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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-29

ISalt Lake Tribune. |

Out ot Wood river three men last
February located a valuable town site
between some hills covered with
quartz ledges claimed by others. 1t
was apparently the only level plain
in the vicinity, but covered with
snow. They knew that other parties,
recognizing it's Importance, wanted to
jump 1t, so they built them camp on
top of the snow and waited for 1t to
melt off. AS the snow melted they
settled down with il about so feet, un-
til the sides of the hills gaining to-
wards them, aud the points of the
rocks appearing through the snow,
showed them that they were getting
down in the bed Of IA steep rocky ra-
vine, with not an inch of level to it.
Recently they relocated it as mill
site.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-29

Olympia Transcript Two logs
taken out of Ike Ellis camp last week
are the largest from this part of the
Sound. One of them was SO feet long,
So inches IN diameter ut the smallest
end; straight aud clear, without limb,
knot or konk, The stick measured
$500 feet, Bangor scale, and took 30
oxen to skid II over to the railroad.
The second log was a little longer, but
n little smaller in size and not quite
~ good stick. II contained about
the same number of feet. The camp
has an order Tor five Of these logs from
Port Blakely mill.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-29

Though our rainy season is always
a long one, we do have the dry season
regularly aud always know what to
depend on. But the Mississippi val
ley during the last eight months has
been visited by constant rains. Nearly
or quite two years average rainfall
has descended IN that time. Flat
lands have been too wet to cultivate
during this whole period, and the low
lands have been constantly flooded.
The result will be serious diminu-
tion Of the cereal crops Of several
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-29
In paper read before the American

Tn a paper read before the American
Antiquarian Society recently, by IL.
b. Staples, 1t Is admitted that there is
much conjecture about the origin OF
the name Of the State Of Oregon. Mr..
Staples, however, says that the carli-
est printed mention OF the name Is
found in Carver's travels in 1763.
Carver explored the sources Of the
Mississippi river, and states that by
his residence among the Indians, es-
pecially the Sioux, he obtained gen-
eral knowledge of the situation Of the
river Oregon, or the "river OF the
West that falls into the Pacific ocean
at the Straits OF Anian." BY that
which he calls the Oregon, the source
OF which he placed not far from the
headwaters OF the Missouri, he may
have referred to some one OF the sour
ces Of the Missouri, or to one Of the
two rivers which, rising In the Rocky
mountains, formed the principal trib-
utaries Of the Oregon. Carver was
misIed as to the locality of the river
of the West, and the supposed sources
Of IL he may have confUunded with the
sources of the Missouri or one Of the
tributaries In question. But this the
publication Of his travels accomplished
the establishment Of n belief In the
existence of = great river emptying
into the Pacific ocean. He designated
by the name Oregon = great river
flowing into the Pacific, aud when Ia
after times, such river WAS discov-
cred, the name was ready at hand.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-29

Gen. Chalmers steps down and out,
and a hatred negro--Lynch, takes his
seat In Congress. There Is poetic Jus
tice In the defeat Of the butcher OF
Fort Pellew by one Of the race who
suiysred In that atrocious massacre.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18
SMYRNA, DEL, WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON. JANUARY 49, 1882

