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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
A Mississippi Pilots story.


The passenger, who was going down
the big river for the first time in his life,
secured permission to climb up beside
the pilot, o grim old grayback, who
never told lie in his life.
"Many alligators in the river?" the
stranger inquired, after looking around.
"Not so many now, since they got to
shootin' 'em for their hide and taller,
was the reply.
"Used to be lots. eh?"
II don't want to tell you about 'em,
stranger, remarked the old pilot, signing
heavily.
"Why?"
"'Cause you'd think I was a-lyin to
you, and that's sumthin' never do. 1
can cheat at keerds, drink whisky, or
chaw poor terbacker, but can't lie."
"Then there used to be lots of emp"
inquired the passenger.
"I'm most afraid to tell ye, mister, but
I've counted 'leven hundred alligators to
the mile from Vicksburg cl'ar down to
New Orleans. That was years ago, afore
shot was ever fred at EN-"
well, don't doubt it," replied the
stranger.
"And I've counted 1859 of 'em on one
sand-bar," continued the pilot. at looks
big to tell, but government surveyor
was aboard and checked 'em off as I
called out"
II haven't the least doubt of H." re-
piled the passenger, as he heaved sigh.
"I'm glad O. that, stranger. Some fell
lers would think I'm o liar when I'm
telling the solemn truth. This used to
be paradise for alligators, and they
were so thick that the wheels of the boat
killed an average of forty-nire to the
mile"
SIS that so?"
"True as gospel, mister! used to
feel sorry for the cussed brutes, cause
they'd cry out cen most like O human
being. We killed lots of 'em, as said,
and we hurt pile more. sailed with
one captain who allus carried thousand
bottles of liniment to throw over to the
wounded ones"
"He did?"
"Trne as you live, he did. 1 don't
'spect I'll ever see another such kind.
Christian man. And the alligators got
to know the Nancy Jane, and to know
Captain Tom, and they would swim
out and rub their tails against the boat,
and purr like cats, and look up and try
to smile!'
"They would?"
"Solemn truth stranger. Aud once
when we grounded on bar, with an op-
position boat right behind, the alligators
gathered around, got under her stern
and jumped her clean over the bar by q
grand push. It looks like big story,
but never told lie yet. and 1 never
shall. wouldn't lie for all the money
you could put aboard this boat"
There was painful pause, and after
while the pilot continued:
"Our ingines give out once, and crowd
of alligators took bow line and hauled
us forty five miles up stream to Vicks-
burg"
"They did?"
"And when the news got along the
river that Ca otain Tom was dead, every
alligator on the river daubed his left ear
with mud as badge of mourning, and
lots of 'em pinned and died"
The passenger left the pilot house with
the remark that he didn't doubt the state
ment, and the old man gave the wheel a
turn, and replied:
"Thar's one thing won do for love
nor money, and that's make liar of my
self. was brung up by a good mother,
and I'll stick to the truth if this boat
don't make a cent. Vicksburg Her
aid.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
A valuable Secret.

It is related of Franklin, that, from
the window of his Office in Philadelphia,
he noticed a mechanic, among a number
of others, at work on house which was
being erected close by, who always APP
peared to be in a merry humor, and who
had kind and cheerful smile for every
one he met. Let the day be ever so cold
gloomy or sunless, the happy smile
danced like q sunbeam on his cheerful
countenance. Meeting him one day,
Franklin requested to know the secret
of his constant happy flow of spirits.
Its no secret, doctor" the man said.
i've one of the best of wives, and when
I 60 to work she always gives me a kind
word Of encouragement and blessing,
with q parting kiss; and when I go
home she is sure too meet me with q
smile and kiss of welcome; and the tea
is sure to be ready; and as we chat in
the evening, find she has been doing
so many little things during the day to
please me, that I cannot find it in my
heart to speak an unkind word or give
an unkind look to anybody"
And Franklin adds:
'..What an influence, then hath woman
over the heart of man, to soften it, and
make il the fountain of cheerful emo
tons. Speak gently, then; happy
smile and kind word Of greeting after
the tolls OF the day arc over cost nothing,
and go far toward making home happy
and peaceful. y Independent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
The Resemb ance Between Mel and
Monkeys.

