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John Caskey says he will sell his en-
tire stock Of Dry Goods, Clothing, No
tons, etc, for the next twelve months
not at cost, but for a small profit; and
will compete with all cost houses anu
still make Il living out OF his business.
What are all those business men do
ing al Mendell & Thompson Office !?
Tney are having them examine theft
policies to see if they have been proper
" written and properly endorsed.
Why do they go to them. Because
they thoroughly understand the insur-
ance business. and know how to write
all forms of policies.
'sKvdF " ~
'qsro IoI saoIId iPpIIoH TvIoeds
4e SNVDHO aLIHM /" XO0TIM
las HIN | 1881 Isl Glruupf Igul
1gI3adS
GO TO FOWLER'S
For the finest selection Of choice Nus
haehe Cups and sa1fe1s IN town.
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Great bargains at cost. Baylor
Il Miller.
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China TOYS.

Mugs. Mustaebe Cups and
Christmas Candies
At Magruders Family Grocery.
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Closing out at cost. Baylor 4

Go to W. J. WilkesfOr your wag ms.
Taking into consideration tire quality
Of the wagon. he will supply you for
less money than anv other house in
town.
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60 TO FOWLER,S

For the finest selection of choice Nus
h1che Cups and saXft1s IN town.
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cETT1EAfENT-Al who KNOW themselves o
Sdebted to me will please call and settle between
this and the first of January next Ifnot settled by
that time their accounts viii be placed In tie hands
of the officers for collection.
FRED HELLER.
no3--5w Willard. Mo.
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7 oST.-Iaiy's plain gold ring. The finder will
l. please leave Il az this Office. Liberal reward.
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D. Baird has some very fine and ar
tistic monuments and memorial
tablets at his marble works. BARGAINS
are now offered. Call and see him.
S. T. Furrow. The Old Reliable
Grocervman. Still on hand, and an
other big stock. Farmers give him a
I'LL
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Baylor & Miller must have mon

eE
A handsome line of fine Albums suit
able for holiday presents, Just received
at Fout Bros.
The place to buy first class Buggy
or Spring Wagon is at Wilkes Hard
ware store.
Call at w. ]. Wilkes Hardware store
when you want first class Buggy or
Spring wagon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11
Cheap Cooking.

The Philadelphians are gradually de-
veloping system for relieving some
what the eternal drudgery of housekeep-
ing. Family baking of meats, pies, pud
dings, cake and bread is being performed
by bakers at very moderate charge.
Thus, for pies, two cents a piece; for
bread loaves, four cents q pan; for rice
buildings, three cents pan; for pan of
roast meat, five cents. By this method
the food is better cooked and the hours
of tiresome attendance on little cooking
stoves are saved. These latter, supposed,
useful mechanisms, in reality furnish
great tax on the housewives time and
patience. They involve continual watch
ing to be kept at the proper heat. The
labor of ten horses is expended every
year in bringing Goals for them. and they
keep the atmosphere at an lnsdfferable
temperature in warm weather.
The time and labor wasted in thou
sands of families by our present system
of performing this domestic service in
dribblets is enormous. A few men on a
man-of-war or an ocean steamer per-
form every culinary necessity for q
thousand guests. The whole service is
temporarily taken from their shoulders.
Yet, on the breaking up of these tempo
rary households the chances are proba-
bly, on shore that each family betakes it.
self to the old fashioned dribbling,
drudging household style of culinary
service without one thought of the time,
labor and expense saved by having all
this labor delegated to few.
One baker and an assistant can cook
dinners for q hundred families, posi-
bly, moro, at an expense of say seven
cents per family. The necessary pail of
coal and kindlings for cooking single
dinner costs twelve cents alone. This
amount. of fuel must be provided for
each of the one hundred families, and in
every one of them the time and labor of
one person for at least an hour will be
required to get up each dinner. The
economical moral to be drawn from this
is obvious and need not be detailed in
figures. We are yet great blunderers in
the science of living. Multitudinous
cooking stoves, stewing over fires, drib-
blets of attendance all through the day
on requirements. of the kitchen, drudg-
ing with loads of coal up five or six
flights of stairs, all contribute among
other evils to break down the wife Of
the mechanic and laborer and prema-
turely rob her of all her bloom, beauty
and vigor.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11
A Sermon on the Wharf.