Somebody lend me $50 till l see him
again"
Perkins pressed the money in the como
nel's hand, and within two Minutes the
colonel was on T,psic and galloping off
in the direction the stage had taken
lie overlook it, passed it, and still gal
loped on.
The people at Mud Gulch knew the col
Oncl well, and made it rule never to be
astonished at anything he did, but they
made an exception to the rule when the
colonci canvassed the municipal bar-rOons
for men who wished to buy a horse. and
when gambler who was flushed obtained
Tipsie for twenty slugs-only 81 600
when the colonel had always said there
was not gold enough on top Of the ground
to buy her, Mud Gulch experienced 4 de-
Cidcd sensation.
i;ut when the colonel. after remaining
in the barber shop for half an hour. emer-
@ed with his face clean shaved and his
h'ir nicely parted, betting was go wild
;h3t a cool-headed sporting man speedily
made fortune by betting against all the
theories that he'd been advanced
Then the colonel made a tour Of the
store, and fitted himself with new suit
OF clothes carefully eschcwiRg all Of the
gorgeous patterns and pronounced colors
SO near to the average miner. lie bought
a new hat and put on a pair of boots. and
! pruned his tingcr-nails. and. stranger than
nll. ne mildly declined all invitations to
] drink
As the colonel stood at the door of the
/ principal saloon, where the stage ALWAYS
stopped, the Challenge Hill constable was
seen TO approach the colonel and tap him
on the shoulder, when all the men who
/ bet that the colonel was d0dging some
body claimed the stakes But those who
stood near heard the constable saw
Colonel, | take it all back. When /
seed you 60 Out to Challenge Hi il come
/ to me that you might be in the road agent
/ business. But when ! seed YOU sell Tipsie
/ knew was nn tilo wrong uai! |
/ wouldn't Suspect you now if all the stages
in the world was robbed. and I'll give YOU
satisfaction any way you waut it.
1t all right said The colonel with a
smile The constable aitervard said TINT
noho,ly hid any IDEA how curiouslv The
colonel smiled when his bsard Was 1n
Suddcnl y the stage pulled up TO the door
with a crash, and the male passenger
hurried into the saloon n state of uttel
indignation and impecuniosity.
The story Of the robbery attracted
everybody, and during the excitement the
/ colonel slipped out quietly and opened the
door Of the etase. The old lad Y started
and cried:
George
And the colonel iumcd in tie stage and
putting his arm ,enderly around the
trembling form Of tbs old lady. exclaim-
ed
MOTHER
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

COMPLIMENTARY.- The Philadelphia
Times thus deals out compliments to the
Peninsular press: There is noticeable
Improvement in the newspapers of Viii
mingtOn and the Peninsula. The Ere,9y
Erening is better than ever before, and the
New Year saw a frightening up. typo
graphically, of the Gazette. Newark 5
local paper is far ahead of the Ledger of
two years ago, the MiddletowH Transcript
is in prime condition and the Dover and
Milford papers appear to be healthful
The Smyrna TIMES has been improved
lately and every paper in Elkton, Cam
bridge and Salisbury looks better than
heretofore, The Delaware Democrat sue
ceeds the Inquirer at Georgetown. To-
day the Wilminnton Ne,rs passes into new
hands in an enlarged form"
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18
MY LADY WAITS.
BY THE LATE CHARLES rnADnxBAyGm.

The Lady of my love. she waits for me
At our lOvC-trySting place: the sinking sun
Blows his soft web OF golden broidcry
The sOmbre sward upon
Beneath the upward slope of the far height
The Vanward shadows of the tW light wait:
Perhaps my Lady prays-dclay. Oh night,
My plighted one is late
Patient She is and calm: She doth not speak
But tranquil as with inward peace composed:
The long, dark laSheS dropping Oh her cheek
With soft brown eyes fast closed
My dedicated one doth mee6ly wait
Yet why lingCr, still fOrbearS to ask
The clouds that troop around the sunsets gate
Play out their gorgeous mask, and this day dieth
From the hOloW's creep
o Nights weird and ghostly huSbandmen, to SOW
Inc darkness on the upland and the steep;
She doth not turn to go
Lonely she waits where hour succeeds to hour.
Nor any mOveing thing the stiffness breaks
save where-bCSide her grave-the wind-uowed
flower
Its quaint obeisance makes
SO hold thy tryst nor grief that in delays
Whose lingering steps ruled and appointed be-
My course may be through many devious ways:
But every river finds, at last the sea
Ana am iarInS through this tangled maze
To hold my tryst with thee,
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

FISH THAT FLY.-An old sailor said
there was nothing on land not to be found
IN the sea. There are sea cucumbcrs and
carrots, and many other sea vegetables
that look very much like those whose
names they bear. There are hog-fshes.
sea-horses, toad-iisLes and sea-cows. One
very lovely fish is tho angel-fsh. But the
most curious of all is the flying ish. which
has broad fins like wings. This fish is
shaped and cOlored something like : mac
krel. It's back is blue and its under parts
are white When it flies it takes Short
flights from the top of one wave to the ton
OF another The flying squirrel can flv. in
tins way, from high point up on u tree TO
one lower down. They are plentiful near
the West Indies, where the water is warm.
In the morning the sailor may find dead
fish on the deck 1t had seen tie lights
that the vessel carries at night and flown
toward them. 1t could fly high enough to
reach the vessels deck, but could not flv
across it. 1t may have struck a boom or
sail and fallen dead from the blow. After
this they grow more numerous. aud YOU
will see them in the daytime They will
fly out OF the water in front of the ship in
little groups, looking like tlocks of swal-
lows. Their Waite sides will glcam like
silver in the sun. They cannot fly far.
perhaps hundred yards, After wetting
their wings or fms they then can fly far
ther on. They look as if they enjoyed
their life in the air. but they do moi always
fly for pleasure. The dolphin, a very
fierce and fast swimming fish, hunts them
in the water. When the poor liying-fish
try to escape him. the great sea birds. the
gulls and pelicans. seize them as they fly
out. The people in the island about which
they live catch them in dip nets and fry
them.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

