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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

THE London academy cruelty and un-
justly says that the recipe for writing Mr.
Habberton's stories is simple and as fol-
lows: First saturate your mind with
Bret Harte. Then imagine as characters
set of loafing roughs, ever ready to
shoot missionary, help a woman, bury
comrade or drop tear over the ace Of
spades. Let the conversation be alter
nately reckless and garnished with sur
vivals of evangelical religion. Let your
most abandoned blackguards be read =
to repent at sight of a clean shirt, child,
or any object reminding them of better
days. BY keeping these rules before
them, most men, women and children
will be able, we think, to compete hope
fully with Habberton."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

A FEW years ago William Cullen Bry-
ant bought his birth place, and has since
fitted up the old home, charging and i'm
proving the house, and putting the land 10
as fine a state of cultivation as possible
He has some splendid cattle on his four
hundred acres. Mr.. Bryant not long ago,
built re-proof building for free libra.
ry, put into it from $4,000 to $4,000
worth of books; built near it librarian 4
house, and attached to it some eleven
acres Of land, and then expended some
81, 500 in making pew road around the
side of hill, for the convenience of the
people.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21
An Old Mans Valentine.

-Give me Valentine, Youth
And the old mans cheeks were aglow,
Though a staff was in his hand
And his hair was white as snow
"Give me Notwithstanding nice.
The girl love is beyond price.
"One of the old fashioned kind,
All sweet with the perfume of flower;
With dear little simple rhymes,
And two lovers in rosy bowers;
With timid hope and thought of tears
That has been my style for fifty years.
"This one will suit her, | think.
Her eyes, as these blossoms, are blue,
White as these lilies her hair,
Like this dove, she is tender and true.
just such Valsptiue-smiles and fears
As I've sent her now for fifty years.
"No need for laughing, young men
But laugh when you're seventy years old
If the girl you love to-day
Is beloved OF you seventy fold
Laugh ifyou've had through fifty years strife
The wonderful JOY of faithful wife.
"send her Valentine, then,
As I'm sending my wife to-day;
Send her one every year,
For that is true lovers way.
God give you, young men, a wife like mine,
And you'll send her, know, Valentine~
-Ksry Anselid Bd66 in N. Y. Independent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21
Sentiment and Railroads.

Sentiment is not apt to entwine itself
about railroad, though engineers and
fireman do become attached to their en-
gines. Vanderbilt once made mistake
in not recognizing this fact. When he
first took control of the New York Cen
trail Railroad, he ordered all the brass
work to be stripped from the locomotives.
1t was a useless expense, he said, to put it
on at all, as it added neither to the
strength or speed of the engine. Then,
too, it was expensive to keep polished,
consuming time, oil, rotton-stone and
rags. The economical manager soon
found out that sentiment played no slight
part in running q railroad. The engi-
neers, vexed at the disrobing of their
handsome engines, ceased to care for
them. The tiremen also neglected them.
They looked dingy, grew dirty, and
greasy, and the number laid up for re-
pairs greatly increased Vanderbilt saw
his mistake, and the brass was restored
to the locomotives, which again became
as tidy in their appearance as the engi-
neers' wives. On the Great Western
Railway, of England, there is broad
gauge and narrow gauge. The broad,
being the original gauge, has the favor of
the old employees, who, like all English
men, are averse to change. An ancient
guard was recently knocked down and
run over by an engine on this line. He
asked to see the company's doctor, who
was sent for, though the injured man was
beyond the remedial skill of physi-
clan. II am glad you came to see me
start, doctor, as l hope, by the up-train, !"
said the poor fellow. 81 am only sorry
I can do nothing for you, my good fell
low, answered the sympathetic physician
81 know that; is all over with me. But
there, I'm glad it was not one of them
narrow gauge engines as did it."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

