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FOR SALE OR RENT.

TIE PROPERTY OF MRS. W. H.
1 Bassett, at Evergreen, Avoyelles
Parish, consisting of a large and CON-
Portable dwelling house, n two-story
store house with ware room attached,
also a lot with good stable, and sheds.
Possession given LIST of January, 1880.
For terms apply to
MRS. w. Fl. BASSETT,
Evergreen. Avoyellcs Parish, La.
T,ey. 26, ls79-3s.
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Symphonic Of "a DiseasedLiver.


pAIN in the right side, under the
l edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
ute and sickness; the bowels in gen.
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There IS
generally considerable loss of mem.
DRY, accompanied with painful sem
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains Of a prickly sensa-
ton Of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer.
else would be beneficial to him, vet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he disrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
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ESTRAYED

FROM THE UNDERSIGNED,
i about four weeks since, ONE
SoRREL HORSE, S years old, IA
hands high, black name and branded
JiS. A liberal reward vii. be given
for his return to me.
Dec. 10, 1879. NJ. MENARD.
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THE GENUINE
DIR. G. MoLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIF'UGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and leadeu-
Il colored, with occasional hushes, or
circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is If
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling Of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
Of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation Of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels il
regular, at times costiye; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and conclusive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepare
ton, not capable Of doing the slightest
iyn,y 10 tile most headtr Infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MlFUCE bears the signatures of C. Nc
LANE and FLEMING BROS. on the
wrapper, -:O:-
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AGUE AND FEVER.

DR.. C. McLANE's LIVER Pills. IN
CASES OF AcUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
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gottyu..
THE GREAT GRANT SHOW,


If you're waking, call me early, hotel
clerk with diamond pin,
And send to me-, before rise, a cock
tail made of gin;
For to-morrow'll he, of all the year, the
boomingest day, know.
And wouldn't miss, for a heavy pile,
the great Grant show. -
There's many a man who wonl'l if he
conid, and many man who can't,
But none who can have whatever lie
wants so easy rs old man Grant:
For many desire him to play the game
that he played some time ago,
And freely they scatter their. plentiful
cash for the great Grant show.
There's lot Of corporations and q
mighty sight of Rings.
Who seeks to grind precious grist Of
subsidies and things,
And they are always ready, with their
blustcr and their blow.
To swell the crowds that throng to see
the great Grant show.
They want central government, ex-
travagant and strong,
Where their affairs will all 60 right,
whatever else goes wrong,
And where the peoples millions shall
to private purses flow,
To help them rule the land and keep
the great Grant show.
They manage him right shrewdly, and
are careful what he drinks,
And hold him up before us as the Ame-
rican Sphinx,
But of all the recent riddles there is
scarcely one, trow,
That's palmer than the riddle Of the
great Grant show.
If you're waking, call me early, hotel
clerk with naughty air,
And with my cocktail send to me the
breakfast bill of fare;
For | must stir at an early hour, if !
would surely know
What string they pull tomorrow in the
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old SANTA CLAUS HEAD.
~ QUARTERS IS AT FERGUSON
and SCHNACK'S, JEWELERS..
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BEWARE OF IMTTATIONs.

The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid.
with the impression DR.. McLANE's Llvxn
Pills.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER Pills bear
the signatures of c. McLANR and FLRMINc
Bros. on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Elem.
ing Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full Of limitations of the name McLa,.e.
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
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TOYS, TOYS. TOYS!
i FERG US0N & SCHNACK
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THE NEXT CENSUS.