As the bullaloes disappear from tho
Northwestern prairies the Indians are be-
coming more free with the cattle of the
ranchmen who are invading the ancient
hunting-grounds of the tribes and aiding
to drive away or exteYminate the game.
The Indians do not hesitate to kill cattle
when they are pressed for food and the
settlers organize retsliatory parties and
kill the Indians with equal readiness.
General Terry, of the Department of Da-
kota, thinks an Indian war can only be
prevented by the strictest patrolling of the
governments, and unless the measures are
promptly taken a system of predatory bor-
der warfare is likely to be inaugurated
such as has for years kept the Mexican
frontier ina state Of anarchy.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

The Neae England Farmer gives sound
advice to its agricultural readers who are
touched with the Floridian fever, when it
says, If yoH must go to Florida, don't
burn the bridge, behind you, but leave
some means to get back to New England
if you don't like it."
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Indiana has new liquor law which
went INTO effect on the first of the year,
which makes the buyer and soller equally
liable and responsible. Dealers who sell
to drunkards are fined foy llrst and second
offenses, and Eor the third offence are liable
to imprionment and Acknowledgement.
Persons guilty of drunkenness are served
exactly the same way, the law making no
distinction between the two,
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

A pure, wholesome dlstlllatiOn of which
clover blossoms ETC., fragrant with the healing
essences of balsam and Of pine. Such is San
ford's Radical Care for Catarrh. Complete
treatment for 81.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

IIIE DEATH OF A WHITE ELEPHANT.
The SiomeSe Nation Plunged in M0urning.
Intelligence reaches us from India TO
the melancholy effect that the Siamese ma
ton has recently been plunged into mourn
ing by the untimely death of Ills Sub
lime Grandeur the Court and Body. Ele-
phant of the King" Thus run the official
title of the albino pachyderm. who. in viz
tue OF his abnormal color, is the object of
divine worship for the time being in the
great oriental kingdom OF Siam. His
sublime Grandeur, we regret to learn, de-
parted this life in highly sensational
manner, 1raught with irreparable disaster
to the entire staff of his household. One
morning after a hearty breakfast he went
mad quite unexpeCtly and trampeled five
OF his attendants to death. TO shoot him
would have been sacrilege. An attempt to
tr2nquillze his pertufbed spirit by encir-
cling hila with huge ring Of holy bamboo
especially blessed by the high priest of his
own particular temple proved worse than
lneitectnal, for he broke through the ring
and all but terminated the high priest 5
career upon the spot. He was then with
great difficulty driven into a close court of
the palace, where after several furious en-
deavors TO batter down the walls with his
tusks, he suddenly toppled oyer ON his
side, uttered last cry Of rage and gave
up the ghost. Naturally enough this
heavy calamity was attributed to criminal
carelessness on the part of one OF other of
the attendants intrusted with the sacred
elephants feeding The King therefore
interrOgated the members of His sublime
Grandeur's Household in person with re
spect to their treatment Of the illustrious
defunct, and failing to elicit any individual
confession Of delinquency dscreed that
they should, one and all, be punished.
Having thus vindicatcd propriety, His
Majesty assumed the garb of woe and is
understood to be still iuconsolahle for his
loss.-LOndon Telegraph
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Philadelphia is to have a new illustrated
literary weekly called Our COEtiacnt with
Judge Toureee, the Fools Errand" nan
for editor. Miss Kate Field is to have
charge of department devoted to coop
erative work among women, and Mrs
Louise Chandler Moulton will edit col
umn on social customs. A decorative art
department will be conducted by Mr.. Dom
aid q. Mitchell and MIR. Louis c. Tiffany
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Northwestern Iowa was formerly almost
treeless country, but owing to the efforts
of the. State Horticultural Society and q
very liberal law, the planting Of forests
aAd orchards has hsea so largely under
taken that in q few years Iowa will be
classed amoAg the thickly wooded States.
This is wise and far-sighted,
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

