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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
The Value Of Pluck.

1t is this pluck, this bulldog tenacity
Of purpose and stubbornness of persever
ance, that wins the battles of life
whether fought in the field, in the mart
or in the forum. ut is the half. a-nech
nearer that shows the blood and wins the
race; the one march more that wins the
campaign; five minutes more of I'm.
yielding courage that wins the fight. .
History abounds with instances of doubt
full battles or unexpected reverses trans
formed by one mans stubbornness in to
eleventh-hour triumphs. It is opinion,
IS De Maistre truly says, that wins bat
ties, and it is opinion that loses them.
The battle of Marengo went against the
French during the first half of the day,
and they were expecting an order to re-
treat, when, Dessaix, consulted by Napo-
leon, looked at his watch, and said: 'The
battle is completely lost, but it is only
two o'clock, and we shall have time to
gain another" He then made his ia
nous cavalry charge, and won the field.
Butcher, the famous Prussian general.
was by no means a lucky leader. He
was beaten in nine battles out of ten
but in marvellously brief time he had
rallied his routed army, and was as formi-
dable as ever. He had his disappoint-
ments, but turned them, as the oyster
does the sand which annoyes it, into q
pearl.
Washington lost more battles than he
won, but he organized victory out of de-
feat, and triumphed in the end. 1t was
because they appreciated this quality of
pluck, that, when the battle OF Canine
was lost, and Hannibal was measuring
by bushels the rings of Roman knights
who had persisted in the strife, the SEN
ate of Rome voted thanks to the defeated
general, Consul Terrentins Varro, for not
having despaired of the republic. In
the vocabulary of such men there is no
such word as "fail." Impossibilities,
so-called, they laugh to scorn. "Impossi-
ble!" exclaimed Mirabeau on certain
occasion, ''talk not to me of that block
head of a workv' "Impossible!' echoed
the elder Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham,
in reply to colleague in Office who told
him that certain thing could rot be
done: 81 trample upon impossibilities -
Before such men mountains dwindle into
mole-hills, and obstacles that seem un-
conquerable are not only triumphed over,
but converted into helps and instruments
of success, by their overwhelming will.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
Difference in Tastes.

1t is we'll known that cookery varies in
different countries-even in separate por-
tons of the same country, in fact. 1t
was Southey who, in speaking of man
who protested to be able to eat any thing
which was at all palatable, said: HE
will readily accept sausages for breakfast
at Norwich, Sally Lunns at Bath, sweet
butter in Cumberland, orange marmalade
in Edinburgh, Finden Haddock at Aber-
deem, punch, with beefsteak or frogs,
with the French, squad pie in Devonshire,
sleeps head with the hair on in Scotland,
potatoes roasted on the hearth in Ireland,
picked behring's with the Dutch, sour
krout with the German, macaroni with
the Italians, anise-seed with the Span
iards, garlic with anybody, horsehesh
with the Tartars, ass flesh with the Per-
slams, dogs flesh with the northwest In
dams, curry with the Asiatic East Indians,
birds nests with the Chinese, mutton
roasted in honey with the Turks, pismire-
cake on the Orinoco, and turtle aud ven
ison with the Lord Mayor in London
the latter dishes being more acceptable
than any, however. In travelling through
the United States, one requires an appe-
mans The food of New England is
simple, palstable and wholesome, with
parativey few dainties. AS one
comes toward the Middle States, the va
riety thought necessary for each meal in-
creases. Breakfast is almost as elaborate
and hearty as dinner should be; and
the evening meal is really supper, not
the simple tea" as New England people
understand it, or as they once understood
it. Further West, where game is plenty,
two or three kinds of meat, rich with
cream and butter, and chickens, and also
wild birds boiled, broiled, stewed, fried,
fricasseed, or done up in cream, with here
and there dish of fish, cover the table.
Both in the South and West food is very
richly prepared, unfortunately for the
health of the people; for, though palat-
able, 1t requires a stomach of cast iron to
digest them. Imagine the effect of din.
ner of fish and potatoes, fried iu bacon
fat, eaten with hard-b boiled eggs! Yet
such repast is often served ia boarding
houses and railroad stations But, on the
other hand, where do we find such deli
cious corn-bread as they make in the
Southern Statcs7
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
By Railway Up Mt. Washington.

