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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-27

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and ior the District OF
California.
CAMlLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKM deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance of decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby l, the undersigned, Master in
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice Is herehY giYnn TINT ON
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-27
LEGAL.
Mortgage Sale.
No. 5,ll9.

Alexander WE'LL, Plaintiff. VS.. Lewis
Wolfskill ct al, Defendants. seven-
teenth District Court.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-27

Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
Is Pleasant to Use.
pr. Sage'sc catarrh Remedy
It's cures extco(d over period OF
Twenty Years.
Dr.0age's Catarrh Remedy
Its Sale Constantly Increases.
nr. SaGe'9 Catarrh Remedy
Cures BY It's Mild. Soothing Enect.
Dr. 8ages9 Catarrh Remedy
Cures sEold In Head" and Catarrh, or
Oz9na.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-27

William Mckee, Plaintiff, vs. Cayetano
Duarte ct al, Defendants -Seventeenth
District Court.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-27
Mortgage Sale.

ByJ.C KAYs, Under Sheriff. au
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Curious Dance of Alaska Indians

A private letter from Alaska contains
the following: "The natives near US are
friendly, but the tribes eighty miles north
are inclined to be troublesome. All are
fond Of dancing. and l have attended
several of their performances. one of
which was very interesting, and brief
account may interest you: Hanging in
festoons across the room were the blad-
ders Of all the seal killed the past season
by the residents Of the village; these blad.
ders were painted with bands Of black,
and the supefstitieus dance was given in
their honor, as is the custom here. Soon
the best seal-hunter leaped from his con.
oealment under the floor, shouting and
bearing large number Of resined sticks
burning, which burst into bright flame
as he rushed about the room waving his
torch across the head and body of each OF
the hunters, who sal in breathless silence
during the operation. He then ran shout
ing hoarsely along the line of bladders,
sweeping his torch many times before the
various testoops. The intensity and wild
earnestness of all his movements excited
his companions, one of whom. with the
assistance OF several others, he suddenly
seized by arms and legs, and thrust back
ward through the hole in the floor, where
the debris of the torches was emitting a
dense smoke. When nearly strangled
he was drawn out, and one after another
the entire lot of hunters was served the
same way, and the spectacle was over.
After several other dances had been held
at the same place these bladders were
taken down. and mid winter carried out
on sea about two miles, and put through
hole in the ice at sunrise, the natives
walking to and from the wa:ery sepulchre
in solemn procession, and the ceremony
was ended
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Old Time Washington Duels.

Barent GARDENER, who is described by
those who know him as handsome
courageous man, was drawn into duel
when he was here as representative from
the Ulster district of New York in 1902,
on account Of some remarks which he
made about Mr.. Jefferson's peccadillos.
1t was thought that GARDENER was NOR
tally wounded, but he recovered. and the
Federallsts of the Ulster district reelected
him. He subsequently edited the Ex-
aminer, newspaper published in the
city of New York, and he died at King
ston in 1922. One Of mis- daughters mar
ried Theodore S. Fay, one OF them liter
airy fellows" who has creditably repre-
scented this country at Berlin. His
antagonist in the duel, George Washing
ton Campbell OF Tennessee, was afterward
Minister to Russia, and his daughter,
Leczinska, born there, married Gen.
Ewell of the Confederate army. Ex-Sen-
ator Clingman, who may now be seen at
the Capitol almost every day, displayed
great GOODNESS IN duel which he fought
with Representative Yancey Of Alabama.
Clingman had as his second Charles Lee
Jones of this city who is the recognized
authority concerning the ''code of honor"
and Yancey had Mr.. Huger OF South
Carolina. Huger won the giving of the
word, and, after the principles had been
posted, he commenced, but no sooner
had he said, care you ready? than YAM
cey raised his pistol. This elected per-
emptory "HaltI' from Jones, and the
performance began second time. But
Hugar, as we'll as Yancey, was flustered,
and he did not say care you ready'" but
Fire" at which they popped away.
Nobody was hurt, and "the difficulty was
honorably adjusted" Jones was after
ward the second Of Stanley Of North Caro-
lima. and Jeff Davis the second Of 1nge Of
Alabama in duel which was fought in
1851, and amicably settled after an ex-
change of shots. The Yancey mentioned
above and the present Senator Hill of
Georgia we're members Of the Confeder-
ate Senate, and on one occasion they had
a personal contest in executive session, in
which an ink stand was thrown and blood
was shed. Yancey was then affected with
Bright's disease, of which he died not a
great while afterward, having suffered
great agony, during which he was at times
delirious and would make very eloquent
speeches.-Perley to Boston Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Monsters of the Deep.

