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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
THREE TROUBLES.

Three carpets hung waving in the breeze,
Abroad in the breeze as the sun went down;
And three husbands, with patches of dirt on their
knees,
Whacked whacks that were heard for miles up
and down,
For men must work and women must clean,
And the carpets be beaten, no matter h w mean,
While the neighbors do the bossing.
t7hree housewives leaned out of their windows
y raised
OF their windows raised, where the light
streamed in
And they scrubbel an scrubbcd,t till their heads
grew daz;d
And their ears were filled with horrible din
For the pots will fill, and the kettles go bang,
And boilers in the attic to hang,
While the husbands do the swearing.
Three husbands went out in the hay mows to
hide
In the haymows to hide, where their wives
ne'er looked.
Each said, as he rolled himself DER on his side
81 guess will snore for | know am booked,
For men may swnar but women may DUST
And before move that stove that must
STAY right here till morning."
Three judges sat on their benches to judge
Three cases that came from house cleaning
The parties asserted they mover would bulge,
But wanted divorces Fright here and right
now"
So the men vent off and the women went home
Aud hereafter will do their house clean ne
alone,
While their former partners smoker.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

quiet in the room and the audience list
ened eagerly for the result. When the
Jurors names were called by Clerk Byrne,
he asked Gentlemen of the jury. have
you agreed upon a verdict" The fore
man, Mr.. Seaman, responded: 1--WE
have. We find for the plaintiff the full
amount claimed" There was an instan-
taneous cheer which shook the house.
Mr.. Fleming had slipped out and was no
where to be seen. Cheer upon cheer
followed for the jury. Judge Pratt
sat back, with contented smile
on his face, looked p!acidly at the
uproarious scene before him. Miss Liv
ingstone was in the witness room, where
she had been joined by her mother
They had not yet been informed of the
result. The junior counsel for the de-
Tense asked for new trial and the plain
tiff asked for an extra allowance. JUS
tice Pratt granted a stay and fixed day
for the argument of the motion for a new
trial. Miss Livingstone was making
love to her little baby in the waiting
room, with her mother by her side,
when she heard the tramp of throng
rushing. with cheers, to the door. She
was called out by messenger and she
came with her baby in her arms. The
crowd made way and on each side OF the
lane that was formed for her there were
men and boys vigorously clapping their
hands. She colored almost to purple
and her little one year-old waved his
hand as though he knew something of
his mammals victory
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
Miss Llvingstone's Verdict.

Attwenty inmates to four Thursday
afternoon. the case of Mary Alice Ali
mont Livingstone, who sued the million
aire oil merchant. Henry Fleming. for
breach of promise, demanding SO 600,
was given to the jury in New York.
They were out but a few moments.
When they returned there was strained
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
How liverpool Cabman WOa a Bet.

The night before the Liverpool cleo
ton good Conservative drove home in
a hanson, and whom paying his fare en-
tered into conversation with cabby. Il
suppose you will be very busy to-mor-
row with the election? l hope you are a
Conservative, and are going to vote on
the right side?"
To him did cabby enigmatically re-
spond:
Il am most centrally Conserv alive,
sir, and I'm going to drive for them to-
morrow; but I'm going to vote for Mr..
Smith tomorrow all the same"
WELL" said the man, augrily, you
may vote as You please, but | bet
you ten to one he don't get in.
Il am poor man." said cabby,
solemnly, searching in pocket and pro
ducing the coin. Il can't afford 1t. but
here's sovereign, and by your leave III
call here to morrow night for eleven
pounds and he did.-London World.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