The railway might have suggested
Jules Verne's Journey to the Noon, and
is such miracle of engineering that it
will be pity if any visitor to the mount
aims misses ride over it. The work of
construction was begun in 1865, and was
completed three years later. The route
follows the AmmOnoosac Valley, and
from the Fabyan House to the end of the
friction rail is six and two-thirds miles.
For two and half miles the grade is two
hundred and ninety feet to the mile, or
one foot of perpendicular height to eigh-
teen feet of horizontal distance. Besides
the usual rails there is a central rail of
peculiar construction to receive the mo-
tive power, consisting of two bars of iron,
with connecting cross pieces placed four
inches apart. A central cog wheel on the
locomotive plays into this rail, and Sc
cures a sure and steady mode of ascent
and descent.
The locomotive, as it first comes out of
the engine house, has the appearance of
being ready to fall over. The driving
wheel is geared into smaller wheel
which connects directly with the crank,
and four revolutions of the latter are re-
quired to make one of the driving-wheel.
The locomotive is not connected with the
car, but simply pushes it up gently in the
ascent, and allows it to follow gently in
the descent. A wrought-iron dog con-
stantly plays into notches on the driving
wheel, SO that should any part of the ma
chinery give way the train may be imme-
diately stopped. The car is also supplied
with friction and atmospheric brakes.
The seats are placed at an angle that
brings them almost on level in the as
cent, and all of them face down the mount
ain. The time occupied on the journey
UP is about an hour and half, the engine
having to stop several times on the way
to take in water. The fare, as l have
stated, is three dollars up the mountain,
three dollars down, or four dollars up
and down on the same train.-W.H. Ride
ing, IN Hdrpers Magazine.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-When the

A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-When the
summer If youth is slowly wasting away
ON the nighifall Of age, and the shadow
of the path becomes deeper, and life
wears to its close, it is pleasant to look
through the vista of time upon the sor-
rows and felicities Of our early years. 1t
we have had home u shelter, aud hearts
to rejoice with us, and friends have been
gathered round our tireside, the rough
places of wsyfaring will have been worn
and smoothed away in the twilight OF
life, and many dark spots We have passed
through will grow brighter and more
beautiful. Happy, indeed, are those whose
intercourse With the world has not
changed the tone of their holier feeling,
or broken those musical chords OF. the
heart whose vibrations are SD melodious,
SD tender, and SO touching in the evening
of their lives.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

THE PUNCH WRITER'S. - London
Society says the writers for Punch were
mostly fond Of children. 1t was Thack-
cray's delight to Zip" boys. When Sid
ney Blanchard was q little fellow, on
one of his school holidays Thackeray
gave him dinner at the Garrick, took
him to the theatre in the evening, and
enjoyed himself immensely in the delight
of the boy. Leech was never happier
than in his pictures of children and their
childish humor. Du Maurier is never
more at home than when he is delineat-
ing some quaint joke in which the chill
dren are the actors. Tom Hood was one
of the most simple and gentle-minded of
poets. Men who love children are in
variably good fellows, and in their own
homes or round the Punch table, Mark
Lemon, Jerold, Horace Mayhem, Leech
Thackeray, Tom Hood, John Tenniel,
acre simply party of grown up boys
full of freedom and unconventional gent.
atty of youth. In their troubles and in
their pleasures they we're happy family
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

THE dependence of the cities and manu-
featuring districts upon the food-produc-
ing districts il more immediate than most
persons would suppose. Three or four
days blockade sent up the price of food,
and in some places along the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad the pinch Of famine
secessitsted relief committees. In ten
days those committees would have been
without resources. Society il now "a
constituted that . blockade Of commerce
il equivalent to the stoppags Of the cir
culation Of the blood in animal life.-Zs-
tsvjer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

MOUND RELICS IN 1LLINOIs.-At late
meeting of the Philadelphia Academy of
Sciences, Mr.. John Ford described a
group of eight burial mounds opened by
him near Coup's Creek, Macoupin County,
Ill. Each of the graves was lined with
stone slabs, and after the bodies were
placed in position within, earth had been
packed around him so as to fill the enclos-
ure All the skeletons found in these
graves faced the east. In one of the
graves four skeletons were found, seated
in two pairs, the knees of one pair press
ing against the backs of the other. The
arms were crossed. In the right hand of
each individual thus inferred large ma
rine shell (Buccinium peroersum, Linn.
had been so placed that the small end of
the she'll rested in the hand, and the large
end in the hollow above the left hip
Within each shell were found what ap-
peared to be the bones of child whose
skull had been crushed before burial, the
skull protruding beyond the aperture OF
the shell. 1t is thought that these in
fants were sacrificed to the dead. In
most Of the graves the left side of the
skulls of the adults appeared also to have
been crushed by some blunt weapon
american Archttect.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

