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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28
Innocence Abroad.

MAY 1 open the window for you
miss?' politely inquired q gentleman of
young lady on the Northern Pacific
road as he saw her tugging at sash that
had not yet recovered from the preceding
winter.
She glared at him a moment and gave
reluctant consent.
Folks can't be too careful who they
speak to or accept favors FROM" she re-
marked after long pause.
"That is very true" replied the gen.
tleman quietly.
"Are you Boston drummer" she
asked.
"No am not" he answered.
ga hotel clerk?"
mo, not hotel clerk"
I'm glad of that" she said, II never
let drummer or hotel clerk speak to
me. Maybe you're an actor?"
mo, nor an actor"
"That's first-class!'' she exclaimed,
showing her dimples and becoming
more confidential. eff an actor would
speak to me I'd die; what is your bust
ness?"
"I'm bar-keeper, and am travelling
west to get territorial divorce from my
wife," exclaimed the gentleman.
"Oh, 1 am so glad!" giggled the girl.
"Reach down my satchel; there's bot
tie of whisky and pack of cards in it.
I'll play you game of old California
Jack for five dollars corner! like to
meet gentlemen, and know 'em when l
see EN-. Ask that bald-headed duffer
across there if he's got cork screw, will
you?"-[ Exchange.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28
Sound on the Manure Question.

A farmers letter gives utterance to
sound views in the New England
Farmer: The farm ought to be the
farmers bank to be trusted with
spare dollars not needed by himself and
family, safe from defaulting savings
banks, treasurers snd clerks, and the
disasters of stock speculation. Better
invested in the farm in these days Of low
interest, when savings banks and towns
pay only about four per cent. interest
and the U. s. four per cent, bonds, not
even so mnch, after paying in the neigh
borhood of twenty per cent. premium,
which they now command in the market;
yet farmers in a body will sell hay for
$1S or $40 per ton, often for $12 or $15
to be sent in bales 10 the cities, while it
should be consumed on the farm thereby
selling off little piece of his ancestral
farm until it is all gone, so far as its
value and fertility is concerned, and
helping to fill the pockets of the middle
man who thrives by the foolishness OF
others. Thus such farmers, during their
lifetime may rake few thousand
dollars from the farm, if they have been
lucky, place it in other investments out
side which they may look upon with sat
isfaction towards the sunset of life, and
exclaim, see, all this have made from
selling hay off the farm and the farm
left; but alasl what farm, compared
with the ancestral farm of fifty years
ago, with four oxen and six or eight
cows, and the proportionate number of
young cattle that once graced the stalls
of the average farmer of that day. By a
strange metamorphosis. the oxen have
become old team horses, so poor that
their hips almost protrude through the
skin, laboring, both they and their
masters, at starvation prices, drawing
cordwood and sawlogs for the
lumber spectators, who ride by in
their top buggies with splendid outfit
Now we are talking about these hay sell
ing farmers, let us go up into their corn
chambers that their fathers built over
the great beams of the barn, which were
annually spread deep with corn from one
end to the other-there is nothing here
now but old trumpery; here a rat would
starve; even the corn smell has long
since passed away; but one thing has not
passed await haunts him like a ghost
he has to meet it once year at least
mean great store bill for western corn
and meal. This comes of hay selling.
The hay sold brings no manure; no ma
nure, no corn; the corn must be bought
to feed the teams and other farm stock
out of the sales of the hay. When that
is done what is left? "Of two
evils choose the least" If I must do
either let me buy hay rather than sell.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28
The Care Of Dur Eyes.