In eur family often, for over two years Par
ker's Ginger Tonic has cured headache, malaria
snd in fact all other complaints so satisfactorily
projectors or other medicines Chronicle
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

The census returns show the necessity
for more schOol-houses and compulsory
education. The facts are developed that
the illiteratc class produces, ON the aver
age, thirty times as many paupers and ten
times as many criminals, according to their
number, as the class having reasoable
common school education. The only way
to communicate thes- facts to the illiterRte
is through the school-house.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

When babies are fretful they disturb every
body, and mothers should knew how soothing
Parker's Ginger Tonic is. 1t takes away half
their anxiety, stops babies pains, and is always
safe and pleasant to nsa-Honae Jolnnak,
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Two women called on a Maine deRtist
simultaneously. one to have all her teeth
extracted and the other only one The
dentist mistakenly put the latter under
the influence of ether and rendered her
tOothless Those who saw her when she
came to realize it says the lion and the
tiger are incapable of fsroeity. The den
tist wonders why in the name of all that's
good he was horn, anyway, and is anxious
20 learn when it will be safe for him to como
out of the swamps. The other woman
thinks the whole affair very funny.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18
lnger8oll's Tribute to the Peaceful
Rest Of the Grave.

Mr. and Mrs. George q. Miller buried =
bahe IN the Washington Congressional
I "mcterY few days ago and before Inc
niue Whltc collin WAS lowered TO the
grave, Robert &. lngrrsull delivered I'M,
following address: ''''
MY FRIENDS i know how vain !, +. to
Slid grief with words. and vet | wish to
take from every grave its fear. Here in
this world, where lifn and death are rot,.i
kings, all should he brave enough Ia meet
what all the dead have met. The futura
has been filled with fear. stained and
polluted by the heartlcss past From The
W0hdrou5 tree Of life the buds and Ll.,s-
SONS fail with ripened fruit. and in tho
common bed of earth the patriarch, and
babes sleep side by side
Why should we fear that which Wiz
come to all that is? We canno, tell VIZ
do not know which is the greater BLESSING
life or death We cannot say that dcatI
IS not a good. We 90 not know vhetLtr
the grave Is the end Of this lf: or the
door Gi another. or whether the night here
IS not somewhere else dawn. Neither
can We tell which is the more Fortunate
| the child dying in its mother arm, before
lis lips have learned 10 form a word or he
Who journey. all the length Of lies un-
even road, painfully taking the last slow
| steps with staff and crutch.
Every cradle asks us Whenrc9" and
every coffin Whither?" The poor bar
barian, weeping above his dead r.n
"he~ci these questions as intelligcutly and
satisfactorily a. the robed priest Of lie
most authentic creed The fearful jru.,-
2hce OF the one is just as consoinc as tho
learned and unmeaning words Of the
other. No man. standing where the holi-
|on OF a lie has touched 4 grave has any
right to prophesy future filled with pain
ana tears. 1t may De that death gives all
thefe Is Of worth TO life. If those We press
anu strain against our hearts could never
dle perhaps that love would withcr from
The earth May be this common f,tctrsad.
ioAI out me pains between our hearts ne
weeds OF seIlishnesS and hate. and aad
Fathcr i've and love where death Is king
IMAM nave eternal life where love ia moi
Another life is Gaught unless we know
ana love again the ones who love us here
| lhey who stand with breaking hearts
around this little grave need have no fear.
The larger and the nobler faith in all thaf
s and is to he tells us that death even ,,t
is worst. is only perfect rest. We know
that through jAe common wants OF life
tie needs and duties of each hoar--lbeir
grief will lessen day by day until at last
TINS grave will be to them place Of rest
and peaoe-aimost Of JOY. There is for
lhen this consolation The dead do not
suffer. If they live again their lives will
surely ne as good as ours. We have no
fear: We are all children of the sarnc
mother and the same fate awaits us ali.
We, too. have cur religion, and j, is this
Help for the living. hope Tor the dead.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

