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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

Horper's Monthly for February has .
lengthy and exhaustive article on this sub
iect, from which We make the following OK.
tracts:
The Percheron horse is undoubtedly the
most symmetrical and powerful for his size,
and possesses the finest action and greatest
endurance of all the large breeds in Europe.
His general type is also the most ancient Of
any of which we have record or tradition,
and this is the principal reason why he is
more pyepotem than others in transmitting
his superior qualities to his offspring.
Tradition asserts that the first great i'm
provement in refining the large horses Of
France was made by Barb stations captured
from the Moors. In 73l thousands Of these
fine Barb stations were captured flor the
Moors ride only such. and never mares) and
distributed among the French soldiers. who.
on returning to their farms, bred them to
their own large native mares. The best and
most uniform OF this produce were then
selected and coupled among themselves,
the result OF which, together with other
well-made crosses from time to time since
that period, gives US the improved Perche.
rons OF the present day, described as fol.
lows:
Head clean. bony and small for the size Of
the animal; ears short mobile, erect and
| fine -peinted; eyes bright, clear. large and
prominent; forehead broad; nostrils large.
| open.
Neck trhe short, yet harmoniously
rounding the body and gracefully curved.
| Breast broad and deep. with great muscu.
lar development; shoulders sloping; withers
high; back short: body well ribbed up; rump
broad, long and moderately sloping to the
tail, which is attached high quarters wide.
we'll let down, and swelling with powerful
muscles.
| Legs fiat and wide, with hard. clean
bones, aud extra large. strong joints. cords
| and tcndons; short from the hooks and
knees down; pas,erns upright; hoofs full
size, solid. tough.
Action bold, square. free and easy.
Temper kind: disposition docile. but ener.
gctic aud vigorous; hardy. enduring and
long lived; precocious; able to be put At
light work at eighteen or twenty months
old. possessing immenee power for his size;
never baking or refusing to draw at dead
pull; stylish. elegant and attractive in ap.
pearance; easy. elastic and graceful in mo-
| tion.
No tendency to disease Of any sort, and
especially from diseases Of the legs and
feet. such as SPAWN, splint, ring bone, grease
and founder
An easy keeper aud quick feeder.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

A dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho,
says that Major TruaX and party,
who went out to examine the APP
prOaches to the LolO pass of the Bit
ter Root mountains for railroad pur-
poses reports that an entrance to the
height of the summit at the pass is
only 1897 feet above the sea level, and
the route up LOlo fork of the Clear
water to within Is miles of the sum-
nit as good, the maximum grade at
no point exceeding 80 feet per mile,
and the maximum grade at no point
on the last Is miles exceeded 100 feet
per mile, and he believes this can be
reduced to 20 or 50. From the Clear
water river to the summit Of the pass
was but little over 700 feet. From the
summit east to the Bitter Root river
there was an easy grade. Ahotner
party is viewing out another pass to
the south of this that is claimed to be
several hundred feet lower, called the
SkukasO. The examination of TruaX
has dispelled the theory of the North
ern Pacific surveyors, who asserted
that no railroad pass existed south of
the Pend dOreille. This will shorten
u railroad line from AinswOrth east
to the mouth of the Bitter Root river
to Missoula, over 100 miles. 1t is
confidently expected that the North
ern Pacific company, upon receiving
the official report of this examination
of Truax, will soon adopt this route
and construct road up the Clear
water.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17
An Eastern amd q western Crop.