There seems to be considerable doubt
hanging around what that sea monster
shot by Captain Chadwick, of the tug
Alpha, really is. Some say turtle, some
deviltish, and the captain himself is of
the opinion that it was "Old Nick"
himself, and hereafter sinners may have
no fear of punishment in the Internal
regions. In fact, everybody who hears
about it has different theory, and no
two persons can agree on what it is and
where it belongs The Smithtield pilots
say that this Satanic Majesty has been
seen off the coast for the last twenty
years. but he has never met anyone who
was bold enough to attack him, until
the gallant tar of the Alpha hove down
on him and ended his career. Captain
Chadwick sighted the "thing" about
eight miles off Western Bar, and imme-
diately steered toward it. When with
in a short distance of it he fired at it
with rifle, the ball passing through its
neck and killing it. 1t required six
men with their utmost strength, to pull
it over the rail, and it is estimated that
it weighed six or seven hundred pounds.
The animal was seven feet long and
three and q half feet wide. On the
back was hard black shell, like tur-
ties, with three ridges running length
wise. The head was as large as a water
bucket, and the mouth, extending down
into the throat, were rows of soft teeth.
The tail was not more than eighteen
inches long, and projected in three
prongs. The fins and feet were like
turtle, with the exception that there
were no claws.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Study the Appetites and Habits Of
Animals.

1t is profitable and advantageous to
cultivate in domestic animals love of
home. Much time, labor, and anxiety
are often expended in looking after
wandering stock. A majority of cows
and horses that voluntarily 60 astray, do
so because they find better food, more
attractive associates, or better treatment
abroad than at home. Every wise own
er or manager of stock may soon learn
by few simple experiments that there
are several articles of food or relish for
which COWS and horses have as great a
fondness as children have for cakes, jell-
les and candies. Horses, COWS, and even
sheep enjoy fondling and soft, loving
voice as much as do children. If to this
treatment be added, occasionally, sugar,
fruit, salt, confections, and the like,
these animals will never forget the hand
that bestowed them, nor the place where
they were received. If, at the time of
the evening milking, the folding of the
sheep, Or the stabling of tho horses, some
little delicacy is bestowed, these animals
will soon remember time and place, and
be thele with the regularity of hen to
her usual roosting-place Indeed, the
appetite of animals for saline and aka
line relishes seems so natural and strong
as to not only attract them, but to resort
to these places at any risk. Feeders of
stock, of large observation, inform us
that to mix salt and pure hard wood
ashes, in equal proportions Of weight,
combined by barely enough water to
make them solid mass, becomes most
attractive relish for all domestic ami
mails.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
The Seven Wise Men.

Most people have heard OF the "Seven
Wise Men Of Greece" but very few know
who they we're or how they came 10 be
called so. Here is the story, and the
moral OF it is worth rememt ering, if their
names are not: The Seven Wise Men
of Greece are supposed to have lived in
the fifth centuary before Christ. Their
names are Pattacus, Bias, Scion, Thales,
Chilon, Cleobulus, and Fernandez. The
reason of their being called wise is given
differently by various authors; but the
most approved accounts state that. as
some Coans wera fishing. certain strangers
from Melitus bought whatever should be
in the nets without seeing it. When the
nets were brought in, they we're found to
contain golden tripod which Helen, as
she sailed from Troy. is supposed TO have
thrown there. A dispute arose between
the fishermen and the strangers as to
whom it belonged, and, as they could not
agree, they took it TO the Temple or Apollo
and consulted the priestess as to what
should be done with it. She said it must
be given TO the wisest man in Greece, and
and ie was accordingly sent TO Bias. who
declared Thales, who sent it to another
one, and so on, until it had passed through
the hands Of all the men, distinguished
afterwsrd as the that the other was wiser
than he, it was finally sent to the Temple
Of Apollo, where it long remained to teach
the lesson that the wisest are the most
distrustful Of their wisdom.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Blode UP.

