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VISEN WRITING To ADYERTKsERs.
please sag 30" sGO the Advertisements
tu this paper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08

A lad in Boston, rather small for his
age, works in an Office as an errand boy
for four gentlemen who do business
there. One day, the gentlemen, chatting
him little about being SO small, said to
him:
"You never can amount to much; you
never can Do much business; you are too
small"
The little fellow looked at them.
WELL" said he, "as small as am, I
can do something that neither of you
four men can"
what canyon dor"
II can keep from swearing" said the
little fellow.
There were some bushes on four
manly faces. and there seemed 10 be very
little anxiety for further information on
the subject.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
Riding q Bear.

A chap appeared upon our streets the
other day. He was a miserable looking
fellow. He appeared so humble and in
such mean condition that / will not at
tempt to describe him. By chain he
lead dignifed looking black bear, prop
erly muzzled and in good shape. The
fact was, the bear was far the best look
ing. A crowd of men and boys had
gathered aromnd to see the perform
ance.
"Stand up, Wambo," shouted the
humble appearing bear owner.
Immediately the animal was upon its
hind legs, paving the air with his for
ward feet.
Make bow" commanded miserable
humility.
The bow was made.
"Sit down" The bear sat.
"Stand up" Hestood.
clay down" He laid.
Roll over" He rolled.
''Waltz." He waltzed.
Numerous other commands were given
and obeyed. This lasted for perhaps
half an hour. Then the humble looking
fellow threw the chain over the bear s.
hSSn, ihB'
''Stand there, Wambo."
The bear nodded its head, and its
owner took off his greasy shell cap and
began that part which has but little in
terest to such crowd, viz, taking up a
collection.
Deacon Codlum, who is one of the
society to prevent cruelty to dumb
beasts, stepped up to Mr.. Black bear to
make an investigation. No one knows
what possessed the good deacon; he
must have lost his reason for moment
or so, because the first thing we knew
the deacon was on the bears back, slap
ping and pounding him to make him go.
. Some of us became interested. What
would his lordship do? We found out.
Quicker than New Jersey lightning that
bear stood up, and down went the dea-
con ''ker whack" upon the ground. His
bearship turned around just as the good
man was getting upon his feet, and
dealt him a left handler across the right
ear at the same time saying:
''Be jabbers; roid poor divil will yer?
Yer can't do it, even if Pat McGinnis has
turned into divil of black bear.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08

pected to take home. At grand feasts
guests are expected to bring servants,
with baskets to take home the leavings.
In Abyssinia it is a mark of good breed
ing to smack IKE lips while eating. I'm
sure that you will not be surprised to
hear that they eat their meat raw. In
South America you would eat Lizards
and snakes; and among our American
Indians you would be treated to grass
hoppers. In Otaheite you would eat
your dinner alone, in a basket, and if
you were in the fashion you would turn
your back to everybody and eat. Snails
and horse flesh would greet you in
France. But the funniest dish you would
see, guess would be in China, where
they serve up little crabs-alive! Just
as they sit down to dinner the tiny crabs
are put into a dish of vinegar, which
makes them very lively. Then they are
put into covered dish and placed on
the table. When every one is ready the
cover is snatched Off and instantly
the table is covered with scampering
crablets. running for their lives.
In New Caledonia they serve up
spiders. "Horridy" you say. Veil, it
does seem disgusting to us, but people
who have eaten them say they are deli
cious.
Some people add caterpillars to their
dainties. Would you fancy eating
roasted ants by handful? They taste like
sweetened cream, so travellers say. 1
never tried them. But really, when you
come to think of it. none of these insects
that we consider so horrible and disgust
ing, look any worse than Holsters and
crabs, which we eat freely. 1t is good
deal matter of fashion after all, and if
you had been brought up in India you
would enjoy digging up "a centipede
eighteen inches long and eating il like a
stick of candy, as the children do there,
according to Humboldt. - Oliver
Thorne,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
A Creditor with q Character.