THERE are 100 Normal Schools in this
country.
WILLIAM and Mary College has just
held its 184th Commencement.
THE kindergarten system is partially
used in the primary schools of Washing
ton.
OF the 2,O82 Chinese children in San
Francisco, 100 60 to private schools.
There are none in the public schools.
THE first diplomas bestowed in Dakota
Territory were presented to the Class of
~ in the Yankton High School few
weeks ago.
n has been proposed, in the Georgia
Constitutional Convention, that the State
provide University for the training of
Georgia statesmen.
THE school board of New Orleans has
decided that black and white children
shall be educated in separate schools.
One of the colored members advocated
the separation, on the ground that it
would tend to the benefit of his race.
THERE are 1900 schools in the Argen-
tine Republic, with $780, 900 pupils. The
National College at Buenos Ayres was
opened on the 10th of March, 1877,
with more than 1000 students enrolled
and entered for the course of instruction.
Iowa State University has had during
the past year $50 students. Of the TWEEN
ty-fve academical graduates, five were
women; of the law class of one hundred
and three, two were women, and of the
medical class of seventy mine, two were
women.
THIS is the daily programme of the
Harvard Summer School of Geology:
A talk from the professor for an hour, be-
ginning at six in the morning; breakfast;
the days excursion, with picnic lunch
con; dinner, six in the evening; writing
up notes of the day.
Mr.. w. Y. HARRIS said in his recent
address at the Massachusetts State Nor
NAL School: sit is in education as in other
departments of the business of civil So
ciety. In the long run, skill, prepara-
tion, and brains will tell. The profession
al teacher will, after while, furnish the
only standard, and the make-shift teach
the make-shift shoemaker or mechanic,
lawyer or doctor. And here it is we'll to
say, perhaps, that the educational labor
ers have this matter all in their own
hands. Nay, more than this, each indi-
vidual teacher has the matter in his own
hands 50 far as he is interested. There
is hight above hight, and the crowd is
found only on the lower terraces. The
uppermost ranges are we'll nigh unfre-
quented solitudes. Then, again, the road
to promotion is clear and well marked.
How easy it is for the young man or
woman, fred with zeal, to add to the mar
row and necessary preparations required
for the conduct of the daily Rotations a
constant study of the great works of hu-
man penius"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
Ny Home.

Give me q home-I ask no more,
Ifmore this world can give;
Without a home, at best, it is
But half Of life to live
Give me home-a happy home,
A free home let it be,
For to be happy it must know
The blessings of the free.
Let lord or master cross it not,
For tyrant come to awe,
Our hearts to duty solely bound,
To heaven and to the law.
Give me ahome-beneath its roof
Let order never fail;
Let discord thence be banished far,
And harmony prevail;
The interest of each single breast,
The welfare of the whole,
At JOY each to congratulate,
At sorrow to console.
Whatever breils may rage without,
Let peace have reign within;
Each morn and eve religions rites
To end and to begin.
Give me a home-if business calls
Ny pesence far away,
If unexpected cares arise,
To there prolong my stay;
A home of smiles-ah, give me smiles,
Responsive from the heart,
That never yet deceit has known
By shame been forced to start;
Yes, can face misfortune's breath,
And bear life's heavy woes,
With hope of happy home at last,
Its treasures, its repose.
w. PoLYBLANK PARKER
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

No selfish man or woman was ever yet
corr pletely happy. They may cheat
themselves in ) belief that they are,
for thought aud conscience are lost in the
mad whirl and rush Of life. But it is a
mere deiusive happiness, which disap-
pears At the moment We think TO clutch
it; and like the willy ignis-fasuus, leads
US an endless dance over bog and moor,
to escape us at last. Then, weary and
spent, we lie down; and perchance that
most terrible experience, the remorse Of a
wasted and misapplied life, comes in
and takes possession of rs forever.-Ar-
sssy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

