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Vancouver Independent. Official Patbr of City and County. Vancouver. Clarke County, Washington Territory. ONLY IS FUX. Myra Allerton boasteil of her "train of admirers.'' She was a handsome girl with considerable dash; but barring the dash, Grace Leigh was just as hand some —that is. her hair was as golden, her complexion as fair, and her features as regular though cast in a different mould; yet no ono ever heard Uraee Leigh boast of her "train of admirers." "Indeed, how could she, when she hasn't any?" Myra Allerton would tell you. "Admirers indeed! she puts on too many prim airs, thinks, no doubt, that her precise conduct will draw her a prize; but she succeeds admirably in keeping the prizes so far in the distance that even the magnetism of her finely put-on peudry fails to draw them." "But she has one admirer," s»id the confidential friend to whom Myra was speaking at Mrs. Mesroe's party. "Look at the gentleman who has just left her I" Myra Allerton looked in the direction of Grace Leigh. "Oh. yes; Clinton Avery ! It seems he overheard her denouncing flirtations in strong teims a short time since, and that accounts for his attention." "Hush I he is coming this way; he will hear you !" "I don't mind if he does; indeed, I'm inclined to give him a piece of my mind;'' and as Clinton Avery approached, Myra pretended not to see him, hut says load enough to be heard by him: "Grace Leigh pretends to be so very oirouin spect, but I happen to know that she can carry on a flirtation just as nicely as one who sees no harm in it, that is, if she can do so without attracting attention." Every word Myra said went where it was directed. Clinton Avery's handsome face reddened wiih indignation. He be lieved that the words he just heard uttered was a slander. He did not dream they were spoken for his special benefit, and he felt indignant to think that any one not well enough acquainted with Grace Leigh to know that she held herself above a flirtation, might have heard the slander as he did. Clinton knew that Myra Aller.on was a born flirt. She had tried to get up a flirtation with him, but failed. Clinton Avery, though mammas thought him a very eligible party, was not at all con ceited. He had no idea that Myra Myra had any designs upon him mere than a little flirtation. Little he thought tbat for some time she had been doing her best to catch him. Per haps had Clinton fallen into line when she first tried her blandishment upon him she would have cared no more for him than any other in her train of admir ers; but he resisted, and the result, as it now stood, was Myra Allerton, flirt of the first water, was in love with Clinton Avery. "I do not understand what yon mean by a harmless flirtation, Miss Allerton." "Why," said Myra, coloring, "a flirta tion carried on just for fun." "If both parties concerned in the flirtation have a mutual understanding that they are carrying it on for self amusement, then it is harmless, but I never heard of that kind of a flirtation." "Oh, there wouldn't be any fun iu the world if there were no flirtations! All young ladies flirt nowadays, Mr. Avery." "Not all young ladies. Miss Allerton." "Ah, Mr. Avery," tapping him with her fan, "that shows how much you have yet to learn. All young ladies flirt, but the difference is this: Those who are opposed to it, do it on the sly; those who see no harm in it, dj it openly." "You picture society in a terrible state," Miss Allerton," said Clinton, with • very contemptuous air, indeed. "It is love of admiration, to gain new admirers, that make women flirts, but I think a rag on every bush, I beg pardon. I might say a woman with a train of ad mirers is not a very desirable wife." Here another friend joined the group, and Clinton at once changed the con versation, leaving Myra Allerton smart ing under his last remark. On a sunshiny afternoon, some day > after Mrs. Mesrole's party, Clinton Avery was walking down Broadway when an acquaintance accosted him. Now, Leon Graham was the last person Clinton cared about meeting, as his con quests of the fair sex was his main topic of conversation. He despised the din ditied fellow that stood before him on the same ground that he did Myra Vll-r ton, but of the two he thought the Biala fiirt the most despicable. "Yon ought to have come along a little sooner, Avery. I've just parted fj-om a young lady who has been excbaim.ng Low- and smiles with me for tin- pwH two weeks. I made up my mind that if she passed to-day I would attempt a con versation. She passed and I made a suc cess of it. She's smitten. I'm to meet her for a promenade. You ought to have seen her; she's charming. Hr name is Miss Leigh, (iraceLeigh, and "Grace LeigV ' and Clinton stare i at Ln ii Graham. "Yes, that is the Dame she gave I « and I've no reason to iloulit that it is hers. Why. what's the mattery D<> you kn<-w her?" "Perhaps 1 ilo; describe her." "A '.»