80 1Ol SO So ZOO 50 3s49 25 I54 472s24e6 I6 2eIO
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

The destruction of the dams of nearly
all the principal rivers in Hungary
and Transylvania and terrible inunda-
tions are again filling the pnblic mind
with anxiety. But for the intense
cold, ranging from l5o to 20O Reaumar,
Crosse Nardein and several villages
around the city would have shared
the fate OF Szeaeden. Temeovar,
Arada and several towns in Transyl-
vania were partly inundated on Mon
day, and in Crosse Nardein IA great
number of houses fell in. SO suddenly
came the flood that hardly any pre-
ventive measures had deem taken, and
kieat damage to property is reported,
but no loss of life. \ continuance of
frost alone can prevent the most seri-
Gus disaster.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18
VER WASHINGTON TERRITORY THU RSAY DECEMBER 49, 1879


A special to the Denver Tribune
from Los Pinos, dated the 7th, says
that tO-day's developments prove
that the casting of his knife upon the
floor by ColOrOw expressed his vote for
war, but the fact of the other Indians
retaining their knives Overpowered
his vote. 1t was noticed that as soon
as it was perceived that no other In
dians wished to follow the example of
COlOrow the Utes arose from their seats
in the council room, and went out,
giving signs and communicating the
result of the talking to the Indians
outside, who Immediately mounted
their horses and rode away. They
had evidently been waiting for the
signal which would call them to arms
and at no time were any of them dis
tant a hundred feet from the council
room.
Every Ute at the agency carried
with him more arms than two soldiers
of the regular army could muster,-a
Winchester rifle and two revolvers
being about the allowance to each
man. Yesterday brought out also the
fact that Ouray's respect for the presi-
dent is due to his thinking that the
Great Father is elected by and rules
over the whole world. In one of his
speeches lie made that assertion, and
Mr.. Townsend, the interpreter, not
exactly understanding what he meant
by it, repeated the question, his an
swer showing the fact plainly that he
considered Washington the center of
the universe and President Hayes the
ruler of all nations. He has not been
undeceived, and will not be by this
commission, as it is now plain that
his friendship for the whites is assumed
for policy, and he thinks, if necessary,
the armies of the world could be
called to crush his tribe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

The excitement in Ireland does not
abate. More indignation meetings
have been called, intlammatory APP
peals issued, and it will require the
utmost vigilance to prevent an out
break. Doubts are expressed a> to
the wisdom of the government in
arrcsting those who have spoken and
written so freely in defense of the OPP
pressed tenants, and it is asserted by
some of the press that the charges of
sedition cannot be sustained. All the
leaders have been under surveillance
for weeks, agents having been em-
ploycd to attend all the meetings and
report to the authorities what had
been said. The tenants have nothing
to gain by precipitating an outbreak,
rs they would fare badly in Il conflict
with the authorities. Matters seem
to have reached crisis. and futher
news from that quarter will be looked
for with increasing interest.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

The y. y. Commercial BuiietiR SAYS
that the engineers of the marine under
writers and others, to whom the
knowledge of the fact has come, are
deeply exercised by the recent sue
cesses in the application of the giant
motor obtained from bisulphide of
carbon mixed with petroleum, for
which patent was taken out by Pitts
burg firm last April. 1t promises to
revolutionize machinery motors. The
method consists in the transmission
of the above chemical agents from the
chamber of IA condenser To the boiler
of an ordinary non-condensing steam
engine, the boiler being filled with
water heated to 200' pressage. As
high as POO pounds per square inch is
rapidly developed from the vapor thus
generated and easily controlled.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

There died in Pol, Townsend on
Monday, Dee. 1>t, Mr.. +. u. Smith.
Mr.. :. was familiary known a. cone
armed smith, His career has been
IA remarkable one, i'm that he has
probably met with more accidents
than any other man on Puget sound.
His legs, cOllar-honc and an arm had
been broken at different times 10y ac-
cidental falls; one arm had been sawed
of twice, and altogether he had
passed through severe ordeal~ That
he was industrious i shown i'm the
fact that he made a livelihood for
himself through all his mishaps only
the last few days of his life heinz
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

The Polygamists of Utah are re-
ceiving scathing criticisms from the
newspapers, on account Of so much
perjury before the recently discharged
grand jury nthat Territory. Mormon
women, to shield their husbands.
swore that they We're not married, and
that their children had no father.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