The GAINESVILLE (Ohio) Courier of
Oct. eth, deemed that John Leasure
and James Seright raised big crops,
for it said: "Mr. John Harris, thresh-
er, threshed for John Leasure of Rich
Hill township, the wheat that grew
on four acres-lO44 bushels, without
manure or fertilizers. For James Sc
right, of Meigs township, from seven
bushels sowing, lS4 bushels, without
manure or fertilizers" We do not
want the Courier to think we are
blowing when we state that DIR. Bla-
lock raised on 1880 acres of land,
within 10 miles of Walla Walla city,
an average of 35i bushels Of A l wheat
to the acre. One thousand acres .of
DIR. BlalOck's field were cut and
threshed separately, and 50,OO0 BUSH
els Of A wheat was the result. No
manure or fertilizers were used on any
Of the 1880 acres. This ground has
been accurately measured, and the re-
suits given above verified by unques-
tiOnable people. lVdtia Wdttd Union.
The O. II. l. n. Co. are boxing up
the two afr compressOrs and engines,
and II steam drills which were used
on The Dalles division, preparatory In
forwarding them to the Mullan pass
on the Northern Pacific railroad
where they will be used to make
perforatiOn over mile long. This
tunnel is located about 50 miles west
Of Helena, Montana. Work will
commence as soon ~ this machinery
arrives. 1t will be shipped to San
Francisco, then via the Central Pa
cific and Northern Utah, and finally
by teams conveyed to the seat Of cper-
tion.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17
NUMBER 13.
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

There are just an even hundred patients
in the Steilacoom insane asylum.
The act creating the Territorial hoard of
equalization has been repealed by the Leg.
islature.
Smallpox still RACES in Dayton. Schools
are closed and business in measure is sus.
pended. Stringent measures have been
taken to prevent its spread.
f. }. Wright of Perrydale, has raised two
peerlesss potatoes, one of which weighs 8
and the other pounds. Tacoma is still
ahead with 0 pound spud.
John Eccles of Columbia county raised
80 pounds of tnrnips from piece Ofground
containing one square rod, being at the rate
OF forty-six tons per acre.
A committee has been appointed to 90
down to the insane hospital and make .
thorough examination of all matters con.
nected with its management and condition
and then report to the legislature.
|. has been determined to locate the million
dollar, Pacific coast rolling mill at Oakland,
CAL, and operations upon the site are begin.
ming. Puget Sound towns will have to
wait year or two longer for such an sstab.
lishment.
used by the cheese factory on White river,
and next year the purpose is to have more
milk, and more and better cows.
The commissioners appointed to examine
200 miles of the Northern Pacific railroad
in Washington Territory, have been directed
to examine an additional section of 200
miles extending eastward into Idaho.
The Commissioner General Land Office
in his annual report says that in Washing.
ton Territory during the year ending June
30, 1851, the total sales were Ali, ,9O5 acres,
and receipts S206, 6,03S. Homestead entries
included 227, $40 acres
The Cowlitz valley country is settling up
fast, and if some assistance were given, in
the way of opening the road to the upper
Cowlitz, that rich valley would soon become
one of the most populous settled districts in
Wesern Washington
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

OF life, properly cooked meal, affords little
or no present enjoyment and much subse-
qucnt torture to u cunhrmeq dyspcptic. But
when chronic indigestion Is combatted with
HOstettcr's Stomach Bittcrs. the food is eaten
with relish, and most important Of all. H. as
simulated by aud nourishcs the system. Use
this grand tonic and corrective also to rem.
edy constipation, biliousness, rheumatism, fc-
yer and ngud
For sale b} all druggists and dealers gen.
srally.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

This announcement has become al
most as frequent OF late as that of ac-
cidental shooting. But few weeks
ago man named Halleen, a wagon
maker of La Grande, went out to
hunt and returned no more. Then
came the news that Geo. Strong, for
merly we'll known in that city, had
wandered off in the mountains of
Southern Oregon and could not be
found, and now the Union Co. Record
tells of 3 hunters who became lost In
the Blue mountains early in October,
one of whom, man named Taffie,
lately from Virginia, had not since
been heard from and had undoubtedly
perished Of hunger and cold.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

The California papers are beginning
to find out that they have actually in
jured their State by inordinately
putting its resources, and are now in-
sisting that the simple truth be told.
Representing the dry sand hills or the
boggy tuIe lands as the garden of Eden
has u reactiouary effect upon those
who are drawn thither by such exag-
geratson and thousands who have
left the east intending to make Cali
fornia their permanent home, have
found things so much below the ex-
pectations excited by the glarlng ac-
counts in the newspapers, that their
disappointment has driven them on
and Oh to Oregon. Oregon has been .
large gamer by the Overweeniug self
conceit Of the California press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