•* nf.ii blonde, with the bluest eyes you ev r saw. rather tall--" "Good heavens, impossible'" "Ah. yo'i know her?" "No. uo; it's impossible! I haven't rime to explain; I'm in a hurry. Good bye." '"Impossible' impossible?" asid Clinton to himself as he strode sway; bnt Myrs Allerton's words came back to bim. "Grace Leigh can flirt as nicely as any one if she can do so without being found out." "Oh, heaven, could this be true!" As Clinton was milking this' mental com ment, Grace Leigh appeared on the pavement approaching him. She was indeed a beautiful blonde, and as Clinton looked down at her, try ing to utter a few commonplaces, he thought he never noticed her eyes so true a blue as they were to day. "Did you pass down Broadway a short time since?" said Clinton, trying to speak without concern. "Yes; did you see me? I walked a few blocks just above here with a gentleman —an old friend;" and the color in Grace's cheeks grew brighter, but Clinton should not condemn her for that, as her color always heightened when speaking to him. "Great heavens!" thought Clinton; "is Mvra Allerton right after all!" No, no: he would not doubt Grace Leigh without still more positive proof. With a mighty effort he controlled him self and parted from Grace without let ing her know the torture his miud was in on her account. After parting with Grace he retraced his footsteps and once more joined Leon Graham . whom he found lounging on the hotel steps. Are you going to the ball at the Acad emy to-night, Graham?" asked Clinton, carelessly. "Yes, I'm just going to look on." "Good; but do not fail to be there, as I wish you to point me out somebody," said Clinton. "Well, I wonder what is up with Avery to-day,' is Mr. Graham"s comment wheu Cliuton leaves him. "See bore, Avery, I want to show you ay new 'uiash' —you know what I mean —the lady, the beautiful blonde, I was speaking to you about to-day. Look over there, a little to the right. She has been dancing, her partner has just left her. Clinton Avery looked in the direction indicated, and his heart gave a great bound of delight. "Isn't she a stunner? Now, then, whom do you want me to point out, to you? Quick; and if yon are not already acquainted with Miss Leigh, I'll take you over and introduce you before her partner returns." "Miss Leigh is the lady I wanted you to point out, Graham. I am extremely happy to say you haven't done so. Your charming blonde has been deceiving you about her name. Now, if you don't mind, I'll introduce you." "You don't mean it, Avery? Introduce me! By Jove, it will serve her right, and be a capital joke at that." They made their way across the floor to where the beautiful blonde was seated. "Miss Allertou," Myra turned when Mr. Avfiry addressed her. There was a smile on her face, but when she caught sight of Leon Graham, smile and color faded away simultaneously. "Miss Allertou, permit me to present Mr. Graham. I believe you have met before, and I might as well remark here, Miss AUerton, that as yon see no barm in flirtations, and indulge in them so openly, that hereafter it will be safer for you to carry them on in your own name. If you persist in to-day's practice you may get yourself into trouble." Myra*s face was now an ashy white. "Oh, I was only in fun," stammered Myra. Clinton did not hear what she said; he left her to explain all she pleased to Leon Graham, while he, full of happiness, sought Grace Leigh. It was not until Grace Leigh had been Mrs. Clinton Avery for some time that she discovered how Mvra Allertou had used her name —only in fun. Beware of tbe Cloak. A scientist, in the interest of married men and the oppressed of all nations, has advanced a new idea that will fill a want long felt, and afford all men who take advantage of it immediate relief in this hour of their affliction. He says these new fur-lined circulars are un healthy and should be abolished. It ap pears t'-at the fur-lined cloak has the same effect on a woman as a diamond pin OB a man's shirt bisom has on the man who wears it. A man with a diamond pin on cannot have his coat buttoned up, for fi-ar tho pin will not show, and in nine cases out of ten nnlcss he is carefnl to wear a sheepskin protector, he catches an awful cold and is liable to die. More has been written by scientists and .nedi- Oft] men upon the folly of wearing dia mond pins on the shirt front than upon any other of the modern fashion; to which mortal man is addicted. And it seems the fur lined cloak is also a worm that is gnawing at the bud of our beau tiful types of womanhood, and making consumptives out of them. The trouble is a woman is bound to have about five or six buttons of her fur-lined cloak nn huttnued at the bottom so the cloak will blow back and expose the fur. But women seem determined, in the face of all this testimony, t-> stick to the fur linad cloak and embrace death in ono of rti most horrid forms They have < ith»-r got to button up the fnr-l : ncd elotl or wear a sheepskin chest pro tector. "We approaeh thee, O Liord, under the auspices of the Essex County Agri • ■liltnrul Society," is the opening of a Massachusetts clergyman's prayer. It is to be regretted thut there is nothing on record to show how near him the Lord allowed them to get. One of the four drunken Yale students arrested s few evenings since, is said to be one of the richest youths in the col lege. Bis fond parents allow him fttitJflO a year for pocket money. For the boy's rowdiness trie parents are very largely responsible. Home Gossip. Ladies scarcely realize the possibilities of chamois leather. It is an excellent material for decorative purposes. It takes color well, and is besides so Boft and pliable that