TELEPHONE DISCovERY.-The SEN
tinci says: The telephone line passing
between the residences Of DR.. Jackson
and Judge. Duncan, passes directly
over the Sentinel building. Yesterday
while adjusting the wire which had
been displaced it was discovered that
by holding the wire in the teeth that
every word spoken at either end was
as distinctly heard as if transmitted
by the telephone into the ear. II was
somewhat singular, however, that a
person speaking at the end of the
line was heard through the ear oppo-
site and not through that which was
nearest the speaker. While holding
the line in the teeth conversation
was carried on with persons at both
ends of the line. Persons owning
acoustic telephones may expect to
be victimized by jokists now that this
discovery is made, as the teeth on any
part of the line answer all the purpose
of the acoustic diaphram.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18
A COW in East Portland seeing

A COW in East Portland seeing n
gate open, quietly walked in, and was
holding close communication with
the cabbage patch, when the lady of
the house came out, and with her
weapon in hand the broom and leav-
ing her door open, attempted To drive
the COW out. Failing To do 50, she Sc
cured the services of IA neighbor and
his big club. The COW being closely
pursued, ran into the kitchen, thence
into the sittingroom, then into the
lady's bedroom, when seeing she was
thus cornerd gave fight. They nj
length secured her with ropes after
she had dcmoralized things. giving
them the genera! appearance of a
barnyard.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

Production of petroleum is devcl-
oping to a considerable interest in
California. The present yield of that
state i about two hundred barrels,
equal to 5000 gallons crude. or $500
gallons refined, oil day New dis
coveries have been made iu santa
Cruz county which promise great
results, and il j. believed that the
quantity attainablc will be sufficient
ere long to supply not only the entire
Pacific coast but China, Japan and
Australia. 1t is stated that within
sixty days a refinery will be started
ir.the vicinity of San Francisco, with
IA capacity of 1000 barrels day.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

The action Of the Virginia legi~la-
turc in removing from Office disabled
and crippled confederate soldiers, u
make room for one white and two
colored republicans, at the state capt.
tol, has occa>ioned considerable criii-
cism and comment from the press and
the people. so great j. the iudigna-
tion that cards were placardcd in cont
spicuous places throughout the city.
one of which reads; "Bchold a poor
crippled confederate soldier, with
heavy heart, going home 10 helpless
family after being turned out az 90
little office. hi, only means of >uppori.
oh. doctors, you bring shame ot
your own race. several other cards
Of similar import are posted ON tcic-
graph poles and in other conspicuous
places.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18
Newspaper Decisions.

l. Any person who takes paper regularly
from the post office, whether directed in his
name or another's, or whether he has sub
scribcd or not--is responsible for payment
!: fla person orders his paper discontinued,
he must pay all arrears, or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
then collect the whole amount, whether the
paper is taken from the office or not.
s. The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers and periodical, from the post,
Office, or removing and leaving them uncallcd
for, is prima facia evidence of intentional
fraud
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

A special to the Denver TribtWc
says Chief Colorow appeared before
the peace commission at Los Pinos on
Monday and testified that he took
part in Thornburg's fight, thus cor
roborating the statement already
made that he and Jack led the Indi-
ans in the fight. He states that the
fight was accident. The troops were
trying to avoid the Utes 10y taking the
trail instead of the regular road
through Milk river canon, and Whi't
the Utes We're doing the same thing
to avoid the soldiers they were sur
prised when the command came and
begun the fight, quite unexpectedly
to themselves. Colorow >Worc posi-
lively that the Mormons had prom
ised to assist the Indians in any war
with the United states troops The
commission j. now much more hope
full of accomplishing something than
formerly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18

Official returns from Wisconsin
show a majority of "a, 494 for Smith,
republican, governor: and 2s,06l for
Guenther for secretary of state, re-
publican gain of $1,000, and the las-
gest majority ever given any candi-
date in the state.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-12-18
NUMBER Il.

From the London Freeman.