'My SOL" said the aged philosopher,
as he got his back braced against a bale
of hay on the wharf, ''it's all in knowing
how. For instance, nine out of ten peo-
pie who go on a steam boat excursion
suffer with the crowd and the jam. What
idiots! eat an onion five minutes be-
fore going aboard, and as a result have
two chairs to sit on, while you have to
stand up. I enjoy the same cool breezes,
see the same scenery, and come home re-
freshed and serene. One simple onion
does the business.
"You chase street car, and then stand
up after you get in. Do I? Never!
When want car fall lame. The driv-
er stops short on seeing my condition,
and l no sooner enter the car than some
one gives me seat. It's only the differ
ence between walk and a limp, and yet
you never thought of it.
''Most men who use tobacco carry
their pouch or box in the coat-tail
pocket. When feeling for it they inva-
riably feel in the wrong pocket. I pre-
sumo there are 5000, 900 tobacco chew
ers in this country. Each one averages
ten chews per day, each one consumes
fifteen minutes per day in feeling in the
wrong pocket. Here are AZ, 000, 900 min
utes per day lost and gone. Has Yankee
genius ever sought to save these precious
hours and days and weeks? 1t has. I
am the man. My invention or substitute
is glass box suspended to the neck by
a string. 1t is in sight, handy to reach,
and if empty the fact can be seen with
out opening it.
"When you want glass of ginger ale
or Soda continued the old man as he
gathered up a rip in the leg of his pants,
''you have to come down with a nickel.
Do I? Not much! I imbibe the same
as you do, enjoy it the same, and when
through tell the man he can either pump
me out or let me go.
"When you want lunch you must
pay from thirty to seventy-tive cents.
Do L? Not by hat full of hornets
rush in, rattle the keys and nails in my
pocket, fill up and then softly remark
that I'm ready to be kicked. But they
never do it. 1t would raise row, drive
away custom and give the place bad
name.
eff you rent house you must pay
the rent. If 1 rent one I have one of
the children rubbed with croton oil, and
the owner pays me to move out for fear
of the smallpox. If you ride in a hack
you must pay. If ride in one become
insane and the driver is glad enough to
see me go my way. If you run in debt at
the grocery you must pay or be sued. If
I run in debt the grocer won't throw
good money after bad. When you want
clothes you have to come down. When
1 want EN- I find some drunkard asleep
in an alley. And yet people are fools to
believe philosophy and broadcloth go
hand in hand, and that wit and genius
move only in good society," Detroit
Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11

Sc. in her hand, and laid it tenderly on
her knee as she received Molly's little
bouquet, and turned 1t round.
Dear, pretty rustic" she said sadly.
"She has no originality, no innate ap-
probation, no immense purposes; but
she is obedient. She has no agonizing
passions, but she is fond.
"She is goddess" 1 said warmly.
Lady de Burgh looked at me in mourn
full surprise.
"Goddesses," she observed, "were
merely terrestrial creatures, dei6ed by o
vulgar admiration for strength or beau
ty. They had no SOUL do not speak Of
the common soul which animates us all,
but of that vast spring of appreciation,
that pure grasp of the intangible, that
intuitive perception of profundity, that
estate soul which is possessed by the
very few"
Then she noticed the dandelion in my
button-hole, and, emerging from her
cushions, she touched it with the tips of
her fingers.
"You are very artistic" she said. II
can see it at glance. We must be great
friends. But must not keep you longer
now, for have much to occupy my
uiuu pelOIo SiecP Vo-AiSHo'
So left her with her dead rose. and
her groundsel, and her grand thoughts.
But Molly was in the hall, with her hap
py, genial manner, and when had said
goodbye to her, and departed, my last
impression of that house was one of Joy
and serenity.
The railway station and the holly cush-
toned train seemed very prosaic after my
interview with Molly. But, as I was
whirled back to London, the beautiful
truth entered, with conviction, into my
mind, that the practical conveniences of
life were the vehicles of romance. How
often might not this commonplace train
carry me again and again to the side of
her whom 1 already regarded as my di-
vinity! And though, when it all came
about. the mother called me clown and
the father thief, for daring to WOO
their daughter, what cared when had
won that peerless maid to be the shep-
herdess of my fgurative sheep in good
earnest.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11
The "BOes'' System Among Esquimaux
Dogs.