it can be very readily embroidered; in addition to this it an swers well for designs in dry color. Several years ago paper curtains wero in great demand in England. They were usually in imitation of eastern designs, and were, also, lined with paper, and iinings being diffoiently decorated. An attempt has been made to introduce them here, but hitherto not very successfully. They are, of course, much cheaper than hangings of worstel materials, and, as they have a glazed surface, they can be readily shaken or wiped free from dust. A novelty iu lace curtaiDs is an nounced, which consists in the peculiar ity of the design rather than iu anything special in the fabric itself. It represents, within a border of floral design, a win dow with drapery and a view in prospective beyond. The idea may be new,"but is certainly not artistic. The fashionable table lamp to-day is mounted upon a beautifully painted vase of spheroid form, and is often of very great value, choice porcelain being selected for this purpose. Some of the most beautiful carving by ladies is carried out in cedar wood. They are specially adapted for glove boxes anil other small articles. The table d'oyleys are now often em broidered in the center only. An initial letter is frequently selected, and within * fanciful or grotesque figure is cariied out in raised dotted embroidery. A novelty is about to be introduced for bed-rooms in the shape of a draped toi let table. The foundation is of ordinary wood, and above the table an upper frame is supplied with a swinging mix ror. The drapery is arranged upon a projecting shelf above the frame and fes tooned around the glass, which is also decorated With a double ruching of the material. Usually paper muslin of light color is selected as a background, and spotted Swiss supplies the material of the drapery itself. Crystal is 'growing in favor. Most beautiful center-pieces for the luush table are in vogue, deeply cut in this material, aud a new shape has super seded the globular. It is not unlike a crescent. Iridescent mother-of-pearl is much used now for bouquet-holders, fan-han dles, to. It is often richly carved, bnt still more frequently inlaid with gold and silver. Braiding is to become popular ngain. Bounded soutache will be used, as the designs can lie examined in raisod work by its use. It is easy to give E.istern effects by carrying out a free design upon muslin, scrum, or thin materials of any kind. The effect of applique work, which is given to the popular jute and linen plushes so much in use now is gained by the great attention that is paid to the ef fect of light and shade. Even without the outliuo embroidery in gold thread, which gives them their handsome finish, the same result is largely effected. Cushions for deep cane chairs are made of tufted plush or satin, and as an accompaniment a strip of the same ma terial and color is embroidered as a scarf for the back and finished off with deep fringe, which is often of rich quality. A handsome ornament for the parlor wall consists of a small cabinet in carved wood, the doors of which open down ward aud by means of movable supports form a writing desk. Frequently the panels are either painted or pieces of embroidery are mounted upon them. Oddly shaped tables are much in de mand. ' Some of them arc round and just low enough to reach a lady's elbows as she sits at work, and are rotatary. Others are round in front and straight at the back, and arejsupported uponjhulf recumbent figures. Tables of every shape are to be had for decoration at home, and are covered with jute plush embroidered in raised figures or simply finished off by a deep fringe. Ornamental figures in terra eotta are seen everywhere. By the introduction of color an immense variety in effect is gained, and where only moderately used it is as beautiful as effective. Menu cards can be beautifully deco rated at home. They should be in three folds, like miniature screens, and each fold should bear a different floral or emblematic device The outer one, if possible, should have as decoration the monogram of the guest by whose plato it is placed. Vegetables may be aesthetically beau tiful, but the attempt to introduce them as appropriate decoration for table mats and doylies has not proved successful; fruits, blossoms or fancy figures are far more suitable. The LuaitM-r (legion ou tn < Ru<»Un Rltit. The month of the river, when we had gone near enough to have a good view of it from a headland, made a very noble picture. The green hills on the south slope gradually to a well-turfed bu.se, lifting the beach, but showing a long sand-spit running out almost across the vera entrance of the little bay, behind which are calm shallows. The northern head lurid, on the other hand, stands in bold outline —a point of sheer cliff jut ting l»'tweeu the ocean ami the river. Yet the charge of those waves rolling from tlw spicy archipelagoes of the great South Sea, or from the bleak coasts of TarUry, U met, not by this mole, but by an outer row of gigantic isolated rocks, overtopping the tide as the stones of Carnac rear their head* abeve the level {dain, and the imagination can easily be ieve some giant of old, more powerful than the Druids, to have planted them there a* a breakwater guarding the bar bor. Around their base curls the angry of