The Baltimore Bulletin has credit for
the following: when girls midway in
their teens throw off their natural girlsh
habits and attire. don long skirts, bind
up their hair, aud affect the dress and air
of young women, they would often he
surprised to know what their elders
really think of the improvement. One
such young miss Sent to the depot re-
Gently to meet an aged friend of the fam
lily, and was surprised to find herself not
recognized upon meeting the visitor as
she stepped from the car.
"Do you not know me, auntie?'
"Why, this is not Maria, is it,"
Certainly; do not you think | look
better than did last summer when you
were here?"
NO" replied the honest soul, looking
the girl over, ito tell the truth, | do not
Go home and let down your hair, and be
young while you can. for it will not be
many years before you will be glad to
have people take you for girl"
Since the British occupation of
Cyprus very little systematic attempt has
been made to excavate the archaeological
treasures of the soil; but wherever the
ground is probed it yields fruit. AMI the
result of a recent digging on a small
scale at Salamis has just arrived at the
British Museum, in shape of "a consign-
ment of curious small half-round figures
in terra-cotta, for the most part draped
female divinities holding various at'ri-
butes, and somewhat rudely modelled
according TO archaic types, though the
execution itself does not apparently date
frcm very early period.
The basket willow will grow well
around the mill ponds and along the
margins of the water courses. 1t is an
article which is always salable, and
should be made to take the place of the
unsightly briars and brushes that often
prove SO troublesome in such places.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

In the bitter gloom of Winters morn
A babe was born.
The snow piled high against wall and door,
On the mighty oak boughs the frost lay hoar;
But warmth and light shrined the happy face
So softly pillowed mid down and lace.
The bells clashed out from the reeling spire,
The night was Redeemed by many q fire;
| The cottage smiled for the joy at the hall,
AS the poor man answered the rich mans call
And his lot for day was less forlorn,
Because a little child was born.
In the bitter 81 DOM of Winters morn,
| A babe was born.
The snow piled high in the narrow street,
Trodden and stained by hurrying feet;
/ On the hearth the embers lay cold and dead,
| And the woman who crcuched on the damn
straw bed
Muttered curse. as tha drunken sport,
| swelled up 20 her lair from the crowded court
Riot without and squalor within,
To welcome waif to q world of sin,
And q pitiful life was the more forIorn,
Because little child was born.
In a smiling home amid sun and flowers,
A child grew up.
Calm, and beauty, and culture and wealth,
To give power to life and grace to health:
Gentle influence. thought, and sars.
To train the darling OF love and prayer.
The stately heirlooms of place and blood,
To crown the flower of maidenhood,
| With clildhood's pearly innocence kept,
On the folded leaves where the sunshine slept.
| So sweetly and richly foamed the cup
Life held. where the happy girl grew Up.
Where "home" was vasae and empty word,
A child grew up.
Where oath and blow were the only law,
And ugly misery all she saw
Where want and sin drew hand in hand.
Round the haunts that disgrace our Christian
| land
A loveless, hopeless, joyless life,
OF crime and wretchedness, struggle and strife;
| Never glimpse of the sweet Spring skies.
To soften the flash in the wild young eyes;
| No drop of peace in the poisoned cup
Lie held, where reckless girl grew up.
On Summer eve as the slow sun set.
A woman died.
At the close of a long and tranquil life,
| Honored and guarded, mother and wife,
With gentle hands whose work was done,
And gentle head whose crown was won,
| With cbildren's children at her knee,
And friends who watched her reverentlyi
Knowing her memory would remain,
Treasured by grief. that scarce was pain,
With her hearts dearest at her side,
Blessing and blessed the woman died.
On Summers eve as the slow snn SET,
woman died.
She had fought the falling fight so long
But time was cruel, and hard, and strong.
Without faith, without prayer,
| With none to aid, and none to care;
With not trace upon the page,
From desperate youth to loathsome age,
But sin and sorrow, wrong and chance,
And bitter blank OF ignorance;
| With not hand to help or save,
With not hope beyond the grave,
Tossed in the black streams rushing tide,
Unmourned, unmissed, the woman died.
And we are jail akin, rgnsthe kindly creedl
All, the riddle oflife is hard to readl
| -AU the Year Round.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
J'he French idea OF Women