The N. Y. Mercury prints the follow
ng:
Entering the shop of his tailor. the
other day, he said:
"Sir, owe you S60."
Eyes, sir. you do"
"And have owed it for q year"
"You have"
"And this is the fifth postal card you
have sent me regarding the debt."
II think it is the fifth"
"Now, sir, while cannot pay the
debt for another year, l propose to pro-
tect my character as far as possible.
Here are twelve two-cent stamps. You
Can use them in sending me twelve
monthly statements of account. and can
thus save your postal cards and my feel
ipgs at the same time"
It is said that the 'bookkeeper has
credited the twenty-four cents on ac-
count, and feels that be has secured
more of the debt than he had any
reason to hope for.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
Foreign Dinners.

If you should travel round the world
you would learn TO ca. your dinner in a
good many different ways. In Turkey
you would learn to sit on the floor.
cross legged. and eat your dinner of a
round tray, without knives or forks,
plates. glasses. or napkins. All the
guests eat with their fingers ont of the
same dish.
If you dined with the Arabs, you
would see no knives or forks, and if
your host offered you choice bit OF
meat you are expected to open your
mouth and let him put it. The Arabs
use only the right hand in eating, and
what is still more funny, they will pull
apart or carve turkeys or fowls with only
one hand and without q knife. II it is
hard to separate, one of the guests will
lend his right hand. In Siam you would
be treated to ants eggs; and in Burmah
to locust, stuffed and fried. All young
folks would like TO eat in japan, for they
serve candies and swest things very
often, and what you can't eat you are ex-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
Her Great Mistake.
Thorne.

At an early hour Tuesday loren Don a
boy about twelve years of age entered
Woodward avenue store hugging big
rocking horse in his arms, and as he
placed it on the floor he said to one of
the clerks:
SCOT that in my Christmas stocking.
I guess it was bought here"
Eyes, that was sold by u.s."
Gan old woman about GO years old
bought it, didn't she?"
81 think So"
"Kind of motherly looking woman
who looked as if she didn't know what a
boy wanted no more than pigs can fly"
II didn't notice about that. What's
the matter with the horse?"
1.-THE horse is all right, but the idea of
boy as big as me fooling around with a
hobby horse! Grandma must have been
crazy. threw out about a dozen hints,
but she was bent on getting this horse!'
And what do you want?'
"Want to trade it, of course"
"For what?"
"Well, want seven-shooter revolt
ver."
Don't keep EN-"
Then l want three or four pistols to
shoot real bullets"
"We have none"
"Any bowie knives or slung.shots?"
mot one."
ANY shot-guns?"
mo"
Got any canons?"
"None."
Haven't you got nothing that'll shoot
or stab or blow up or smash thihgs?"
"The only articles We have are tin
swords and toy-engines."
"Then I'll take about six swords and
the rest in engines. guess l know
where can trade the swords for a toy
pistol, and then I'll be fixed to make
things lively. That's JUST like an old
grandma. She'd go and pay 81 for a
thing like this when twenty shillings
would have bought pistol and enough
powder and bullets to pepper every pane
of glass out of the barn. - Detroit Free
Press,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
He Wanted to Pose

A resident of Park street had photo
grapher come up the other day for the
purpose of taking view of his residence
and the man of the camera had Just got
in position when along came an old coon
to know what was up.
"Going to photograph the house" was
the reply.
"Then guess I'll pose" remarked
the old man. 'Tll take position at the
left of the gate and represent the statue
of Industry"
The members of the family came out
and arranged themselves, and the man
called out:
Here, old man, you want to get out
of that"
Cant represent Industry"
"No, sir!"
Cant I stand over there and repre-.
sent Laziness?'
"No, sirl We don't want you in the
group at all"
"Lemme represent the Sleeping
Beauty"
"You go aw u"
He drew of to one side, the passing
teams halted to give the artist chance,
and directly the plate was made. Every
body rushed forward when it was ready
for inspection. and the old man was one
OF the first. As the plate was held up he
giggled and tickled, and finally burst
into loud laugh. He had lodged
around the corner of the house and his
full figure was revealed behind the
family.
"What do you represent in that atti.
tude?' sternly inquired the photographer.
"Well, reckon that's pretty good
pose for Contentment.'
Every we'll. l will now represent
Dissatisfaction"
And the artist took the festive old
chap by the ear and walked him out of
the crowd and put in couple Of kicks
which changed the pose of Contentment
to that of Sorrow Detroit Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08