II the skeletons of an ourang-outang
and chimpanzee be compared with that
of man, there will be found to be the
most wonderful resemblance, together
with very marked diversity. Bone for
bone, throughout the whole structure,
will be found to agree in general form,
differences being that the orang has nine
wrist-bones, whereas man and the Chin
panzee have but eight; and the chin
nance has thirteen pairs of ribs,
whereas the orang, like man,
has but twelve. With these
two exceptions, the differences are
those of shape, proportion, and direction
only, though the resulting differences in
the external form and motions are very
considerable. The greatest of these are,
that the feet of the anthropoid or man
like apes, as we'll as those of all monkeys,
are formed like hands, with large oppose
BILE thumbs fitted to grasp the branches
of trees, but unsuitable for erect walk
ing, while the hands have weak, small
thumbs, but very long and powerful
fingers, forming q hook rather than q
hand, adapted for climbing up trees and
suspendihg the whole weight from hori-
zontal branches. The almost complete
identity of the skeleton, however, and
the close similarity OF the muscles and Of
all the internal organs, have produced
that striking and ludicrous resemblance
to man which every one recognizes in
these higher apes, and, in less degree,
in the whole monkey tribe; the face and
features, the motions. attitudes and ges-
lures being often strange caricature Of
humanity. Let us, then, examine a lit
tie more closely in what the resemblance
consists, and how far, and to what ex-
tent, these animals really differ from us.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

AGRICULTURAL REPoRr FOR APRIL
The April report of the Department of
Agriculture shows an increase of 2 per
cent, or nearly 500,0 900 acres,
of winter wheat. The condition of win
ter wheat il high throughout the West
Ohio alone reporting below 1907, in the
Cotton States, and in Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia In New York. Penn
sylvania, New Jersy. and Ohio, the con
dition Is from three to thirteen per cent
below the average. In Pennsylvania il
u four per cent below.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

II Is said there are half million acres
Of land in Georgia worth but eight cent:
you derned litsrsxy cusses 10 own An acre
q land.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

The subscription for the benefit of
Mrs. Jesse James will probably be q
pleasant thing. The people of Missouri
will carry this affair. through unaided,
strangers who formerly passed through
the State having subscribed long enough
for the support of the family.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

look in her eyes:
II felt just as you do once, long ago
but I got over it."
"And huw?"
"By OUTLYING my love for my hus-
band. As long as loved him I suffered
= suffered the torments of hell. You
know the house in which he used to
keep two OF his wives. At night. when
he was staying there, 1 used to walk
the floor Of the room until it seemed
that must go mad unless could es-
cape from the place-from everything.
Then I would rush out into the street
and 60 10 that house. I would walk
round and round it, feeling as though I
could tear the walls down with my bare
hands, growing every minute more like
one possessed with devils, Until my boy.
missing me, would come in search of
me and lead me home"
"I know how you felt" Jessie's eyes
cleaned, and she set her teeth.
s"Ten years from now you will look
back and wonder that you ever could
have suffered ~ you do to-day for such
q cause. l wonder ct myself. To-day
my husband is nothing to me. He
comes homo sometimes-l believe l
have seen him twice during the past
year-but his coming or going affects
me NO moro than il does the walls OF the
house. From 1.-THE Fate Of Madame La
Tour" by Hrs. A. G.. Paddock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-14
PRODUCE.
New York.

New YoRK. November l3.-Flour-Dull;
receipts IS, 600 barrels; exports $500 bar
rels; superfne Western and State So Esq
8 90; common s. SO(94 40; good 81 5OS7 so;
white wheat Sc 25(97 so; extra Ohio s. SO
al 90; st. Louis So 9097 so; Minnesota
patent process S. 75@S IS. Wheat
Cash lots steady; options opened weak at
L@1lc lower, closing dull: receipts 226.-
600 bushels; exports 107, 900 bushels; No.
spring 97IIc; ungraded red Sic(SSl 10;
seller November; No. 8 red 81 OI9l O7A;
certificates 81 O7}t(1l 094 delivered; un.
graded white 91c(GSl II; steamer No. red
7767sc; No. 8 white I us; No. do sales
$1,000 bushels, at 81 0SA@l TO- No. 2
red seller November, sales 1900 bush
els, at 81 O71s@1 OK, closing al 81 0lH;
seller December, sales 900, at 81 0SH
IlI O9H, closing at 81 0SXs seller Janua.
~. sales $4,000 bushels, at 81 llb
al ny, closing at 81 1lss; seller Feb
ruary, sales EOS, 900 bushels, at 81 1870
/ lS%, closing at 81 13H. Corn-Unset-
tied and 1<9lHc lower; receipts IS, 900
bushels; exports %, 900 bushels; unsra led
76@Ssc; No. 3 Soc; No. 2 $4,000; No.
seller November S4@S4Nc, closing at
SIC: seller December 7697Ic, closing
at 76c; seller January 64@65c, clos
ing at CSC. 0ats-Steady; receipts o.
OO0 bushels; exports none; western
mixed 37@42c; white western 4S9i9c.
Hay-Quiet at Coo. Coffee and Molasses-
unchanged. Petroleum-United 81 2lH;
crude S1S@5xo; refined STCq9c. Tallow
Quiet but steady at 5-l69SSc. Rosin-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-14