The preparation of the new Bible,
which is to be inspired by sweet rea-
sonableness, has not matte much adj
vance yet. We lay before our readers
the improved version of the first chap
ter of Genesis:
|. There never was beginning.
>. And Cosmos was homogeneous
and undiflerentiated, and somehow or
another evolution began and mole
cules appeared.
3. And molecule evolved protoplasm,
and rhythmic thrills arose, and then
there was light.
3. And spirit of envy was developed
and formed the plastic cell whence
arose the primordial germ.
5. And the primordial germ became
protogene, and protogene somehow
shaped cocoon, then was the dawn of
life.
g. And the herb yielding seed and
the fruit tree yielding fruit after its
own kind, whose seed is in itself, de-
veloped according to its own fancy.
:. The cattle after his kind, the
beast of the earth after his kind, and
every creeping thing became evolved
by heterogeneous segregation cOncOm-
liant dissipation of motion.
s. SO that by survival of the ftte-t
there evolved the simiads from the
jjellyfish, and the simiads dificrenti-
ated themselves into the anthropomor-
phic primodial types.
9. And in due time one lost his tail
and became man, and behold he was
the most cunning of all animals.
10. And in process of time, by
natural selection and survival OF the
tittest, Mathew Arnold, Herbert ,,pcn-
Ger, and Charles Darwin appeared.
and behold it was very good.
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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-08-21
A Natural Soap Mine.

On Smiths Creek, Elko county,
Nevada, there is a most remarkable
stratum Of steatite resting horizontally
in a steep bluff Of volcanic matter
which fanks the eastern side Of
Smiths Creek valley. The stratum of
steatite is from three to ten feet in
diameter. 1t is easily worked and is a
veritable soap mine. In fact the
farmers, cattle men, and sheep herd
ers in that region all use the natural
article for washing purposes. Chem
ically considered this peculiar clay is
hydrated silicate Of alumina, mag
nesia, potash, and lime. When the
steatite is first dug from the stratum
it looks precisely like immense masses
Of mottled CASTLE soap, the mottling
element being a small percentage Of
iron oxide. The Virginia (Nev.)
Chronicle says that a firm in Elko
have undertaken to introduce this
natural soap into the market. 1t is
similar in appearance to the CASTLE
soap sold in large bars. Nothing is
added to the mineral but trife more
alkali and some scenting extracts. Its
detersive qualities are as powerful as
those of any manufactured soap
Scientific American
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-08-21
columbus DiSnatch.I

A Greenbacker in the GAINESVILLE
Times wants to know what would be
wrong if the Government would issue
three hundred and fifty millions addi-
tionai greenbacks, and with them
take up the bonds now held by the
National Banks. That amount of
the public debt, he says, would be viz
tually paid, and interest stopped on a
large sum. He says this is a fair
proposition, and one that any reasona-
bic business man would readily adopt
in his own affairs. Possibly this way
of paying off obligations might suit
the debtor, but how about the credi-
tor? A good many men would like
to pay of: their debts in just that way.
It would be very happy idea if a
business man, owing a sum Of money
bearing interest, and for which he
had obligated himself by his note of
hand, should be able to say to his
creditors, Il want to get rid of debt;
| am tired paying interest. [ will do
the square thing by you, and lift all
my notes by giving new notes, which
bear no interest, and which will never
be paid" And yet this is
precisely what this GAINESVILLE
Greenbacker proposes to do Or
let us take another vein pertaining to
the moral side of the question. A
man gets into financial trouble, and
appeals to his friends for aid, They
have confidence in his integrity and
loan him the money he needs at fair
rate of interest, payable at a future
time. The money performs good
service, and the borrower not only
gets out Of his temporary difficulties,
but grows rich and prosperous, and is
abundantly able to pay back the bor-
roWed money. Instead of doing this.
he says to his late friends in need"
that he Will not pay them as he pro-
missed, but would take up his original
notes bearing interest and substitute
therefor other notes not bearing in
terest, and never payable. He might
say that he was perfectly good-that
he was rich, and that he was response
bic for every dollar Of notes he signed;
but would this be honest? Wouldn't
you think man who was guilty OF
such transaction, was Il scoundrel?
Would the law Of the land or the law
of morality recognize that as an hon
est operation? And yet there are per-
sons claiming to be good citizens, and
who are disposed to be honest in their
transactions with their fellow men,
who advocate such a policy for the
United States Government.
The above may be very plain
view Of a great question, but, after
all, it comprehends the whole ground,
Shall the United States Government
be honest or dishonest? Can nation