A HOME TYRAEr-Fastidiousn is
dreadful weapon of domestic tyranny.
Many household can feel the grinding
power of selfishness which DISCUSSES itself
under the form of delicacy of tastes and
habits. Many are the tears of vexation,
anxiety, modification, and disappoint-
ment, occasioned by the unfeeling tenn
per and inconsiderate exactions which are
the legitimate fruit Of undue attention to
personal comfort. One must be little OBJ
servant to what is about him, if he have not
sometimes been driven by the Ingenious
acquisitions of the self-indulgent, to wish
that the hair-shirt the pulse and water,
and the flinty bed of the anchorite could
be tried for the information of such.
Providence seems often to discipline
these people by increasing the sensitive
ness they have voluntarily induced or
cherished, until it becomes tormenting
want, which nothing in nature is capable
of allaying. They are crushed by the gods
their own hands have set up.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

WHY THERE is NO RAIN IN PERU
In Peru, South America, rain is IN
known. The coast of Peru is within the
region of perpetual southeast trade
winds, and though the Peruvian shores
are on the verge of the great south-sea
boiler, yet it never rains there. The rea.
son is plain. The southeast trade winds
in the Atlantic ocean first strike the wa
ter on the coast of Africa. Travelling to
the northwest they blow obliquely across
the ocean until they reach the coast of
Brazil. BY this time they are laden with
vapor, which they continue to bear alsng
across the continent, depositing it as
they 60, and supplying with it the
sources of the Rio de la Plata and
the southern tributaries of the Amazon.
Finally they reach the snow capped An
des; here is wrung from them the last
particle of moisture that very low tenn
persture can attract. Reaching the
summit of that range they now tumb BILE
down as cool and dry winds on the Pa
cific slope beyond. Meeting with no
evaporating surface, and no temperature
colder than that to which they were sub
jected on the mountain tops, they reach
fresh vapors, and before, therefore, they
the ocean before they become charged with
have any which the Peruvian climate can
extract. Thus we see how the tops of the
Andes become the reservoir from which
are supplied the rivers of Chill and Peru
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

INAsMUCH as the marriage festival at
Madrid, on Wednesday, was not disturbed
by the appearance of ex-Queen Isabella,
it may be deemed, in all respects, auspi-
cious. The European Powers, the Pope
and the Orleans family showered con-
CALCULATIONS on the royal pair, and wished
them prosperous reign. The Republi-
cans and adherents of Queen Isabella re-
Trained from any signs of marked dis
pleasure, end allowed Madrid to enter on
its five days of festivity, without the
slightest protest. In this respect both
parties have acted discreetly, and paid
homage to that sense of chivalry which
still fingers in Spain. The young King
has evidently acted wisely in marrying a
Spanish Infanta, in preference to for
eign princess. In the present state of
Europe it would have been impossible for
him to marry into royal house without
occasioning jealousy and distrust such as
precipitated the Franco German war. Ex-
cept in this negative manner the royal al
lance is almost devoid of political signifi-
canoe. 1t ought to strengthen the rela-
tions between the houses of Borboun and
Orleans, but family ties weigh lightly
with either when personal or political in
terests are at stake. The age is past when
relationships, such as exist between the
royal families of Germany and England,
of Portugal and Italy, were pledges of
amity or Of alliance.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

HYDRoPHoBIA-The marked and fatal
cases of this dread disease which we
lately recorded, one in Chicopee, Mass,
and the other in Sufield, Conn, ought to
be quite enough, without going farther,
to arouse the community in its length
and breadth in final hostility to the Grim
inality of maintaining the canine nui-
sance. Why should it any longer consent
to surrender its most useful and valued
citizens to somebody's loaferish within re.
specting worthless dogi What is the
very best dogs life worth in comparison
with that of servicesble mani We are
really in danger Of running to charity for
ours more strongly than to respect for
human beings. There seems to be no
other sense left to appeal to in this bust
ness but that of personal safety, and we
shall be glad if even that produces its
proper etfect.-Aass. Ploughman.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

"YouNo man, can you tell me who's
lecturing here tonight" inquired a
motherly looking old lady in front of the
Tabernacle last night. The party ad.
dressed, a gentlemanly looking young
man, made answer as pleasantly as .
bad. cold would permit, Cough A
panied expression came over the old
lady's face and just shade of indigna-
ton was apparent in her voice as she in
clined her head forward and demanded.
"Who did-what did you sayi" "Gough,
Cough" "G'ofl And I've raised six
boys and trained them to be respectful
and polite to their elders, and live to be
told by young whelp like you to go off
Why, if one of my boys, old as they are,
was to give me such impudence, I'd
spank him-I'd-I'd-"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