Dull at 81 s09i 80. Turpentins-At
$40. Eggs--At 29c. Pork-Steady; new
mess $22 O0@22 so. Beef-Unchanged.
Cut Meats-Nominal. Lard--Dull; prime
steam $12 50912 60. Butter-At l5937c.
Cheese-Unchanged.
CHICAGO, November 13.-Flour-U Unchanged.
Wheat-Fair and, firmeI; regular 92&c seller
November; CSC seller December; nc seller
year; 93Tc seller January 99Hc seller May;
No. 2 spring 92Lc cash seller November; No.
8 T91<c; rejected &c; No. red winter
CSC cash; 95He seller December; No. 3
winter Ole; rejected SOC. Corn-Lower at
6SH@6Shc cash; csc seller November;
591sG5951c seller December and year; $500
seller January; 54Kc seller May; rejected
steady at 34Ac cash 342Ic seller November;
34@341Sc seller December and year; $40
35Tc seller May. Barley-At S09Slc. Flax
Seed-Lower at 81 15h@1 16. Pork :
Active and higher at SIS so cash; SIS 80
ais So seller November; Sl7 55@17 57H
seller December and year. Lard-Higher
at 81 9O@12 60 cash: $l1 SO91f s22
seller November; 81 0O@l1 or seller
December and year; $40 S7k@l0 80 seller
January; Sll 05@1107H seller May. Bulk
Meats-In firm demand; shoulders &c;
llLc. Butter-Dull and Weaker at 24tg
36c; fair 1212@3Sc. Eggs-Steady at pc.
Whisky-Lower at 81 Is.
philadelphia
PHILApELPHIA. November Is. - Flour
Dull exports IS 1906 %; Pennsylvania ex-
TIA at 81 1904 S7H; Minnesota patent pro-
cess at Sc 75(G7 25; Ohio at So 1907 co.
Rye-Steady; moderate but in demand at
81 25(I4 S7H. Wheat-Queit and closing
firm; No. 2 red 81 OK; No. 8, 81 O5H;
No. seller November 81 07h@l 0SH; sell
Ter December 81 0S1s@1 O9H; seller Janu-
airy 81 1OA@1 II. Corn-Closed quiet;
local lots in moderate inquiry; sail mixed
seller November S2A@S3c; seller Decem-
Der 67H@6796c; seller January ego
62Hc. 0ats-Advanced l cent and closed
strong; No mixed 42Hc; choice 49c; No.
white sc. Provisions-Steady; mess
beef 7@7kc. Mess pork $23 90; prime
mess SO 90. Lard-13@l3Hc. Butter-lS
@3Tc. Eggs -3Q@31c. Cheese-l2Ql3c.
refined sac. Whisky
Firm at 81 20.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, November 3.-Flour-Steady;
family 81 2j@4 so; fancy 81 1895 %.
Wheat-Quiet but firm; No. 2 red winter
9Gc spot; 95Hc seller November and De-
ember; CSC asked seller year. Receipts H.
UuO DusnelS, shipments o,oVO ousueis' Soin
AT 72@73c spot; 653c seller November;
542sc seller year; 51Hc bid seller |
January. Oats-steady at S6@S7c
spot; sc bid seller year. Rye-Dull at cog
Gle Barley-Quiet and unchanged; No.
fall 6S@72c. Pork-Quiet at 800 IS. Lard |
Stronger at $l1 80. Bulk Meats-Easier; |
shoulders Sc; clear rib lie. Bacon-Shoul- |
ders lie; clear rib 15Hc; clear 16Hc. |
fair and market firm at |
81 IA. Butter-Quiet at 25c.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, O., November 13.-Wheat- |
Steady; No. red spot Csc; seller Decem.
Der 9S34c; seller January 81 0O5sc; seller |
May 81 O5H. bid; 81 O6c asked. Corn
High mixed 74c; No. 2 spot 73c; |
seller November CSC asked; seller year |
56Zc; seller January Sc; seller May |
5414c bid. Oats-Quiet; No. 2spot seller |
december or year BIC.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-14
LIVE STOCK.
New York.