When so much is being said and writ
ten every day concerning the improved
methods of illuminating, the following
observations on" The Care of Our Eyes,
by Prof. Thompson, in Our Continent,
will be interesting:
ITO care for our eyes is to be aware
that any symptoms of fatigue or pain
may be due to mechanical causes which
may lead to change of form or structure,
and which should be corrected by the
use of glasses selected with the greatest
care, to obviate any individual peculiari-
ties of form either congenital or ac-
quired, and to be used in childhood. No
p prolonged near work should be done in
light, either natural or artificial, which
is felt to be too feeble, nor in badly ven-
tilated or closed rooms.
''Since fatigue is usually due to the
strain upon the muscular apparatus,
and as this is greater in proportion to
the nearness of the work to the eye. care
should be used to avoid bending over or
placing the head nearer to the work than
is requisite for clear vision.
"The early use of glasses for persons
passing beyond middle life, and their
increase in power as may be needed is
strongly advised.
1.-THE avoidance of all irritation, gases,
smoke or dust, which are felt to produce
pain, and the suspension of near work
when it gives it's danger signal Of fatigue
are self evident.
Assuming the fact now admitted, that
the most educated nations present the
highest average of diseased eyes. and that
the cause and effect are now clearly per-
ceived in the everlasting of the visual
apparatus during the educational period
Of life, it becomes requisite to consider
how instruction may be as efficiently
transmitted to the brain through the
organs Of hearing as by those of vision. "
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28
A Neat Hit.

Every Sunday clergyman of some de-
nomination goes out to the prison at
Carson and treats the prisoners to SER
mon. One Sunday the reverend gentle
man who had been taking his turn at the
theological wheel, accosted an intelli-
gent looking convict in the yard with
81 never see You at divine service"
"No,p answered the prisoner lin for
an unsuccessful stock transaction). mo,
my work out here in the yard makes it
impossible for me to attend SERVICE"
"Ah! sorry to hear it. We've just had
a very pleasant time-services and choir
singing, and everything precisely the
same as in our church. The only diff
ference" this quizzically) twas in the
congregation"
"Yes," returned the prisoner. calmly,
''this congregation has been caught"
His reverence gazed far afield, and
silently admired the beauties of nature.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28
The Oak Tree.

A long time ago two lads, called Ed
mund and Oswald, came before court
of Justice. Edmund said to the Judge:
'sThree years ago, before setting out
on q Journey, L entrusted to this Oswald,
whom I then considered my best friend,
q valuable ring composed of precious
stones, but now he will not resto.e the
ring to me-"
Oswald laid his hand upon his breast
and said:
"I swear by my honor that know
nothing about this ring. My friend Ed
mund cannot be in his right senses.
Edmund, can you bring forward any
witness to prove the fact that yon en-
trusted the ring to his keeping?" said the
Judge.
Unfortunately, we had no witness
except an old oak tree in the field under
which we took the leave of one another"
replied Edmund.
s'I am ready to swear know as little
about the tree as about the ring" said
Oswald.
Edmund, go and bring me branch
of that tree; 1 desire to see it. You,
Oswald, will wait here Till he returns"
said the judge.
Edmund went. After waiting little
while the Judge became impatient and
said:
"what can be keeping Edmund so
lone?"
"Oh, SIR" said Oswald, che could
not possibly have returned so soon.
The tree is quite an hours walk from
here"
Oh, you wicked liar" said the Judge.
who wished to confirm your lie by an
oath before God, the righteous judge,
who sees into all hearts. You know
where the tree is"
And so Oswald was obliged to give up
the ring, and was condemned to a long
imprisonment.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

Said Lady Montague: LIT goes far to
reconcile me to being q woman, when I
reflect that I am thus in no danger Of
ever marrying one"
Said Jane Porter: HE that easily be-
lieyes rumors, has the principles within
to see the ravenous appetite with which
some devourers OF character and happi-
ness fix upon the sides Of the innocent
and unfortunate"
Said Joanna Bailie: ''Some men are
born to feast, and not to 6ght; their
sluggish midds cen in fair honor's field
still on their dinner turn"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28
Are Womfn Better Dressed than Men

