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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
Hat. for the Period.

Feather turbansare the favorite hat for
general wear this autumn; and are the
extreme opposite in size of the great
Devonshire and Pompadour hats. For
travelling, for morning shopping and for
driving, the jaunty turbans are most use
full, and are sometimes made of plush as
we'll rs OF feathers, ana are often
furnished with mnff to correspond. The
entire hat of feathers is expensive, al
though it is very small: from S15 to $40
are asked for pheasant. lophomore and
peacock tur bans and there are sets OF the
mufr and turban of fine plImage sold for
$50. The dark green and black cocks
plumes make simple and pretty turbans
that may be worn with any dress. The
imported turbans have usually the birds
head in front slightly toward the
left side, and sometimes there are
two heads, one being placed on
each side. A new trimming for
high-crowned, broad brimmed hats is n
coronet of ostrich tips set thick around
the crown and close against it, with the
curled ends nodding outward. A novel
ty is "A cluster of shaded feather pom
poms like roses, three together. These
come in gold, in red and in bronze, and
are heavily frosted with gold or silver
dust. An exquisite plush evening hat
has a crown of seal brown and q wide
brim of peach blossom, the trimmings
being three long pink plumes which
cover the brim almost entirely, while
brown partridge with outspread wings
and bright.eyed head is set where the
ends of the plumes meet in front OF the
hat. A stylish poke is of dark green
plush, the brim lined with pale pink.
On this an entire impeyan is percbed,
surrounding two thirds of the crown, the
remaining third being filled up with a
bow of plush, held by cashmere bead
ornament, while band of cashmere pas
samenterie binds the brim.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
tell her-its all right. You prayed
prayed me through"

tell her--its all right. You prayed
prayed me through"
These were the last conscious words he
ever spoke. l was almost glad to have
him unconscious, because his breath
came 50 hard. never left that bedside
all the morning. The doctor came, and
said he could not last long, and l saw
the same beautiful look coming back to
his face. l whispered:
willie" and kissed his forehead
growing moist with the death-damp, just
as 1 thought his mother would have
done were she present.
The lips moved:
"How I-I-lay me-down-down to
sleep"
And he was dead, even while l held
him to my beating heart
Do you know anything about hospital
funerals? They buried him next day and
his mother had not come. There was u
pine coffin. few flowers. l had great
deal of trouble to get short prayer and
''dust to dust"
The one mourner had to choke back
her tears and 60 back to duties. grown
more sacred, but never more to be light
ened or refreshed by the smiles and
cheer of her own boy.
She came the next day. 1 showed her
the little wooden slab, and told her now
he had talked of mother. and the mes
sages he left, and how he went to sleep.
She didn't blame bit; seemed to know
that had done what l could for him,
and so comforted me more that l did
her. She took the pine coffin back with
her to bury besides her husband. Never
shall forget how she smiled through
her tears as she talked of their being to-
gether. There can be sublimity in suf-
fering. l have seen it. This Testament
you see, was given by that mother, when
on that dreary morning she started out
from the dark, gloomy hospital with
her boy.-Mary Louise Beecher III the
Christian Union.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
Management OF Sick Children.