FRUIT SNAPs.-A new industry Of con-
siderable extent and importance has
sprung up at Abbeyville, ILL.,, under the
auspices of NJ. Legris. Pears, apples and
various other fruits are here passed
through series of mapipulations by
which they are reduced to paste, which
is then cut up into small cakes about
the size and shape of domino, and
gently dried. When required for use it
is only necessary to pour four times their
weight of boiling water upon them, leave
them in soak for twenty minutes, and
then add sugar to taste. The delicate
flavor of fruits thus prepared is said to
be perfect. No peeling or pulping is
required, and there is no waste. Their
cost is not greater than that of an
equivalent of the original fruit, rising and
falling somewhat according to the scarcity
or abundance of the various fruits in
each season. They are accessible at all
times of the year, when the fruit itself is
not attainable; they keep for any reason
able length of time, and bear long sea voy-
ages without Western Rural.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

or 81 railroads in the United States
only 100 are making any money, and the
remaining Col do not pay any dividends.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

MoULTISG CANARIKs.-When your
canary birds are moulting, aud cease to
sing, do this: Put little oxide of iron
Gron rust from the drug storc,) or let q
couple of lath nails be in the water they
drink; take away their bath so they can
not get anything to drink but their medi-
cine. In another water cup immerse
little saffron. The latter gives color to
the incoming feathers. The iron braces
their systems while moulting. In lit
tie while they will sing loud enough 70
make your head ache.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

ALL earthly joys must fade, and even
little Tom Thumb, they say, is growing
bald headed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

A BOAST of strength is usually . con-
fession Of weakness.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21

CONTEMPLATING SILvER.-There is
danger that silver coin will be very ex.
tensively counlerfeited, in case the silver
bill passes, for the obvious reason that it
can easily be done with standard silver
and at profit. Base metal need not be
used at all. The counterfeiter will only
have to copy the Government coins faith
fully, and he has a chance t. make a profit
the same as the Government does. Both
the authorized and the unauthorized
coins will be equally good. both being of
pure silver; the only difference will be
that one is made by law and the other 10
spite of the law. If a silver dollar al.
ways contained dollars worth of silver,
then the counterfeiter would be Obliged
to use alloy, and that would betray the
falsity of the coin in its color and its
ring. But if silver dollar contains only
ninety cents worth of silver, of course il
will pay counterfeiters to make it out of
pure metal, and derive ten cent profit
on every dollar at that. The complica.
tions of this silver business are many and
curious.-Adss Ploughmdn.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21
NEVER FORGET Charge

NEVER FORGET Charg,
your mind with your duty. That i,
largely the true definition of faithfulness
Bad memory and mistakes are used a.
apologies great deal oftener than neces
sary. A boy beginning business life will
generally lose his place who pleads sucl
an excuse more than once or twice.
A successful business man says there
were two things which he learned wher
he was eighteen, which were sfterward.
of great use to him, namely: "Never tC
lose anything, and never to forget any
thing" An old lawyer sent him with al
important paper, with certain instruction.
what to do with it.
But" inquired the young man, sup.
pose lose it; what shall do thenl"
The answer was with the utmost en-
phasis, "You must not lose i'll"
81 don't mean to" said the young man
"but suppose should happen tor
"But l say you must not happen to.
shall make no provision for any such oc
currence. You must not lose it!'
This put new train Of thought into
the young mans mind, and he found thai
if he was determined to do q thing h,
could do it. He made such provision
against every contingency that he nevel
lost anything. He found this equally
true about forgetting. If certain mat
ter of importance was to be remem bered
he pinned it down on his mind, fastened
it there, and made il stav
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-21
DOM