spray that envelop their flanks, for thus the rage of the mightiest of oceans is proved ineffectual, and the tamed waves sink behind them into sullen peace upon the weedy shore, foam of swift charging, impotent break ers, and they glory in the snowy clouds Such was the broad landscape of the region where we cast our lot these pleas ant June days, and watched the cutting of the big trees. Tradition sayg that credit for the very first attempt to make lumber with a saw in this region (for the liussians hewed all their lumber and planks) belongs to John Dawson, of Bodega. Dawson was one of three sailors who abandoned their ship at San Francisco as early as 1830, preferring the free and easy life of the Californians. In two or three years they became citizens under the Mexican gov ernment, and 'took up granted ranches hereaway, Dawson marrying the daugh ter of a Spanish dragoon cfticer. She was only fourteen when she went to live as mistress of the Canada do Pogolome, and only seventeen when alio found her self the richest widow in Northern Cali fornia. Dawson's lumber was cut over pits by means of a rip-saw, which he handled without help. Not half a cen tury later steam inilis in this district are turning out two hundred thousand feet of lumber daily.—[Ernest Ingersoll, in Harper's Magazine for January. Satisfied Htm. "I have been told," said Mr. Dubious, watching the great steam-hammer in the rolling mill, "that u good hammerman can break the crystal of a watch with that thirty-ton hammer." "Yes, sir," said the hammerman; "it can be done." "I should like to see it," said Mr. Dubious, eagerly, feeling iu his watch pocket. "I can do it, sir," replied the man. "And will you?" inquired Mr. Du bious, drawing out his watch. "Come— I am so anxious to see it tried." He laid his watch on the great anvil plate. The hammer rose up to its full height, and the next instant all its pon derous weight, with a crash that shook the ground, came down on the witch. "There, sir," said the hammerman, quietly, "if yon don't believe that crys tal is broken, just stoop down aud you can see it sticking to the hammer." Mr. Dubious swallowed a whole pro cession of lumps and gasps before he could speak. "But I forgot to sav," he exelairaed, "that it was to break the crystal without injuring the watch." "O, yes," said the hammerman; "yes, I know; I have heard that rubbish my self; but it's all gammon: I don't be lieve it can be done. Hut yon can break the crystal every time." Manufacture of Watches.—Accord ing to the "Kevue Chrouonietrique" there are annually manufactured 2,500,- 000 watches, and during the last fifty years more than 70,000,000 have been put on the market; there remains yet for ug to add a stock of not less than 50,000,- 000 of old watches, which makes a total of 86,000,000 to 87,000,000 watches re quiring glasses. The new watches cou sume near 4,000,000, which makes an an nual consumption of not less than 47.- 000,000 of glasses. But we must add that every watchmaker away from a town sees the necessity of always having on hand an assortment responding to the wants of his customers. Then if we take into account children's watches, lockets, compasses, etc., one finds one's self with astonishment in the face of an annual consumption which cannot be less than 100,000,000 of glasses. Thk Formation of Gold.—Professor J. S. Newberry has presented some points of foot and argument against the theory that the grains and nuggets of gold found in plaoers are formed by pre cipitation from chemical solutions. Ho holds, in a paper published on the sub ject, that geology tenches in regard to the genisis and distribution of gold that it exists in the oldest known rocks,and has been thence distributed through all strata derived from them; that in the metamorphosis of these derived rocks it has lieen concentrated into segregated quartz veins by some process not yet un derstood; that it is a constituent of fis sure veins of all geological ages,where it has been deposited from hot chemical solutions which have reached deeply buried rocks of various kinds, gathering from them gold with other metallic min erals, and that gold has jbecu accumula ted] through mechanical agents in placer deposits by the erosion of strata contain ing auriferous veins. A Cow* at<'her Catches a Calf.— When tho fast train from the South ap proached Troy Junction the other day, a fine-looking calf was seen perched npon the cowcatcher. When the train stopped, the engineer and fireman released the calf, and it bounded away briskly, hav ing received no other injuries than some bruises. The train ran into a bunch of calves in the neighborhood of Doniphan, killing two and picking this one up. It hud been carried in that way for eight miles. Something new iu insurance is the 'Tennes*i i' mutual guaranty associa tiou." It guarantees stead fastness of tbo female mind; that in, if au inHureri young man gets u girl's promise and is then turned ont upon the cold world it under takes to pay him a sum of money perhaps large enough to live on until the wound is heulcd and he can begin another cam ]""gn. A crazy man created a sensation in • Montreal church by undressing himself in the pew. When taken out he was in • state of nudity and fought like a de mon. 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