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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-12
Military Items.

1t. VIM. V. Wolfe, End Infantry, left the
post on Friday last for Fort Lapwai.
The military telegraph line from Walla
Walla to Fort Lapwai will be completed this
week.
The remains of the late Gen. Sully were
deposited in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadel-
phia, May l7th
1t. E. y. Farrow, 2lst Infantry, has secured
the twenty Umatila Indian scouts authorized
for enlistment recently
The report that Col s. G. Whipple, now in
command of Fort Klamath, was to be retired
from service, is now contradcted.
1t is with deep regret we have to chronicle
the death of the wife of Maj or Stewart, com
mandant of the military post at Fort Candy,
w.. 7.
Major Edwin c. Mason, 2lst Infantry, Act
ing Assistant Inspector General, on Mon
day went up the river, en- route fol. Pendleton,
on public business.
1t. George B. Backus, LIST Cavalry, and wife,
came from Walla Walla, stopping at the post
over Sunday. On Monday they went to Puget
Sound. It. Backus is on leave.
It. c. W. Rowell End Infrntry, has been re-
lieved from duty at Fort Vancouver, and or
dered to return to his station at Fort Lapwai.
He left the post with his wife on Monday
afternoon.
On tne Sou OF last mohth Lieut.. T. o. rar-
row. 2lst Infantry, of Capt Miles Company,
completed his transfer ofGovernment property
to Lieut. II. L. Bailey, 2lst Infantry, who sue
ceeded him as Post Quarter Master and Com
missary at Port Townsend.
The last dispatch from Gen. Howard and
Governor Ferry was dated June 2nd, at Lake
Chean. They had held a council with the In
dams living there, who expressed themselves
well pleased with the new reservation arrange
ments. Gen. Howard will probably return to
headquarters about June 18th.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-12

VANCoUvRR FERRY.--We have informa-
ton that the new boat of Foster 4 Willis
will be ready to run on the 4th of July, and
will be on hand for business, so that all can
cross the river who can reach the LANDING on
the Oregon shore. Regular trips cannot be
made for month yet, probably.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-12

Adam Schwebel and wife will receive
their friends at the house of II. NJ. Knapp,
on Mill Plain, next Wednesday night.
where there will be dance and supper All
their friends are hereby invited to attend.
II you wish to enjoy life to the fullest ex-
tent this summer. call on Gridley 4 Whitney
aud get one Of those Chinese Lounges. And
all those Interested in Bicycles please call
and leave their orders immediate.y.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-12

Old papers for sale at this Office.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-09
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-09

With the Chicago d Northwestern, Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific and st. Joseph & Coun-
ell Blum Railroads and Missouri river line OF
Packets to and from all the principal Eastern
and Southern cities.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
A Sharn.Witted Judge.

A sculptor had sent marble Venus
tosome international exposition or other,
and when it reached its destination, lol
one of the hands had been knocked oil.
The furious artist brought suit against
the railroad company for damages, and
the Judge (who was the brother of the
railroad compapy's presidenD decided as
follows:
III work of art is one Of transcendcnt-
al merit its value is not impaired by
mutilation. Thus, the Venus Of MILO,
though both arms have been broken of,
is nevertheless of priceless worth. On
the other hand, a statue Of common
place and inferior character is robbed OF
most of its value by such an accident
It remains for the artist, therefore, to
aid the court in appraising the value Of
this statue.
'Oh, the statueI said the artist, hun
grier for gain than for glory; the statue
didn't amount to much-it was what you
have called commonplace and inferior
piece of work-in fact, may say it was
almost worthless,
'Mr. Clerk, said the judge, the plain
tiff swears that his statue was almost
worthless, consequently / will allow him
five francs damages, which, on his own
showing, is very liberal, the Judgment
not to carry costs. I thought l had him
either way. Call the next case.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
AnecdOte of a Celebrated Doctor.

