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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Talks with the Children.

| sit by a bright, coal fire, while the
snow falls swiftly without. A chubby
little boy in the next house is anx-
iously Watching the storm with eager
black eyes. There has not been snow
enough to give him good sliding, and
he wants to try his Christmas sled.
Perhaps if this very small boy were
in Lapland instead of Massachusetts,
he would not Ike snow so well.
Did you ever hear of people using
snOw-banks for cradles? En- Lap!and,
when fathers and mothers go to
church, they roll the babies in fur and
dump them into a snow-bank outside
the church door, while they 60 in
side and enjoy the service without
being disturbed. Sometimes there
will be thirty babies, all in a row.
Don't you think that is rather cool
performance? l sometimes wonder
if our customs seem as curious to peo-
pie of other nations as theirs do to us.
For instance, there lies before me II
tiny shoe. 1t is exactly three and
two-cighths inches long, about an
inch broad at the heel, and runs to Il
fine point at the toe; yet it has been
worn by Il full-grown woman. This
seems very strange to me, but | have
seen them even smaller than this,
and they are worn two inches and Il
half long.
All! Don't you pity the poor, little
Chinese girls, who have to endure
terrible torture in order to wear them?
DO you ask why? For the same rea-
son that some of you will be advised
to wear corsets-because it is the
fashion. Would you like to know
Just how this torture is carried on?
You may suppose, rs ! used to, that
it is commenced when the victim is
Il baby, and that the whole foot is
compressed, and never allowed to
grow, so that it all enters the shoe.
But this is not the case. Rev. II. c.
HOughton, in his books "W0men Of
the ORIENT says, that the binding Of
the foot is seldom. if ever, commenced
before a child is five years old, and in
most eases not until she is six or seven.
This allows the limbs good start and
growth, and the poor little girl learns
how to walk firmly. There are wo-
men who make this their business,
but sometimes the mothers take 1t in
hand. - Jennie f.. J. Alger.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
"a Bit of History

When Prince Napoleon WAS born III
the Palace OF the Tuilleries the event
was announced by sulute OF artillery
from the invalides 1t had been agreed
that il the child was a female only
twenty-o one guns would be heard, but ii
an heir to the throne was ushered into
the world one hundred guns would an
nounce the event. 1t was 6 o'clock in
the morning when the first gun was dis
charged, and all Paris counted and
awaited anXiously. Twenty-one reports
We're heard, and there appeared to be Il
longer pause than usual between the dis
charges Then came The twenty-second
report, and gun after gun flashed and
sent the good news 70 listening Paris.
Upon the borders OF the Black Sea
100000 men were in arms. England,
France and Sardinia were attacking
Sebastapool. The electric spark sped
the glad tdings to the French army, and
the shotted guns were loaded with harm
less messengers The English guns took
up the feu de JOE, and Sardinia followed
suit The Russian army listened in sur
prise, but at once OWNED the cause OF
the demonstration and Joined its salvos
to those OF the allied armies. To-day
the remains of the Prince rest quietly
at Woolwich, awaiting their removal to
Chiselhurst The artillery which an
nounced his birth form portion of the
escort Of the dead Prince as he is carried
to his last resting place. boston
Journal, July llth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
4 Papistical Dog

rs genera. proposition the clergy of
the Roman Catholic Church, though
sometimes given to dogma, are not Great
connoissours in dogs We do not recall
the name o. any prelate or priest rs the
winner Of a prize at the recent great
dog show'at Gimore's Garden. The one
Of "high degree mentioned in the fol-
lowing anecdoto, from the other side,
would certainly have taken a medal If
his Judges had been selected from the
clergy Nonsignor Capel, of London,
the eminent Roman Catholic immortal
lied by Disraeli in Lothair, is not only
fond OF dogs, but is the master Of
noble hound which is Catholic to the
backbone. "Beppo, give three cheers
for the Pope and Beppo utters three
short, decisive barks of approval at the
sound OF the Holy Fathers name
"Beppo, are YOU Protestant"
No answer.
Are you "A rltualist 2
Gloom on the dogs face
care you Catholic =
"Bow-wow- WOW
If the questions are put in French it
is the same Beppo is fond of sweet
biscuits Throw him one and say it
comes from Bsmark, he will not stir to
take it. Says it comes from the Pope,
and Beppo "goes for it"-Harpers
Magazine.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Bedstead Superstition in Germany

