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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

About mile from the center of Baby
Ion Village, Long Island, stands house
which has for some time been unoccupied
It was some time ago fitted up for the
occupancy of newly-married couple,
but shortly after they moved into it the
Young bride died, and the building was
again left vacant. Within few weeks
past, strange sounds and fitting lights
have been seen in the house; occasionally
pale, wan face would appear at one OF
the windows in the dead of night, and
piteous walls would issue apparently from
between the livid lips, and then the "per-
turbed spirit would wander from room
to room throughout the house, as if look
ing for something that could never be
found. Babylon enjoyed the sensation
of having "haunted house." Some of
the young fellows in the neighborhood,
however, were not superstitious to the
extent of being afraid to make an inves-
tigation, aud one night last week two or
three of them concealed themselves in
the building to await the GHOSTS" ap-
pearance. About the hour when church
yards yawn" one of the windows opened,
and his ghostship entered i'll very un-
ghostly manner, and commenced his usual
performance, his form being just distin-
guishable in the darkness. In the middle
of one of his most interesting acts the
concealed persons crept softly on all
tours to the spot, and suddenly grasped
him by the ankles, proceeding which
was followed by series of terrific shrieks
very human in their tone, and indicating
an agony of fear, and it was some time
before the bogus ghost was brought to
the point of believing that he had not
been seized by real one. The explana-
ton of his proceeding is found in the fact
that certain person was DESTROYS of
owning the house, but the proprietor re-
fused to part with it on the terms offered,
and this novel method was adopted by
the would-be purchaser to depreciate the
market value of the property. At pres
ent the laugh is against him.-NeU York
Times
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

CoNvERsATION.-French people regard
conversation as an art which may be ac-
quired-not as an Unborn talent. A we'll
known professor in Paris advertises to
''give lessons in the art of Onversation :
and if professors teach ladies, in youth,
how to walk gracefully, why not how to
talk in the same mannera For, although
everybody walks and talks, not more
than one in hundred do either, without
instruction, in manner calculated to
earn an honest compliment. The art OF
couversati N is realized as such in a mo-
ment by person unaccustomed to So
ciety, if suddenly introduced to gather
ing of intellect. However fluent in
speech and self possessed in manner
upon ordinary occasions, even the boldest
feel dismayed upon entering sphere
prevailed by an atmosphere of mental
culture. They cannot rise to the level
Of their surroundings. They have Ian
guage, and they may have assurance, but
they lack the buoysncy inspired by a
with the art Of conversation
just rs the untAught founderer in deep
water sinks, because with hands and feet
like his neighbor, he lacks knowledge
of the art Of swimming.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21
The Contrast.

When you see young man sitting in
a parlor, with the ugliest six-year-old
boy that ever frightened himself in the
mirror, clambering over his knees, jerk
ing his white tie out If knot, mussing his
white vest, kicking his shins, feeling in
all his pockets for nickels, and yelling
necessarily for him to come out in the
yard and play, while the unresisting
victim smiles all the time like the cover
of comic almanac, you may safely bet,
although there isn't the sign of girl ap-
parently in the radius of 10000 miles,
you can bet your bottom dollar that
bowling boy has sister who is primping
in room not twenty feet away, and that
the young man doesn't come there just
for the fun of playing with her brother.
They were very pretty and there was
apparently five or six years difference in
their ages. AS the train pulled up at
Bussey, out on the A. X. g. ID, the younger
girl blushed, flattened her nose against
the window, and drew back in joyous
smiles as a young man came dashing into
the car, shook hands tenderly and cor
daily, insisted on carrying her valise,
magazine, little paper bundle, and would
probably have carried her had she per-
mitted him. The passengers smiled as
she left the car, and the murmur went
ripping through the coach, They're
engaged" The other girl sat looking
nervOusly out Of the window, and once
or twice gathered her parcels together as
though she would leave the car, yet
seemed to be expecting some one. At
last he came. He bulged into the door
like house on fire, looked along the
seats until his manly gaze fell on her up
turned, expectant face, and roared, "Come
onl I've been waiting for you on the
platform for fifteen minutesw grabbed
her basket and strobe out If the car,
while she followed with little valise, q
bandbox, a paper bag full of lunch,
bird-cage, glass jar of jelly preserves,
and an extra shawl. And crusty look
ing old bachelor in the further end of
the car croaked out, in unison with the in
dignant looks of the passengers, They're
married "-Burlington HaWkeye.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