Women have no worse enemies than wo-
men.
One must be woman to know how to
revenge.
Woman coneeals only what she does not
know.
Woman is a creature between man and
the angels.
Woman is more constant in hatred than
in love.
Most women curse sin before embracing
patience.
Women who have not fine teeth only
laugh with their eyes.
Friendship between women is only sus-
pension of hostilities.
Women ask if man is discreet, as men
ask if woman is pretty.
When woman is no longer attractive
she ceases to be inconstant.
Women never weep more bitterly than
when they weep with spite.
| The most chaste women may be the most
voluptuous, if she loves.
When women cannot be revenged, they
do as children; they cry.
A woman and her servant, acting in ac
cord, would outwit dozen devils.
A woman forgives the audacity which
her beauty prompts us to be guilty of.
Women like balls and assemblies as q
hunter likes place where game abounds.
Woman is charming creature who
changes her heart as easily as her gloves.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24


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Against ordinary colds, which are the
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it acts speedily and surely, always re-
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The protection it affords, by it's timely
use in throat and chest disorders,
makes il an invaluable remedy to be
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No person can afford to be without it,
and those who have once used it never
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
Sunshiny Husbands.
BY MRS. MARGARET E. sANGsTER.


| We read so much about the obligation
laid upon the wife to be perpetual SUM-
| beam in the house that word to husbands
on the topic may not be amiss.
A cheerful atmosphere is important to
happy home life. 1t is very hard for chill
dren to be good when they are exposed to
an incessant hailstorm of fault-fnding from
their parents. Tt is very difficult for wife
to maintain calm and charmingly sweet
demeanor when her husband is critical,
Or sullen, and takes all her tender efforts
with Indifferent appreciation.
know full well the air of polite amaze
ment, or amiable incredulity, with which
men receive the statement of woman's
opinion that in the home partnership wife,
and not husband, pulls the labor1ng oar.
Still it is true that let mans business be
ever so engrossing, ever so wearisome, ever
so laborious, the mere fact that he goes to
it in the morning and returns from it at
night sets him above his wife in ease and
comfort. For him the slavery of routine
has It's breaks. He gets a breath of the
world outside; he has change of scene dali
ly; he sees people and hears them talk, and
his home is distinctly his refuge and shell
| ter
Let Il wife and mother love her homo and
her children with the most absolute, un-
swerving devotion, aud serve them with the
most unselfish fidelity, there are, neverthe-
less, times when she is very weary.
She knows, better than any one else, the
steps and the stitches, the same things
done over and over, and the pettiness of
the trials that come to nursery and kitchen.
They are SO Insignificant that she is
ashamed to talk about them, and fear she
sometimes forgets to tell her Saviour how
hard they press her, and so, bearing her
cross all alone, its weight becomes crush
ing.
A sunshiny husband makes a merry,
beautiful home. worth having, worth work
ing in and for. If the man is breezy,
CHEEKY, !considerate, and sympathetic, his
wife sings In her heart over puddings and
her mending- basket, counts the hours till
he returns at night, and renews her youth
in the security she feels of his appreciation
and admiration.
You may think it weak Or childish if you
please, but it is the admired wife, the wife
who hears words of praise and receives
smiles of commendatiOn, who is capable,
discreet, and executive. | have seen a
timid, meek, selfdistrusting little body
fairly bloom into strong, selfreliant wo-
manhood, under the tonic and the cordial
companionship with husband who really
went out of his way to find occasions for
showing her how fully he trusted her judg-
ment, and how tenderly he deferred to her
opinion.
In home there should be no jar, no striv-
ing for place, no insisting on prerogatives,
or division of interest. The husband and
the wife are each the complement of the
other. And it is just as much his duty to
be cheerful as it is hers to be patient; his
right to bring joy into the door, as it is hers
to sweep and garnish the pleasant interior.
A family where the daily walk of the faith
er makes life a festival is filled With heav-
enlY benediction =CORqreQationizist.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
THE TWO GLASSES.
Ihere sat two glasses, filled to the brim.
On a rich mans table, rim to rim;
one was ruddy and red as bloed.