Don't forget, my girl, that your infu-
uence as a woman is great for good or
evil. Upon woman devolves the duty of
training up the future men of the nation.
1t is the mother who molds the character ::
under her gentle influence the youthful
mind receives its first impressions. In
society she is queen and all men are her
subjects Therefore she must be careful
in her department BY a word or even
look, she can encourage or etfectually
check all attempts at familiarity. If
women and especially girls, would do
this-if they would show their displeas-
ure at what they know is wrong-it
it would not be repeated in their pres
ence. Though the aggressor might feign
anger, in his heart he would feel more
true respect for one who had thus reproved
him than if she passed his fault unre-
buked. And again, don't make yourself
chedp-within the reach of all. Few
young men want anything to do with
cheap young lady. For wife none but
fool or rascal will approach such
woman. Cheap jewelry nobody will
touch if he can get any better. Cheap
girls are nothing but the refuse; and
the young men know it, and they will
look in every other direction for life
long friend and companion before they
will give glance at the pinchback stuff
that tinkles at every turn for fascinating
the eyes of any that will look. You
think it quite the "correct thing" to talk
loudly and coarsely, be boisterous and
hoydenish in all public places; to make
yourself so bold and forward, and com
monplace everywhere, that people won
der if you ever had a mother or home,
or anything to do! So be it. You will
probably be taken for what you are
worth, and one of these years, if you do
not make worse than ashipwreck of your
self, you will begin to wonder where the
charms are that once you thought your
self possessed of, and what evil spirit
could have so befooled you.
To LAUNDRY Brown FOULARD CAM
BRIO DREss.-Have a tub partly filed
with very warm water; throw in large
tablespoonful of powdered borax; wet
only one piece of the dress at time; first
the basque; use very little soap and only
on very soiled places; use board if de-
sired; rinse in clear warm water, then
turn the basque on the wrong side and
starch it in thin starch; when making the
starch add one teaspoonful of powdered
borax to pint of starch it will prevent
sticking; be very careful not to get any
starch on the right side of the basque;
hang it to dry in a shady place, and
where the wind can dry it quickly.
While the basque is drying wash the over
skirt in the same way, using the same wa
ter; then, as the underskirt is the most
soiled, wash that last; by this time the
basque is nearly dry roll it up tightly
for fifteen minutes; have good hot irons
ready; then spread your basque out nicely
on the ironing-table; have bowl of warm
water and clean cloth handy, so that
should any starch show on the right side
you may sponge it off; it is best to iron
on the wrong side if possible iron the
skirt in the same way.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-06

Moasgroyss hotel has adopted the eli.
ding scale Of prices, ranging from 81 81
TO $25 10 per day. Meals so cents each,
and day board 81 per week.
Tho residence Of Colonel J. W. Beasell
was broken open at 40 early hour Thurs
day morning, but no material damage
was done.
Court oOmnsnces on tho 22d, with over
400 cases on the docket.
The blasting Of Limestone rock on the
West Yirginia side Of 'theriyer make
that locality sound like the old Rich
mond FROM.
A shipment otcopperas from Johnsoni
works Is accumlsting At the wharf for st
tLouis. Also q shipment OF lamp chin
neys for Atchison, Kansas.
The s~teubenyille woolhouse has sold
about one.third Of the wool consigned tc
Il last season. There iSstill about 200
900 pounds In store. Last week q sale
of K wool was made at AT cents, q hal
cent higher than II was quoted east o.
that date.
There seems to be q growing opinion
out at Dennison that the steubenyille cal
shops will be found located out there
some morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-06
OUR WELLsBURe LETTER.
WElIsBURo, April


Editor InisLilsnssf,
Ga wednesday evening Messrs. nlel-
shall and temple addressed ~ ~
temperance nesting In the Disciples
Church. Mr.. Mar.hail SPOKE Iol over IN
honr in Q very plain, iofciole ana Praotl.
cal manner. producing NE sti9nges. ~.
guments 1gainst me drinking 2. liluo...
Kenple closed pp - usgs ~ ~
Meser.. ofscraiI, bess1, n aaL.Ia ~ III
Kemple Z ~
temperance men sna women o. meiisouiE,
- well as Of BROOKE ounty, We eAgsna
TO you our heatly thanks iol sef.i.ss
rendered Us In pehaii Oh the cause oti.em'
perance.
wednesday nignt me iempetancs men
retired TO tneir nomes WIN .nss ~,
which away aaenas an unSetiaan.y,DS
with the nope .tnat wren .ne morloM !
son should set .ne snaaes 2, sssn
would rsat once more upgn .enpeisn0e
town. Bright ano cary innisaay morn
Ing both parties were q Motk. ihe lem'
petance men never aia susn Wo.k ~ 70,
hall o. the cause % W.. tuone yes'elaay.
Quietly and openly tney i.cea the ehsny
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-06
Ineurring a Tremendous RISK

