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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26

The value of butter and cheese
annually produced in the United
States now reaches the prodigious
total of S250,000, 900, which is one
third more than the value of the cot
ton crop and only one-ffth less than
that of the corn crop.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26

The existing ereenback, it may be
claimed, is worth as much as Il national
bank note of corresponding denomina-
ton, but it is to be answered that the
greenback, as it exists, does not pre-
tend to be absolute money" 1t is a
promise of the United States to pay
money, and there is no sane financial
man who does not know that it is a
promise topay coin or something that
directly represents coin. \ greenback
is good, and only good, because the
country accepts it as pledge of gold
or silver. The precious metals have
been accepted, the world over, as the
basis Of currency, and when men talk
about money they invariably talk
about that which has its basis in coined
metals. \ paper dollar always repre-
seuJs gold or silver dollar Through
ont the long period during which specie
payments have been suspended in the
United States, the value OF bank-notes
and OF greenbacks has been sustained
by the faith that acknowledgements
or later-every dollar would be re
deemed or Reasonable in coin. There
was a time when it took two dollars in
paper to buy one in gold, and the gap
between that period and this has grad
uaIly been closed, as the certainty has
increased that the promise upon the
face OF the paper dollar would be re-
deemed Ii the greenback We're to be
changed today. 50 that it would bear
no such pledge, it would become very
cheap money indeed. 1t would hardly
be worth the paper it is printed on.
There Is no power on earth that can
legi,late value into paper. If paper
does not represent value, it is good for
nothing, and no government can make
it good for anything The question of
cheap money, for the benefit of the la
borer for instance, is ''as broad as it is
long If money is good for anything,
1t will have to be paid for in labor.
The markets of the world settle the
values of merchandise. We NAV leg
islate that every bushel of wheat shall
he worth five dollars, but our legisla-
ton will have not the slightest effect
upon the price Wheat is wheat the
world over, and the price is regulated
10y the great law Of demand and supply.
Money is money the world over, and
money is gold and silver the world
over, and every article that a man pos
sesses and has for sale will be regu
lated i'll it, price by the relation which
it bears to some gold unit in the mar
kets of the world. Money cannot be
so made that a man can get somethir Q
for nothing. 1t cannot be so made
that he can get it for less than tie
market price in labor The idea that
1t can be 50 made is delusion and a
snare of the devil, or a demagogue,
VINO is hi, most obedient servant. j.
Il. Hok0nd in .ScriJHer for Noren,Jer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26
C. n. DANIELS,

y TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEC
L ond Judicial District, Of the Territory of
Washington, holding terms at Vancouver
for the counties Of Clarke, Skamania and
klickitat
Lucinda Denvers v. John J. Denvers.
Action brought in the District Court Of the
Second Judicial District Of the Territory Of
Washington, holding terms at Vancouver for
the counties Of Clarke, Skamania and Klicki-
tat.
Complaint filed in the county Of Clarke. in
the Office Of the Clerk of said District Court,
the 10Th day of December A. d. ISIS.
To John J. Deuvers defendant;
In the name Of the United States Of Amer.
lea, YOU are hereby required To appear in an
action brought against YOU by the above
named Plaintiff in the District Court Of the
Second judicial District of the Territory Of
Washington. holding terms at Vancouver, in
Clarke county, for the counties Of Clarke,
Skamana and klickitat, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, "a copy Of which ac-
companies this summOnsl within twenty
days exclusive Of the day Of service) after
the service on you Of this summons, if served
within this county; or, if served out Of this
county, but within the Second Judicial Dis
trlct, within thirty days; or, If served out of
said District, then within sixty days, or iudg-
ment by default will be taken against YOU ac-
cordiug to the prayer Of said complaint.
The laid action l. brought TO obtain a de-
cree dissOlving the marriage relation now eX-
listing between you and the said plaintiff Lu-
cinda Denyers, and to change plaintiffs name
10 Lucinda Pcndleton, that being her name
before marriage united you, and Judgment
for the costs of this suit and YOU are hereby
notified that if you fail to appear and answer
said complaint, as above required, the plain
til will apply to the court for the relief
in said complaint demanded.
witness: ROGER ; GREENE, Esq, Judge
- Of the said District Court, and the
L. :. seal Of said Court, this 18th day Of
- December, A. d. 1878.
k. &. O'BRIEN, Clerk,
per G.. T. Mcconnell, Deputy.
Joseph VI. Fletcher and e. H. Steward,
plaintiffs attorneys.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26