New YORK, November l3.--Droyers Jour.
nal bureau reports: Beeves-Receipts 5,lOO
head, making 1890 for the week. Export
ers took so cars and 60 car loads for
slaughter direct, leaving 60 cars for home
trade. Prices were &c higher in the morn
ing, but the improvement was lost before
the finish. Poor to prime native steers
SK@12Kc; extra 12H@l3c, including car
loads at 81 so per cwt., live weight, that
cost S. 20 in Chicago. No Texans were Of
fered; common to fair half-breed sold at
SIC; export brand l09l1c, generally.
Shipments for the week include 1870
quarters beef 1000 live sheep, and Csc car
cases mutton.
Sheep-Receipts 10000 head, making
Al, 200 head for the week; market dull.
Sales-Sheep at 81 OO@5 10 per cwt.; lumbs,
S. 0Od5 80.
swine-Receints 5000 head, making
81, 600 head for the weak; live hogs steady
at So 1907 % per cwt.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY. November 1S.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 1892 head. Market slow and I'M
changed from last week.
Hogs-Receipts 900 head. Market fairly
active; Philadelphias 81 1907 10; Balti-
mores, Sc 75(d6 so; best Workers So 6OC9
6 20; common So 25G6 so.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head. Market
at fair prices and stronger than last week.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, November l3.-Live Hogs
Active; common S. 25@G IS; packing S. 40
@7l5
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SALE.
State OF West Virginia, City OF Wheeling, In
the Municipal Court OF Wheeling,
Alfred C. Eperter