JERUSALEM cannot be regarded as an
important manufacturing center, in
asmuch as its leading industry is olive
wood carving. The chief manufacturer
of souvenirs recently informed CORES
pendent of the London Times that he
could not fnd employment for his work
men; the market was overstocked and the
number of pilgrims very small. The
German colonists are increasing in num-
Der and influence. In Jerusalem they
have opened the ruins Of the great
hospice of the Knights of st. John.
They have established colony at Caifa,
at the foot of Mount Carmel, and have
organized . service Of small carriages
from Jsffa to Jerusalem. They are also
constructing carriage way from Carmel
TO Nazareth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

BURYING FoRT.-Quite an original
method Of taking a fort is described in
Bidckscood's Magazine. In 1896, a large
Russian army besieged the Turkish fort
of Azof, which was situated on plain,
strongly fortified, and had small, but
we'll disciplined garrison. No common
approaches could be made to it, and the
Turkish cannon swept the level with iron
hail. In this case the engineering skill
of the Russians was baffled, but General
Patrick Gordon, the right-hand man of
Peter the Great, and the only one for
whose death it is said he ever shed tear,
being determined to take the place at any
cost, proposed to bury it with earth by
gradual approaches. He had . large
army; the soil of the plain was light and
deep, and be set twelve Thousand men to
work with spades, throwing up . high
decentralization Of earth wall before them
in advance. The men were kept in gangs,
working day and night, the earth being
thrown from one TO another like the steps
of stair, the top gang taking the lowest
place every half hour 10 succession. In
I've weeks the huge earth wall was car
ried forward nearly one mile, until it rose
TO and above the highest rsmparts and
the earth began to roll over them. This
caused the Turkish Governor to hang oct
the white dag, and give in. Had be not
done %, General Gordon woald have bur-
I'D the fortress.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21
A Partisan Sensation.

Paris sensation lovers are much inter-
ested in the case of the Widow GrOs,
known as Eugene DelacOur, who is now
in prison for having suborned an accom-
plice to throw vitriol in the face of her
lover, M. Rene de la Roche, in the hope
that by nursing him through his illness
she might induce him to marry her. Un-
fortunately for the success of her plot, the
matter was investigated by the police, and
the hapless young man, who is only TWEEN
ty-two years Of age, was rescued from
her clutches and placed under proper
treatment, which resulted in his prompt
recovery. Though he is much disfigured,
his eyes are safe-a great point in his IA
vor, as he was at first threatened with the
loss of them. 1t has recently been dis
covered that while he was under the care
of Madame Gros she mixed all the salves
and ointments prescribed for him by the
doctors with vitriol, SO as to hinder the
burned places from healing, and thus to
keep him the longer dependent on her
care. The whole story reads like the plot
of novel by Ponson du Terrail or Xavier
de Montepin. The wretched woman, who
was one of the most celebrated lorettes OF
Paris, has tried to starve herself to death
in prison and has to be fed by main force.
Sheh has lost all her we'll preserved beauty,
has become haggard, wrinkled, and gray
haired, and is a miserable object 10 be-
hold. - Philadelphia Telegrdphs Paris
COrvesD0ndence.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