The vicissitudes necessarily incident
to an outdoor and primitive mode of life
are never the first causes of any disease,
though they may sometimes betray its
presence. Bronchitis, nowadays perhaps
the most frequent of all infantile dis
eases, makes no exception to this rule; .
draft OF cold air may reveal the latent
progress of the disorder, but its cause is
long confinement in Initiated and over
heated atmosphere. and its proper rem
edy ventilation and mild, phlegm-
loosening (saccharine) diet, warm sweet
milk, sweet oatmeal-porridge or honey
water. Select an airy bedroom and do
not be afraid to open windows. Among
the children of the Indian tribes, who
brave in open tents the terrible winters
Of the Hudson Bay territory, bronchitis,
Group and diphtheria arc wholly un.
known; and what We call taking cold"
might often be more correctly de-
scribed as taking hot; glowing
stoves, and even open fires in a
night nursery, greatly aggravate the
pernicious effects of an impure atmos-
phere. The first paroxisms of Group can
be promptly relieved by very simple
remedies; fresh air and rapid forward
and back movement OF the arms, com
bined, in urgent cases, with the applica.
ton OF flesh brush or piece of flannel
to the chest. Paregoric and poppy syrup
stop the cough by lethargizing the irri-
liability, and thus preventing the dis
charge Of the phlegm till its accumula'
ton produces q second and far more
dan gerous paroxysm. These second at
tacks of Group latter the administration
OF palliatives) are generally The fatal
ones. When the child is convalescing,
let him beware oil stimulating food and
overloaded rooms. DO not give aperient
medicines; costiveneas, ~ an after effect
Of pleuritic affections, viii soon yield TO
fresh air and vegetable diet. Il Popular
Science Monthly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

RATS THAT Love ToBAcco.-lt is
we'll known that rats and mice, in addi-
ton to their proverbial slyness, fall into
astonishingly disagreeable habits when
their surroundings are such as to tempt
them to depart from the temperate
course characteristic of rodent life. At
u celebrated tobacco house in st. Louis
is bright, grayish colored rat, fat and
plump, that energies from his hole dur
ing tho daytime, leaps upon pile OF
leaf tobacco, and eats and relishes the
nicotine weed the same as it would a
dainty bit of toasted cheese. This ami
NAL is perfectly gentle, and Its curious
appetite he's vouchsafed for it the free
dom of the entire factory. 1t is looked
upon in the establishment as the creates,
OF living curiosities. and possessed as il
seems to be, with intelligence. it is per.
mittcd to frolc about the factory unmo
Tested, and allowed to taste sparingly OF
the choicest importations.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

Remedy for Cold Feet.-Procure two
strips of zinc of about the width of the
sole of your foot, and sufficiently long
to reach from the toes to tho hollow; to
these have riveted, with copper rivets,
pieces OF copper that will reach from the
hollow to the heel, but not beyond it..
Have these combined slips of copper and
zinc cut as near to the form of the foot
as possible, and, on going to bed at
night, place them next to the soles. To
secure them in their places draw over
each foot stocking. This simple rem
edy, it is asserted, will in every case of
cold feet prove eilicacions. The zinc
should contain little or no lead. The
quality of the zinc may be known by its
brittleness. as pure zinc will never lap
over. These magnetic soles' will also
correct that disagreeable complaint to
which many persons appear to be constl-
tutionally subject, viz: sweaty feet. or
course it is understood that the magnetic
soles are to be worn only in bed, rs it
would be uncomfortable to walk with
them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
Au Unapprec ated Chap'aIn.

The cook of the middle ages was n
lordly autocrat, and his sceptre, II long
wooden spoon, was also used rs means
of punishment. Brillat Savarin tells
this story
AN Italian prince, who had Il Sicilian
cook of great excellence the cooks of
Sicily were famous even in the days of
ancient Rome-was once travelling to his
provincial estates, taking with him his
entire ''batterie de cuisine and his Sell
ian cook. At point where the narrow
path along the precipice turned the angle
of projecting rock, the prince at the
head of his long cavalcadc, heard shrek
and the splash of a body falling into tie
torrent far below. With face white
with terror, he pulled up, and, looking
back, exclaimed, The cook the cook!
Holy Virgin, the cook! No, Your ex-
cellency, cried voice from the rear; 1T
is Don Prosdocimo! Tho prince heaved
sigh of profound relief. All. only the
Chaplainr said the prince. Heaven be
thanked"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

The fastest mile by y running horse
was made BY Ten Brock, at Louisvills.
Nay -. lo77. Tine, 1:Sox.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