Having ordered a neat reconstructed
single bcdstead, SAYS correspondent. of
London Notes and Queries, with some
what high and ornamental sides, | was
surprised when il was brought nome to
find that the ornamentation of one side
of the bedstcad was nor repeated on the
opposite side, !, being, in fact, quite
plain. / expressed my surprise and dis
satisfaction To the maker, saving that
when a bedstead was placed viii, it's
head against the wall of Il room, the
sides, then showing, viii appear quite
unlike-one ornamented and the other
plain. At this the maker expressed his
surprise that ] should be ignorant of
German custom and prejudice . for"
says he. in Germany, single bedsteads
are only placed sidewise against wall
or partition, and only removed from this
position and placed with the head against
the wall to receive dead body" And
the verify maker assured me that no
whore in Germany could native be in
duced to sleep on a single bedstead which
had not its side placed against wall or
petition. The same objection does not
hold agains; placing two single bedsteads
side by side. with their heads against 4
wall.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Wrinkles.

Time and physical suffering cause the
creases about the eyes more than anything
else. Therefore, with proper attention
TO your health, you have it in your power
10 avoid many OF these Nervous suffering
often gives a hard look 10 The mouth, and
sometimes pulls it ont Of shape. We all
Of Us, that are worth anything, must 60
through more or less Oft. But Inc spirit
in which we near it will be sure 10 leave
lis impress abou, the most mobile OF all
features Of the face Pain of all kinds,
anguish. agony. care, wrinkle the forhead
from temple to tempe. Thought and
passion crease it perpe1dicularly between
the brows All these outward maniies-
tations of the internal conflict that goes
on in every one Of u, from day 10 day,
are, TO some extent, within the control Of
our will, but they do not yield one iota to
all the cosmetics in the world. You have
a certain feeling, and your face takes on
certain lines, and in proportion with the
recurrence OF that feeling these lines deep
en-. But YOU NAV, by the exercise Of
your well-power, keep that feeling in check
to "A certain extent, and to certain ex-
tent also control the lines CT yoar face.
This is all the preventive or cosmetic that
there is for wrinkles. So save the money
you have put aside tor any other soca'!ed
cure OF them, and use it for better pur-
pose. There can be no real and lasting
beauty withou, truth. Try to be true TO
a noble ideal all through That is the
foundation, the cornerstone of true beau
ty. An alt,acti.e face is not a made-up
one; it is the face of one on good terms
with his or her own soul. Yes, that is
the grand secret of all ei1icacious cos
me;ics for the face. Be on good terms
with your own soul; and secondly, treat
your body with all the respect and rev.
erence that are due to the temple of the
soul. Howard Glyndon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
In Public and Private.

What the valedictory said Kind
teachers, ever shall we look back to the
happy days when, under yonr patient
and loving pilotage, We climbed the hill
of knowledge; ever shall we hold the
recollection of your seltsacriiicing devo-
ton among our hottest remembrances.
And classmates, though the links are at
last broken that have SO long united us
in their tender chain, vet are we still
permitted in memorys forge to reweld
the scattered fragments, and live once
again IN fancy the happy existence that
has been ours, and which we prize more
than ever now that it can be lived in
reality no more.
What the valedictorian thought:
Thank the Lord, shall soon see the last
of old Smith He never was fit for a
teacher, any way, the cross old bear
And, then he shows partiality so :. L
never could see what he finds in Sal
Stebbings SO attractive. No matter what
she does, he's good as pie TO her. | guess
I'd have to take it if should come to
school with lessons no better than hers.
And Miss Jones 'Hem . the old maid
She's Just hateful And Miss Brown,
too What dowdy she is No wonder
nobody'll have her. Thank heaven, I'm
free OF them all now | don't believe
Id speak TO one of them if | should
meet them on the street. Let's see--L
must cut that Periwinllle girl right away.
/ don't want to be logged round by her
any longer, and, what's more, | won't
] shall have To keep on good terms with
Steve Showers sister, though DO hate
her so; for Steve's got a Jolly team, and
he always dresses nobby, and all the girls
envy me and Steve when we 90 riding
long. And Ia going to give Sal Steb-
bings bit of my mind, and then good
bye to her, the mink Well, I'm glad
it's all over: never want to think of
school again or see a school book. What
IA life have led, to be sure! But shall
90 into society now, thank fortune, where
belong Boston Transcript
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Tenement Houses Without Win
GowS