trom authoritative statements re
ceIved by mail as to the action of the
nations composing the Latin union on
the silver question it appears that the
double standard is virtually abandoned
by the very nations which were sup
posed to be most anxious to maintain
It, There is to be no legal-tender sill
Yer coinage after lSS0, when the agree
meut between the nations expires.
while the only nation which will coin
any silver during 1879 is Italy. and
she viii limit the amount to $1,000
600. Thus even the Latin union.
composed Of several important nations,
finds it impossible to uphold the value
of silver against the decline which re-
suits from the national law of supply,
and therefore abandons the effort. r.
OregoaiGlL
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26

The grand jury in the u. ;. court in Viz
ginia has indicted several parties for frauds
In the late elections
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26
NOTICE,

w ! IL H.
ITO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE
L estate of Joseph Pctrain, deceased
in the Probate Court Of Clarke County. Wash.
ington Territory, Nov. p 1873.
In the matter Of the estate Of Joseph Petrain.
deceased.
1t appearing to the Court from the petition
OF John O'kcane, the administrator de bonn,
non oi the said estate, presented and filed in
tins Court on the twenty third day Of Novem-
Der, 4. u. l>1N. PRAYING for an order la sell the
real estate of The said Joseph Pctrain. de.
ceased that there is not sufficient personal
estate in the hands of the said administration
de honis non 10 pay the debts outstanding
against the said deceased, aud against hi, e.
tate, and the expenses of the administration
Of the said estate, and that it il necessary TO
sell the whole, or some part Of the said real
estate for the payment OF such debts, and the
costs and charges Of administration:
IL II therefore ordered by the Court that
all persons Interested in the estate of the said
Joseph Pctfain, deceased, be, and they are
hereby directed TO appear before the said Pro
bate Court, ON
saturday. the asth day of December.
4. d. 1873, at the hour Of ten o'clock A. NJ Of
inc raid dhY at the court room Of the said
court, IN the city of Vancouver Clarke conn
ty, Washington Territory, then and there 10
show cause why an order should not be
granted TO the said administrator de bonis
non 10 sell the whole Of the real estate be-
longing To the said Joseph Pctrain, deceased
or so much thereof az shall be necessary To
pay the said indebtedness, and the said costs
ana charges Of administration Of the said cs.
tate.
II Is further ordered by the Court that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
Tor four successive weeks in the VANCOUVER
INDEPENDENT, weekly newspaper published
in the city Of Vancouver aforesaid
WILLIAM GINDFR
Judge Of the said Court.
TERRITORY oF WAsuINGToN,
COUNTY or CLARKE. S.
!. Fred W
Bier Clerk Of the Probate Court Of the said
County Of Clarke, do hereby certify that Inc
foregoing Is a full true, and correct cony nf
the order made In the foregoing entitled mat
Ter, as The same now remains upon the rec
IDS of the said Court
Witness my hand and III. seal az
- of the said Court, THE twenty.
spu sixth day Of November. A. u. ISIS
FRED. W. BIER,
Clerk az aforesaid.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26

The Greenbackers of many states
mourn the shutting down of brood
of greenback organs, which had Sc
cured the payment of large number
OF advance subscriptions. The big
gest Of these frauds was Shupe's Ne,c
Iork Idrocote, which claimed to be
the peculiar friend of the working
man. and which obtained many thous-
ands of subscribers, including lists
from almost every state. but ceased
To send papers after the recent cleo
Gous. Some of the victims realize
that the greenback business lisa fraud
all round. In Oregon there have
been many victims, both of local or
gans and others published at dis
lance, which have been discontinued:
bat the subscribers will really be the
gamers by not receiving them, and
their experience can be made useful
to them, as that knowledge is some
times useful whichis gained by invest
ments in other Peter Funk enter
prises.-PoctIoDd Oregoaiaa.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-12-26

Go to the INDEPENDENT Office for
JOB PRINTING.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
A SMALL BOY,S NARRATIvE
Frank RIake's Strange SGOry-A
Night i'm the Camp Of the q ,P-
sie~-HHOVV He Escaped and
Made His Way Home.
\. Y. Times, May 3. J