Almost every exchange in Oregon

Almost every exchange in Oregon
and OH the coast has, of late, glowing
accounts of the Chehalis valley,
Gray's Harbor and Shoalwater Bay
country. Any person not knowing
otherwise would think from reading
these accounts that that section of
our territory was q newly discovered
country, instead of an old and slowly
appreciated region. Its resources and
advantages are none the less now
than they were years ago, but it has
taken a long time to get the outside
world to appreciate them. We have
been trying for years to attract the
attention of immigrants to the fine
opportunities there offered, and we
are glad to see that our efforts together
with Others have at last called general
attention to a section rich in agri-
cultural, grazing, timber, mineral
and other resources. Many immi-
grants are now seeking in these VAL
leys and around the bays, and capital
is looking that way for investment.
Some lumbermen from the east are
hunting for site for large steam
saw mill near the head of Gray's Har-
bor. The mail company, organized
to carry mail and passengers from
Olympia to Astoria, have already the
steamer Gen. Garfield on Shoalwater
Bay, and are building another steamer
for Gray's HarbOr. These will con-
meet with stages, making the transit
easy and rapid. The U. $. engineers
have been examining the country for
canals to connect the natural bodies
of water from near Olympia to Bak-
ers Bay. The harbOrs have been re-
surveyed and engineers are now ex-
an,inlng the drifts of sand bars in the
Chehalis river, to obtain estimates
for their removal. The government
is surveying the North river valley,
so that settlers can soon occupy it. 1t
is a so believed that prominent rail-
road men are looking to the building
of Il railroad at an early day from
Olympia to Gray's Harbor. All these
signs show that the natural wealth of
that country is beginning to be appre-
ciated, and that ere long it will be de-
,veloped to degree hardly .thnn~ht of
script.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17

Mr.. d. NJ. White, OF Tacoma, has In
his possession a potato which Is prob
ably the largest ever raised in this
country or any other. 1t grew In the
Puyallup valley, w. T Is Of the Late
Rose variety, and weighs nine pounds
avoirtiupois, having lost n pound or
80 since 1t was dug. Mr.. White will
send 1t to the department Of agricul-
ture at Washington, where the COM
missioner and all his clerks can have
enough to make several meals. A pO-
tatO which weighs four or five pounds
b large, but nine-pounder h . mon
ate4.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-17
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30
Preserving Fowls Wings.

Turkey and geese wings are one OF
the greatest conveniences in household,
and every woman knows how to appre-
ciate them, not only for busting furni.
t1lre, stoves, cobwebs, etc., but also fol
washing sinks and windows and fol-
spreading paste on wall paper. 1t is al
ways trouble to keep the moths from
running them in warm weather, as they
seem to revel in the fleshy part of the
wing. I have tried faithfully several
methods to preserve them, such as bind
ing the ends with linen cloth, burying
in ashes and dipping in brine, but could
find nothing that was perfectly reliable
till two years ago an accident revealed
the secret.
A pail of strong copperas water was
set away to cool over night, preparatory
to use in the cellar, and by some mis-
chance q package of wings hanging
overhead fell into the water with the
joint ends down. In the morning they
were taken out and flung into the wood
shed, supposing they were ruined. Some
weeks after, supposing they were dry
enough to burn, they were picked up to
carry to the kitchen range, but instead
of being ruined they were in the very
best state of preservation-not q moth
visible or feather loose-and they last
ed the best of any wings I ever used.
Last year I repeated the experiment of
dipping them in copperas water, and the
result was splendid; and hereafter it Will
be my rule in preparing wings for serv-
ice, to dip them as soon as possible after
they are taken of, and then string them
on q cord and hang them up in q dry
place till they are needed for use. It has
often been said that some of the most
useful methods of doing work and the
best receipts were the result of accident
rather than design. This method of pre-
serving wings was purely accidental,
and it is no waste, for the water is Just
as good to pour into the sink drain for q
disinfectant as if the wings had not been
dipped in it.-C0r. Country Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30
A Smile Of satlsfactioa.