Ihere sat two glasses, filled to the brim,
ON rich mans table, rim to rim;
One was ruddy and red as bloed
AND one as clear as the crystal flood.
SAID the glass of wine to the paler brother:-
Let US tell the tales Of the past to each otber
1 can tell of banquet and revel and mirtb.
And some of the proudest and grandest sonia
earth
Fell under my touch, as though struck bv
blight,
"here was king, for ruled in might.
from the heads of kings have torn the crown.
FROM the heights of fame have hurled mon
down;
nave blasted many an honored name;
nave taken virtue and given shame:
nave tempted the youth with sip a taste,
Ihat has made his future a barren waste;
Far greater than a king ami,
Or than an army beneath the sky;
nave made the arm of the driver fail,
And sent the train from the iron rail;
nave made good ships go down at sea,
And the shriekz OF the lost were sweet to me.
For they said, Behold how great you be;
Fame, strength, wealth, genius before you fall,
For your might and power are over ALL
Ho no pale brother" laughed the wine.
'Can you boast of deeds as great as miner"
Salu Ine water glass: II cannot boast
Of king dethroned or murdered host;
But can tell OF heart, once sad,
By my crystal drops made light and glad;
Of thirsts I've quenched, of brows I've laved,
OF hands have cooled and of souls have
saved
Ihave Ieaped through the valley. dashed down
the mountain,
Flowed in the river and played in the foun-
tain,
Slept in the sunshine and dropped from the
sky,
And everywhere gladdened the landscape and
eye;
have eased the hot forehead of fever and pain,
have made the parched meadows grow fertile
with gain;
L can tell of the powerful wheel Of the mill
That ground out flour and turned at my will;
can tell of manhood debased by you
That lifted up and crowned anew,
1 cheer, L help, strengthen and aid;
gladden. the heart of man and maid;
1 set the wine chained captive free,
And all are better for knowing me-"
These are the tales they told each other,
The glass of wine and its paler brother,
As they sat together, filled to the brim
On the rich mans table, rim to rim.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
L N0rED BUw UNTITLED WOMAN.
rEror,, the BOSTON cLobs1 - a

MessrS. Editors -
The above is good likeness of Mrs. Lydia E. Pink
ham, of Lynn, Mass, who above all other human beings
may be truthfuIy called the Dear Friend of Woman"
as OF ber correspondents love call her. ehe
zealously devoted to her work. which is the outcome
Of a Ifc-study, and is obliged to keep six lady
assistants help her the large correspondence
which daily pours in upon her. each bearing its special
burden Of suffering, or joy at release from it. Her
Vegetable Compound is o medicine for good ard nls
sF4 purposes. have 9ersSnally Investigated it and
en- satisfied Of the truth of this.
On account CT its proven merits 1T ia recommended
and prescribed by the best physicians In the country
One says: 9 It works like C charm and savec much
pain. 1t viii entirely te worst form Of falling
of the uterus, Leucorrhoea, irregular and painful
Menstruation all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and
liberation, Foodngs, all Displacements and the con-
sequent spinal weakness and is especially adapted to
the Change of Life"
It permeates every portion of the SYSTEM and gives
QeY life and sigor II removes faintness fatulency,
destros ali craving for stimuiant relieves eaki
CT tn ".7as!i. 1t cures Bloating, Headaches,
Eervoas r.o- a, General Debility, Sleeplessness,
Depression AM Indigestion. That feeling Of bearing
down. causing pain, weight and backache, is always
permanently by 1t will at all times, and
under all circumstances, act in harmony with the Law
that governs the female system,
IL e2zrs Only 81 pei bottle six s., is sold By
druggists. Any advice required to special cases. and
the names OF sny who have been restored to perfect
healh BY the use Of the Vegetable Compound can be
eneiae; ig ss:irksng MFs. P, With stamp fap reply,
at ,ier '.ci.l9 :: t-S5.si, Mess.
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t:' a,1.nGant testimonials show.
I-s. i2L,:a:ls Liver Pills." says one writer care
he be2i 4. .e acoTG for the of Constipation,
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works wonders n its special line and bids fair
II eq. Il TIE Compound in its popularity
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

Why suffer longer from dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, want of appetite, loss of strength,
lack ofenergy, malaria, intermittent fevers,
etc. Browns iron Bitters never fail to
cure these diseases. They act like charm
on the digestive organs, removing all dys-
peptic symptoms, such as belching, heart
burn, bliousness, etc. Remember it is the
only iron preparation that will not blacken
the teeth or give headache. Ask your
druggists concerning its merit.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
Father is Setting Well.