THE cultivation of peanuts appears to
be on the increase in those States where
this plant succeeds best. The crop in
North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee
for 1915 10 reported to have reached
nearly 100000 bushels, and it promises
to be still larger for 1870-77. From
these statistics We may safely conclude
that there u either . large quantity Of
peanut oil made, or . good many peanuts
eaten b. oomehdy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

us, Colonel Tourtelotte, the gentleman
with the long fair beard" He is the only
son of his mother, and she is widow,
and the tender friendship which exists
between them is beautiful to see. Of
course, he is immensely popular, every
belle he comes in contact with being
anxious to break lance on the armor of
indifference in which he sheaths himself.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

EVEN garters of the popular colors are
now made. A pair costing 500 francs, In
cIuded in an imported trosseau, consisted
Of ruche Of Alencon lace, fastened with
crystal buckles, and studded with pink
and seSaw.oolorod bows.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21
BASEBALL is reaching the perfection

BASE BALL is reaching the perfection
of high art. In game between the
Harvards and Manchesters, last week,
there were twenty -four innings without
either side gaining run. At this rste
the game must soon become extinct. 1t
will reach the point which DR.. johnson
wished might be attained by the fashion
able music of his time-it will becOme
20 difficult - to be impossible.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

BE industrious, no matter in what
sphere you move, or what your calling.
1t does not require argument to prove its
utility. There is as much difference be-
tween industry and idleness as there is
between light and darkness, or between
honey and vinegar. Industry leads on to
labor and labor to wealth; whereas idle
ness glides into laziness, and it creates
want and misery. The sluggard lies abed
in the morning, whilst his industrious
neighbor is up by times plying bis hands
and thoughts on something useful and
ornamental, and is constantly on the
lookout for some lucrative or honorable
object. He soon attracts the attention of
respectable persons, aud should there be
anything to be done, every one knows
the individual who could or would do it.
By his Industry he has become easy in
his circumstances and il growing rich,
and 10 always cheerful, pleasant and
obliging.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

THIS kicking and pounding Of wives
10 getting too common IN New Englsnd
and New York. II Jon don't like your
wife there are plenty Of steamer running
70 Europe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21

GOOD MANAGEMENT.-If man has a
capable and industrious wife, it is aston
ishing how we'll he can live on small
income. Some men live better on fifteen
dollars week than their neighbors do on
twenty-five. The man does his part well
enough in the latter case, but his wife is
good for nothing. She will even upbraid
her husband for not living in as good
style as her neighbor, while the fault is
entirely her own. His neighbor has .
neat, capable and industrious wife, and
that makes the difference. So look out,
young men, before you go into matri-
mony. 1t is a lottery in which most men
can only buy one ticket, and if that turns
out blank, there whole life had better
be a blank, too. Luckily, no one need
90 into the welded state with his eyes
closed, as in the case of lotteries, and we
judge all who are sensible enough to use
their optics may blame themselves if
they do not draw prizes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-21
Strange Case of Insanity.

The New York Times of the 22d has
the following in regard to maniac who
was dragged to the Tombs, after hard
struggle with the police. His name is
Martin Higgins. He bought, on the 21st,
Germ on Chatham street, betraying no
striking traits during the several days of
negotiation. Saturday evening, in COM
pany with several at his new shop, he
suddenly exhibited a large number of
bills, varying in value from $40 to $500.
He then began to preach. offering his au-
ditors $40, then 800, then $1,000 each
to hear him for an hour. They were sim
ners. He was their savior. One of them
tried to leave the room, but he had locked.
the door. Two others attempted to 60,
and the maniac raved. He could save all
but one, but that one must be damned,
and he sprang across the counter for some
knives. They grappled with him and
calmed him. 1t was late and the light
went out. He hastily collected the waste
paper and lighted it, drew forth his
pocket-book and began throwing the
bills into the flames, burning several
hundred dollars. His associates then
bound him and gave him over to the po
lice. Over $4,000 were found on his per.
son, and his companions say that they
took bank books from him representing
from $4,000 to 100000. He is said t.
have made vast amount of money al
sugar raising in the South, but he has re-
Gently lived in Brooklyn. There is some
thing mysterious about last nights &C
tons, and the police hold the theory thai
he was robbed of much larger amount
than was found on him.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-04-05
Mus ben Staateu.
SIIinois 8.