At sale of Jersey cattle in New York
ON DecemqeF 1st, the bull Farmers
Glory raised by Thomas H. Dudley, of
Csmdon, n. j., brought the remarkable
price of S., 200. His son " ForEet-me-not''
brought S2,126, Fifteen heifsrs sired by
him averaged SAT- 35 and four bulls $SS250
Two other cows were sOld at the same
ti@e for 81 100 aud 81, 400 respectively.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

The exodus of negroes ftoa Edgefeld-
8. O., and its vicinity, has reached rather
discouraging proportions. Not negro 10
left upon some of the plantations.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

In Panihatti, Bengal, woman's clothes
ignited rs she was lighting Are. The
flames could have been easily extinguished
by persons in an adjoining room if an
alarm had been given. But the rules of
caste would have been violated if the
woman's shrieks had reached the ears of
the adult members of the household, and
so the woman Atoieally suffered herself to
burn to death.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Josh Billings says: Mature seldom
makes phoOl; she simply furnishes the
raw material and let's the fellew finish
the job to suit himself.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Death to rats, mice, reaches and anita; Par
sens Exterminator Barns, granaries and
households cleared in single night No fear
Of bad smells. Best and cheapest vermin killer
the world. Sold everywhere
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

Oscar Wilde says esthesticisn is the
search Of the soul for the secret of life"
This is true. The secret of life is good
food; good food can only be obtained
with good money, and money is just what
Oscar camo to this country in search of.
His motive is praise worthy enough and
ne is welcome to all he can get
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

We see by an exchange that & white
youth of l6 years has eloped with and mar
ried q colOred woman years older than
himself As he smokes cigarettes, parts
his hair in the middle and always accepts
an invitation to drink because he thinks it
manly, the wonder is how any sensible
colored woman could marry him.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

After Oscar Wilde has dined at Delmon-
icos in New York be is going to Boston To-
try their beans and is then coming to Phil
adelphia to feast OH sausage and scrapple
He will then 60 West and after sampling
Cincinnati pig and Chicago whiskey will
publish a volume Of poems and perhaps
deliver few lectures. L; will be seen
that he comes or business.
Smyrna times., 1882-01-18

An old resident of Milford, Del, is quo
ted as saying: About fifty years ago
was bartender in q hotel at Milford
Through the week we generally took in
about $l0 but one day when the religious
quarterly meeting was held there we sold
over 5000 worth of liquor" How do yon
account for that" Exchange The OLD
resident lied.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-07-22
A Prudent Grocer.

In the years that will come no more q
Baltimore grocer was guided in his
prices entirely by the reports of the crop
prospects. When a farmer came in
and remarked that wheat was not look.
ing very well the grocer would say tc
his clerk:
FLAMES, wheat has downcast look,
and you must scrimp little in measur-
ing molasses.''
When farmer mentioned that it was
too dry or too wet for corn, the grocer
would say:
"James, for fear that corn will be
higher you must use those light weights
in weighing out sugar.
When oats had bad look there was
a shortage on tea, and when the peach
buds were damaged the grocer mixed
Rio with his Java. One time he had to
make trip to New York, and upon his
return his clerk reported that wheat
was looking splendid, oats all right, po.
tatoes promising, and that everything
indicated big yield.
Ell am glad to hear livery glad,''
replied the grocer, s'but for fear that it
may be wet fall, and that farmers
will be backward about bringing in
turnips, you'd better sand up the brown
sugar and wet down that box of cod
fish. "-WaH Street Daily NeUs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-07-22
West Point Cadets.

There are no pockets in the trousers
of the West Point Cadets, nor in their
coats either. The cadets wear no vests,
and are trained to do without pockets.
They are left free to choose between
putting their handkerchiefs in their caps
or breasts. The authorities say they
must not use tobacco. They are not
allowed to carry money, and the ones
who govern them do not see what need
they have for pockets. When the
"plebs'' first arrive they swagger
around with their hands in their peck.
cts, and, in fact, do not seem to know
where else to put them. One of the Sc
crets of making soldiers at the Military
Academy is by depriving the students OF
pockets, and compelling them to allow
the hands and arms to seek the cen ter
of gravity.