REWARD FOR LOST PRoPERTy.-One
p. lost diamond pin and published in .
city paper the following notice: Lost,
S25 reward-A diamond pin. The finder
will be paid the above reward by leaving
the same at this Office" The pin was
found by c., who demanded the reward
which was refused. p. then demande d
the return Of the pin, and. on being re-
fused. brought action in replevin for re.
covery. Held that the finder, according
to the common law, becomes the pro-
prietor in case the true owner does not
appear, and meantime his right as firder
is perfect right against all others. And
he is entitled to recompense from the
owner for his care and expense in its
keeping and preservation; but his statas
as finder only does not give him lien.
Yet, il such owner offers reward to him
who will restore the property, q lien
thereon is thereby created to the extent
OF the reward so offered. Wood VS..
Pierson, Supreme Court, Nebraska.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

The stock OF unlicensed Toronto bar
rooms 10 seized by the police, and once .
week The contents Of bottles and kegs arc
poured into . hathtub and allowed torun
70 vaste. Three baskets Of champagne
we're II ~ last lot Destroyed.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08
Brilliant WhitcWasfi.

Take half a bushcl of nice umslacked
lime, slack it with boiling water, cover
itduring the process to keep in the steam.
Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or
strainer, and add to it a peck of salt,
previously well dissolved in warm water;
three pounds Of ground rice, boiled to Il
thin paste, and stirred i'll boiling hot;
half a pound of powdered Spanish whit
ing, and pound of clean glue, which has
been previously dissolved by soaking it
well, and then hanging it over a slow
fire, in small kettle within large one
filed with water. Add five gallons of
hot water to the mixture, stir it well and
let it stand few days covered from the
dirt.
1t should be put on right hot; for this
purpose 1t can be kept in kettle on a
portable furnace. 1t is said about pint
Of this mixture will cove. Il Square yard
upon the outside of y house if properly
applied. Brushes more or less small may
be used according to the neatness of the
job required. 1t answers as well as oil
paint for wood 1t retains its brilliancy
for many years. There is nothing of the
kind that will compare with it, either for
inside or outside walls.
Coloring matter may be put in and
made Of any shade you like. Spanish
brown stirred in will make red pink,
more or less deep according to the guam
! tity. A delicate tinge of this is pretty,
for inside walls. Finely pulverized COM
mon clay, well mixed with Spanish
brown, make a reddish stone color. Vel
low-ochre stirred in makes yellow wash,
but chrome goes further, and makes a
color generally esteemed prettier. In all
these cases the darkness of the shades is
determined, of course, by the quantity of
coloring used. 1t is difficult to make
rules because tastes are different, and it
would be best to try experiments on a
single and let it dry. We have been
told that green must not be mixed with
lime. The lime destroys the color, and
the color has an effect on the whitewash,
which makes it crack and peel. When
| walls have been badly smoked, and you
wish them clean white, it is well to
squeeze indigo plentilully through bag
nto the water you use, before tits stirred
in the whole mixture. If a larger guam
tity than five gallons be wanted, the same
roportion should be- observed.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08
Abusing Newspapers.

Some people think that they ar, very
smart when they abuse newspaper or
an editor. They forget that many pa
pers have largely profite1 by becoming
the objects of these attacks, and that
some editors have thrivcn ON being as
saulted. Aside from this consideration,
it should be remembered that All editor
is often obliged TO occupy a very delicate
position. His sense of right will some
times cause him to attack or defend a
man, business, class or cause at q
risk of making enemies of others, only
to find those in whose interests he had
labored display ingratitude. OF course
no level-headed editor expects to find
much gratitude or charity. He must gem
orally be content with the approval Of
lis own conscience. and pursue the
course lie believes 10 hr right, regardless
of either frowns OF smiles, supported by
his conscious rectitude. 1t will all come
right in the end. 1t is hard to be misun-
lerstood, and to find those TO whose sup
port you have earned Il right, desert you
to meet alone the attacks Of those whom
you have inCensedin pursuing the course
you were convinced was right, but you
will thereby learn Il lesson ofsell-relance,
and form habit of judging entirely for
yourself, that will be invaluable. You
will be able to tell the TRUTH however
distasteful, and refuse to utter false
hood, no matter how much pleasante:
it may promise to make things 60. -
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08