The other day a muscular young fell
low, having the odor Of the stables about
him, entered Detroit photographers
establishment and explained that he
would like to have about one photograph
taken, but on learning the price he con-
cluded to invest in tintype. After
taking his seat in the chair, he shut up
one eye, drew his mouth around one
side, stuck up his nose and patiently
waited for the operator, whose astonish-
ment caused him to exclaim
"Good gracious but you don't want
to look that way to get picture. No
body will know you from Sitting Bull. "
"You go ahead" was the reply.
'Do you want me to take such phiz
as that 2"
81 do"
The artist took it. 1t beat Sol Smith
Russell all to pieces, and was highly sat
isfactory to the sitter, who paid for it
and said:
"You see, had sort Of object in
this. Came here from Allegan county
six months ago-engaged to gal out
there-found gal here liked better
got to sever old ties-seep
''But what has the picture got to do
with old ties ?" asked the artist.
"Lots-heap! I've writ to her that
l was blode up here on boat and dis
figured for life. She's awful proud
When she gifts this and sees how that
explosion wrecked me, she'll hunt another
lover quicker'n wink-see? How do
you like the plot Just gaze on this
picture once and tell me that Mary Ann
won't send back my love letters by first
train y
He posted the picture. The letter
was brief, but explained all. 1t said :
"My Ever Dear Curl inclose my
picture that you may see how offul bad
l was hurt, tho l know you will love
me just the same"
"Ever see that game worked aforel"
he asked of the artist as he licked the
stamp on the letter.
"No-never did"
"Course you never did. It's mine.
1t struck me the other day while was
greasin' wagon, and l think It's boss.
Blode up-see2 Disfggered for life
see? Picture right here to prove it,
and she'll write back that she has at last
concluded to yield to her parents wishes
and marry young man out there who
owns eleven steers, 100 sheep and an
eighty acre lot
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Never Find Fault With Your
Tools.

To do this is the infalibe sign OF bad
workman. Real talent makes use OF
whatever lies nearest at hand. Faraday
mastered the secrets Of electricity with
an old bottle. Sir Humphrey Davy threw
light on the laws Of chemistry by rude
instruments of his own continuance. Fer
guson calculated the distance Of the stars
with handful of glass beads threaded on
a string. Watts first model Of the steam
engine was made out Of an old syringe.
Benjamin West took his first brushes
from a cats tail. DR.. Black detected
latent heat with q pan Of water and a
couple Of thermometers, George Stephen
son mastered the rules Of arithmetic with
BIT Of chalk on the grimy sides Of coal
wagon. The inferior mechanic 10 always
finding fault with his implements. His
jackplane and chisel have no edge, his
aueer will not bore smooth, bis handsaw
sticks in the groove; but the trouble is 10
the brain, not in the tool.-Davenport
Adams.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
What a Woman Can Remember

The Boston Transcript is responsible
for the following: a woman will go on
a shopping tour in search of a score of
dissimilar articles. The ribbon must be
ten and half fingers long and half
finger wide; the carpet must be like
Mrs. Spriggin's, only that she wants
hers brown where Mrs. SIS is green;
the first knot ill the string she carries in
her pocket is the width of the window
curtain; the second knot the length of
Susie's skirt; the third of the picture
cord, and the whole string the distance
round the center table. Besides these
she has buttons to buy, cotton to select,
silk to match, etc, and she will come
home at night without having made
single blunder, with full satchel and an
empty pocketbook, and express packages
will be arriving for a week to come.
But the strangest part of this strange,
eventful story is, that she can tell you
offhand the costume of every lady she
saw during her tour, either on the street
or i'll any of the numerous shops visited.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
The Best Room,