The renowned DR.. Abernethy Wal a
man of sharp wit and biting tongue, but
was sometimes brought up with a sharp
turn. On one occasion the doctor was
forced to own that he had the worst OF
it. The story iuns thus; He was sent
for one day in great haste by an inn
keeper, whose wife had in a quarrel
scratched his face with her nails to such
an extent that the poor man was bleed
ing and much disfigured. Abemethy
thought this an opportunity not to be
lost for admonishing the offender, and
said, Madam, are you not ashamed OF
yourself to treat your husband thus-the
husband who is the head Of all--your
head, in fGctP
well, DOCTOR fiercely returned the
virago, and may not scratch my own
headP'
A gentleman once asked Abernethy
if he thought the moderate use OF snuff
would 'injure the brain.
NO, SIR was the doctors prompt re-
ply; for no man with single ounce OF
brains would ever think of taking snuff.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
Feminine Devices.

A jeweler of high standing stated that
some young ladies, whose parents keep
accounts with him, frequently want
some ornaments for an evening, and in
stead of renting them from lender they
get him to send homo for their mothers
inspection some set that suits their fancy.
1t is worn that evening, and returned
the next day as unsuitable. This, and
other devices Of q similar nature, are re-
sorted to by scheming females to deck
their person with valuable ornaments,
without mourning any expense other
than the telling of few falsehoods.
The iewel-lender, however, has come
to the rescue of the ieweler, and by
renting his wares society can cover itself
with hired glory, sail under false pre-
lenses, and create the impression it de-
sires so long as it is willing to pay the
vulgar usurer for the borrowed plumage.
This business is increasing from year to
year, and jewels are loaned not ouly for
festal show, but are furnished for fun
eral.attending, calls, and even shopping
expeditions.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
An Arifnl Young Man.

Three pretty young lirls welking
along a Redmond street toward tie de.
pot were eau yht in n sudden drenching
rain, and were unluckily provided with
only one whalebone and silk covering
for their heads. The marrow sidewalk
mado it almost impossible for The three
10 walk abreast, and consequently one
of them aho was addressed as Annie re-
ceived all the drippings OF the umbrella
upon her nnselish head.
A gentleman walking just behind them
noticed this, and tried, as unobtrusively
as possible, 10 shelter her with his own,
For block or so she ignored the at
tempt, but was finally forced in crossing
the street, 10 accept the courtesy, which
she did with an embarrassed bow. 1t
happened that the youth had been well
brought up, and understood her fear
lest he should in any way take advan-
tage OF his courtesy to be impertinent,
and icing Of rather mischievous turn
OF mind, he waited until he caught her
eye, as she looked sbyly Up, when, as
suming that FAR look 50 often seen on
the deaf and dumb, he pathetically
touched his finger TO his lips and shook
his head.
The girl looked so immensely relieved
that he came near laughing right out,
especially when he announced that he
was speechless she showed she wasn't
by quietly observing to one of her
friends, 'Ob, Mary, isn't it too bad, this
handsome young man is deaf and dumb?'
Mary thought it was, and wondered
how he ever got along in the world, and
much to the amusement of this knight
Of the umbrella, the three proceed-
ed TO discuss him girl. fashion, and from
the color Of his eyes to the cut of his
clothes he was fully criticised; Annie
deciding that, as q husband, he would
be sans reproche, never swearing,
never scolding, making silence golden.
When they reached the station the
three girls smiled and grimaced their
gratitude when, to their profound hor-
ror, the youth with a sweet smile, raised
his hat, remarking with painful distinct
ness, that he was very happy to have
been of service With a suppressed
shrek, the merry maids rushed into the
building, while the youth departed
whistling 'The Merry Maiden and the
Tar
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
The Oldest City in America.