IT was very muddy weather when Pres
ident Hayes visited Rhode Island; and
when he went away, he carried about
three fourths of the State on his boots,
and had to cit down in Connecticut and
let his feet hang over the line, while tho
despoiled inhabitants scraped OF their
estates. The islanders don't want him
to come back again.-Howksvs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

THE Catholic Bishop Of Cleveland pro-
hibits night pic-nics, all kinds of round
dancing, night dancing, dancing in halls
or bathrooms for the purpose Of raising
m'nry for church purposes or public
charities, and the sale of beer or intoxi.
eating liquors at church pic-nics, festi-
walls, etc.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

Az gsntlemsn Was riding along IN
obscure road in Alabama, he heard some
children screaming, in cabin in field,
and riding thither be found that . Wild
cat had attacked IN old negress, who W.
fighting desperately for her life. He drew
. revolver and shot the catAmount, which
was fall grown.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
CATARRH!

w f NJ A X E A
SPECIALITY of trea-
tingpatients by mail.
Please wri t 9 a II d
describe your symp-
toms.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
N@PHOUSE PAINTERS
ATTENTION. @1
BAXTER, BELL s. co. -
PURE LIQUID PAINTS,
HOUSE PAINTERS COLOEsS

We beg to invite the special attention
IF Dealers and Consumers to these
PAINTS. They are manufactured from
the very BEST AND CHOICEST PIG
MENTS. and mixed or Trimmed with only
STRICTLY PURE Linseed Oil and Iur-
nentine. and they cannot be eNcelled IN
covering capacity, durability, fneness and
beauty of finish. They will neither
chalk. flake, or peel off, and work With
perfect freedom under the brush. They
weigh from Is to 16 lbs per gallon, whicn,
of itself, POSITIVELY demonstrates their
purity and superiority. A..
The various compounds known IN the
| market as Chemical Paints, contain only
| abour so per cent. of Paint; the Dalal &c
is water. introduced into the same by the
| use of an all>ali, to combine IT.. 1he
last mentioned Paints, so-called, only
WEIGH from to 10 lbs per gallon, when
we think certainly proves their lack OF
canacitv or body. When water is mix
ed with Paint, it not only destroys ITS
BODY. but, to q very great extent, ltS at
hesiyeuess, which all practical men kno"
is of the highest Importance TO preserve
in order to make durable Paint.
We think, from the statement we NAYS
made, that buyers GaIa4not fail to at oNCE
perceive that their interest Will De nes'
promoted by buying our Liquid falntS
ii. e. Pure Paints), in preference to th'
so-called Paints referred to.
Sample card and prices sent Tree Oh ap
plication.
BAXTER, BELL & co.,
Ia Murray ST., New York,
Manufacturers and dealers in all Pants
Colors, &c. Mar.17.'77-6m
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

Why? because In
halation is the only
way that the Air
Passages c a IL b G
reached, and Cat
arrh is n disease of
the Air Passages of
the Head. Use this
Treatment as we di-
rect, which is easy
and pleasant, and
we guarantee a per-
feet CURE of Cat
arrh.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

DR.. TOwnsend's Ok
ygenated Air will
purify the blood in
One-third the time
that any ot'r known
remedy can. Why?
because to inhale
ONygenated Air it
goes direct to the
Lungs and passes
through the tissues
and comes in direct
contact with t Ii g
blood as it is forced
into the Lungs by
the action of the
heart. All the blood
in our veins returns
to the heart every
four minutes if the
blood is good, and
forced from t h e
heart to the lungs,
and the more OXy-
gen you inhale into
the lungs the more
you purify t h e
blood. When OXy-
gen comes in con-
tact with the inn
purities in the blood
it carbOniZes and
burns, causing the
blood to be heated
so that it warns
every part of the
body, as it goes on
its rev lu ito II S
through the system.
If your blood i S
pure you cannot be
sick. We drive Mer-
curry and all other
impurities out ofthe
blood. We guaran-
tee to purify the
. blood in Ohe-third
the time of any 9th
er known remedy.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
HAYES GOES BACK ON EVERY PRO.
MISE.
memphis Appeal