SIlinois.
8esei9neno fir @aIesbnrs lit, bab
Die unternebmer Der 8eeder's 8orles
Jung oale!blt nod $21O Yrofit semadt
baben. Sn Yeoria bate 8ee4er nidt
cinmal lopid 3ustraft, UNI ben
Manaser i9ablos gu Iaiien.
@iseonfin
Sn Golius Yroirie purbe iiber fol-
senben Sab bsbattirt
8ei@loHen, bop bic Ser. Staaten
@eiete erlalien iouten, mel9e bic frsmba
Ginmanoeruns perbieten."
= 5n Tor Gate fel 9err g. 9optins
Der 8eiiyer bes .Imeriton 9ouie"
Saloon's pIobIid su 8oben uno nor
in tueniseu Minutcn cine 2eide.
= Sept wirb oaoon seipro&en cine
l4ma!lpurise GiIenbabn BON Stepens
Yoint nod Barasa, an 2ewanau 8ay
am oberen Gee, au bauen.
= Yiarrer @6lfel BON Sberela 1T
am Iebten Somltas Elm l6limmer I'm
fall s3u9eltoben. ST bate on bieism
Sage Nmtsseiddfte in 9omira Gentsr
,u6elorsen. Na4 9eenoisuns Der
ieIben trat CT in 1beiien's Saloon, un
oalelbit idneu einise 3eiIen fir einen
oarauf martenoen gotcu gu idreiben.
@dbrenb oes S9reibens bate Semano
bic serabe binter linn beinolide 6au=
tbiie sum Seller s%e0fnet uno oHen
iteben se!aIen. Ils nun Der Seer
gfarrsr mad 8eeroisuns Oss s9reibeus
baItis Suriidtrat, I'M Dem Yotsn oas
gyief9cn su iiberseben, i%tiirjtc er ourd
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-04-05
M(innelpta.

Gin @ersin sur Toroeruns Der Sieb*
Sudt tpuroe tiirSli9 in Owatonna orsa=
nijirt; bic @riiroer 3ei4neten Iofort Elm
Rapital BON $4,000. Sic bduHse
@iebertebr Der 9eui9reden in bicIem
Staate bat idon pie!e Garmer pcran+
labt, anbere 3weise Der 9anowirtb1daft
gu euItipiren aIs iid einsis aui Den
@ci5enbau gu perlesen.
Sn Glencoe ,purbe Die bortise
tatboIiids STRIDE Elm &aub Der Slam
men.
= Im oorisen Sonntas Mbenb
uurbe bic spii9en Gbspsnne unb ben
Ylad 9ias Iaufenoe Yoittuti9e unueit
0eaowooo BON elmer mastirten 8anoe
ansefa1en. Ser 5reiber ,purbe er=
i4oHen uno nur elmer Der YaKasiere
leiht perlpunbert. Sd Ylan Der
.&dubsr, Die Yoittut{9e unb bic YaNa-
siere gu herauben, mibIan9 sdnjIi9.
Die &duber iino bonn Sberif fir po=
se!frei e.tlart unb 1T auf lire ginbrin<
suns, toot ooer lebenbi9 cine 8slob-
nuns bon $500 ~ausseisst.
Sn &odeiter brannte bas ate IN.
ter Dem Namen stepen 9oule b%etanntes
Sotel ab. @erIuit "a, 900, 'uooon elm
S9eil oard otli@e Gompasnwn sebsdt
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-04-05