fowls has been slow and very uncertain.
Many poultry ianciers have recommends
ed removing the eggs from nests as soon
as they We're laid, storing them in cool
place, and returning them to the nest 4
few days after the hen showed an inclina.
ton to set. Some have advised allowing
several hens to set on nests arranged in
rows, and an examination of he eggs at
stated times.
1t often happens, however that some
superannuated biddy that has never en-
joyed the advantages of the information
contained in modern poultry books and
periodicals, "steals her nest' and matches
and raises more chickens than all the
hens that were privileged to occupy nests
constructed on philosophical principles,
and whoseeggs were tested every few days
by the aid of delicate apparatus. The
knowledge an experienced hen has of
her own particular business is profound.
1t is fortunate for persons who delightin
eating fine fowls that she is not CONVEX
san, with the poultry literature of her
day and generation. If she was, the
noble race of hens might become extinct
;ss >'s,:; Then t.s...2 ..i.,i -. rs
cocks to crow in the morn, no Easter
eggs, 10 ome!ets, no chicken pot-pie eX-
cept the sort servedup in boarding-hous-
es, and generally made Of scraps of beef
steak and the leavings of . roast of veal.
Eggs left in nests where they are laid
generally retain their vitality better than
if kept elsewhere. The periodic visits of
the hen apparently cxerts a stimulating
influence in preserving the embryo in II
vigorous state. There is noadvantagei in
examining the eggs under a setting hen
except to remove such as are broken, and
it has often been observed that there are
no broken eggs in n 'stolen nest" Such
Il nest is not visited by any strange hens.
The regular occupant is never frightened
from it, while it is generally SO construct
ed that it is easy to approach and leave
the eggs without breaking them. STEAL
ing nests" is variety of theft that
deserves to be encouraged. To this end
there should be goody number of
holes in the foundation of barns, and
various boxes accidentally dropped with,
III easy reach of the poultry house.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08

In none Of these snots did the Doctor
fail to shatter the balls from the hand of
the attendant. One OF the most marvel
lous feats he performed was the follow
ing: Placing a glass ball on the ground,
the Doctor shot in front of it, and plow-
ing under it sent it flying several feet in
the air by the force of the conclusion,
and before it reached the ground another
shot broke it into thousand pieces.
An exhibition of very rapid shooting
was also given, the Doctor breaking
the balls as fast as the attendant
could throw them into the air. The
exhibition closed with display of short
range pistol-parctice, in which the marks
man was not as successful as with the
rifle, having, as he remarked, by way of
apology, had little experience with the
weapon. All those present expressed
much establishment ut DIR. Ruth . Won
derful skill, and it seemed to be the gen.
eral verdict that Carver's proficiency was
secondary to that of DR.. Ruth.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08

The young man in quos,lon is not q
heavy weight physically. lie does not
weigh over ninety pounds. The young
woman W ho fell TO his lot was bounc-
ing Virginia lass, plump and pretty, who
would weigh at least one hundred and
forty pounds. He was in no haste to get
into the saddle, He watched very care
fully how the rest of the fellows got
their fair companions upon the upper
deck. He was the last man to swing his
horse in line. He had a little doubt too
about his horse. The horse was very
high spirited and had never been rid
den double. He darted up to the horse
block and the young woman was ready.
The blanket was arranged behind in tile
most approved fashion. He edged his
chestnut up to the side of the horse
block. She gave him one hand and in q
second she bounded firmly to her place
behind him, in as firm Il hold as the
proprieties of the occasion demanded.
She was not the only one that had
bounded. The horse bolted about ten
feet in the air and came down on
his fore feet, and, as the young fellow
.,.."~ ..*s !-:1' -. T,ry igi.. :>y:.irA,
The young man, although very good
rider, said he would have gone over the
horses ears several times if it had not
been for the young lady. She held on,
aud he felt perfectly convinced that if
he went off she wouldn't, and so she
stuck. His horse fought, SHE'D, jumped
and baked, greatly to the amusement
of the young lady, who very near crack
ed several of his ribs in holding Oh to
him when his horse bolted to the right
and left. 1t was five miles to his desti-
nation. When he got off his horse
finally, and walked into the farmhouse,
the great streams of perspiration slowly
trickled down the sides of his face. He
vas weak and trembling.
The lady of the house asked him how
be liked the trip.
He said that under less exciting cir.
cumstances he might have relished the
hugging part of it, but beyond that he
was very willing to confess that it was
one Of the great est tests that he had evcl
undergone in his life Washington Rhel
to Chicago Tribu,"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME.
BY D. w. HOLMES.