The streets Of ST. Augustine, F.s.,
are 81 very marrow, most Of them being
but twelve feet in width, The oyerhapg-
ing balconies nearly meeting in places,
which was doubtless great convenience
to the old Spanish residents, who could
chat and shake hands with their neigh
bors across the way, or stab them with
equal facility should circumstances JUS
tify such proceeding. A hundred years
or go ago horses or vehicles were not
allowed inside the city gates. The gar.
dens are well stocked with q great va
riety of tropical fruits, including lemons,
lines, oranges, guavas, figs, bananas,
olives, citrons and pomegranates. The
date palm grows thriitily, but produces
no fruit. Most of the public edifices and
many Of The private dwellings are built
OF coquina, a unique conglomerate OF
fine shells and sand, found in large
quantities on Anastasia island, at the
entrance of the harbor.
The ancient fortress OF San Marco
(known since the change of flags as Fort
Marion) deserves moro than a passing
notice. 1t was constructed by slave and
convict labor, and was hundred years
in building. It was completed in 1855.
It's castellated battlements, its formid.
able bastions, with their frowning guns;
its lofty and imposing sally-port, sur
rounded by the royal Spanish arms; its
moat, its drawbridge, its commanding
lookout tower, and its massive moss.
grown walls, ell portray its antiquity
Within its walls are gloomy vaults and
dungeons. A subterranean passage is
said to connect the fort with a neigh
boring convent. Ancient, partially dis
mantled, and for all purposes of defense
abandoned forever, it still furnishes
food for fancy and reflection.
A hundred years in building How
many hopeless captives from across the
sea grew gray in its construction, and
with dying eyes gazed upward at the
massive, unfinished walls on which sue
ceeding generations should toll and
sicken and die as they had doneP A
hundred hopeless years dragged their
slow length over the winterless earth
before the great work was finished. The
architects who had devised it's construc-
ton we're dead; those who had laid its
foundations were forgotten, ani even
the necessity for such an undertaking
had well nigh passed away ere the last
stone was laid and the labor OF century
completed.
Although at present but show town
and city of boarding-houses, st. Angus
tine has been the theater of many
historical events, and the scene of nu-
merous wars, sieges and massacres. -
Founded by the Spaniards in 1865, it
was a place of note and importance
when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth,
more than half a century afterward. Its
narrow streets were filled with life and
activity, and the population within che
confines of its walls lived and died, and
bought and sold, for two hundred years
before the Declaration Of Independence.
The old cathedral, with its chime of
rusty bells, and the plaza in which the
remains of the Spanish markethouse are
still to be seen, form interesting iea-
lures of the quaint little city; and,
taken as a whole, there is nothing to
compare with it in the United States.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
Hints for Wash Day.

Whether TO soak the clothes over
night or not is much disputed ques-
tion with housewives. Where puro els.
tern water can be had it is doubtless an
advantage; but to soak clothes iu hard
wafer sets the stains rather than re.
moves them, and river water, unless FL
tered when drawn of in quantities, as
rule contains 80 much mud that it is
apt to streak the clothes soaked in it for
any considerable time. Wringers are a
blessed invention on the whole, al
though bard On buttons. But flAnnels
should not be passed through them, as
they rub the wool up into little hard
naps. Clothes should, il possible, be
dried in the sun and in the open air,
and never yet did housewife notably
greet with smile rainy washing day
Bat when Monday is rainy it is not
always convenient to postpone the
weekly wash. In that case sheets and
any other large white pieces which are
not TO be starched may be hung out in
the rain, which will bleach rather than
iniure them. If possible, hang the
smaller pieces in an unused room mp
stairs, when the rest may usually be dis.
posed of by hanging at night on lines
stretched across the kitchen, where the
heat of the fire will dry them before
morning. Blankets ought never to be
washed in rainy weather. Select a
bright summer day for the work, and
let it be done and through with. Have
two people TO wiring them, and stretch
ond pull them carefully when putting
on the lines. Then pull and fold them
dry, and put under press instead Of
ironing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
Scarcity of Fruit IN Montana.