i@ MUIR iniofern, oIs chen Yadarb i'd
gum Meuberiten riiitet, ,udbreno NidoQs
bur@ isines @e9ners Wan0uer seSiuun'
gen 1T, baiieIbe Su tban. Yadarb bat
bereits cine itattli4e farbise Madt UNI
lid seiammelt, bod fardten f& Mt
dolls Greunoe uibt, ba iie, uis lie bs'
bauptsn. iomobl an 3nbl oIs on 9u&=
sis,eit ben @esnern nett iiberIssen iinb.
Mu4 rednen Nidolls' Jreunbe fart
auf Die 5Ilfe BON umIissenoen Staa'
ten, uno Dies mare bann Elm neler liio=
lider giirsertries. @er uirb oann,
wenn bieisr Jlarr BON padaro fort.
fdbrt, ben wiberipenitiseh MauIeieI au
~reiten, S9ulo an srOberen, fiber nidt
ausblsibenben @irren iein? = @ie
sldn,enb inoeb @adaro's sa@en in
Rem Orleans Itebsn, ssist Der I'm
itano, bab, nadoem idon friber meb=
rers ieiucr sepidtisiten Nnbdn9sr su
Nidols iibersctreten iino, nun ldon
pieoer brci Wit9lieoer oes @adaro'I@sn
6au{es lire siye in Der Midoas'iden
|2eaislotur c%innabmen uno oaielbit per=
eio;st wurben. Sic Namen Der brci
Ysritdnbisen iino Grons S. Sapp bon
st. 2anorp, 9. Sauies BON Soint
Coupe, uno ulse: 8omsro BON S6eria.
- Srot aler oieler untrii9Ii4en In-
,eiden, mobin has SOlt nit ieineri
@unldsn sieIt> bort Der beoaussns=
pertbe, tpanteImiitbise 9apes bod mebr
auf feline scbsimen @atbsebsr. Sbrem
Static folasno, mad)te ct bereits lett
@oden Saso auf MitsIisocr fir cine
|%1ouiFanaer Gommiilion. Gin neucr
%eturnins=g oaro iol ibm aus Der Eot=
l9e bslien. 2anse 3eit nabm es Dem
Gomprpmibprdlioentsn mtanner ,u bic
lem 3wsde ;u finben, ba fem an tanoi=
ger Mann gu elmer lolden S@sinpoli=
tit, bercn 3med blob pisoer in Der Mn'
sriennuns Yadaro's !iest, 9anb rsidcn
mclte. Dos bot aber benz O~berhaapte
Die Musen ni9t se0Hnet. Na3 uneno=
fiber Mube lit es Inn 'enoli4 selunt
gen, flint Greaturen gu finosn, me!tc
linn 81 @iaen Iiuo. Sbre @amsn bir=
fen natur!i4 benz @olte ni4t porent-
6alten meroen, "a oud lie nit FER 3eit
elm &e9t baben ,ueroen, unter ben
0iebsnamen Der perlhiebenen &etur=
ming 8oaros gu slanIen. sic beiBen :
General Soiepb i. 9aulcp BON Con-
neetieut, ". Me8eisb BON Yenniplpat
MEN, Ggsoupsrneur 5. s. Broun BON
5snneKee, General 5. M. Spartan BON
2cntudp, unb &i9tsr IS. 9. 2a>prenes
pon SIinois. = Sielcn lit alIo Der
san3e Srubel aufsebaIst, nnb ibrer
Gntideiouns miro li@ Die oes pI'fiisen
6apes untsrmerfen. @arten mir alIo
ab, mag oa mieoer sebaden mirb. Ser
SUDDEN mag a~usfalen, ,uie CT mill, 9e<
9cieu wirb Ct tperoen. : Cines aber
9lauben mir nod bemerten Su miilen
@snn &utberforb .. 9aDes nidt balo
auf cine feitere 9altuns eingebt gu Der
sr bel ieinsr Nntrittsreee 9oHnuns Sab;
!uenn er ni9t balb nit jenen @erl6w0=
rern Morton, Blaine uno Gbanoler
bridt, unb guar gang uno gar bridt i
lpenn CT nit leiner Sdautelpplitif fort
fdbrt, bas 9olf an ber Nale bcrum;u=
fiibren, 10 glauben mir, oaB Sopfen
uno Mial5 an linn oerlpren lino, uno
oab ct Elm nod nidtswiiroi9eres ODER
baupt Der Nation iein miro, als leIblt
jsin peradtetcr Norsanser mar.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-04-05