"My daughters gayI-
How much better father Is since he used
"Heis getting well after his long suffering
from a disease declared incurable,"
and we are so glad that ne used your Bit
ters."- A LADY OF Utica, N. Y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
Did She Dte9

'She fingered and suffered along, pining
away all the time for years."
"The doctors doing her no good;''
"And at last was cured by this Hop Bitteri
the papers say 50 much about"
Indeed Indeedr'
::::How thankful we should be for that medi
cine"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

1 had severe attacks of gravel and kid
ney trouble was unable to get medicine
or doctor to cure me until 1 used Hop Bit
ters, and they cured me in short time
A DISTINGUISHED LAWYER OF WAYNE
Co., n. Y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

MILKING.-If your cows lealG their milk
it will be well to milk them three times a
day while they are in full flow. Care
should be taken in handling an animal
whose udder is distended by an unusually
large flow of milk, lest some of the milk
glands be ruptured. Be gentle and do not
milk too rapidly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

***'"The best advice may come too late. +"
Said a sufferer from Kidney troubles, when
asked to try Kidney Wort. 'I'll try it but
it will be my last dose" The man got well
and is now recommending the remedy to
all sufferers. In this case good advice came
Just in time to save man.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

Professor to young lady student
'Y our mark is very low, and you have on
ly just passed." Young lady-"Oh, l am
so glad. Professor surprised p"
Young lady-'G do so lovea tight squeeze. :"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

Unanswerable. Two sons of the Emerald
Isle, discussing certain colored man, one
remarked: ''But he was mighty smart,
dye mind.' "Phut are ye tallxin' about ?''
replied the other 'Ifhe was so smart, how
did he come to be colored man?''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

ONIONS FOR PoULTRY.-Mix chopped
onions with the food once day for several
days and ground ginger two OF three times
a week and you may check early symptoms
of cholera. Afterward give both once a
week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

Mr.. Hugh L. Kidd, MANCHESTER, VA,
says: II received great benefit by using
Browns Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and loss
of appetite"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
A Dauehrer,S Misery

ELEVEN years our daughter suffered on bp5
of misery,
"From a complication OF kidney, liver, rheu
matte trouble and Nervous debility
"Uhder the care OF the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief
And now she is restored to us in good health
by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters, that we
had shnnned for years before using it."-THF
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

Caution in the premises: "Hadn't bet
ter pray for rain to day, deacon ?' said a
Binghampton minister, Sunday. ''Not to-
day, Dominic, think" was the prudent
reply; 'the wind isn't right"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
SKINNY MEN.

''Wells' Health Renewer'' restores health
and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence,
Sexual Debility. 81.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

81 guess yon will stand another siege of
Troyp' said Smithers, as he placed. adilapi-
dated-looking collar in the laundry hamper.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

cover the crystal waters she leans in
careless grace" says recent poem. An
other case of sea-sickness.S .
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
From the EstiilVille Banner.
An open Letter.
HON. A. FULKERsoE EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS
SITUATION IN VIRGINIA.

The following open letter has been sent
us by the writer for publication. As we
fully endorse the views set forth by Mr..
Fulkerson, we surrender it our editorial
snaca this week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24
I!REHHING SYRuP,

has never failed to give the most perfect satis-
4 faction. thousands OF mothers are using it all
through the land and all pleased with its charm
ing effects. IT MAINTAINS THE BABY's HEALTH BY
KEEPING 1T FREE FROM Conc AND DIARRHGsA Do
not stupefy your Baby with Opium OF Aiorphia Mix
tures, but use
Nr. Fafirfey's TeetTlinG Syrup,
which is always safe and reliable. 1t soothes and
quiets the CHILD, RELIEVES PAIN and INFLAMMATION
and gives SWEET, NATURAL SLEEP TO BABES AND
REsr TO MOTHERS. ALL DRUGGISTS AND MEDICINE
DEALERS SELL. IT,
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE.
PREPARED By
DR. d EALRNTEE Sz SoN.
HAGERSTOWN. MD.