There is always, says traveller in the
Arctic regions, one bully in every team,
who gets all the choice bits that are
stolen by the others, and generally man
ages to keep fat, no matter how short
they are of provisions. He waits for the
Others to make the raid, and then raids
on the outside to take it away from them.
These DULLES are in several grades.
There is the chief, of whom all are afraid,
and then there is the next in rank, Of
whom all are afraid but the chief; o
third, of whom all are afraid but two.
and so on down. Sometimes the food is
cut into small pieces and thrown out
upon the ice for all to help themselves.
and then there is a rough-and.tumble
fight, and snarling and growing, as If .
whole cage of hyenas had broken loose.
But here the DULLES have no advantage;
indeed, the advantage is with the small
lively fellows that slip in and get the
meal while the big ones are fighting:
When dog manages to steal piece OF
meat he has lively time of it, for soon
every other dog in the camp is after him,
and he has to eat it on the run, II at all.
headed off at every turn by one of the
DULLES, and whining and choaking at
the same time. It certainly is one OF
the most comical exhibitions ever wit.
messed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11
THE FISH BALL.
r. X. MUNKITTRICK.

Let poets sing
The chickens wing,
And buckwheat cakes and griddle fishes,
And side by side
Place lobster fried,
Pork chops and other comic dishes,
But yet unto my dying day,
While o er my reason l am lord,
I'll stand before the world and say:
''The fish ball is its own reward ~
Pm fond Of ham
And crimson jam,
And maccaroni crowned with bacon;
Yet while sigh
For cake and pie,
My faith in clans remain mistaken
But when my fancy's running wild,
And I'm by no gay lark outsoared.
l PR ach to woman, man and child;
"The fish ball is its own reward -
CAV marine
You're often seen
Nailed up against door or shutter
The little boy
Just jumps with joy
To see you served with milk and butter.
Oh dwelt far beyond the sea,
By fifty thousand girls adored,
The motto of my soul would be:
1.-THE fish ball is its own reward ~
o noble cod
To you l nod;
You make me sad and meditative
When toned with wine
You're quite divine
Unto the Massachusetts native.
Oh when I'm old, and bent, and gray,
With wholesome morals richly stored,
III boldly face the world and say:
.The fish ball is its own reward
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11

CHILDREN's LAUaHTER.-There are NO
sounds so sweet to mothers ear except,
perhaps the first isping Of an infants
prayer. Children's laughter! How dull
is the home wherein its music once 90
joyfully echoed, but now is heard no
more. How still is the house where the
little ones are all fast asleep, their patter-
ing feet are silent. How easily the fun
of child bubbles forth. Take even
those poor, prelnaturely aged little ones,
bred in the gutter, cramped in uneartnly
homes, and ill-used, It may b, by
drunken parents, and you will find
that the child nature is not entirely
crushed out OF them. They are
children still, albeit they looked 20 bag
gard and wan. Try to excite their mirth.
fulness, and ere long laugh rings out
as wild and free % if there was no such
thing as sorrow in the world. Let the
little ones laugh then; too soon, alas!
they will find cause to weep. Do not try
to silence them, but let their gleefulness
ring out in gladstone peal, and reminding
us Of the days when We, too, could laugh
without sigh.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11

HOME ATTRAcTIoNs.-When love and
affection are banishsd from home, life
loses its greatest charm. Some homes
are full OF love and sunshine for strang-
ers, and all ugliness and gloom for the
ones for whom they live. To constitute
q truly happy home, there should be
pretty little personal adornments on the
part Of the wife, who thereby shows Q
desire to please her husband and add TO
the general attractions of home. A plea
SAINT word ON her part, when the over
worked man comes home, often eases any
raw edge of some trouble ON his mind,
and calls out a corresponding desire to
be both agreeable and respectful, which
characteristics are always accompanied
by affection, while rougishness and i'm
patience are soon followed by incidence,
and when sweet temper gives way to an
ger and discord the home circle is no
longer attractive. A disrespectful man.
ner ON the side Of tho husband or. wife
leads to disastrous consequences.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11