Das 6euer ereritf aud Elm Mo4.
barbaus, ,pel9es ebenfolls 3erit6rt
- 3srrp, Der cine Der beiben unIdnsE
'peeen freezer unb lang fortseiettsr BE-
bon @sIobriefen perurtbeilten
bes 81. *auler Yoitamts, 1T
auf 8etrieb ieiner. Tamilie uno beg
sobIrei9sm Mnbauss oerlelben BON
Yraibent 9opes besnobist uoroen,
radoem ct einen ioum nennenswertben
She'll ieiner CITRATE ab9eiefen. Sein
MitiduIoiser &ele9 oasessn, Der feline
uotnebme @erwanbtldaft bat, Tam
,peiter Drummer.
- Mus Sc Sueur County mirb Be-
ridtet. oob bic neue Yot Office 3u Sc
Sueur Centre in Ban 8urtins 9otel
oaielbit er0Hnet tpuroe, uno oab man
aud bic @ieoererOfnuns Der Yot=
Office su ct. 9enrD er,uar!et.
Ser v@arben" bes Staats9c.
fdnsniNes in Stitlmater erbielt bieier
Gage mebrere Briefe in ueldem inn
anse,eist tuurhe, bab binnen fur=
sen Der @eriu4 gemadt tueroen
miiroe bic .Dounser Bros" ~ befreien.
@aroen &eeo lit aber niat leidt .3u
b%ullooien; ct lit ,u jcoer 3eit nit ieiner
@ade bersit, 8efreiern einen re9t mar
men Gmpfans gu bereitsn.
- Ser Miiiiiippi lit bel @abaiba
10 nieoris, baB bic e@iHabrt s~ii&sn
oa unb @inona mabrideinIi4 fir
3sit tpiro einseitslt weroen miil=
ZEN.
- Gin &aub beg Teuers murbc bas
@obnbaus zines 9rn. @eGartp in 81.
@srluit $4,000.
- Sobn Momer, msldsr frlber an,
st. GIsuo 9spot anselteat NOR, wurbe
Yennip!uanien tuegen 8etruss in's
Stoatsjudtbaus seitedt.
9eui4reden.
BON perj1iebenen Seiten piro uns
mitsetbsilt, Dap bic @euidredensier
9r6btentbeils our9 ben Iesten Groit ger
tort ,porben leien. @ruuo, wel9er Dor
Dem Jroite unteriudt wuroe, wimmelte
BON bslasten Giern uno Die @drme
iie aus. @runo aber, tpelder
nod Dem lebten Jroite pom ielben
ME friiber, bereinsenommen uno
an's Geucr sebra4t muroe, entbielt
pobl mnSdbI;se Gier, agein trot Der mo-
ben @Grme troden oo9 teine lebsnbige
beraus. sc lit oemna9 anju-
oaB Der Grult Die Srut gum
3beile uertiIst babe. = @ir
uno wiinI4en es.
= 9err Greo. 8uIiel, Elm G%inwobner
BON Saut Gentre, wuroe Dor einisen
pom II. g. MarI9aI mad ct.
ab9ebolt, oa sesen i'm cine &lase
es babe ocrlelbe BON Sen Snbia.
,er= Yonps ettpelde unre6tmabi9er
annsrirt. 9err &uHel. Der Elm
.utes @etpillen bate, foIste wilis. Sn
st. 9auI aber itsate es lid beraus, oab
sic Rlase cine rein erfunoene mar. SEER
ourfte mad 9auie 3uriidtebren
S,:on M,,SIo.n, SnJcH kn-oLIo~