\. Y. Times, May 81
Frank Blake, boy of 8 years, who
lives with his grand parents in Bathgate
place, Newark, tells wonderful story of
his kidnapping last Wednesday. He
started about o'clock in the morning to
90 to school, aud his failure TO return at
the usual hour aroused anxiety as 10 his
safety. The evening wore into the night,
and the conviction that an accident had
befallen him was entertained by his anX
ious grandparents. Almost all hope of
his return had been abandoned, when, at
10 o'clock in the night, wagon rolled
up before the door and a relative who is
engaged in farming in Lyons Farms,
led the missing child into the house. In
explanation of his prolonged absence
Frank said that when in the vicinity Of
the vacant lots on the corner of Rosevllle
avenue and Warren street, while on his
way to school, he observed a wagon stop
suddenly near him. A swarthy man
leaped from it and seized and blindfolded
him. Threatening him with violence If
he made an cutlery, the stranger placed
him in the wagon and drove rapidly
away. About noon the wagon stopped,
and the boy was placed upon the ground.
When the handkerchief with which he
had been blindfolded was removed, he
observed that he was in the midst of a
group of men and women as swarthy as
his captor They were living IN tents pith
ed on the ground, and two or three horses
were browsing in the adjoining fields.
He was taken into one of the tents,
and a woman who sat guard over him led
HIM With bread, and compelled him to
preserve silence in a corner. At about
shutdown the women gathered about a
fire to make supper, ana the men attend
ed to their horses. The boy took advan-
tage of his opportunity and escaped I'M
observed to the road. 4 weary walk
brought him to city which, on inquiry,
he learned to be Railway. Another
weary tramp over country roads brought
him to Elizabeth. At Lyons Farms he
stopped a: the house of the relative who
took him home. The police we're in
formed after his return of the circum-
stances surrounding his disappearance,
and in the morning he retold his story to
the officials with an articularity and art
Iessness which went far to induce belief
In its truth. Detective Fisher, vino was
detailed to investigate the matter, learn
ed that Frank told the same story, on
reaching his friends in Lyons Farms,
and that there is camp of Gypsies near
Elizabeth. The police have taken steps
to bring the guilty parties to justice.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15

Gray is the color Of the season.
Very wide belts are coming In vogue.
The favorito buttons for wash goods
are Of porcelain.
Dotted muslins will be very fashion1
BILE this summer.
Solid silver ornaments are taking the
place Of silver flagrce,
Small gilt buttons are used for the
waist-ooa Of dressy black suits.
Belted habit basques will be much
worn this summer for wash goods
dresses,
Steel springs are used IN the place
Of whalebones in the latest imported
dresses.
The new Spanish lace scarf for the
neck are either black, white or beige coli
ored.
Jabots Of lace appear down the front of
many handsome NainsooS morning wrap
pers.
The latest novelty in belts are of wide
brocaded betting ribbon, fastened with
large mother OF pearl buckles.
Wide brocade belts Of many cDl9r
with brocaded ribbons TO correspond, are
worn on many white muslin toilets.
Buttons of horn, jet and rubber arc
| cheapest, more durable, and more flsh-
ionable than those of velvet or crochet
The new brocatells damasses Of this
season are changeable, and frequently
show tAo or three different colors boz the
effects produced in the wearing.
The raw silk tapestries which are
shown in A. 1. Stewards upholstery del
partment are az cheap as wool tapestries.
and have the advantage Of not attracting
moths.
White muslin dresses for afternoon
wear are made with long princess polo
nases, with embroideres down every
seam, and trimmed with satin faced mglrc
ribbons in several tones Of color
Beaded clasps are among the newest
and prettiest ornaments for iackets.
These clasps are used instead Of bows
upon sleeves and 10 fasteu the drap1fy
upon princesse skirts.
Grape batiste is one Of the novelties for
summer dresses. III lH Lulu fabric.
woven in Grape effects. II comes in aI
delicate shades Of pure, bright color for
evening wear.
The prettisst white morning wrappers
are made with deep square yoke en-
tirely Of open needlew0rk, wide em-
broideries down the front. a Vatican
pleat in the back, and the sleeves and
deep Spanish hounce also embroidered
Ribbons are in many varieties. The
reversible, satin on one side and MORE
antique on the other, and satin on both
sides in two delicate contrasting color- are
handsomest. Some Of the new watered
ribbon have satin backs.
Brocaded grenadines Of two colors or Of
two shades are among the richest dresses
shown for summer. They are made over
silk, with usually basque and an elabo.
rately trimmed train skirt. Satin Is very
often associated with them az trimmings,
also the new satin ribbons barred with
| velvet.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
DanbartOn. tbc uuouhratcud o.
Hon. -. n. 81. Claiborne.