We once expressed our mind on the
"best room" institution in small houses.
We find that writer in the New York
Atlas also has word about gloomy ap-
pendage He says: Do not be afraid of
doing too much to render home pleasant.
Let beautiful pictures hang upon its
walls; let good books, plentifully sup.
piled, invite the attention of the young
and, if possible, let the charm of music
fling its magic spell over all, that the
tempted youth, when the gilded allure
ments of follow would attract its gaze,
may ever turn to home as the brightest
and cheeriest place on earth. Do not,
we beg of you, make the mistake of re-
moving to that best room, opened to call
forth the admiration or minister to the
enjoyment of the unusual visitor, the
books, the pictures and the music. If
they are not worth enjoying, they are
not worth having. If book is bought
only for its binding and gliding, then
let it ever remain under glass case, safe
from the pollution of smoke, or dust,
or children's fingers. If pictures are to
be enjoyed only when we wear our Sun
day clothes, then Danish them to the
parlors. If music is cheering and sooth-
ing only when the babbling of strangers
interrupts its strains, let the piano cover
only be raised when visitors are present,
and we and our houses are ON exhibition.
But if, on the contrary, these beauties
of sight and sound are able every day to
exert an elevating and enrolling inAu-
ence, then let us have them brought
from the best room to our ordinary
apartment where We can enjoy Thorn, or
else throw open the long-closed shutters,
remove the canvas covers from the parlor
furniture, and make our children our
most honored guests.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
The Difference.

If a man is Oh the cars and sees a
young lady he doesn't know from Eve
and never saw before, trying to let down
the window, he throws down his pa
per, takes off his hat, bows himself
double, smiles clear round to his after
collar button, says sweetly, "Allow mew
and closes the window with graceful
skill and charming courtesy. Ii his
sister says, 'sTom, won't you please let
this window down for mer he tucks his
paper savagely under his arm, and stalk.
ing across the aisle, stands on her feet
while he bangs the window down with q
slam that fills her face and hair with
dust. And if mis- wife, holding the baby
in one arm and lunch basket ON the
other, tries to let down the window, and
says timidly and suggestively, "Oh, dear,
don't believe I can get it down." be-"
gruntA and says, "Ehi Ohr and
buries himself still deeper in his paper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
A Mosquito Factory.

A physician corresponding with the
Scientific American SAYS: For several
years past have noticed in warm
weather that my wooden cistern, which
is above ground, has been infested with
peculiar looking little red worms. l
have heard many others like myself
complain of these worms, and | have
taken it for granted that they were a
species of earth worm However, last
Summer l procured glass jar and
sprinkled the bottom of it with Il
very small quantity of sand and clay.
l then half filled the jar with clear,
fresh water, and, after putting a
dozen OF these worms in the jar, | tied a
piece of cloth over the mouth and placed
it in Il light, airy place. The worms
were from half to three-fourths of an
inch in length, of bright red color, and
had rattle, =. jointed appearance about
body They would crawl on the botto
of the jar, swim through the water by a
rapid bending of the body backward or
forward, and occasionally come to the
surface of the water and float. Within
twenty-four hours after placing them in
the jar l noticed that they had all gone
down to the bottom of that vessel and
had enveloped themselves separately in
a kind of temporary she'll made of earth
and sand. In few days after this |
saw one of these worms crawl out of his
temporary house at the bottom of the jal
and swim to the surface of the water.
Here, after twisting about for a few
second, he ruptured thin membrane
that enveloped his body, and out
came a full-fedged mosquito ready fol
business. | noticed many of the other
worms going through the same perform
ance within a short time afterwarl
Some of the mosquitoes were much
larger than others, but as have already
stated, some of the worms were also
larger than others.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
An Indian Father.