State OF West Virginia, City OF Wheeling, In
the Municipal Court Of Wheeling,
Alfred &. Egerter
vs.. In CnanCerys
John Auth and others
nURsUANT To A DECREE MADE by
Il said court In the above entitled cau'c On
The 18th day Of Octo ter. lss9, the undersigned
special commissioner will sell.on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER nth, A. d. lsSs.
commencing ut 10 O'Clock, A. H., a. public
auction, TO the highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House OF OHIO csunty, We
Virginia, in the said city Of Wheeling. the
following described real estate In said ciiy,o
Lot No. %, In square No. 3 OF Giichn,ts
amended addition To said city, which 10y
fronts about thirty feet ON the east nide o.
North Huron street formerly calles Walnut
xaia street about one hundred and forty feet
to an alley. A plat OF said addition ts In Deed
Book Is, NJ page i0l, In the ONCE OF the CLERK
OF the county court Of said county, and said
lot has on Il a double tenement frnme house.
TRIMS or SALE -One-tbird OF the purcnNs
money and m much more thereof M the pur.
chaser shall elect TO pay, cash In hand, and
the re- ne thereof In two equal instslmeuts,
PAYABLE respectively In six and twelve months
from the d ay OF sale, with interest from that
DAY; the purchaser TO give his notes, with
PERSONAL security thereon satisfactory to Tho
undersigned, for the deferred insialmeutl,
and the title 10 be retained until the payment
In fun OF the purchase money.
ALFRED CALEWEti.
special Commissioners.
]. q. HERyEY, Auciioneer.
thereby certify that the above named spec.
ial commissioner has given bond and security
as required by law, and In the penalty OF 81
CO., A. required by T ssia deere ss e n.pp,u
Clerk OF the Municipal Court OF Wheeling.
noyl, 1, g. II, u, Is, y and -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-14
TRUSTEE'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID dated on the 9Th day OF June, 1851, exc.
cuted by Alexander ~ Gillespie and Sarah his
wife TO the undersigned AN trustee "a secure
the Payment OF a certain sum OF money there.
ip mentioned, ~hich deed Is recorded In the
Clerks once Of the County Court OF Ohio
county, in deed oi.trusi book No is, psge ~
will proceed To sell At the front door OF the
Court House, In the City of Wheeling, on
SATURDAY, THE 2Sp DAY OF pEMCEM.
BER, 1851.
The following described real estate. to-wit;
I.ots Numbered sixteen tl6), seventeen I'D
eighteen lis and nineteen lly), In square mum:
her 81, in Buena Vista addition to the city OF
Wheeling. together with the building - aud In.
provements thcreunto belonging.
TRIMS 81 sALR-0ne.thifd cash, and me
balance In two eqsal installments. payable
respectively in one aud two years fro q date
OF sale, with legal interest.
Title believed TO be perfect, but will only
convey such title as n vested In me q. trustee.
oc2Si GEO. q. HANNAH, Trustee,
Deferred payments to be secured by deed q
trtisl on the property.
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: -
II yoa are och Hop Dfsssts VIII sdts1 ~
Nature IN nakissyoAvsn ph0 anssss f.als
II you are costivs or dyspsptta. ~ are sensr-
Ing from any cthsrof ~ numsrous diseasee
OF thu stomach or boRe,A = = yosfoNni h3's
II yos remain IN, Sos Hep plttws ake,s s1g9e
elm renedy N III sash eoUpanlnth
Ifyou arc wsssing sway VIII any form O
Kidney dissase, stop tsmpsing Death thh
moment. and turn for eurs 70 Hop bittsFG
Ifyou are sck with that terrible sleknso
Nervousness, you WIN end o Delp u 0usen"
In the use Of Hop BttterA
II you arc . freQuentee. Or resAnens % =
naiasmatio diz1rict; baRrisaAs Jour system
against the sosuTHe Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
epidcmtc billious, and Intermittent feveSe-
By the NE of Hop BtterL -.
II you have rough. .ptmply. o. snG , Sl..s
bad breath, pains and achess and - 49, ~
able generally, Hop Bittefs VII give yeu ~
skin, rich blood, and sweetest breain. neeAss
In short they cure an dfseesssof tn Son.
aSh. Bowels Blood, Liver, Nerves ktoneSe
Rriehts bsease. $500 will b paid for case
they win not cure or help.
That poor, bedridden. Invalid wife, ststet.
mother cr daughter, can be made the picture
Of health, by few bottles Of Hop Bitter.
costing out atrifie. WIN you let them suns,r
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-14
Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by sense
of weight in the back, loins and lower part
of the abdomen, causing the patient to sup
pose he has some affection of the kidneys
or neighboring organs. At times, symp-
toms of indigestion are present, as ttatu'
ency, uneasiness of the stomach, etc. A
moisture, like perspiration, producing q
very disagreeable itching, particularly at
night after getting warm in bed, is very
common attendant. Internal, External
and Itching Piles yield at once to the APP
plication of DR.. BoSanko's Pile Remedy,
which acts directly upon the parts affected,
absorbing the Tumors, allaying the intense
itching, and effecting a permanent cure
where all other remedies have failed. Do
not delay until the drain on the system
produces permanent disability, but try it
and I've cured. Price, so cents. Sold by A.
T. Young, C. Moenkemoeller and Logan q
Co., wholesale agents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-14
MUSICAL.
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS.
Proposals for Public Printing and
Binding. and for Furnishing Sta
tiOnery for the State Of
West Virginia.
OFFICE OF THE Gov MIS-, IoSERsoF

OFFICE OF THE Gov MIS- IoSERS or
PUBLIC PRINTING STATE or WFsr VIRGINIA,
Wheeling, November I, ISL.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Commissioners OF Public Printing, at the
Auditors once, I'm tina Capitol Building, until
December 2sth, noon, 1852, for supplying the
state OF West Virginia with stationery and
Printing Paper, and for the execution OF
Public Printing and Binding for two ~ years
from the second "Wednesday OF January. 1883.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
bond executed according TO law by the bidder,
with at least two good and sufficient suretleS
resi- ling in this State, In the penal sum OF ten
thousand dollars for all state Printing, and
the penal sum of two thousand dollars for all
state Binding. and in the penal snm OF hve
thousand dollars for Furnishing Paper and
stationery, conditional for the faithful per-
Torrance Of the contracts
No bid un accom- panied by such bond win
be entertained by the Commissioners OF Public
Printing.
Fstimste OF the work TO be done and mate
rial furnished, together with blank forms for
proposals bonds, &c, will be furnished on APP
plication to The Commissioners after the i2tn
November All proposals must be made on
the printed forms furnished by the Commits
sioners. jos. D MlLLcn,
President Board OF Commissioners Of Public
Printing. nolta