CMemphis Appeal
During Hayes first week of
enjoyment of the cMce he stole
from the people he promised
immensely. He was not only
to withdraw the troops from
South Carolina and Louisiana:
as per agreement made
through Charles Foster and
Stanley Mathews, but he was
to fill every Office at the South
with Democrats. He began
with Tennessee first, and Sc
lected Key and Mike Waldran
duo-hur there he
halted. Up to date we have
not heard of any other Demo-
Gratis parting with their self
respect and stultifying tEem-
selves by taking Office from a
fraudulently-made President
representing a thieving party,
a party whose morals are ad-
mirably illustrated by the COL
ored prostitute Eliza Pinkston.
AS in Tennessee. so in Vir-
ginia. AS summed up by the
Petersburg INDEX, the total
casualties so far reported in
Virginia are as follows -
Three Scared carpet-haggcrs,
three tantalized Conservatives,
one bulldozed President, one
colored marshall, several thou
sand disappointed white Of
fce-seekers, and several stul-
tilted southern newspapers
Giving this list, the INDEX, re-
wing the following reminis-
cence of the war, says that,
even if southern offices were
honestly proffered to south~
ern men, it might be judicious-
ly considered a
There was a memorable day
in the valley Of Virginia when
in the gray morning the army
of General Early had already
gained a decided advantage
over the Federal forces III
which General Hayes had
high command. The e2-
envy retired from their advanc-
ed positions, abandoned por
tions Of their rich supplies,
ana ceased for a while to make
hostile demonstrations. The
southern soldiers deceived ny
this lull in the storm, dispers-
ed across tho field of battle
and reveled in petty plumber.
The leaders who sought to re-
them were disregarded,
and the army melted away in
the sunshine of fancied victo
nv. Three hours later the
Confederate force was a mass
Of panic-driven fugitlves, and
the Federals drove at will
the valley Of Virginia.
The Confederates lost an army
and an empire, and gained a
few haversacks. And history
is experience, te aching by ex-
ample
10 the point.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
B = A TTY PLAN O!

BEATTY PIANO!
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Endorsed by the musical authorities
throughout the world as the THE BEST.
From d. s.. Bodine, Stockton, N. j., at
ter receiving a Five Hundred Dollar
Beatty Piano, says:
"Not only myself and family, but every
one who has seen it is satisfied in regard
to it's superior quality"
From B. H. Cormony, Esq, Chambers
burg, Pa.
"The Beatty Piano came to hand one
week ago, in sound order. 1t has thus far
given entire satisfaction"
II. Holtzburger, Tyrone, Pa, says:
"The Piano came at hand in good or
der, and proves satisfactory, both in tone
and finish"
Agents wanted, male or female. Send
for catalogue.
Address,
DANIEL F. BEATTY,
Washington, New Jersey.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
a SwMMAa

WE GUARANTEE
to cure coughs, Colds
Diptheria, Pneumo-
mia, Neuralgia, and
nearly all other Sc
we're attacks when
all other remedies
fail.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
8AG &NAMT
CORN Mill

Grinds feed twice as fast as any other
mill of the same size and price, and will,
when required, grind shelled corn sutti-
GENTLY fine for family use.
Prices from S35 to $l25 each.
The $50 one-horse mill grinds from 10
to Is bushels of meal per hour.
bushels per hour, according to size.
No machinery required TO operate it,
hitch horse direct to lever of the mill.
Descriptive circulars free.
A. b. COHU, Manufacturer,
No. 1877 Water Street, New York.
January 90, '77-3m.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

T. G. KIBLlNGER'S PHOTOGRAPH
~. GALLERY,
In the johnson House, near the Presbyterian
Church, Jackson, La
Gems, Ambrotypes, Photographs, &C..
taken, and old pictures enlarged or dimn-
ished, as may be desired. Sewing mach
ines, clocks, Jewelry, &C., repaired on rea-
sonable terms. june 20, 1876
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

Why? for the same
reason as given a
bove. The Bronchi-
al Tubes are simply
conductors to carry
air to the Lungs,
h Q n c e Inhalation
must go direct to the
seat of the disease,
and if you will fol-
low our directions,
we guaran t ee to
CURE Bronchitis.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
BRONCHITIS

ALL PIERS O N S
that read this are in
vited to send for our
large and beautifully
illustrated P a p e T,
sent free to any ad.
dress.