They incur a tremendous risk who So
journ or emigrate to reside In districts
where malarial disease Is prevalent with.
cut medicinal means Of certifying their
systems against the periodic scourge. The
danger to bilious subjects, and 10 those
who lack bodily stamina, Is particularly SO.
rious. A preventive and curative sgent oil
known auti.malarial efficacy should be FIRE.
quently used and constantly kept at hand
by such persons; and on none can they re.
" with such certainty OF protection and
MD as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters; This
grand specific roots out every yestage Of
the malarial poison from the system, and
endows Il with anamount OF vital activity
and repellipg power that utilities the 10,
Huence Of miasma. II also prevents and
remedies disorders Of the stomach, bowels
and liver, which are particularly prevalent
In malarious regions, and Is an incompara'
bic general inyiRorant. eodaw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-06
DIED.

MAGaUpER ON Fridsy, April 8. 1873, at =
year, Of her age.
Funeral 90 Monday, sth inst, at . O'Clock A. NJ,
from the residence Of Mrs.. Mary A. Brown, No.
1857 ChapfIne street. Friends Of the timiiy are
respectfully invited 10 attend.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-06
SPECIAL NOTICES.
a CARD.

To ali who are suffering from the errors and in.
dlscfstions Of youth, nervous weakness, early de-
cay, loss OF manhood, DC, I win send you 4 receipt
that will cure yen, FREE OF CHARGE. This
great remedy was discovered by a missionary in
South America. scnda seli-addressed envelope TO
the REV. JosEPu 7. IsnAs StaiOa D, Bas House,
Hss York Guy: sepis.eodAw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-06
TURNER q DILLON.
TRUSTEES SALE

nRUsrEE's SALE
By virtue Of O deed Of trust executed TO the un-
deIsigned Trustee by Charles T. Biues, Trustee ior
Bridget v. Volt, wife OIL Samuel Volts, and The
SAID Bid.ot v. yolit, with the said Samuel Voltx
her husband, dated the Cd day Of February, IN the
wear Is7T, and n corded IN the Clerks ONCE Of the
County Court Of Ohio county, Wet Virginia, In
DEED Il Ttu.t Book No, Il, pages, ! Will on
TUESDAY, the 7th day Of May, 1878.
BEGINNING at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Of nld day, at the
front door Of the Court House Of said Ohio county,
iii nj publie auction the following deAcibtd real
essats, that 10 TO 9y: The south one. oufth q Lot
No. 2i6 Of E0tt and Chapl!ne's addition 70 me city
Of " neellng, bounded AZ follow, VIZ: beeinninga t
ths norihwest conner Of Alley 10 and Eotf street In
ma CITY; thence with the west line Of, Eof street
ahout .iitrrn feet and ax inches to the eontfe ot
ma N yisIon wall OF the front tenemehts situated
nnon me around here described and the tonemtnts
immedia,tly north Of snd auj dining nme: thence
VIII aid division wall westwardly one hundred
md tvrnty.two feet 70 the east line o. m alley In
ne rear Of said Lot No. ZIG. and with SAID last
named plley IouthwaIdly 10 the nhfth lice o. Al
lev 10, and with the north line Of siid Alley ~ 10
n. pl,eeo q besinning, together with all and Eingu-
In tnn tepemsnts situate thereon and the hppurle-
nances telonsipg thereto.
JERYs OF SALE-Fourteeu Hundred Dollars. or
40 much more Is the purchaser may elect 10 pay,
In cash. and the res due Of said purchase money In
two equal inJtallmeuts at Iii and twelve months
from The day Of sale, the purchllef 70 give bus
colo. with approved personal security Tor tho pay
ment Of nid deferred installmtnts, the same 20
bsIr interest from tali day and the utleto sid
pr party 70 be retained untl Inc purchase money
sinsy i1E4' IAMRs p ROGERS. Trustee.