AN EN-, LISA BEAUTY.-Of Mrs. Corn
wallis West, Mrs. Langtry's chief rival
as professional beauty" in the Prince
of Wales set, q correspondent writes:
Until was told which she was, ] sup
posed it was some opera-bouffe actress,
who had got into the place by mistake.
she was so painted and powdered over
cheeks, arms and neck; her eyes we're so
picked out with belladonna. her corsage
was so docollete; her voice was so loud
and boisterous, and her poses and her
gestures had such smack Of the heroinss
Of Offenback and Lecocq."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
The Blight OF a Married Life.

"Annie, dear, will you tell me what it
is that troubles you so lately? have
known and loved you ever 0since you
were little child, and it grieves my
heart to see so sad q look upon your
once happy face. Can you not trust me?
Give me your confidence, little one, and
perhaps after having told some one you
know to be truly your friend the buracn
may seem lighter; and, indeed, II may
dispel more than half the shadows now
lurking round your heart, aid let in a
little sunshine and scare away those dark
clouds that hang so heavy upon your
brow"
"Oh, Aunt Carrie, / am so unhappy !
You know how much / loved Tom when
married him-how / almost worshippe.
him; and he seemed so fond of me tfor a
while). We were so happy, too, for the
first few weeks. he seemed to find so
much pleasure in his wife and home.
But you know, auntie, Tom used to love
to 60 out and have good time, as he
called it, and suppose he got tired of
being at home with Just me, and longed
to be away with his old comrades and
friends. So when he got to staying out
lat first he came home early-about nine
o'clock) / tried to feel that it was all
right, that il was hard to break away, all
at once, from the habits long formed.
But you see. auntie. have been so
happy at home, with father and mother
and the children about me all the time,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08

Who CARES FOR ExPENsEs.-The cent
finds no abiding place in the South,
where it is stunned as though breeding
pestilence. Rather than use the despised
cent persons gladly pay for most articles
trihing in value fifty or one hundred per
cent more than they cost elsewhere.
Where the cent is employed an apple
may be bought for cent or two cents.
But, unwilling to use the cent, we pay
five cents for two apples worth cent
each although not desiring the additional
apple, and purchase three two cent apples
for ten cents. This is our economy, and
we boast of it and turn up our noses at
the North, where persons do not consider
it virtue to pay two or three times as
much for an article as it is worth
Arkansas State Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08

We are curious TO know how many
feet 90 to make mile in the estimation
of the ladies', for the reason that We
never met Q lady who didn't wear shoes .
mile too big for her.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
Vancouver Independent.

OEgc.AI PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY.
Vancouver Clarke County, Washington
Territory.
Daily globe., 1883-07-11
THE HORSE At FULL SPEED.


By the aid of instantaneous photo
graphs taken from twenty-four cameras
in line, as horse galloped past them,
It is shown that the position of that an
imal is not what it has been represented
to be.
Painters show the horse, when at the
top Of his speed, as N cavalry charge,
to be raised above the earth, with his
body stretched to its full extent, the
fore legs thrown out horizontally in
front, the hind legs almost horizontally
in the rear. Now deer and hares do run
in this way, but dogs and horses in far
different fashion. The horse completes
gallop in eight positions during only
one of these is he entirely free from the
ground in all others he has from one
to three feet touching the ground. In
the only position when he is free from
the earth, all four of his legs, instead of
being stretched out, are doubled under
him as if he were lying down in mid-air.
This of course deprives the figure of
that spirited movement of activity and
speed which thrills the spectator. The
question is whether the artists must
hereafter be faithful to nature as science
demonstrates it, or to nature as the eye
reveals il.
1t would seem to admit of ready an
swer. Since the artist appeals to the
eye and to the mechanical sense, he
must give the same impression on can
vas which the horse itself gives to the
eye of the spectator. The horse looks as
If he were flying, with his feet off the
ground, and the painter must make him
look SO, too. Ii he does not he fails TO
reproduce that spirit, elan, speed, elas-
ITCHY, grace and vigor which fast-gal-
loping horse produces. He is no more
obliged to rut the horse in constrained
and awkward position than he would be
if in painting a tower or house he
should paint, not the picturesque effect
caused by distance and the atmosphere,
but the coarseness, responsiveness or
stiffness of the stones, the masonry
| courses and other realistic features
| which, as a close examination proves,
produce the pictorial result. Detroit
Free Press.
Daily globe., 1883-07-11
THE VING SERVICE.