This from the Cleveland (Ohio) Penny Press,
carries its own suggestion: Recently meeting
Mr.. b. G. Refer, treasurer Of the Cleveland
Hrald, our representative Inquired Of that
gentleman, after stating his mission, If he
personally knew anything about the Great
German Remedy, St. Jacobs OIL A smile
played across Mr.. Refers expressive face and
his eyes twinkled merrily as he replied in the
Affirmative: will not refuse to state my e1-
perience with it, and You may use it as you
think best. Four years ago I sprained one Of
my ankles, An accident which, as you arc
aware, entails much suffering and sometimes
leaves the limb in q condition to remind ono
frequently Of the old hurt. Unfortunately
this result ensued. Whenever the weather be-
came damp or my system absorbed the slight
est cold my ankle panied me. This went on
1t intervals for over three years, and could
not obtain relief. Last winter applied the
st. Jacobs on and it completely cured me. I
have not since felt q return Of the pain.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30
Shrouded in. Her Wedding Clothes

This entire community has Just been
saddened by one of those terrible mis-
takes that are constantly occurring in
every part of the country, but from which
Fargo has until now had blessed ex-
emption.
Thursday afternoon, while all the lit
tie city was engaged in the festivities of
Thanksgiving Day, while dinner parties
were being given and merry groups
were gathered around many a Hospitable
board; while preparations were going
on for theater parties, festivals and con-
ce1ts, heart-rending tragedy was being
enacted at one of our most popular ho-
tells. A fair young girl, in all the bloom
and beauty of life's golden morning, was
innocently and carelessly booming her.
self to death.
Miss Ada Price, aged twenty-one
years, was sister of Mrs. Joe Lamont,
of the Headquarters Hotel. Thursday
afternoon, having occasion to take lit
tie masnesia, or powdered chalk, she by
some awful fatality made mistake and
swallowed arsenic instead. Her sister,
Mrs. Lamont, was herself confined to
her room by sickness, so that the fright
full error was not discovered for four
hours. Then the sufferings of the hap
less girl had become so great that there
could be no longer Disgusting of the fact
that she was poisoned. DR.. Rolph was
speedily called in, and shortly afterward
Drs. barrow and Galloway were sum-
moned, and all that medical skill could
do was done to save the young life so
full of promise; but every effort was in
vain. The deadly poison had done its
work all too surely. About 4:3O clock
yesterday afternoon the unfortunate girl
passed into the great beyond.
Such q case would be sad enough
under any circumstances, but many
things conspired to make this one more
than ordinarily pitiful. She had but re-
Gently come to Fargo, and had already
won many friends by her intelligence
and unusually amiable and attractive
qualities. She died among comparative
strangers, though friends; but another
fact lends added poignancy to the sorrow
which her fate must excite. Miss Price
was to have been married in q short
time to Charles Scott, long the leading
surveyor in the Black Hills. Last Sat
urday he reached here, full of strong
mans love and hope. They were to
have gone on their wedding tour to visit
the home and family of the young bride
at Perth, Ontario. Now her bridal robes
win be shroud, and instead of visiting
the loved home of her childhood as a
joyous bride, leaning upon the husband
of her choice, she will 60 q corpse and
he viii be the first mourner. In this
hour of terrible bereavement her sister,
Mrs. Lamont, and her anguished hus-
band that was to have been, will have
the heartfelt sympathy of the whole com.
munity.-Fargo I'd. ~ Argus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30

David w. Davis, of Detroit, has pat
ented a method of freezing fish, and has
formed a company with $200, 900 capt.
tai that proposes to supply the country
with fresh shad the year round from
factories to be built on the Potomac and
on the Delaware River, at Gloucester, N.
j. The fish are to be frozen in galvan.
lied iron tubs, the exact shape and size
of barrel sawed in halves, and filed
with fish and pulverized ice thoroughly
shaken down to a compact mass. A
wooden cover is put on, and the pack
age. with others, packed in coarse ice
and salt, where it remains for twenty
four hours. 1t is then taken out, placed
with the cover downward, q stream of
cold water turned upon it to Loosen the
frost from the metal, and the tub lifted
off, leaving solid block of ice, in which
the fish are as firmly imbedded as in
granite.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30
Rescued IRON Dean.

