrRILITIEs.-Mr.
Benson was out in his garden Monday
dsubing coat of tar on the trunk of q
choice cherry tree, when his next door
neighbor, with whom he is not on very
good terms, came out and industriously
set to work mailing lath between the
pickets on the line fence.
IL thought I'd fix this tree 20 that your
dog wouldn't be able to get into it when
the cherries are ripe" sarcastically OBJ
served Benson, as the work went on.
"Yes, see," was the reply, land it re-
minded me that If the space between
these pickets was reduced, your cat
couldn't reach through and pick my
rsspberries.
A deep snd profound silence followed.
Fulton TiDses.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

TaE Boston public schools will hold
no sessions In very stormy weather.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

DANBURY Nescs: HE is q vegetable
dealer in Daubury. A lank parsonage,
spying his exhibit of rsdishes, asked
How much be them bunchr Twenty
cents Twenty centsr repeated the
citizen, in establishment. Twenty cents
for little bunch like them! Why, they
amt worth ten cents 1t was now the
vender's turn to be amazed. What are
you talking 'boutr he demanded, with
asperity. 'OGerin' ten cents for bunch
of rsdishes! Guess you amt heard Of
the war in Europe. hev vehf"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

A ooLoRED postmaster il now called .
blackmailer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
A War Correspondent at School.

The war correspondents OF the London
papers are having ample leisure to flirt
with the ROumanian maids and study the
country. News there is none; their dis
patches are very brief, and the Associated
Press Agent, who sees them all in print
every morning before he closes his nights
work for the New York papers, finds lit
tie to telegraph across the ocean; and
when they send letters they write about
anything and every thing except the war,
to say. A correspondent of The Standard,
for instance, writing from Bucharest on
May IA, devotes column to school for
little girls. The Asile Helene, or or
phanage, is an immense building, close
to the Villa Palace of the Prince, at
Cortoceni. 1t lodges $40 girls, of whom
40 are kept at the expense of private
individuals; the remaining 200 must be
foundlings or orphans, and the school is
always full. The uniforms of the school,
rough, yet not uncomfortable nor I'M
slightly, are all made at home, with the
household necessaries; while ladies who
require the most delicate embroidery can
have it furnished for them by girls who
6QOW t6tcuL tOI tlot CtuSS VI WOIAs no
idea is to supply all the Roumanian
schools with mistresses from this estab-
lishment. The amisble confidence be-
tween authorities and pupils was shown
by little incident. In one of the up
per classes q handsome girl was sum-
moned to recite IN French-with scanty
preparation. She broke down in spite Of
kindly aid from mistress and companions.
Gen. d'Avila, one of the ephors, who
was present, sent for q young pupil,
Of another class, who. acclaimed the
scene with remarkable ability. The
pleasant tone of the generals reprimand,
and the smiling manner Of all parties
concerned were sufficient proof of an ex-
cellent understanding. While the war
correspondent was visiting the orphan
age, Russian cavalry, artillery, and Co.'S
sacks were fling by, but he saw not one
young lady peep through the open win
dOws at that clanking, glittering caval-
cade. They sang, recited, answered ques-
tions with such graceful composure -
English girls seldom show.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
ChIOrOfOrming a Horse.

A curious operation was performed
by DR.. VIM. Hailes, Jr., at the request
of Mr.. Newton, upon valuable trotter
belonging to him. The horse is fine
animal, with a record of 230, but for
some time past it has been noticed that
when speeding him he labors under Il
difficulty in breathing, his throat ap-
pearing to be in some manner choked
up. Determined to ascertain the cause
and, if possible, remedy the difficulty,
the owner consented to an operation.
1t is well known that it is a very difficult
thing to cause horse to lie down, and
in order to obviate this, it was decided to
administer chloroform while the opera
ton was being performed. According
ly large quantity of chlorofOrm and
ether, mixed in equal parts, was admin
istered. The animal objected very
strenuously to the treatment, but was
finally, about ten minutes after the dose
had been applied, overcome and fell to
the floor. An incision in the vicinity of
the throat was then cut, and very
careful examination made, but nothing
could be found which would be likely to
hinder the breathing. 1t is supposed
that the trouble is in a membranous
thickening of the tissues of the throat,
for which, of course, nothing can be
done.-Albany IN. ~ Journal
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
A Story With a Moral.