Little Big Man. formerly Northern
Sioux belonging to Crazy Horses band,
came rushing into the Agency Yesterday,
his horse running with full speed, and he
singing warpath'' song. in nude con-
dition the blood streaming down his legs
and very much excited. He jumped
from his pony and ran into the agents
Office and asked for gun. On being in
formed that he could not have gun, he
stamped the floor cried and pulled his
hair, and, being covered all over with
blood, more ghastly and fierce looking
savage was probably never seen in the
country. He tried TO scratch match
wrong end up, and smoke the bowl OF
his pipe instead Of the stem. The inter-
prefer having arrived, he stated in fran
tic manner hat his little girl-his only
child-had caught her dress on fire few
hours before and had burned TO death.
The physician in company with Col.
o. Bierne, Mr.. Mou and the interpreter,
proceeded at once to the camp, seven
miles away, where they found the child
dressed in clean calico, amusing her.
self by playing with wax doll baby, and
eating stringed dried apples. The Doc
tor found quite an extensive burn on her
right leg and also on the right side Of her
body, but thinks her injuries are not Of
a serious character. Ii seems that before
the woman found out how bad the child
was burned they inforemd the Little Man
that she was burned up beyond ali hope
of recovery, whereupon the Chief began
stabbing himself inhicting several deep
wounds and would undoubtedly have killed
himself had it not been for other Indians
taking the knife away from him.-Corr.
Sioux City Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Sounds Country Like.

Spring has really got along at last, +"
remarked Mr.. Smiley as he glanced over
the breakfast table in search of palsta-
bic morsel. Il always notice that about
this time it is between hay and grass
about getting anything to eat Now buck
wheat slapjacks are just out of season and
green corn hasn't got along Hannah,
why don't you stir around and get up a
relshable sort of breakfast 1t strikes
me that | have seen that same plate Of
rolls for three days" "Ichabod Smiley,
them rolls is just not out Of the oven,
and if they're not good enough for such
fault-finding old hunk, you can get your
meals somewhere else; | won't be tied
up to waiting on you for nothing but
abuse and one new dress year," and the
tiood-gates Of her eyes opened, and the
hot tears streamed down her face. Smi-
ley looked little sheepish. but managed
to get outside Of four Of the rolls and two
cups OF coffee, vowing that he would send
up shad for dinner, something that
wouldn't allow time for the old gal to get
to sniveling.' - New Haven Register.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
How to Anchor Him.

A beautiful young wife on the North
Side has expended much ingenuity in
devising scheme to keep her husband
at home of nights, and it proves very
effectual. She fatters her liege lord
about the exquisitely dainty proportions
of his feet, and induces him to wear
boots about two sizes too small for him.
He is on his feet all day in town, and
when he gets home at night she has a
soft chair and pair Of loose, cool slip
pers for him. and by the time he, with
great drops of agony pearling from his
brow, has got off his boots, he comes to
the conclusion that there is no place
like home alter al, aud has no desire
to 60 down town to the lodge, or to sit
up with . sick friend.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-31
Heading Of a Lawyer.

Rufus Choate, in an important marine
assault and battery at sea case, had Dick
Barton, chief mate of he clipper ship
Challenge, on the stand, and badgered
him for about an hour that at last Dick
got his salt water up and hauled by the
wind to bring the keen Boston lawyer I'M
der his batteries.
At the beginning OF bis testimony Dick
had said that the night was clark as pitch,
and raining like seven bells"
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked him:
"Was there any moon that night?
Eyes, sir
"Ah, yes A moon
"Did you see it"
"Not mite.
"Then how do you know there was a
moon'"
"Nauticle almanac said SO, and III be.
lieve that sooner'n any lawyer in the
world"
"Ah-you are growing sharp, Mr.. Bar
tom
"What in blazes have you been grind
ing me this hour for-to make me dull. y
'Be civil, sir. And now tell me what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
equator in''
"Sho, you're joking
"No, sir am in earnest, and desire
you to answer me.
"Ah, you refuse to answer, do YOU
81 shan't."
Indeed You are chief mate of clip
per ship and unable to answer so simple
question:
Eyes It's the simplest question l ever
was asked in my life. Why, l thought
every fool Of lawyer knew there Amt nc
latitude on the equator
Tint shot floored Rufus Choate.