There is no time like the old time when you and
were young,
When the buds of April blossomed and birds Of
spring-time sung!
The gardens brightest glores by summer sun
nursed;
But oh the sweet, sweet vioets, the flowers that
opened first!
There is no place like the old place, where you and
Iwere born,
Where we lifted our eyelids on the splendors of
the morn!
From the milk-whte breast that warmed us, iconi
the clnging arms that bore
Where the dear eyes glstened DER us that VIII look
on us no more
There is no friend like the old friend, who has shar
ed our morning days!
no greeting like his welcome, no homage ''N' Ills
praise!
Fame is the centless flower, with gaudy crown OF
gold;
gut friendship is the breathing rose with sweets IN
every fold.
There is no love me inc old coured
in our pride:
Though our leaves falling. falling and weare fad
ing side by side;
There are blossoms all around with the colors of
the dawn.
And we live in borrowed sunshine when the light
Of day is gone.
There are no times like the old times-they shall
never be forgot
There is no place like the dplace-keep greer the
dear old spot!
There are no friends like the old friends-may
Heavenproong their lives!
There are no loves like the old loves-God bless our
loving wives.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08
Hens That Steal Their Nests.

All wild birds deposit their eggs IN
some concealed place. According to
their habits they select a place for their
nest in q hollow tree, in a thicket of
bushes, clump Of grass or amid the
dense foliage of trees and bushes. Birds
that build their nests OH the ground APP
proach them cautiously, and leave them
SO that they will not attract attention.
Fowls that still retain some of their old
wild habits, as the guinea-hen and pea
fowls, choose places for building nests
where Il " are not likely to be disturb
ed. The pheasant, which is but partly
domesticated, will not lay or set on eggs
when kept in confinement. The guinea
hen and pea-fowl will rarely, if ever, set
on eggs in an artificial nest placed in a
building. Before they commence to lays
they may be seen searching for some Sc
cluded spot in which to deposit their
eggs. e.
Hens, when allowed TO roam at large
as they do in warm countries, where they
pick UP most of their food in the woods,
select places for nests ir the same way
wild birds do. If the object lsto procure
eggs for the table or for the market, it IS
well to have them deposited in nests
thatare conspicuous and easy toapproach,
as the sooner they are gathered the bet
ter their condition will be. #, on the,
other hand, chickens are desired, then
the hen should be allowed 10 lay eggsin
a nest the location of which is known
only to herself. She should also be al
lowed to sit on them without being dis
turbed, and to bring forth her brood of
chickens in good time, as she viii orai.
narily do. Common observation shows
that hens are more successful in rearing
large focks of fine chicks that are per-
mitted to "steal their nests" and to re-
main in quiet possession of them.
A Stolen nest" is rarely in good place
for obtaining the eggs. but is almost in
variably in good place for Matching
them. 1t is ordinarily near the ground
in the side of NOW or stack Of hay,
where there is little danger of being dis
turbed or of being visited by other hens
for the purpose of depositing eggs. Since
poultry-raising has been elevated to the
rank of science and many appliances
have been introduced for Matching eggs
and rearing chickens, the increase of