Oh, know Just how Ii iec!S Haven't
! been through j, all. No air The sun
never gels in. Why, in thai very house
there are thi,ly-IwJ dark rooms tina, never
get breath except from The ones they
open into You sleep in one once, even
when you're used TO il, and there's band
round your head when YOU wake up as if
YOU had an iron cap screwed on and a
sinking and craving at ,our stomach.
You DO with less food after q glass OF that
Darkness means the devils own deeds
An. couldn't tell you what sights I've
seen. think sometimes how is it that
God hmse.. does no, turn sick and sweep
j, all away Men, women and children,
and less sense that beast. You see,
packed in that way its easy enough TO get
in a hundred and eighty or even two
hundred. They do not need to be so
packed, but they get no. TO care. There
are empty rooms now mp these side streets
but they wan. the excitement of hearing
what ali have 10 tell, and most of them
drink too hard 10 have money left for any
thing but their own plank or two on a
floor. When i, comes to such pass
say the only way lief, is clean destruction.
Sunday Afternoon tor May.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Treasury Girls.

Although for many years ladies had
been allowed to take copying from the
department to their homes and had re-
ceived payment for the work done ac-
cording to tariff, of ten cents for every
hundred words, yet we think it was
not more than twenty years since they
were formally admitted to clerkships
under Government, with regularly es-
tablished salaries.
OF course the opportunity to secure
such positions was q great blessing to
many widows and orphans of gentlemen
who had died in one branch or another
of the Government service, women who
had either starvation or intolerable de-
tendance before them; and the oppor-
tunity was eagerly seized, and has ever
since been taken advantage of to such a
degree that the pressure brought to
bear, upon people supposed to have in
fuence over those who make the ap-
pointments, in order to secure the va
can't places, is something which never
ceases.
We doubt if there is anywhere else
assembled in the world, so large body
of women as these employees, possessed
Of such virtues, such fine breeding, and
such social accomplishments. OF course
there are few with giddy heads or
mean natures. Although there have
been some pretty faces that have mar
ried their owners to Senator, II judge,
II governor-in one instance to q foreign
nobleman--no expectations of the sort
are cherished by the rest. There is a
certain proportion who go into the best
society and shine there; that is, they
have never left the society in which
they were reared. They change their
Office dress, after the hours of work are
over, for calling suit, and then pro
coed to make visits, and they attend
such of the evening entertainments as
they please; the daughters or widows of
admirals, senators, and other dignitaries
of the past, the daughters and wives of
similar dignitaries of the present, never
think of receiving them as anything but
equals, aware that the wheel Of fortune
is always rolling, and that it may be
their own turn tomorrow. Being per
fecS ladies they command the treatment
of ladies, and erjoy their social life.
But the great multitude of those EN-
ployed in the treasury have neither
taste nor strength for gay life, even in
any subdued form; all their heart and
effort are wrapped up in the welfare OF
others, and they are glad and Thankful
that they can do for others, OF, if not
that, that they can relieve others OF the
burden of themselves, and keep the
breath between their teeth. Harper''
Bazaar.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Coming Round the Curve.

W. G. z.
There is clever maxim
Which would on you impress,
Whether in JOY or sorrow,
In pleasure or distress,
To keep your wits about you,
And faithfully observe,
To look out for the engine
When it's coming round the curve.
Should business cares Cypress you,
And times be hard and drear,
An honest heart and sunny smile
Will all your future cheer.
Put on the brakes, keep sharp lookout,
The maxim well will serve,
If you blow your whistle lively
When you'er coming round the curve.
If gay coquette should charm you,
With eyes and hair like night,
TO make your poor heart tiutter,
And telescope it quite,
You bring to mind this maxim,
And then without reserve)
To hoist the danger signal
When she's coming round the curve
TO 90 your duty manfully,
To clcave unto the right,
VIII make life all the happier
And your joys will be more bright,
If you leave the wrong behind you
And from the right ne er swerve;
The engine will not harm you
When it's coming round the curve.
And when the grim destroyer
Shall stare you in the face,
Remember that the lot of al
Is final resting place.
Don't let this thought unman you.
But be a man of nerve,
And look out for the engine
When it's going round the curve.
The California Farmer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