In speech in favor of the bill to pro-
mote the efficiency of the Life-Saving
Service, Congressman S. S. Cox pre-
sented the following interesting statis-
tics of the service since its establishment
ten years ago:
Number of disasters reported, 1,347 ;
value of vessels endangered, SIC, 6,O83,-
800; value of cargoes, IS, 429, 167 value
of property saved, $14, 95S, 800; value of
property lost, 1888, ,592; number of
lives imperiled, IL, ,259; number of lives
saved, IL, S64; number of persons sue
cored, 2,610; number Of days succor af-
forded, 1850.
Beside II, ,864 lives saved from vessels
in distress, the lives Of sixteen persons
were saved who were not on board YES
sells. OF 395 lives reported lost, 1873
were on the Huron and Metropolis, the
loss of the former vessel happening
when stations were not open while in
the case of the latter the service was i'm
peded by distance from the scene OF the
disaster.
1t is only in the last five years that
the operations OF the Life-Saving Serv-
ice have embraced the sea and gulf and
part of the lake coasts of the United
States. In 1871-72 its operations were
confined to the coast OF Long island and
New Jersey.
Mr.. Cox said that before the estab-
lishment of the Life-Saving Service the
loss of life on the coast of New Jersey
| alone amounted to hundreds annually.
Since its establishment 315 disasters
have occurred, imperiling the lives Of
2,754 persons, of whom 2,725 were
| saved.
Daily globe., 1883-07-11
THE LITTLE SHEPHERD DOG.

The best OF these dogs are worth &, Il
or even more. One hetder, whn,0 o
met at Co]J Spring ranch, shovel Us
very pretty oaa ilat he said il" W.,
not sell for 500. She had at that tn
four ycu1z r'ipp.es. The night ~e J.
rived we ,i-.-et, his camp, ;snI ""
greatly Interested in the little No..
and Lcr nursing babies. Anli tIsa
Wild, vast mountajns, this little nj.
motherly devotion and baby t1u>. ,....
very beautiful.
While we were exclalming, tIe 49,.
ant herder came to saY that tier ".
more than twenty sheep inissia-. =.
male dogs, both larger than The ii:
mother, were standing about with IL.
hands in their breeches, doing uotlia
But the herder said neither Tom l..
Dick would find them. Flora must go
It was urged by the assistant that liz.
foot was sore, she had been hard :,
work all day, was nearly worn out, al,
must suckle her puppies. The boss Ill
sisted that she must go. The sun was
setting. There vas no time to lose.
Flora was called, and told to hunt fol
lost sheep, while her master pointed to
a great forest, through the edge Of
which they had passed on their way up.
She raised her head, but seemed very
10th to leave her babies. The boss called
sharply to her. She rose, looking tired
and low-spirited, witch head and tai
down, and trotted YEARLY off toward the
forest. [ said:
"This is too bad"
"Oh, she'll be right back. She'a
lightning on stray sheep"
The next morning [ went over tc
learn whether Flora had found the
strays. While we were speaking the
sheep were returning, driven by little
dog, who did not raise her head nor WAC
her tail, even when spoken to, but
crawled to her puppies and lay down b,
them, offering the little empty breasts
She had been out all night, and, whu,
her hungry babies were tugging away
fell asleep. have never seen anythins
so touching. So far as I was concerned
"there was not dry eye in the house.
How often that scene comes back t.
me-the vast, gloomy forest, and tha
little creature, with the sore foot ant
her heart crying for her babies, impine
and creeping about in the wild cavern'
and through the long, dark hours, find
ing and gathering in the lost sheepl
wonder if any preacher of the gospe
ever searched for lost sheep under cir
cumslances so hard and with such pain
full sacrifices? But, then, we must no
expect too much from men. It is th,
dog that stands for fidelity and sacrifice
The best part of man is the dog that i
in him. Lewis.
Daily globe., 1883-07-11
EATING BEFoEE SLEEPING.