A correspondent travelling in the min
ing districts Of Montana, writes: There
are mining and agricultural machinery,
dry goods, groceries, hardware, car
riages, furniture, musical Instruments
in short, every article Of comfort or lux
ury which well-to-do population re.
quires except grain, vegetables and
meats. ! saw there especially enormous
quantities of canned goods of every de.
scription, for Montana, like every other
mining country l have seen, depends
upon the packing houses of the East
and of California for almost oil the fruits
and large part Of all the fish and vege.
tables that are consumed in the Terrific
ry. A few apples and some berries are
now raised in the Bitter Root valley and
around Helena, but in such small quan.
titles that they still command enormous
prices. Fair winter apples are worth
twenty-five cents pound on the trees,
near Missoula, and retail in Helena for
about twice that price. 1 presume that
a majority OF the children born in Mon.
tana have never tasted fresh fruit and
hardly know what it is like. A little
boy in one of the Helena Sunday-schools
was asked recently by his teacher why
our first parents were driven from the
Garden of Eden, and he replied, very
innocently, Because they ate up all Of
the Lords canned fruit.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
MULROONEY IN COURT.

Peter Mulrooney,' said the clerk.
Peter Mulrooney exclaimed the
stentorian crier.
There was an answer beyond, quick
shuflling of feet, and an eager whisper.
ing, in which touch of the brogue pre-.
dominated. Z
'Silencep shouted the crier, and then
he again called at the top of his voice;
Peter Mulrooneyp
whist, ye Omadhamr said Peter, who
Ahad been all this time standing quietly
beside the other. Sure, as I'm not a
gossoon lost in crowd, there's no made
to below after me like great bull calf.
why didn't you answer, thenf' cried
the crier, surlily.
'Arrah, better manners to yeP retorted
Peter. Would ] be after disturbin'
their honors in that way; an I'm GIN
tleman of standin' and teacher Of the
dacencesN'
You swear, Mr.. Mulrooney 2 said the
crier, Offering the book.
do you take me for a haythen2' said
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30

A Texas newspaper gives the follow
ing news paragraph from johnson conn
ty, in that State; "A lady was visited by
two of her lady frieds, who spent the
day with her. She told them OF lately
having come in possession Of a large
sum Of money, and that the absence Of
her husband annoyed her because she
was afraid OF being robbed. That night
a stranger stopped at her house, and
during the night, being awakened by a
noise in the lndy's room, he looked
through the window and saw two negroes
choking her in her bed. He fred on
them and killed both, aud just then two
persons fed from the house. On inves.
tigation it was found that the negroes
were the lady's guests disguised, and
it is supposed that the two who fed
were their husbands.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
A Remarkable Echo.

The New Orleans Picayune thus de-
scribes On echo discovered by two gen.
tlemen who had crossed Atchafalaya
bay from Morgan City to Berwick, and
had occasion to call for friend who had
been left behind. The distance across
is less than half mile, and the human
voice can easily reach it. A prolonged
call was made, and the parties listened
for a response. In about fifteen seconds,
to their surprise, the Same call came
back, with all tn @ peculiar infections of
voice that were given in the call. Think
ing some one was on the other side, the
party recited verses in Italian, Latin
and Spanish, and after delay they came
back, the echo repeating as many as
twenty words distinctly. Unlike most
echoes, this OF Morgan City repeats
whole sentences, AMI not the least di-
minished by reverberatiop.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30

Lyons shot Van Doren in self defense
at vevay, Ind, last year, but did not kill
him. They lived on adjoining farms,
and 30 had the convenience for keeping
the quarrel going. A few days ago Ly-
ons' son said that his father had need
lessly bungled the job Of shooting Van
Doren. and proposed to undertake it
himself. He lay in wait by the roadside
for Van Doren, who was coming from
the village on horseback, and, when his
victim got opposite, coolly rested gun
across the fence, took aim very doliber-
ately, and shot him through the brain.
4 guess that was o success the MUIR
derer remarked as he anda nelghbor e.
amined the dead man.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30

Mr.. J. 8. Blackie, professor of Greek,
Edinburgh university, Scotland, in a
recent communication to leading news
paper, says that he has become so con-
vinced of the essential injustice, impolicy
and social peril of the existing British
land laws that ministry ought to be at
once formed, pledged to deal at once and
forever with their reform, and that the
present system Of locking up the land,
Gods catholic gift in the soil, is sys-
tenn which tends directly to breed ha-
tired betwixt class and class, and to SOW
the seed of communism and revolution.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
Comparative Strength of Explosives.