For gapss in poultry, . correspondent
Of the Lancaster Farmer has found NO
other treatment 70 enectual ~ cagin4
the Affected chicken in box covered
with screen ON which Pulveri.ed line
d placed, and shaking little Of the dust
down occasionally, which causes aneex-
ing ed ejeetmsnS from The throat Of No
vorn th6t nnahes ~ misehief.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11

Another new border il Of Spanish lace
applique on plush or cloth or satin sheet
in9. the figure Of The lace being followed
With long stitches in colored silks, Tie
shadee chosen 10 haFmonise with The DE-
sign, vhsthsr LEAF, shsll, asabssqus or
flower.
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manity. Now, don't yearn-
"No," I interrupted, half amused.
"You do much better. You make every
item of humanity happy which comes
near you"
THAT is nothing" she replied. "Peo-
pie are 80 kind in seeming to like to talk
to me. But, do you know, I think am
beginning to improve, for l never enter
tanned one Of mammals guests before,
and You are one of her guests. But you
are not like her other friends at all, for
they always say hush when I speak, and
thew recite such queer poems, and talk
20 strangely, or elre sit silent for hours,
and then they call me shepherdess!
II wish you could come and mind my
Sheep" / exclaimed.
"Have Won sheep?" she asked simply.
"Only fgurstively," replied. Twill
tell You what / mean another day. Now
I must 60 and say goodbye to your
mother"
We went back to the house, and Molly
plucked half dead rose on our way, and
placed it in the center of her bunch Of
withered leaves. But at the drawing
room door she transferred this strange
bouauet from her hand to mine.
"Mamms. could not bear two voices
again." she sid. 'Please give these to
her."
A chill came over me = rs-sntsrsd
the gloomy department, bat this time I
nado my WaY moro eoHkly % LAZY De
Bargh's hide. BE seill holA ~ gFoaAd-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08
0. b. BIRD, M. d.,
HOMEOPATHIC

Physician, Obstetrician ana surgeon.
First above Morrison--same block with AkeiIe
Photograph gallery-Portland. Oregon.
Office hours-1O A. NJ. to u NJ, and to p NJ.
Residence. Sixth above Yamhill Seldom at home
between 10 q l.
Chemical, Microscopic and Post mortem Examina-
tiOns conducted with care. -
The utmost care bestowed upon Obstetrc practice.
Few weeks notice required, to give time FOR the pre-.
among homeopathic This medicine, with written In
structions will be sent by man for three dollars,
books furnished, at San Francisco prices.
Patients treated by mall, at office rates.
Medicnes Always furnished without extra charge.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

going there will be to connect myself with The Ne,v
Pork Independent. Mr.. Bowen, the publisher, and
Mr.. Tilton, the editor, both members of Mr..
Beecher's church. and hope through the assistance
of Mr.. Hill ian active member of the same church)
and personal friend Of mine to obtain a situation
on the paper shall try to enter the Editorial
rooms, for there can learn hog to wre, and shall
be under constant pressure to rrite. For long
time have felt that had d work to do In connec-
ton with the Religious Press, and have been wait
Ing for something to turn up. have recently de-
cided that the only way for anything to "turn up"
Is to turn 1t up myself. and by Gods grace propose
to do it, "Where there is a tpiH there is a way"
believe that God helps those that help themselves,
and God has work for every Christian and the best
way for him to find out his work is to follow his
deepest aspiration.
In regard to my legal studies may say that never
contemplated 'settling down" as Practicing law
yer My object was simply to become acquainted
with the fundamental principles of the science
Before going to New York ought to have at least
hundred dollars, and If in view of the facts
set forth in my last letter you do not feel under
any obligation to give hundred dollars but will
loan 1t to me- will return it as soon as can If
do not obtain the money from you l shall look
elsewhere for 1t. Please write soon. With love to
ALL Your affectionate son,
CHARLES J. GUITEAU.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

wonder we are not always tender and
thoughtful of the old I wonder why
people forget so, and seem to think that
the romance and the dream-days all be-
long to the young, none seeming to have
thought for the stories written on
hearts that are hidden by wrinkled, care
worn faces-never seeming to think OF
the pathos of lives grown silent and tired
with the long journey-nsver thinking
of the struggles, the noble deeds which
are written everywhere written in the
old faces looking from dim eyes, sound
ing in voices from which the music has
gone, in steps grown slow and hating,
hands trembling and strengthless. Oh,
l wonder we ever forget all this! 1 Won
der we are not always tender of the old
Il Rose Porter.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