Once upon time a young man was
convicted of q crime in this city and sem
fenced by Recorder Swift to the State
Prison for three years. he made an A
No. record in prison and was pardon
ed by Gov. Bagley a short time before
the expiration of the term for which he
had been sentenced. On his return to
Detroit, he found employment at 50 a
week in one of the largest wholesale and
retail houses in the city. He conducted
himself in an exemplary manner and he
began to believe that his lines had really
fallen in pleasant places, until one morn
ing an omineus message came inform
ing him that he was wanted in the pro-
prietor's private Office. Apprehensive
that his history had been disclosed, he
entered the Office with a heavy heart, but
resolved to meet the issue like man.
The proprietor stood by his desk hold
ing in one hand letter. His manner
indicated nothing of what was passing
in his mind, but with a deprecatory ges-
ture he handed the letter to his clerk and
told him to read it. The young man
glanced hurriedly over the letter "a cow
ardly anonymous production), which
was simply a recital of the dark episode
in his career.
ais that true?" inquired the proprie-
tor. ?
+" 1t is true" was the sad reply.
The merchants face lighted in an in
slant. He grasped the abashed and
trembling clerk by the hand and said to
him, ''You are the man l want. You
may draw S13 week from this time
until further notice, and at the first
opportunity / shall give you charge of a
| floor. | can trust a man who will face
the truth in this fashion and under these
circumstances, and you may count upon
a permanent situation so long as am in
| business. FFrfN
What that young man said in response
to this unexpected declaration of con-
fidence has not yet been told; but the
merchant, whose sense of justice and
love of truth were so signally illustrated
may be assured that he has gained 8
loyal friend, and earned the deathless
gratitude not only of that young man
but of all his family. 1t is an example
worth more than whole decades of i'm
priscnment.-Det Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
Fashions FOibles.

The old-fashioned reticule is in style
again, made of silk or velvet to match
the costume, and hung on the wrist by
handsome cords.
Delicate colors in flannel are taking
the place of white, and from present APP
pearances it may soon be as rare to see
any part of the under-clothing white as
1t is now to see white hosiery.
Dark shades are to be generally used
for fall suits; brown and bronze so dark
that they can scarcely be distinguished
from black; and very dark plum color
has replaced purple. Many of these
somber dresses will be trimmed with
white faille.
There is struggle between the regu-
lar French bonnet, which ties under the
chin, and the hat. The latter, small
and close fitting, and known in gen.
eral way as the face hat, will probably
win the day, American women general
ly disliking the trying effect of strings
in front.
Both young and married ladies are
again to wear dress caps; not little or
namental affairs perched on the crown
of the head, such as matrons have been
affecting, but genuine mob caps and
turbans, such as were worn by the beau
ties depicted on canvas by Sir Joshua
Reynolds.
Louise Chandler Moulton says that to
be properly dressed in the streets of
London woman must wear tiny bon
net hanging upon knot of hair, an i'm
mense crinoline, heelless boots, a black
lace shawl, and her front hair pasted
down over her cheeks like a horses
binders.
No women in the world spend so
much money for hosiery in proportion
to their other expenditures as the Amer
lean. Often S75 or even 800 a dozen
is paid for choice silk embroidered and
clicked silk and lisle-thread hose, and
even larger prices for those elegant nov
elites with point lace insteps inserted. s
The Rccamier style of hair-dressing is
a favorite autumn mode. In this the
hair is combed up from the nape of the
neck, and pouf of curls is placed at
the top of the head. The hair in front
is also combed upward, but the fringe
over the forehead remains, and may
hang cut straight across like a child's
or be arranged in light frizzes.
The chemiloon has reached Paris, and
they nickname it "the fig-leaf," be-
cause it is the fashion to wear no other
Undertaking at all. The absence of
petticOats or underskirts allows the
dresses to assume that clinging style,
the ultra-mode at present, and when the
dress is a soft, thin fabric, says a CORE
spondent, ooh! my! angels seem fit
ting about u.s."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04

and comfort of their home, and felt as
if death had borne her away. *
Henceforth Tom-who had learned a
lesson from his disappointment-chang
ed his feelings towards the Jews, and
looked tendcrly on every one he met, as
kinsman of Leah's, although. It was
tso late to atone for his cruelty 10 her.
Is it honoring the Savior to despise
His nation, and to scorn those whom
He called His own? Shall we not rath-
er love them for His sake, and show
them the beauty of His spirit in our own?
Mrs. J. d. Chaplin, in The Youths
Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