The report Of the United States board
of army engineers, just published, pre-
sents the following interesting table as
the result of two years thorough trial
of the relative efficiency Of the various
modern explosives, taking ordinary dy-
Mantle as the standard Dynamite, No.
l, 100; gun cotton, 81; dualin, Ill; rend-
rock, "a; dynamite, No. 2, S3; Vulcan
powder, 50; mica powder, S3; nitro -gly-
cerine, 81; Hercules powder, No. !, lO6i
Hercules powder, No. 2, S3.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30

Private advices have been received at
Fort Smith, Ark, of the discovery Of
very rich lead mines in the vicinity Of
Spoonville, in Clark and Hot Springs
counties. The mineral is found near
the surface in great quantities.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rs'e' Of sdVoriii!ng, 81 per square
hrst insertion, sad 50 cents each subsequent
insertion.
Special contracts vi'l ho m' da foT eli adVer'
tisericnis for four nsoItions OF over.
Trsueien, Advertisements always psySbs
quarterly IN EdvAnco.
M.rrrges ard Obituary notices, over ono
Iqusre, charged for st half regular rsitG
All local news 10 oouts 4 line for each in
sertion.
No notoss inserted for less than fifty cenis.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30

The difference between q woman and
an umbrella is that the latter can be
shut up.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30

A Virginia paper has been calling the
watermelon q green-hide monster.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-15
sunday school Concert.

The teachers and pupils of the NJ. E.
Sunday school will give a grand con-
cert at the M. E. Church tomorrow
Sunday evening, beginning at $50
o'clock. The programme for the even
ing is quite interesting The several
classes will march from the Parsonage
to the Church headed by their teachers,
bearing appropriate banners. The ex-
ercises will consist of vocal and instru-
mental music, dialogues, recitations.
etc. DIR. and Mrs. Hanson, assisted by
several good vocalists, have been spec
tally engaged for the occasion. The
several Sunday school classes will sing
and recite appropriate pieces, and Mrs.
L. j. Maddux will entertain the audi
ence with one Of her mimitable recita-
tions. Everybody is invited, and there
is no charge for admission.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-15
Railroad Taxes.

The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany paid into the County Treasury
yesterday taxes for the year 1879.
amounting to S33, 79l 81. The total
t;sx is $67, 906 "a, which shows that
the railroad company owns and pays
taxes on one bali of the taxalse. prop
erty of the county. Next week the
taxes collected will be apportioned to
the several funds, and county warrants
issued up to about last June or, per-
haps, later, will be redeemed In coin,
and the floating debt of the county, it
is hoped, will be reduced to few thous-
AMI dollars 1t is not so Bad after all,
al. this season of die year, to have l44a
miles of railroad in the county.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-15

The new schoolhouse in Humboldt
District No. 6, Paradise Valley, is COM
pleted and school will be opened there
immediately. The Board of Trustees,
composed,of w. z. Dale, j. T. Shelton
and d. w. Abel, say in.their report of
the, building, which was built. under
contract by D. N. Brown, that. it is
built. in a wol kmanlike manner and to
their entire satisfaction, and completed
according to. the. plans and specihca'
tions of the contract.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-15
Keeps Fast Herses.

The Central Pacific boys say the train
dispatcher on the Battle Mountain and
Austin Railroad has prepared himself
for all emergencies which may arise
from dead" engines and SIGH like by
engaging two of Blossoms fastest
horses, one of which is kept saddled at
all hours, until the road is built Now
when ~ train cannot leave Battle Mount
ain on time the trian dispatcher rides at
full speed to the meeting station and
signals the north. bound train to go
ahead. BY this means tedious delays
are avoided.