0. n. ?. Co. 1NeW serlesl. No 81
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Good work is not ALWAYS appreciated, but in
the case of A bell, the Gold Medal Photographer
of Portland, it seems he receives more than his
share of patronage. His handsome parlors 1917
First street Portland, is always thronged with
customers who are never disappointed with the
work they get from home.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Mrs. +. A. Logan, Magnetic Healer, is meet
ing with wonderful success at her pleasant
rooms corner OF Clay and First streets. Portland,
Oregon. Can other physicians say as much.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Plumbers S. S. S. Fever and Ague mix.
ture. A sure shot.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08
An Excellent Druggist.

In our columns is the advertisement OF
Dir. James A. Child ofPortland. DIR. Child
has been but four years in the drug bust.
ness in Oregon. but during that time has
built up Il fine trade. He has always car
rled fine stock of goods in the toilet and
fancy line which he procures direct from
the east and sells at eastern prices. His
holiday stock is now arriving and will
contain many unique and handsome arti-
cles. We can vouch for DR.. Child rs All
honorable dealer and are glad to say q
word in his praise.-Paciic Overseer.
When you go to Portland be certain and
visit Isaac Barman, The Clothier as it is the
only store in which you can easily contract for
an out and be sure of receiving satisfaction. Or
send your order; state your size and quality OF
goods desired, and If you do not receive them
as ordered don't accept them. Address ISAAC
BARMAN, The Clothier, corner First and
Washington streets, Portland Oregon
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The Enemata.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsH1NGrGS,
August lin conversation this morn.
ing On the Presidents condition DR..
Boynton said the prospects were consid'
erablY brighter and that the patient is
resting comfortably. In reply to inqui-
ry the Doctor explained that the enem-
ata which were being administered con-
sisted principally of diluted extract of
beet, a yolk of egg and some whisky,
the whole being dissolved and slightly
heated DIR. Bliss in conversation on
the same subject stated that small
portion of muriatic acid was also part
of the enema. The latter gentleman ex-
pressed the opinion that the President S
stomach was gradually becoming
stronger. The Doctor still remains
hopeful and says there is no reason for
giving the Presidents case up yet.
DIR. Boynton, in response to a ques-
ton regarding the Presidents taking
nourishment in regular manner, said
1t was possible rhat very small guam
tity OF diluted beef extract, probably a
teaspoonful, would be given him about
noon. 1t would depend, however, up
on the patients condition at that hour.
He has not been troubled with nausea
since yesterday afternoon, at which
time he threw off about gill of liquid
matter containing quantity OF bile.
DIR. BOynton says Mrs. Garfield feels
rather more encouraged to-day than
yesterday.
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Giteau and the Guard.

WASHINGTON, AUG. II, - Thl:
morning, at q: 80 o'clock, while Mr.. C.
c. McGill, one of the guards at the
jail, was passing through the corridor
something in the appearance of Cult
eau's cell attracted his attention. En-
tering the cell he found the assassin ii
the possession of a knife. How he OBJ
tanned it is a mystery. When he de-
manded the knife Guiteau refused to
surrender it. Mr.. McGlll drew his pis'
tol and then an exciting tussle ensued
Guiteau making every exertion to gel
the pistol from the guard. He sue.
ceeded after a struggle. but Mr.. McGill
after the most strenuous exertion, re-
gained possession oft. In the scuffle
that followed, the weapon was discharg-
ed, and the report brought the other
guards to the assistance OF McGill, and
Guiteau was finally disarmed. He
had succeeded. however, in cutting
McGill's clothing pretty badly, and
came very near infiicting dangerous
wound. Guiteau pretended to be era
zy, and complained that his pistol had
been taken from him. All the facts
indicate that Guiteau was probably
meditating escape, and that he had
formed some desperate plan. His as
sumption of insanity is believed to be
dodge, as he has acted as if perfect
ly sane all along.