One of the signs of advanced civiliza
ton is discomfort in dress; the further
auy nation advances in civilization, the
more she fortunes her subjects, and
strangely enough, this infection falls
upon the so-called upper class. The
educated class, the members Of the lib
eral professions, the denizens of the
city, the merchant and his clerks, suffer
more than the poor laborer from heat if
not from cold. As between the sexes
there is little difference in this respect.
Civilization even extends its cruel hand
over the babe in the cradle, and would
afflict the dead if they had any feelings
left.
Science has investigated the absorbent
and radiant power of different fbers and
different colors, but man in his wisdom
disregards this, and prefers the worst in
stead of the best. Woman may expose
her brain to the direct rays Of the sun by
wearing a small, useless bonnet; but
fashion compels her to carry parasol to
compensate for it. On the other
hand, fashion not so cruel as she
is pointed, is equally in favor of large
hats with useful brims. Not so with
man. Broad brims are tabooed. and par
asols are not permissible. With regard
to the neck. man has no choice; collar
he must wear, and one fitting close to
the neck and reinforced by cravat or
tie. To woman alone is granted the
comfort of low necked, half-low, heart
shaped or loose fitting collars. The body,
or trunk, is no better of. Man must
wear . stiff white shirt. vest. and a
lined and padded coat. Women need
wear bat one (visiblel garment. which
may be made as light and thin Is posi-
BILE, without being transparent. 1t is
even doubtful whether the tightly drawn
corset, that object of universal use which
il 70 violently denounced BY the oppo-
site sex, causes more discomfort than the
numsrous articles with which man sur
rounds himself; for psychologists have
leaRnsd that woman can bFsaths with the
uppsr part Of the lungs (thoraoic breath
ii9.l ard therefore sulIsrs laas from
~ 1asing than 49, A. roGnsds -
-. nn11G1. - psso1y evsnly balnDoed,
VI - DDS n 1svof - vooan, vha
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

MORE RAM-LEss WHIsxY.--A Kan
sas correspondent writes: All the -four
OF this county is put in cotton sacks;
mostly fifty pounds weight, making it
convenient for transportation. I have
yet TO $50 my first barrel Of -four. Kan
- Is destined to b the finest and best
state in the Union. All il wants is lit
lie more rain-that u increasing every
year--and littls lee whiaky and that
y decreasing very 1T. We are Just
o1ootinG delegnaoG - senomfnn6e IL pre-
ct governor }os Eo'eaeotion. Who 4 he
s1go9OnGt tompoEnnoo - On oaFth. He
win surely - Eo-e1eG6od.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

may shorten her sleeves as much as she
pleases, and in no case wears more than
one long sleeved garment where man
wears three Cuffs she may dispense
with, but he cannot. Her sleeves need
not be lined; his must, unless of very
thick material. = Boston Journal OF
Chemistry.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

Vltnllze the System and arrest the rAvnges
the Dreadful Alcohol Habit,
DIP4OAANlA.
Ask your Druggist or Wine Merchant fOv
them.
WII.M Err DING q CO., Agents, San Fraas
cisco.
w. j. VAN sCHUYvER q CO., Portland
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

The world is too apt to think that men
of genius cannot be good husbands, and
that the wives of men Of genius must
inevitably be martyrs. II the world would
be honest enough not only to recognize
the fact thst most meD' 9 wives are martys,
whether their husbands are geniuses or
not. but also to save wives from much
risk Of martyrdom by allowing women to
be in all respecre a. free as men are to
make the best they can Of their lives. and
by putting no artificial restraints on the
intellectual and social Independence of
either sex which Is not imposed by ma
ture, men Of genius - veil - men Of no
genius. would be less likely than they
now are to have unhappy wives. or TO be
themselves made either happy or unhap-
by by their wives unhappiness. But
until that il done. allegations against
man Of genius, - such, are out Of plAce.
The Gentleman's Magazine.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

Beef Cakes. Chop pieces Of cooked
beef small. the lean with such proper
ton Of fat - you may like. With : alice
Of soaked bread. Goneon With pepper
and salt. and Il lfkod With some chopped
onions. Aour your hsnds end lorm
Il Is round e1fse obout q inoh q thio1-
-, and fry ~ 3 ~ brown b ~
dxipPlnoB q bo1oog.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

OFFICIAL PAPER OF CRY AND COUNTY.
Vancouver. Clarke County, Washington
Territory.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-02
LETTER FROM COLORADO.
Special Correspondence.