NGsn is the only animal thatcan be taught
to sleep quietly on an empty stomach.
The brute creation resent all efforts to
coax them to such violation of the laws
of nature. The lion roars in the forest
until he has found his prey, and, when
he has devoured it, he sleeps over until
he needs another meal. The horse will
paw all night in the stable, and the pig
will sqaeal in the pen, refusing all rest
or sleep until they are fed. The ami
mails which chew the cud have their own
provision for late meal just before
dropping off to their nightly slumbers.
Man can train himself to the habit OF
sle ping without preceding meal, but
only after long years of practice. As he
comes into CheworId nature is too strong
for him, and he must be fed before he
will sleep. A child's stomach is small,
and when perfectly filed, if no sickness
disturbs it, sleep follows naturally and
inevitably. AS digestion goes on the
stomach begins to empty. A single fold
in it viii make the little sleeper restless
two will waken it, and, if it is hushed
again to repose, the nap is short, and
three folds put an end to the slumber.
Paregoric or other narcotic may close its
eyes again, but without either food Oh
some stupefying drug it will not sleep,
no matter how healthy it may be. Not
even an angel who learned the art Of
minstrelsy in celestial choir can sing
babe to sleep on an empty stomach.
We used the oft-quoted illustration
"sIeeping as sweetly as an infant be
cause this slumber of child follows Inn
mediately after its stomach is complete
ly filed with wholesome food. The
sleep which comes to adults long ate
partaking of food, and when the stom
ach is nearly or quite empty, IS no
after the type of infantile repose
There is all the difference in the worlt
between the sleep of refreshment an(
the sleep of exhaustion.
To sleep well the blood that swell'
the veius N the head during our bus.
hours must flow back, leaving a greatly
Daily globe., 1883-07-11
PAwNBRoKERs IN GREET BRITAIN

Some one has taken the trouble TO
collect statistics of the existing Jew
pawnbrokers in Great Britain. Their
total number is 1872, and during a sim
gle year they take in, it is estimated,
some 2OO, 100000 pledges. Returns
made by 731 pawnbrokers represented
a business of 30, 500, GOO pledges, and the
total of 2OO,OOO,O0 is calculated from
these returns. Il appears that the 32,-
500, 900 transactions involved 1, ,887 cases
in the police courts and the arrest and
Imprisonment of 456 persons-facts that
do not indicate as much irregularity and
trouble as might have been looked for.
Only 2,311 of the pledges were given
up. They represented total valuation
of S., 400.
Daily globe., 1883-07-11

diminished volume behind the brow
that lately throbbed with such vehem-
ence. To digest well, this blood is
needed at the stomach, and nearer the
fountains of life. It is fact established
beyond the possibility of contradiction
that sleep aids digestion, and that the
process of digestion is conducive to re-
freshing sleep. It needs no argument
to convince us OF this mutual relation.
The drowsiness which always follows
the well-ordered meal is itself a testi-
mony of nature to this interdependence.
-NeaU York Journal of Commerce.
Daily globe., 1883-07-11

- exchange contains long article
entitled, "Was Hamlet Mad?" Well,
Hamlet didn't seem to like it very well
that his father had been murdered and
the murderer had married his mother,
butyou can't judge much by appearances.
He may have been tickled half to death
to think that the old man had been so
neatly slugged. --Pecks Sum-