William ]. Coughlan. of Somerville. Mass,
says: "In the fall of 1876 was taken with .
violent bleeding Of The lungs, followed by severe
cough. was admitted to the City Hospital
While there the doctors said had hole in my
left lung as big as half dollar. Igave up hope,
but friend told me of DIR. WIN. Halls BAL
sAA FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle, when TO
my surprise commenced to feel better, and to.
day feel In better spirits than have the past
three years. 1write this hoping that every one
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, and be con.
vinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. I"
Also sure remedy for Colds, Coughs, and all
Chest and Lung Diseases. Sold by druggists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30
Letting aDsg Loose.

4
] Some days since q saloon-keepef on
Gratiot avenue paid certain parties in
Chicago S25 for stuffed lion to add to
the attraction of his saloon, and the
other morning as the place was being
scrubbed out the lion was placed at the
front door to keep him out of the wet.
Half block down the street farmer
was having his wagon repaired, and
big bulldog was chained to the hind
axletree. He grew uneasy the minute
the lion was rolled out, and it only
needed few encouraging words from
the boys to render him half frantic. He
growled and plunged and tore around
and attracted quite . crowd, among
which was man who remarked:
"That's purity brave dog of yours,
stranger"
brave! I'd like to see the man or
beast he wouldn't tackler' replied the
owner.
81 dunno about that. Never saw
dog yet who stand before ion.''
"Well, here's one who'd stand be-
fore two lions. See how anxious he is
toget there?''
eyes, but he puts that on because
he's chained. If he was loose you
couldn't get him within a rod of that
specimen"
"Couldn't eh? Maybe you want to
hear yourself talk
Well, 1 dunno. I'm opposed to
betting, card-playing, dancing and all
that, but seeing you are rather sassy
about this, I've got half dollar here
which says you can't get that dog up to
within six feet of that lion.''
''Put up the money-put up the
money! shouted the farmer, as he
went down into his own pockets after
the coin.
The money was put up, the crowd fell
back and the farmer face wore smile
of triumph as he still further excited the
dog and then slipped his collar. With
ayell of rage the "canine'' made bee
line for the king of beasts, and in another
moment there was reason for a terrific
yell of applause. Dog and lion filled the
air, so to say. The lion was rolled over
and over, grabbed by the throat and
shaken around, drawn across the street
and back by the ear. and when the dog
finally let up on the corpse the battle
ground was covered with hair and hay
and saw-dust and glass-eyes. At that
moment the saloon-keeper rushed out,
policeman came up, and for five minutes
the air was rent with shouts aud excla-
nations and expostulations.
g 1t was all in fun" exclaimed the
farmer.
Dot lions cost me twenty-five dollars
in Sheecago!'' protested the saloon man.
Who put up this job?" demanded
the officer, as he glared around on the
crowd.
By and by deep silence fell upon the
crowd, and in a voice which had only
kindness in it the owner of the lion said
he must have his twenty-five dollars or he
would start for the Police Court. The
policeman said it was certainly case for
the courts, and the crowd said the farmer
might have known what would happen.
He protested, but finally came to time,
and when he had passed over a ten dollar
bill and given his note for the balance,
he had only one sentence to utter. That
was:
"Now, then, I'll give any of you FIVE
acres of land to put me face to face with
the outlaw who put up this job on hard
working, innocent man!'-DetroI Free
Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30

In Pennsylvania town there are,
or were, thirty hives of bees. Many of
them broke loose last fall, and took pos
session of peoples houses. One man
boarded half q bushel of them in his
kitchen for q week. The fruit canning
had to be done at night, and the saga
cious bees, having stopped up the door
ways, the people had to crawl in and
grapes were destroyed by the bushel,
The case has got into the courts with a
view to preventing its happening again.
In Kalamazoo County, Mich, a few
years since, bee case got into court,
the owners of the bees setting up the
defense that the insects were terG nat
urG, or wild beasts, and not domestic
animals, for whose damages they might
be held responsible.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-30

1t is old DR.. Charming who is the
author of the phrase, ''When I am mad
I weigh q ton" He said it on occasion
of being reminded of his small stature
and avoirdupois.