The weather at St Louis last week
was excessively hot, the mercury ranging
from SO TO 9S degrees in the shade
"1et u.s. said the Sunday school
teacher, take our example the godly
Abraham. There was a scared look in
the eyes of the class, and the boy who
sat nearest the door slipped out and
cleared off house as fas. as his legs would
carry him.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
lDead-Not Delivered.

Meeting the letter carriers as they leave
the post-ofIice with their bulky sacks
crowded with letters, one must wonder
how they can distribute each and every
one TO its proper owner; but, bless you!
they 90 further than that. After they
have been on route for while they can
tell much more about family than they
ever do. They know if one of the chill
dren is away, if viitors are coming, if any
of the relatives are dead, and many other
things hardly known to the nearest neigh
Dor. An envelope is nothing but an en-
velope to you. You may criticise the
handwriting and the or;hography, but be-
ycnd that you care nothing. To the let
ter carrier it is book. He known when
father and mother coming where tIuant
boy is-whether the family is respected
or not-and Sarah's beau cannot bind
the CARR by getting some one else to
Vdirect the envelope.
One day one OF the Oldest carriers had
letter left over after he had gone his
usual round 1t was directed to wom
an living in little old house standing
back from the street, and as he studied
the address he said to himself that he
never had an epis,le for her before in all
the six or seven years he had been on the
route The postmark was that OF an Of
flee in the East and the carrier unused to
himself
"This is from her son, and she will be
crying before l am out OF sight.
He delivered the lette- to the white
faced woman Of 60, who seemed to be
living all alone, and she looked surprised
as he placed it in her hand.
"a letter for mel haven't relative
on earlhw she gasped.
But he left it with her.
In about three weeks second letter
came, and the old lady opened the door
before the carrier was inside the gate.
She did not say it was from her son, but
the carrier knew for all that, and he hoped
that the truant boy had settled down for
life. and was writing cheerful words and
sending aid 10 his poor old mother.
Regularly every three weeks, for half
year or more, there came fat-looking
letter for the old woman in the little
cabin; and if the. letter was day late her
white face at the window reproached the
carrier more than words could have done.
Ifit was day earlier she was at The door, to
meet him, knowing his s,epfrom all others
who passed that way.
The other day when the carrier found
the buff envelope, directed in the old,
familiar c.amped hand, he said to him
self;
81 will hurry around to-day, for the
last time saw her she seemed i'll and
weak. and a letter will give her new
strength"
He opened the gate with bang to give
her warning. but no white lace appeared
at the window, and no hand raised the
door-latch. The carrier knocked on the
door for the first time, and after moment
woman opened it and said:
"She is dead. and she hasn't relative
in this CITY,"
Among the letters to 60 to the dead
letter office next week will be one across
whose face is written whole chapters in
three words, "Dead-not delivered"
An old woman has passed away-a
cottage is deserted letter returned.
The world will see nothing in these sim
pie facts, but yet in them is contained all
the sentiment God has ever given to any
! human heart
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Is Russia Nationally Young!