GUNN1soN CITY, COL, Oct. 80, 1882.
No part of Colorado is attracting
more attention or experiencing more
rapid growth and development at
this time than that region known as
the Gunnison country, which lies
mostly in, and contiguous to, terri
tory formerly occupied by the Ute
Indians. The country and town Of
Gunnison were organized in 1875,
but not until two OF three years la
ter, when prospectors fresh from
Leadville and San Juan found rich
gold and silver ores, did the region
attract special attention. Since that
time over 1000 mines have been re-
corded, and new discoveries are still
being made. The permanent popu-
lation of 500 eighteen months or two
years ago has grown to probably
more than $4,000. An assessed val
uation of about 81, 00O, 900 was Great
ed here on the borders of Indian land
within one year after the rush be-
gan. Highways, upon which daily
stages run, traverse all parts of the
country. Seven or eight newspapers
appear weekly in a field totally un-
occupied three months ago. How
appreciative residents are of g, cd
home literature may be judged from
The fact that the first copies of three
or four leading journals sold at from
$50 to 500 each on the day they
were issued, and I heard $50 freely
offered for a complete file of eight TO
twelve numbers. Substantial church
es, school houses, and county build
ings are being erected. A dozen
streams are strung for miles with
houses of prosperous ranchman,
thousands of cattle, sheep and horses
dot the hills, trains of rich ores are
to be seer going to the railroad, and
other trains are unloading vast quan-
titles of mining machinery and a
winters supply of groceries.
The Gunnison country is larger
than some States of the Union. hay
ing IN area of not less than 10000
square miles, being ITO miles long
by 80 miles wide. The most impor-
taht part of this territory is the Elk
mountain range, with its many spurs
and foot hills. This range is one of
the rockiest of all the Rockies. Great
granite shafts, shot from some nigh
ty bow in the earth's centre, have
broken and re-broken the original
surface, until o there are seven
peaks in the range rising to q height
of IA, 000 feet, and many times that
number reaching an altitude of H.
600 feet. Fissure veins are here the
J characteristic deposit, and these are
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-02

During Grants administration,
what is known as the eight-hour law
regarding work in the various navy
yards Of the United States was ap-
proved; but since Hayes admins
tration the employees at the navy
yards have been required to do ten
hours work for eight hours pay.
There is now a concerted movement
taking place throughout the coun
try, in which all the employees of the
navy yards have made out their bills
for the extra two hours during all
these nine years. They have engag-
ed General Benjamin F. Butler as
counsel to perfect their claims
against the Government. General
Butler has taken the case, and will
charge a fee of m per cent. He
has expressed his entire confidence
in his ability to win the suit. The
amount involved will reach the
neighborhood of 81, 100000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-02

Even in Colorado, new as a State,
and small as to population, the Re-
publicans have managed to get up a
al -and-d dog fight between themselves
in imitation of that in New York.
One faction, which is out, cannot
agree with the Bedford side which is
in, and proposes to beat Bedford in
his race for Governor, in which case
they will lose the Legislature with
him. Ofcourse Bedford is a "Boss,"
and the outsiders who want his place
are Civil Service Reformers. A Unit
ed States Senator hangs on the is.
sue, and the Democrats r cheerful
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-02

The boss thief of this country is
Ellis P. Phipps, late superintendent
of the Philadelphia Aims House.
About $3.50, 600 seems to be the
amount he stole from the people
through that institution. But Ellis
did not get all the stealings. He
was but the iguerhead of a system
of robbery which the Philadelphia
papers have tried to describe, but
which really beggars description. He
presided over the affairs of the Aims
House and was the head plunderer:
but the stealings went to an army of
receivers of stolen goods. He says
he kept fifteen families going, some
of them in gorgeous style. The Ma
jor Chat is Ellis) was elected Su-
pe%rintendent in July, 1878, with four
members of the Board of Guardians
of the Poor with the understanding
that he was to use the place for the
joint benefit of the five, and was to
give to each of the four Guardians q
pro rata share Of his stealings. And
he did SO with q vengeance. The
amazing story need not be told in
full. The method observed in one
or two steals will serve as a type of
all. The item of $4,000 of market
ing yielded him a profit of $4,000 a
year, and the pay roll of the Aims
House produced al additional ST.
900, so that here was a start of $17,-
600 toward the large total he had to
raise annually. Last year, when
119, 900 pounds of veal were paid for
by the city, only 1900 pounds were
delivered, the additional 100000
pounds having been added in the
preparation of the bills. When the
milk contractor charged for 78,069
quarts of cream and milk delivered,
he supplied on 55,63s quarts. When
the straw contractor charged fol
100000 pounds furnished, he had
not delivered a single straw. Ac
cording to Overseer Snyders, wher
contracts were awarded at one fig
ure, supplies were paid for at a high
o er rate. The house receipts, amount
, ing to $4,000, were stolen. and near
ly all the money annually appropri
ated for outdoor relief, amounting
to $4,000, was stolen and 10 it wen
= on. Phipps was a loyal member o
the "grand old party" however, ant
that's what helped him to run rio
so long.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-02