Natchez Democrat
We paid visit on Sunday last ID our
friend, Col. j. +. ii. Claiborne, at Dun
barton, his residence, ten miles from
/ Natchez in the Forks of Second Creek
on the Liberty road, the old Indian path
from Fort Resale % Pensacola. This
tract Of land was settled in lsUi bv the
] late VIM. Dunbar Gather of Mrs Cai-
borne) and has been IN continuous cult
vati.n ever since. Everything about DC
/ speaks Of the olden time The mansion
was built in $500 yellow poplar and
ash, every foot of the material. be.u.
sawed out by hand, and is still perfectly
sound and thoroughly preserved. Aud
so with the numerous offices and uu,-
| buildings about 10. The large and beau
tiful yard is filled with enormous pecan
trees planted sixty years ago, and g-
gant.c red oak, the primitive IImus of
our forest, but now rarely seen except ru
these ancient homssteads. The large
old fashioned garden, che first IauI
cleared on the premises Is cmbc.tt-hei
with eyergrceus shruhbery roses. flow
ers, vines, and as luNurIaut "a crop uf
vegetables as we have ever seen $40
one after n visit 90 DuubartOu vii. care
about seeking new country. "Ihere
is life in the old land yet.
The plantation Is cultivated on tha
tenant system, chiefly by persons born
Oh the place and i'm the yicuago auJ
the average yield is about 100 pounds
of cotton to the acre, with % portion of
the land in COW peas, potatoes, etc EN-
tensive Bermuda grass pastures support
cattle, sheep and hogs IN zine condition.
No fertilizers are purchased for tHis
place, the farm and stock supplying
abundant material. Mr.. Logan. tle boo.
telligent superintendent, in charge oft
Dunbirton for ten years, showed Dos
lot Of early bald on beariius7 winter
wheat which will soon be- ready t1 grind.
Next season he proposes 90 have 10 300
market by the LIST of May. Ills oats
are finely headed aud nearly ready tu
cut
Among the most interesting souvenirs
at Dunbartou Is "Prcutiss Lodge n
neat cottage some 30 yards from che
mansion. occupied for twelve months by
the late 5. ). Prentiss just before Doe
commenced his brilliant professional and
political career. IL is now used hy Col
Claiborne as his study, and Is literally
covered with chests, shelves and tables
filled with old books, old maps. papers
aud documents, in French, Spanish and
English. Col Claiborne tells u- that
his great difficulty now is 90 coulou-o
and select from this vast accumulation
IF material for his history that hc has
enough for dozen volumes.
We are glad TO see that he is iu excel
eet health and as well preserved us bis
ine old homestead.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
AGAR Without Eating,

A phenomenal life without food is
noted in the London papers. In the
geological garden there is an anaconda,
which was caught In South America
some time in 1876. 1t arrived in Lon
don and was put in the gardens some
time in February, 1877. The great
snake refused to eat, and the keepers
tried every means to whet the serpen-
tine appetite. Live birds and other
dainties placed before it were no induce
ment The sullen serpent took no no.
toe of its natural foot. It then became
curious to determine how long an animal
could live without eating, or any nour-
ishme9t whatever but air. 4 year pass
ed and the size of the body had appar-
emily not diminished at all. There was
no change perceptible in the health of the
reptile. A short time ago it recovered
its appetite, and duck put in the cage
for its entertainment suddenly disappear
ed. 1t is certain the anaconda lived over
a year without eating, which is the long
est performance of total abstinence on
record.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
wit and HumOr.

Works both ways-a saw.
Even barrel-hoop will turn when trod
upon.
No bird is on the wing. The wings
are on the bird. Exchange.
The best and cheapest way ID 90 a.
fishing is to hire a haul-New York
Mail.
Midnight soliloquy by the man who
suPPed on dried apple-twelve o'clock
and all swell
The Courier-Journal is startled az But
lers announcement that he is made I'M
the image of his maker.
An Ohio man has a three.eyed baby.
The eye-dear Another Ohio man r.
with an extra orifce Graphic.
Why wouldn't Oleomargarine do for a
girls name?-Cincinnah Enquirer. III
we had a little girl and hadn't any but
her, we would call her that.-Richmond
Independent.
A son of Erin in Omaha described I'd
in this way: "Sure, got licked ail over
in about two minutes, but I made uD nv
mind not to stay licked, an kept On lil
1 got the Dist Of him, and be yelled 10
bloody marcy, begorral"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15