PICKLED PEACHES AND PLUMs.-To
pounds fruit, 5 pounds sugar, quart
vinegar, l ounce cloves, l ounce CHINA
mon. Scald vinegar and sugar 8 morn
lngs In succession, and pour on the fruit.
The third morning scald all together.
Potato DOUGHNUTs.-1 pint of mash
ed potatoes, l pint of sweet milk, l pint
OF sugar, l egg, piece of shortening as
large as an egg, 1 tablespoon of yeast ;
set to rise in half the milk; cloves; mix
thin, and cover with cloth till cool,
after cooking.
SWEET Picked TOMATOES peck
ripe tomatoes, peeled; pounds brown
sugar, quart cider vinegar, 1 ounce
stick cinnamon, ounce cloves; tie in
Swiss muslin bags; boil together until
well cooked; put the tomatoes in a
colander, keeping them as whole as
possible; boil the juice slowly 5 or 4
hours until thick; put the tomatoes
back; boil up once, with the spice out
of the bags; put in jars, and when cold
tie up.
SWEET PICKED PEARs.-To "a
pounds fruit 81 pounds sugar, II pints
vinegar, ounce cloves and cinnamon
each. If the pears are hard, boil till
nearly done in water, and then put in
the boiling strip to cook till done; but
if they are the sieckel or any ripe pear,
boil in sirup till silver fork penetrates
them easily. Take out and boil the
sirup half an hour, or less if it gets too
thin. Pour over pears while hot. When
cold tie up.
YINEGAR.-As good vinegar as any
one could wish may be made by mixing
part of good New Orleans molasses
with or times its measure of water,
and to commence it put in a little good
yeast; set it in a warm place; cover it
with q gauze or muslin to keep out the
flies and give it the air; stir it often, the
oftener the better, as it will acidify the
more rapidly, and in a few weeks it will
be sharp. 1t is nice for pickles. When
it is once started it is very little trouble
or expense to add to it and keep a sup
ply.
BRANDY PEACHEs.-Peel the peaches;
to every pound of fruit add E! pound of
sugar; to every pound of sugar add l
gill of water for the sirup; let it come
to q boil; put in one layer of fruit at
time boil minutes, then boil the sirup
Is or 20 minutes; drain off the reddish
liquor that oozes from them, and add to
the boiling strip. Put in glass jars that
have been heated with hot water. Take
2 cupfuls hot sirup and l cupful white
brandy and mix; pour this over the
peaches, and seal at once. Use same
recipe for egg plums.
SWEET PICKED CANTALOUPEs.-
Take ripe cantaloupes or musk-melonS
those that are too tasteless for eating
are quite as good; cut in the cores
lengthwiSe peel and lay in a stone jar;
cover with good cider vinegar, and let
stand "a hours; then take out; measure
the vinegar, less pints or 2 quarts
all of it makes too much sirup; to every
quart of vinegar, pounds of brown
sugar, J ounce each OF cloves, CHINA
mon and mace, whole; boil all together
till the melon is clear and easily pene-
trated with a silver fork take out and
lay in your jar; boil the sirup Is minutes
longer, and pour over melon while hot.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
Interesting Relics.

We were shown yesterday a pair of
old-fashioned dueling pistols which were
used by our fathers three-quarters of a
century ago, with the following history
They were once the property of Thomas
Jefferson, and were given by him to the
grandfather of Mr.. s. F. Hunter, former
" Sheriff of this county, and were by
him presented to the late Walter P.
Smith, from whom they have descended
TO his son, Mr.. Austin Smith, in whose
possession they are now. They are said
to have been the pistols used by Capt.
Barron and Commodore Decatur in the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
"Dad's Financiering."

A farmers wagon, in which were
seated q family of eight, yesterday drove
up to house on Beaubien Street, and
leaving his team at the curbstOne the
farmer knocked on the door, drummed
on the windows, and seemed determin-
ed to get in at every hazard. When all
efforts had failed he returned to the
wagon, hitched his horses, and the fam
lily sat down on the grass to wait. A lad
who had watched the performance
passed around the corner and suddenly
discovered the boy whose parents lived
in the house.
"Hcre-you-there's whole family
trying to get into your house!" he
shouted. --
Hush-shut up!" whispered the
other.
"But they are VISITORS" continued
the other.
"Don't 1 know all about it, growl-
ed the hiding boy" didn't mann and l
see 'em drive up, and didn't we seOot
out of the back door as the fellow came
through the gate? I'm here and MANS
over in that house, and we feel like
some one ought to boot dad all over
town."
"Why? What did your father dO?''
"What did he do? Why, he was out
in the country buying poultry and rags,
and he stopped at farmhouse, made
lem believe he was a distant relashun
and got his dinner for nothing. He
came home and told it as big joke,
and he grinned around for week, but
now l want to see him when he comes
up to dinner and finds them relashuns
squatted around the gate! Do they
show any signs of leaving?"
"Nary sign,' replied the other as he
climbed the fence.
"Wen, let 'em stick. Nam won't
come home, I'll be gone, and if this
turns out Black Friday for dad it'll
serve him right. Let's get where we
can see his knees wobble as he turns the
corner and sees his distant relashuns
covering half an acre of ground! -
Detroit Free Press.