ty out of power; some n who could
beat down their determination to
maintain themselves at all hazards
in control of the Government, in
spite of their failure in the election.
The man the honest Republicans
looked to lead them in this supreme
emergency was Roscoe Conkling. A
speech from him denouncing the
fraud, made with all his ability and
with the unhesitating conviction
which such an occasion must have
impressed on any advocate, would
have made it impossible even for the
Republican conspirators to carry out
their purpose. The fraud would
have been sti1ed; Mr.. Tilden would
have been inaugurated; and Roscoe
Conkling would have been the most
illustrious figure in the country.
But when the decisive hour came,
and those few Republicans who were
opposed to the fraud were expecting
to see their champion make the
great and decisive effort. Mr.. Conk
ling was rot in Washington. 1t re-
quired too much daring for him to
separate himself from his party even
when they were about to prove them.
selves the party of fraud; and he
dared not take the step. If Mr.
Conkling had not, with all his com
handing ability, been a moral cow
ard; if he had followed the advice
of Simon Cameron, fraud would new
er have been triumphant in Ameri
can history, and We should not have
been forced, to submit to the disgrac,
of having our national affairs admin
istered by a Fraudulent President
But the Republican party is final
ly about to pay the penalty of it
crimes. It's disintegration is inevi
table. 1t has been the party of fraut
ever since 1876. It's dissolution i
a historical and logical necessity
It's destruction will be a blessing t.
the world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-02

November 7th, Missouri votes up
on an amendment concerning the
state judiciary; Nebraska decides
upon an MISUNDERSTANDING won
en- to vote; Illinois votes on two
amendments-one to offer her canals
to the National government and the
other to vote half million to COM
plete her State House; New York
considers two amendments, one max
ing the canals free, and the other
providing for the election of addi-
%tional Supreme Judges; and Wis
cousin determines the question OF
amending the State Constitution re-
specting the residence and registra-
ton Of voters, and the election OF
county officers, and also by a change
which shall make the general cleo,
tions of state and county officers, ex-
cept judicial officers, biennial in the
even years after 1884, those who
were chosen in 1881 to hold owe un.
til 1885, if the amendment is adopt
ed.
The members of Congress already
chosen aggregate thirty-two: Maine
four; Vermont, two; Oregon, one.
Ohio, twenty-one; West Virginia
four. Under the new superintendent
Maine and Vermont each lose on
member while Ohio and West Vir
ginia each gain one. As shown!
the Importance ofthe November cleo
ton, if it need to be demonstrated
the number of members of the Hous
to be chosen on that is 293, or pre-
cisely the whole number under tn
superintendent, The November state
gaining by the REIMBURSEMENT Of reI
resentation are, Arkansas, one; Ca
~ifornia, two; Georgia, one; Illinois
one; Iowa, two, Kansas, four; Ker
lucky, one; Massachusetts, ore
Michigan, two; Minnesota, two; Mil
sissippi, one; Missouri, one; Nebra'
ka, two; New York, one; North Ca
DINA, one; Pennsylvania, one; Sout
Carolina. two; Texas, five; Virgins
one; Wisconsin, one. The only N
vember state losing under the a.
portionment is New Hampshire.