And died for me and you.
Gather them one and all,
From the private to the chief.
Come they from howell or princely hall,
| They fell Tor Us and for them shall fall
The tears of a Nations grief.
| Gather the corpes strewn
Or many a battle plain;
From many grave that lies SO lone.
/ Without a name and without a stone.
Gather the Southern slain.
We care not whence they came,
Dear is their liteless clay;
Whether unknown or known to fame,
Their cause and country are still the same
They died-and wore the GREY.
Wherever the brave died,
They should not rest apart
Living they struggled side by side
Why should the hand OF death divide
A single heart from heart?
Gather their sacred clay,
Wherever il may rest
just as they marched TO the bloody fray,
just they .fell on the battle day
Bury them breast to breast.
The foeman need not dread
This gathering of the brave,
without sword or flag, with soundless
tread.
We must once more take our deathless dead
Out of each lonely grave.
The ioeman need not frown,
They are al powerless now
We gather them here and we lay them
down
And tears and prayers the only crown
We bring to wreath each brow.
And the dead thus meet the dead,
While the living DER them Weep,
And the men whom Lee and StUnewall led,
And the hearts that once together bled,
Together still shall sleep.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
AFTER SUNSET.

The Glory Of the day is gone:
FTgty the azure cup of wine,
.srr creamy cloud dress, floating fine
,rI warm where the red tide went down
Tr1n the Intel of the west
SINE angel hand has sprinkled blood,
Aid quickly cleansed the unholy flood
with lie white mantle at his breast,
listening quiet wraps the earth,
-rgougutHe great Musici1n's hand
--rtyei through "a symphony so grand,
That echoed eclOiugS, thrice drawn forth.
trd caught from gradient height to
height,
Wi-H i,S last rapturous surge had come
Figrl. and -weetly down the dome
Ere r.-piag hack To lite and light,
Installer sunset! 0 my soul,
Fxg.t, There is an after Joy
Swce-er than joy itself! Destroy
Tifpr- tempest, and its pillows roll
All radiant i'm The newborn SUM-
T.v IougjH9-. cares and labors DER
cad vases shall flood the glistening
shore
Thine alter sunset be be begun,
-Adyan ce.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15

A PARIS correspondent, in reviewing
all the principal features of fashion in
that city, says: We are approaching, if
not the disappearance, at least the trans
formation of the polonaise. 1t is grow
ing so long that it can no longer be called
anything but a dress, the bottom of
which is trimmed to simulate a skirt.
Sometimes, too, the polonaise forms a
very long corsage in front, with ends only
on the sides and back, or else these ends
are only on the sides, and not in the
back nor in front. The corsage is then
10 princess shape, and the ends on the
sides are prolonged on the skirt, on which
the trimmings are disposed in such fash.
ion that the ends of the corsage appear
surrounded by the trimming.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
Constitutions Convention.
Opelousas Courier. j

Opelousas COarier-l
We publish in to days paper an ad
mirable article from the last number o.
the Marksville Bulletin, every word of
which will elicit hearty response from
many good and true men in st. Landry
If the failures and blunders of the Leg
islature the Endorsed by the Democracy
and become the policy OF the party in tbs
coming campaign, then all we have to
say is-God help the party! The claim
of Senator White that 5000, 900 have
been saved under Democratic rule in the
last eighteen months is plausible enough
on paper, but of what benefit is this to
the people? Their taxes are practically
the same as under Radical rule, and in
some instances and localities higher.
The whole result Of this sweeping re-
trenchment so loudly trumpeted, is the
pitiful, insignificant reduction of one and
a half mills on the State taxi We can
not 60 before The people this tall with
such showing as this. The uemocra-
CIV was strong and enduring, but they
cannot stand such trial of their pa
thence aud forbearance. We must have
change of policy, and, it looks very
like, a change of men before We shall
secure the great blessing now enjoyed
by most of our sister Southern States-a
government for the people, in place of a
government for the Office holders, such
as we have.
The three millions that Senator White
tells US about have not been saved to the
people, but one set of men instead of
some other set of men have got the
money, and the people who live out in
the country, away from the political Gen.
tres, cannot appreciate the difference.