Mr.. Gladstone, IN an article in which
he spoke OF the ample evidence of just
and philanthropic mind" in Alexander
H., once described Russia as nationally
young" No greater historical erro,
could be committed; Russia is an old
country; and the tyranny of her rulers is
of the most ancient Gate. Vainly does
the eye search for a period of popular
freedom in wandering over her imperial
annals. From the ninth to the nineteenth
century, the grim darkness of the long
Zimmerman night OF her oppression is but
relieved, here and there, by a pale star Of
nascent liberty, whose uncertain glitter,
scarcely seen. rapidly vanishes away. AT
the very time of the formation of the En-
pirc we meet with dire despotsm, "born
with teeth in its head" And TO this hour
the same tyranny, only in crueIlef, more
systematic form. holds the nation in sn
abject thralldom, agains, which the nobler
minds among the better educated classes
before all the aspiring youth-desper-
ately carry on desultory warfare. The
earliesl chronicles of Russia show us a
people subjugated by a foreiga warrior
tribe. called Warangians. who came from
the Germanic North. They were Nor
wegians, Swedes, Angles and Go,hs. led
BY chieftaias whose names are all of the
clearest Teutonic type. 1t was Rurik,
with his brothers Sineus and 'rruvor, who
laid the foundations OF the realm in the
ninth century, and gave the country its
name and its institutions Slav, Finnic.
and Tartar tribes, dwelling between the
Finnish Gulf and the upper course Of the
Dnieper, we're combined by these Ttu-
tonic Warangians into Russian" King
dom. AT that time the word Russian"
only signifed the conquering racc-cven
as the name of France arose out of that
OF the conquerors OF Csul. The German
Franks. To this day, SO prlncely iami-
lies in Prussia assert their origin from the
direct male line of Rurick. Among these
families are tue Gorschakof!s and the
Krapotkins, one Of the latter Of whom
recently fell victim 10 the Secret League,
while another Krapotkin lives as an exile
in Sw,zerand.-Ka Blind IN Contem-
porary Review.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

A Boston clergyman speaks OF "a
mustached gentleman holding a piece OF
wood to his shoulder and frantically
drawing poor horse hair over the dried
viscera Of y dead feline" Hang up the
fiddle and she bow
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

"Ycu may not believe it" remarked a
noble savage, as he lifted the scalp of a
white settler out West, "but this little
operation will have Sioux-thing effect
on your nerves.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

The corner stone Of the German Ma
sonic Temple, New York, was laid on
the End. The parade was imposing
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

A wife wanted her husband to sympa-
thize with her in feminine quarrel, but
he refused, saying: "Ive lived long
enough to know that one woman is as
good as another, il not better" "And
L. retorted the wife, "have lived long
enough te know tina, one man is as bad
as another, il not worse.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-15
LIVER Is KING.


The Liver is the imperial organ Of
the whole human system, as it controls
the life, health and happiness of man.
When it is disturbed in its proper action,
all kinds of ailments are the natural re-
suit. The digestion of food, the move
ments Of the heart and blood, the action
OF the brain and nervous system, are all
Immediately connected with the working
of the Liver. 1t has been successfully
proved that Green's August Flower is
u%nequalled in curing all persons afIlc!ed
with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and
all the numerous symptoms that result
from an unhealthy condition of the Liv.
er and Stomach. Sample bottles to try,
iOcents. POSITIVELY sold in all towns on
the Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that it is just what you want.
Sold by Mills s. Purdy.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-15

The advantages of these Lines are
l.. If the passenger is going to or from any
point in the entire West and NJ 18th West, he can
lines and be sure Of reaching his destination
by IT OR ITS CONNECTIONS.
9. The greater part of Its lines are laid with
Steel Rails its road bed Is perfect.
3. 1t Is the short line between all important
points.
4. Its trains are equipped with the Westing-
house Air Brake. Miller'S Platform and COuplrrs
and the latest Improvements for comfort, safety
and convenience
s. 1t is the only Road in the West running the
celebrated Pullman Hotel Cars between Chicago
and Council Bluffs.
s. Its the only Road running the Pullman
Palace Sleeping Cars either way between
Chicago and 81. Paul. Green Bay. Fseepot. Ia Crosse
Winona, Dubuque, McGregor, Milwaukee.
g.. No road offers equal facilities In number
Of through trains, equipped with Pullman Pal
ace Sleeping Cars.
= 1t makes connections with all lines crossing
at intermediate points.
The popularity of these lines Is steadily in
creaSing and passengers should consult their in
terest by purchasing tickets via this line.
Tickets over this route are sold by all Coupon
Ticket Agents in the United States and Canaias.
Remember. you ask for your Tickets via the
Chicago & North Western Railway, and take
none other.
For Information, Folders. Maps, &C.. not Oh
tainable at Home Ticket Office, address any
agent Of the Company or
MARVIN nU6HirT, W. n. STENNEIr.
Geal Manager, Chicago. ~. Gent Pass. Agent.
Chicago. III.